January 25, 2024

Come Closer

The Turkish parliament ratified Sweden’s bid to join NATO this week, a vote that brings Stockholm closer to the 31-member alliance which expanded following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago, Politico reported. Turkey’s ratification comes after 20 months of diplomatic negotiations with Stockholm and...

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July 03, 2023

Spark of Rage

Thousands of Iraqis protested near the Swedish embassy in Iraq’s capital Baghdad Friday, the latest display of anger from the Muslim world against Sweden following the burning of a Quran outside a Stockholm mosque, Agence France-Presse reported. It was the second day of demonstrations against Sweden,...

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June 14, 2023

A Burning Faith

A Swedish appeals court ruled this week that authorities had no legal grounds to block protests involving the burning of the Quran earlier this year, despite police concerns that the planned demonstrations were a security risk, Agence France-Presse reported. The case centers on two planned book-burning...

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May 17, 2023

Funny Money

The Swedish government is drafting a new law that would allow the country to veto foreign investments on national security grounds, a move that Sweden’s business lobby worries would impact investment in the wealthy Nordic nation, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The proposal comes a month after an...

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March 22, 2023

Green Light

A Swedish court ruled Tuesday that hundreds of climate activists, including well-known advocate Greta Thunberg, can sue Sweden’s government for having an “insufficient climate policy,” Al Jazeera reported. In November, Thunberg and 600 other young activists in a group called Aurora brought a class action lawsuit...

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January 17, 2023

Dancing Queens

The Swedish government plans to abolish a decades-old requirement for restaurants and other venues to obtain permits to allow dancing on their premises, removing a law that observers have called outdated and overly moralistic, the Associated Press reported. The ruling center-right coalition said venues would no...

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January 03, 2023

The Hunt Begins

Sweden began the biggest wolf cull in modern times Monday, as the government is seeking to reduce the number of wolves in the country despite major opposition from nature organizations that it could drastically harm the population, the Guardian reported. Hundreds of hunters will conduct searches...

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September 16, 2022

Not So United

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson resigned after the right-wing opposition bloc secured a narrow majority in Sweden’s close-fought parliamentary elections this week, a victory considered historic, the Wall Street Journal reported. Results showed that Andersson’s Social Democrats secured 107 seats in the 349-seat legislature, but failed...

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April 19, 2022

Fired Up

Swedish authorities detained 26 people following weekend riots over a plan by a far-right and anti-Islam Danish group to burn the Muslim holy book, the Quran, in a number of towns, the Local Sweden reported Monday. Police said that at least 40 people were wounded, including...

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