| Top Social Democrats talk tough on rape Punishments for the most serious rape crimes must be increased, former justice minister Thomas Bodström and former equality ombudsman Claes Borgström have urged. thelocal.se |
Anna Lindh memorial inaugurated in Stockholm A memorial square to Anna Lindh, the former Swedish foreign minister murdered in 2003, was inaugurated in Stockholm on Tuesday near where she made her final public appearance. thelocal.se |
Half of Swedes text at the wheel: poll Almost every second Swede has read or written mobile phone text messages while driving, according to a new study. thelocal.se |
Swedish aid minister appointed to UN panel UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Sweden's Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson as a member of the new UN High-level Panel on Global Sustainability. thelocal.se |
Wilders calls Swedish citizenship 'undesirable' The Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders, whose Freedom Party supports the new conservative minority government, has demanded that a new minister revoke her Swedish citizenship. thelocal.se |