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Man Blasted Bus Driver With Fire Extinguisher - Court Acquits Him
Drunk and high on cocaine, he emptied a fire extinguisher over a Stockholm bus driver. A woman was concussed. The court says he acted in self-defence.
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Iran Spy Scandal: Sweden Democrats Want Only Citizens at the Migration Agency
A manager suspended for snooping in secret registers, a case officer fired for leaking to Iran. Now the Sweden Democrats want every employee to hold Swedish citizenship.
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Young Swedish-Speaking Finns Turn Against Immigration - Now More Oppose Than Welcome
In 2018, 70 percent of young Swedish-speaking Finns welcomed more immigrants. Now only 31 percent do - and most boys say no.
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Brussels Wants to Auto-Approve Doctors Trained Outside the EU
Non-EU doctors, nurses and dentists would be cleared in four months instead of 14. Sweden warns of fake diplomas - but can be outvoted.
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Convicted 16 Times, Never Deported - Now Charged Over Samurai Sword Attack
He allegedly came back to a Swedish playground with a samurai sword shouting "I'm going to kill you". Three men were struck. Now prosecutors want the 32-year-old foreign national deported for life.
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Centre Party Leader Crushed in PM Vote - 324 Say No
Only her own 25 MPs backed Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist. Now Ulf Kristersson gets a week to try - and the Speaker has just two attempts left before a snap election.
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Top Social Democrat: Anyone Can Be Swedish - But Not Sami
Sami, Jewish and Tornedalian identity is closed to outsiders, says the Social Democrats' minority spokesperson. But Swedes, she says, are not an ethnic group at all.
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Norway: Syria Second Most Common Birthplace Among Jailed Children
Seven in ten children in Norwegian youth prisons have non-Nordic names, a review of hundreds of court rulings shows. After Norway itself, Syria is the most common country of birth.
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Swedes Lose Trust in Elections After Vote Fraud Scandal
Only 69 percent of Swedes now trust that elections are run correctly, down from 77 percent a year ago. Researchers blame the suspected vote fraud in Borlänge - and only a third of Sweden Democrat voters still trust the count.
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Sweden's Green Boom Collapses - Northvolt, Hybrit and Stegra Hit the Wall
Northern Sweden was supposed to lead a green industrial revolution. Instead Northvolt is bankrupt, the state-backed Hybrit steel project is frozen and Stegra is still billions short.
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"White Power" Teens Attacked Muslim Woman With Knuckleduster - Then an Immigrant Gang Took Revenge
Swedish teens from a "White Power" chat group are charged with attacking a lone Muslim woman. Days later two of them were forced to kneel at knifepoint and apologise on camera. Six are now charged.
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EU Wants to Force Swedish Companies to Buy Electric Cars
Brussels wants 90 percent of new cars bought by large Swedish companies to be electric or low-emission by 2030 - among the toughest quotas in the EU. Even the Swedish government says it goes "beyond what is necessary".
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Trump Posts Sweden in Flames - "Wake Up America!"
Days before the midterms, Donald Trump shared a cartoon of Sweden, Norway, England and France as burning doors, with a torch-bearing Islamist knocking on America's door. A Swedish U.S. expert calls it among the worst he has seen.
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18 Years Illegal in Sweden - Swedish Radio Buried the Key Fact
Swedish Radio portrayed a deported Somali father of five as a victim of tough policy. The fact that he never had a residence permit in 18 years came late and briefly - and the reporter now admits the coverage may have been slanted.
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Hydrogen Garbage Truck Flop - German City Rebuilds It as Diesel
Heidelberg's subsidised hydrogen garbage truck was out of action on 85 percent of days. Now it is being rebuilt to run on diesel - while Sweden pours millions into hydrogen stations for four trucks.
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Iran Spy Leak Widens - Migration Agency Manager Suspended
A manager at the Swedish Migration Agency is suspected of illegal searches in classified records, after a colleague was fired for feeding data on Iranian exiles to Tehran's agents.
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Norway's Labour Government Tightens Demands on Immigrants - Sweden Delays
Newcomers must sign an integration declaration on work, language and freedom from clan control. Sweden, meanwhile, pushes its citizenship language test back to 2029.
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Church of Sweden Refuses to Collect Money for Persecuted Christians
A synod committee wants to reject a nationwide collection for Open Doors - and attacks the charity instead. National Day prayers for Sweden are also voted down.
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Sweden's Central Bank Wants to Ban Cash Purchases Over 900 Dollars
The Riksbank wants a cash cap of 10,000 kronor in shops - eleven times stricter than the EU's own limit - while Swedes are told to keep cash at home for war.
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Sweden Democrats May Drop Cabinet Demand - Labour Migration on the Table
The Sweden Democrats are reportedly ready to give up their demand for ministerial posts and soften on labour migration to win the Centre Party's support for a Kristersson government.