The police are calling it an 'escalation of violence', Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson a 'national crisis', and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has admitted that the government is not in ...

Norwegian police said on Friday they had seized a Norwegian-owned ship at Latvia's request over its suspected involvement in ...

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Five held over murder of Quran-burner Salwan Momika, Sweden suspends double taxation agreement with Russia, and foreign ...

Today's word of the day literally translates to English as "dandelion child". But what is a dandelion child, and where does the term come from?

Joakim Paasikivi, the retired Lieutenant Colonel who is one of Sweden's leading defence commentators has one explanation for why Sweden's authorities – who notoriously failed to stop a Chinese ship ...