https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Europe in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Russian live-in partner of Gustav Gellerbrant, a Sweden Democrat official who works in the heart of Sweden's government offices, has been spreading pro-Putin propaganda on social media, the Expo news site has reported in an investigation. https://www.thelocal.com/20260904/russian-partner-of-top-sweden-democrat-accused-of-pro-putin-posts Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:38:15 +0200 russian-partner-of-top-sweden-democrat-accused-of-pro-putin-posts The Swedish Armed Forces have asked the government to expropriate a property owned by a Russian near a naval base in Stockholm's archipelago. https://www.thelocal.com/20260825/swedish-military-seeks-to-seize-russian-property-near-naval-base-in-stockholm-archipelago Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:48:18 +0200 swedish-military-seeks-to-seize-russian-property-near-naval-base-in-stockholm-archipelago The terror threat against Sweden remains elevated (three on a five-point scale), according to the Swedish security service, Säpo. And the agency warns that Iran is continuing to recruit youth with gang connections to target assets within Sweden. https://www.thelocal.com/20260623/swedish-security-service-warns-iran-continues-to-recruit-gang-youth Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:32:14 +0200 swedish-security-service-warns-iran-continues-to-recruit-gang-youth A 34-year-old former consultant for the Swedish military is on trial, accused of trying to pass classified information to Russia's intelligence services. https://www.thelocal.com/20260615/swedish-army-consultant-on-trial-for-spying-for-russia-in-unique-case Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:21:14 +0200 swedish-army-consultant-on-trial-for-spying-for-russia-in-unique-case Russia could make military 'advances' against NATO countries relatively soon if the Kremlin found the timing favourable, Sweden's parliamentary defence committee warned Friday. https://www.thelocal.com/20260612/sweden-says-russia-may-test-nato-cohesion Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:02:20 +0200 sweden-says-russia-may-test-nato-cohesion Sweden's military intelligence said late Monday that Russia was "manipulating" financial data to hide the real state of its economy yet maintains its political strategic aims. https://www.thelocal.com/20260421/swedish-intelligence-says-russia-manipulates-economic-data Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:26:22 +0200 swedish-intelligence-says-russia-manipulates-economic-data Sweden's minister of civil defence, Carl-Oskar Bohlin, told a press conference that a heating facility in western Sweden was subjected to an attempted "destructive attack" by a pro-Russian activist group in the spring of 2025. https://www.thelocal.com/20260415/pro-russian-group-attempted-to-attack-swedish-heating-plant Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:20:50 +0200 pro-russian-group-attempted-to-attack-swedish-heating-plant A man arrested in Sweden earlier this week accused of spying is suspected of passing information to Russia's intelligence service, the prosecutor in the case said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.com/20260110/swede-suspected-of-spying-for-russia-prosecutor-says Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:08:38 +0100 swede-suspected-of-spying-for-russia-prosecutor-says Two Swedish fighter jets were scrambled under Nato command to escort away a Russian aircraft over the Baltic sea. https://www.thelocal.com/20250424/swedish-nato-jets-intercept-russian-reconnaissance-plane-over-baltic-sea Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:06:10 +0200 swedish-nato-jets-intercept-russian-reconnaissance-plane-over-baltic-sea Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard slammed Russia's deadly strike on Sumy in Ukraine as 'not the acts of a country that seeks peace'. https://www.thelocal.com/20250416/sweden-condemns-russian-attacks-on-ukraines-cities-and-civilian-population Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:02:31 +0200 sweden-condemns-russian-attacks-on-ukraines-cities-and-civilian-population Swedish authorities have not managed to find any evidence that a Chinese-flagged bulk carrier was intentionally dragging its anchor when it severed two subsea cables in the Baltic Sea last year. https://www.thelocal.com/20250415/swedish-probe-finds-no-conclusive-evidence-chinese-ship-cut-cables-deliberately Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:07:23 +0200 swedish-probe-finds-no-conclusive-evidence-chinese-ship-cut-cables-deliberately European leaders are reeling from from the new US administration's statements on Ukraine, European defence, and European politics, so how are politicians in Sweden positioning themselves for President Donald Trump's new world order? https://www.thelocal.com/20250220/ice-in-the-stomach-swedish-politicians-react-to-trumps-new-world-order Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:04:35 +0100 ice-in-the-stomach-swedish-politicians-react-to-trumps-new-world-order Norwegian police said Friday they had seized a Norwegian-owned ship at Latvia's request over its suspected involvement in damage done to a Baltic Sea cable. https://www.thelocal.com/20250131/norway-seizes-ship-with-russian-crew-over-suspected-cable-sabotage Fri, 31 Jan 2025 12:40:32 +0100 norway-seizes-ship-with-russian-crew-over-suspected-cable-sabotage Joakim Paasikivi, the retired Lieutenant Colonel who is one of Sweden's leading defence commentators, tells The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange why he thinks Russia is behind the spate of cable sabotage over the last few months. https://www.thelocal.com/20250130/i-think-its-the-russians-swedish-defence-expert-on-cable-sabotage Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:41:12 +0100 i-think-its-the-russians-swedish-defence-expert-on-cable-sabotage A man in his mid-40s is being held after ramming the metal gate of the Russian embassy in Stockholm with his car. https://www.thelocal.com/20250128/man-arrested-after-attempting-to-drive-into-russian-embassy-in-stockholm Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:36:57 +0100 man-arrested-after-attempting-to-drive-into-russian-embassy-in-stockholm As Sweden dispatches three ships to defend undersea telecoms cables and power lines in the Baltic, Hans Liwång, professor at the Swedish Defence University, explains why fully protecting underwater infrastructure is almost impossible. https://www.thelocal.com/20250113/interview-how-can-sweden-protect-its-undersea-cables Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:43:48 +0100 interview-how-can-sweden-protect-its-undersea-cables Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said his country was not at war but not living in peacetime either, citing hybrid attacks, suspected sabotage in the Baltic Sea and a proxy war fought on its soil. https://www.thelocal.com/20250112/sweden-not-at-war-but-not-at-peace-either-says-pm Sun, 12 Jan 2025 15:47:02 +0100 sweden-not-at-war-but-not-at-peace-either-says-pm The Swedish navy has recovered the anchor of an oil tanker suspected of damaging four Baltic Sea telecom cables and one power cable on Christmas Day. https://www.thelocal.com/20250107/swedish-navy-recovers-russian-shadow-fleet-anchor-suspected-of-cable-damage Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:40:39 +0100 swedish-navy-recovers-russian-shadow-fleet-anchor-suspected-of-cable-damage Russia has been stepping up its hybrid war in Europe. Expert Patrik Oksanen explains to James Savage what Russia is doing in Sweden, and why. https://www.thelocal.com/20240705/interview-for-russia-to-be-great-again-europes-democracies-must-fail Fri, 05 Jul 2024 16:05:12 +0200 interview-for-russia-to-be-great-again-europes-democracies-must-fail A pro-Russian hacker group has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that forced at least two Swedish government agencies offline on Tuesday, although their claim has not been confirmed. https://www.thelocal.com/20240305/pro-russian-hackers-claim-responsibility-for-cyber-attack-on-swedish-privacy-agency Tue, 05 Mar 2024 15:38:52 +0100 pro-russian-hackers-claim-responsibility-for-cyber-attack-on-swedish-privacy-agency