TOP 100 SWEDISH SITES
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| Bildt rejects Israeli call for official condemnation Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has rejected calls from Israel for the government to distance itself from an article in a national newspaper which claimed Israeli soldiers harvest the organs of dead Palestinians. thelocal.se |
Reinfeldt Commemorates World War II Sweden’s Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is attending an international ceremony held in Poland Tuesday to commemorate the outbreak of World War II 70 years ago. Reinfeldt will attend the ceremony on behalf of the European Union. Leaders of two dozen nations from both sides in the war - including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin – will gather in the ruins of the Westerplatte fort to remember the beginning of history's bloodiest conflict. sr.se |
Prison closures needed to keep authority afloat An overhaul of Swedish prisons will see 14 institutions affected by closures and cutbacks as the appointed authority is forced to juggle figures in line with its budget for 2010. thelocal.se |
Swedes cast about for EU job candidates Sweden, the current head of the EU's rotating presidency, is ratcheting up its hunt for consensus candidates for two new EU top jobs. Stockholm intends to have the positions filled at a summit later this week. thelocal.se |
Thousands of Iraqis granted Swedish asylum Sweden granted protection to 8,700 asylum seekers in 2008, with Iraqis accounting for almost half the total, according to new figures from EU statistics office Eurostat. thelocal.se |