https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Sweden's Defence Minister has called Russia's movement of two warships carrying long range missiles 'worrying', after the ships took an unexpected turn into the Baltic Sea past Denmark. https://www.thelocal.se/20161026/sweden-russian-warships-in-the-baltic-worrying Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:23:50 +0200 sweden-russian-warships-in-the-baltic-worrying Two Russian bombers flew perilously close to a passenger plane bound for Swedish capital Stockholm from Reykjavik last week, according to reports in the Icelandic media. https://www.thelocal.se/20160926/russian-bombers-spook-sweden-bound-passenger-flight Mon, 26 Sep 2016 15:44:57 +0200 russian-bombers-spook-sweden-bound-passenger-flight Police have arrested five men from central Sweden following reports of a gang rape on a student ferry trip between Sweden and Finland. https://www.thelocal.se/20160401/five-arrested-for-rape-on-nordic-student-booze-cruise Fri, 01 Apr 2016 17:16:11 +0200 five-arrested-for-rape-on-nordic-student-booze-cruise A Russian warship was spotted in southern Swedish waters on Thursday night, causing jitters in the Swedish media. But a spokesperson for the Swedish Armed Forces has told The Local that the vessel's activities were "totally normal". https://www.thelocal.se/20151002/swedish-military-confirm-russian-warship-sighting Fri, 02 Oct 2015 12:19:18 +0200 swedish-military-confirm-russian-warship-sighting UPDATED: Swedish military identified and followed two Russian TU-22 fighter planes escorted by a pair of SU-27 aircraft flying east of the island of Gotland on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20150831/russian-fighter-jets-spotted-east-of-gotland Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:16:16 +0200 russian-fighter-jets-spotted-east-of-gotland Sweden is stepping up its military capabilities and exercises with Nato amid concerns over Russia's military resurgence, Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150626/swedish-military-moves-after-russia-worries Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:52:00 +0200 swedish-military-moves-after-russia-worries Claims that thousands of Russian soldiers took part in a huge military exercise which simulated a takeover of the Swedish island of Gotland earlier this year have caused jitters in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20150625/russia-rehearsed-military-invasion-of-sweden Thu, 25 Jun 2015 17:12:38 +0200 russia-rehearsed-military-invasion-of-sweden Two Swedish Jas Gripen aircraft warned off a pair of Russian fighter jets that were flying close to the southern Swedish island of Öland on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150521/russian-bombers-caught-close-to-swedish-island Thu, 21 May 2015 18:17:00 +0200 russian-bombers-caught-close-to-swedish-island UPDATED: Swedish military identified and followed four Russian fighter plane near Gotland and Bornholm, off the country's east coast on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20150324/russian-fighter-jets-spotted-off-sweden Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:01:00 +0100 russian-fighter-jets-spotted-off-sweden Sweden has announced it will order two new submarines to boost its armed forces, months after a futile hunt for a suspected Russian mini-sub in the Stockholm archipelago. https://www.thelocal.se/20150319/sweden-to-boost-submarine-fleet Thu, 19 Mar 2015 16:05:10 +0100 sweden-to-boost-submarine-fleet The biggest intelligence threat against Sweden came from Russia last year, according to Sweden's Security Service Säpo, which also cites returning fighters from Syria in its annual report for 2014. https://www.thelocal.se/20150318/russia-was-biggest-threat-to-sweden-last-year Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:04:44 +0100 russia-was-biggest-threat-to-sweden-last-year A Swedish man has been detained over an alleged gang rape on a Viking Line ferry in Finnish waters over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.se/20150204/fourth-man-detained-over-ferry-rape Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:54:00 +0100 fourth-man-detained-over-ferry-rape UPDATED: Police in Finland have questioned eight Swedish men following claims a woman was gang raped on a Viking Line ferry in Finnish waters over the weekend. Four of the suspects remained in custody on Monday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.se/20150202/eight-swedes-questioned-over-ferry-gang-rape Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:33:00 +0100 eight-swedes-questioned-over-ferry-gang-rape The proportion of Swedes supporting Nato membership has leapt up five percentage points, a new survey has revealed. https://www.thelocal.se/20150109/more-swedes-show-support-for-nato Fri, 09 Jan 2015 09:54:00 +0100 more-swedes-show-support-for-nato Private messages sent between staff on two Swedish navy boats who were having an affair have been published in Russia, after a group of radio geeks intercepted the signal used to transmit the texts. https://www.thelocal.se/20141128/russia-intercepts-sweden-navy-love-texts Fri, 28 Nov 2014 15:58:00 +0100 russia-intercepts-sweden-navy-love-texts Following unconfirmed reports that a Russian plane entered Swedish airspace on Saturday, the Swedish military has told The Local that the aircraft actually came from France. https://www.thelocal.se/20141117/new-claims-russia-was-in-swedish-airspace Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:21:00 +0100 new-claims-russia-was-in-swedish-airspace Over a thousand Swedish troops are participating in a Nato training exercise close to the Russian border and have admitted the two-week drill may risk irritating the military power base in Moscow. https://www.thelocal.se/20140309/swedes-train-with-nato-on-russian-border Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:00:00 +0100 swedes-train-with-nato-on-russian-border Sweden's Supreme Commander on Thursday rejected the call for a "new defence doctrine", as proposed by the deputy prime minister in response to Russian actions in Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.se/20140306/swedish-military-rubbishes-new-defence-doctrine Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:43:00 +0100 swedish-military-rubbishes-new-defence-doctrine The Swedish Armed Forces sent extra air defence to the island of Gotland on Tuesday in response to a large-scale Russian training exercise being carried out in the Baltic Sea. https://www.thelocal.se/20140304/sweden-sends-gripen-jets-to-gotland Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:13:00 +0100 sweden-sends-gripen-jets-to-gotland Sweden is not meeting its targets for restoring the Baltic sea, and neither are any of the other eight countries bordering the sea, according to a report published on Monday by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). https://www.thelocal.se/20130701/48786 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:23:00 +0200 48786