Sweden

European leaders flocked to Ukraine on Monday to pledge their support on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion, badly rattled by President Donald Trump’s negotiations with Russia and public feud with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Monday’s meeting in Paris appears to have validated the Trump administration’s reluctance to include European leaders in Ukraine peace talks as deep divides remain on Europe’s role in the peace process.

A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced Lina Ishaq to 12 years in prison on genocide charges, in the country’s first court case over crimes by the Islamic State group against the Yazidi minority.

Sweden is planning gun bans and tighter gun control after the country’s stringent controls failed to a prevent a February 4, 2025 school shooting.

At least five people were shot at a school in Örebro, Sweden, Tuesday afternoon, despite the country’s stringent gun controls.

In a press conference, police said that about 10 people have died, including the suspect, as a result of the school shooting in Örebro.

A Norwegian-owned and Russian-crewed ship that authorities initially suspected may have been involved in damage to an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland has been released.

Kristersson says security services investigating whether “foreign power” may be behind execution of an Iraqi critic of Islam in Sweden.

Islam critic Salwan Momika shot dead just hours before he was due in court for the Swedish govt’s prosecution of him for burning Qurans.

Swedish and Latvian authorities investigate alleged sabotage in the Baltic which Bulgarian operator insists was a simple accident.

Hundreds of Swedish troops arrived in Latvia on Saturday to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along NATO’s eastern flank, a mission Sweden is calling its most significant operation so far as a member of the Western defense alliance.

The conservative government of Sweden announced plans to further tighten citizenship requirements this year as the Nordic nation continues to reverse course on the previous open borders policies that radically transformed the country.

Sweden will contribute up to three warships to a NATO effort to increase the alliance’s presence in the Baltic Sea as it tries to guard against sabotage of underwater infrastructure, the government said Sunday.

Multicultural Europe with history of extreme New Year’s Eve violence including the harrowing Cologne mass sex attacks prepares for violence.

Sweden said China had denied a request for prosecutors to conduct an investigation on a Chinese ship linked to two severed Baltic Sea cables.

Iranian-backed networks are reportedly hiring child mercenaries from mostly immigrant community gangs in European nations such as Sweden and Norway to attack Israeli targets.

A Chinese ship linked to the recent severing of two undersea cables and anchored off Denmark’s coast since November 19, departed Saturday, Sweden’s coast guard said.

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, known for his roles in films like “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” “Another Round,” and “Casino Royale,” expressed dismay over his norther neighbor Sweden becoming so politically correct in recent years.

Ordinary citizens have cracked the pro-migration establishment in Canada, Britain, and the United States — and may soon cement their win with laws curbing the wealth-shifting inflows of blue-collar and white-collar workers.

Whether sabotage or accident, suspicion immediately fell on the much-discussed Russian-backed sabotage against European infrastructure.

Foreign dignitaries and even the King of Sweden emailed in advance to ensure minister won’t encounter and unwanted fruit.

Left-wing lawmaker Tahir Ali called for ban on “desecrations” of texts and prophets, eliciting a positive response from Keir Starmer.

Sweden’s coast guard said Saturday it had joined Denmark in monitoring a Chinese ship anchored off their coasts, after two undersea cables were severed in a suspected sabotage case.

A group of European nations issue strongly worded statement on ‘systemic attacks’ by the Russian Federation against supporters of Ukraine.

The centre-right government of Sweden is looking to limit citizenship to those who agree with the “fundamental values” of the nation and to restrict voting of non-citizens, Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch said.

Wars and rumours of war have resulted in millions of Swedes receiving copies of a government pamphlet advising them on how to prepare and cope in the event of an armed conflict.

Poland said Friday it is reactivating its embassy in North Korea’s capital to become the second Western nation after Sweden to resume operations that were suspended due to Pyongyang’s tight COVID-19 restrictions.

Danish activist Rasmus Paludan has been sentenced to four months in prison in Sweden over alleged comments made during Qur’an burning protests.

Teenagers arrested in connection with last month’s explosions near the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen faced preliminary charges of terror.

In 2016 European leaders felt free to insult Trump, but caution now seems to rule where a second Presidency looks eminently possible.

Parents “raging” at the govt for keeping them in the dark after a man was arrested in over suspected “aggravated rape of a child”.

Shots were reportedly fired outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, Sweden on Tuesday evening as Iran launched a barrage of missiles at the Jewish state.

Swedish authorities accused Iran on Tuesday of being responsible for thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge over the burnings of Islam’s holy book in 2023.

Denmark and Sweden vowed to go after gang leaders living abroad, whom they say are hiring teenagers in Sweden to carry out shootings in Denmark.

Two men have been charged in Germany with planning an attack in Sweden for an ISIS affiliate in response to Qur’an burnings.

Sweden announces first confirmed case of a more severe “Mpox” strain, the virus formerly known as Monkeypox, diagnosed outside of Africa.