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Swedish fighter jets test new bomb-dropping method to fight wildfires
Aug 01, 2018 12:12Swedish fighter planes tested a new method to fight wildfires in Alvdalen by dropping bombs on burning areas.
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Nearly half of Swedes, Danes reject EU, prefer their own club: Poll
Jul 28, 2018 12:21A survey conducted in Sweden, Norway and Denmark says almost half of the people there prefer to have their own hypothetical “Nordic Union,” rather than being part of the European Union.
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Sweden voices support for JCPOA
Apr 17, 2018 10:00Swedish Minister for EU Affairs and Trade, Ann Linde, said her country is complying with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries.
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North Korea’s foreign minister meets Swedish prime minister
Mar 16, 2018 09:08North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho has held talks with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in Stockholm amid reports that Sweden may host upcoming talks between Pyongyang and Washington.
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Sweden offers soldiers for potential UN peacekeeping mission in Ukraine
Feb 18, 2018 03:06Sweden has offered to provide troops for a potential United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in eastern Ukraine to help resolve the years-long deadly conflict between the government in Kiev and ethnic Russians in the east.
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One killed, 1 injured in explosion in Swedish capital
Jan 07, 2018 14:30A powerful explosion outside an underground station in the Swedish capital of Stockholm has left one killed and another one injured.
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Hijacked Swedish radio station plays Daesh recruitment song
Nov 11, 2017 04:31A Swedish radio station has been hijacked by a pirate broadcaster, playing a song used by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group to recruit foreign militants.
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Thousands protest military drills in Sweden
Sep 17, 2017 09:03Thousands of people in Sweden have staged a protest rally against military drills with NATO and the deployment of forces from the US-led military alliance to their country.
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Britain, Sweden urge Security Council to work for end to plight of Rohingya Muslims
Sep 14, 2017 00:36Britain and Sweden have urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to call for an end to Myanmar's crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state.
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Swedish military plans ‘largest’ drills with NATO troops
Jul 25, 2017 07:42The Swedish military has announced plans to hold its “first and largest” wargames in over 20 years, involving all of the country’s military branches along with forces from several NATO member states.