Sweden

Economy 02/03/22, 11:32

On Sunday, January 31, Huawei Technologies said it had initiated arbitration proceedings against Sweden after the Nordic country banned it from rolling out its 5G products. The claim amount was SEK 5.2 billion (approximately 560 million USD). The Chinese company said in a statement to Agence France-Presse, "The Swedish authorities' decision ...

Europe 11/27/21, 16:26

The Swedish research team, Uppdrag Granskning, revealed that at least 13 children in Stockholm, Sweden, subjected to hormone-blocking treatments to promote their gender change, suffer serious adverse effects and even physical deformities.  According to chief physician and pediatric endocrinologist Ricard Nergårdh, who treats transgender children, the hormones applied to them to ...

News 09/03/21, 02:43

Sweden prohibits passengers from the United States, Israel, and four other countries from entering owing to concerning COVID-19 spikes. It is the second European Union (EU) nation to reinstate the travel restriction for coronavirus concerns following Portugal, which banned Israeli visitors, according to i24News. The ban, which also targets Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro, ...

News 07/25/21, 16:00

Sweden, the country that completely refuses to employ lockdown and mask mandates throughout the entire battle with the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus since last year, is surprisingly seeing a low death toll this month despite spikes in Delta-related infections.  Last week, Sweden recorded 1,855 new cases of the CCP Virus ...

Europe 07/23/21, 04:50

Two prison guards who were held hostage at a penitentiary outside the Swedish city of Eskilstuna by two convicts convicted of serious crimes have been released. Convicts armed with razor blades burst into a guard room in Hallby Prison and covering up the surveillance cameras, then shut themselves in with the ...

U.S. 06/09/21, 00:40

A covert police operation successfully tricked illegal groups into buying cellphones, containing messaging software that authorities constantly monitored. Operation Trojan Shield arrested at least 800 suspects, thwarted some 100 assassination attempts, and seized more than 32 tons of drugs plus $148 million in cash. These busts were thanks to a joint operation ...

Politics 05/19/21, 16:18

The Church of Sweden, Europe's largest Lutheran community, has proudly declared itself a "trans" church in a letter addressed to transgender people and signed by nearly 1,000 members of the clergy and others affiliated with the church. "We write to you from a church that is also trans," the letter posted ...

Europe 03/25/21, 08:25

A case of a pedophile who raped a 14-year-old girl in 2009 and was recently released exposed the perversity of Swedish laws as the man was able to keep indecent images of the girl all this time because they were stored in a cloud (a virtual hard drive). Now the abuser ...

News 02/12/21, 16:38

The Swedish Medical Products Board (SMPB) reported that 69 people had already died due to adverse effects caused by the vaccines against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) Virus. Regarding the brands of the vaccines that produced these effects, 67 are attributed to Pfizer's Comirnaty and two to Moderna, according to the ...

China 10/20/20, 19:07

Sweden has banned the use of Huawei equipment on its 5G network on the 3.5 GHz band. The Stockholm decision joins other European countries that banned the telecom company for national security reasons. According to the Swedish Telecommunications Authority (PTS), the ban is a consequence of a new law passed in ...

U.S. 05/05/20, 03:47

Every country has approached treating the CCP Virus differently, but none have done it in such a confident way as Sweden. The capital of Stockholm is on track to reach herd immunity this month, with almost one-third already having attained a level of immunity. Other countries are beginning to take note ...

Europe 02/20/20, 12:18

In recent years Sweden has seen a worrying increase in violence generated by organized crime. In 2019 in particular, 8,350 reports of rape were filed, leading to a police operation that has exposed the gangs behind the chaos on the streets. According to a report in the Swedish newspaper The Local, ...

Hockey 05/26/19, 16:47

Marko Anttila helped lead Finland to its third world hockey title, scoring the tying and go-ahead goals in a 3-1 victory over Canada on Sunday.Anttila tied it at 1 on a power play early in the second period and the Finnish captain made it 2-1 early in the third. Harri ...

Sports 05/24/19, 06:58

The Italian bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo looked stronger than the Stockholm-Are project in an IOC analysis of the candidates published Friday.Polling by the International Olympic Committee, which typically looks to get a warm welcome from host nations, showed "83% support in Italy" ...

Hockey 05/23/19, 16:52

Damon Severson and Mark Stone helped Canada escape to the world hockey championship semifinals while the United States and defending champion Sweden dropped out.Canada beat Switzerland 3-2 in overtime Thursday night. Severson tied it with 0.4 seconds left on a goal confirmed by video review. Stone ended it at 5:07 ...

Europe 05/20/19, 02:50

Swedish authorities on Monday issued a request for a detention order against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is now jailed in Britain, a Swedish prosecutor said.Prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson says if the Swedish court decided to detain Assange "on probable cause suspected for rape ... I will issue a European Arrest ...

Europe 05/13/19, 05:23

Swedish prosecutors say they are reopening a rape case against Julian Assange, the founder of anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, a month after he was removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy in LondonA look at key events in the Assange saga:— August 2010: Swedish prosecutor issues arrest warrant for Assange based on one ...

Europe 05/13/19, 03:22

Swedish prosecutors plan to say Monday whether they will reopen a rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a month after he was removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.Eva-Marie Persson, Sweden's deputy director of public prosecutions, is scheduled to hold a news conference in Stockholm. If Sweden relaunches the ...

Europe 04/26/19, 04:30

Pilots for Scandinavian Airlines on Friday launched an open-ended strike following the collapse of pay negotiations, forcing the company to cancel virtually all its flights — 673 of them, affecting 72,000 passengers.The Stockholm-based carrier said talks on a new collective bargaining agreement with the SAS Pilot Group, which represents 95% ...

Soccer 04/19/19, 04:25

It was one of European soccer's most heartwarming stories, an unconventional club from a sleepy city in central Sweden making an eight-year journey from the amateur ranks to beating Arsenal in the Europa League.But was the remarkable rise of Ostersund built on illegal foundations?In a case that has rocked Swedish ...