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 will join Nato in less than ten years, its former foreign and prime minister Carl Bildt has predicted. https://www.thelocal.se/20160706/sweden-will-be-a-nato-member-in-ten-years Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:10:31 +0200 sweden-will-be-a-nato-member-in-ten-years The first woman to represent the US in foreign affairs, veteran politician Madeleine Albright spoke to The Local's blogger Natalia Brzezinski following a recent visit to Stockholm and reflected on Sweden's role in shaping global democracy. https://www.thelocal.se/20150409/sweden-has-met-every-test-of-global-citizenship Thu, 09 Apr 2015 12:54:43 +0200 sweden-has-met-every-test-of-global-citizenship Former Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has been given a cautious thumbs up for his child-minding abilities after appearing on a Swedish Celebrity Babysitter show. https://www.thelocal.se/20141219/carl-bildt-appears-on-babysitting-reality-show Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:41:00 +0100 carl-bildt-appears-on-babysitting-reality-show Sweden's former Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has got a new post on the board of Crisis Group, a not-for-profit international organization that works to prevent violent conflict. https://www.thelocal.se/20141111/new-job-for-swedens-ex-foreign-minister-carl-bildt Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:11:00 +0100 new-job-for-swedens-ex-foreign-minister-carl-bildt Sweden’s outgoing foreign minister Carl Bildt has welcomed Scottish voters’ decision to reject independence from the UK in Thursday’s referendum. The pound rose against the krona following the result. https://www.thelocal.se/20140919/bildt-welcomes-no-vote-pound-rises-krona Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:05:00 +0200 bildt-welcomes-no-vote-pound-rises-krona Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt stated that there are four steps to achieving peace in Gaza, and that it begins with removing the blockade - which has "played into Hamas' hands". https://www.thelocal.se/20140731/bildt-lays-out-four-steps-to-gaza-peace-sweden Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:26:00 +0200 bildt-lays-out-four-steps-to-gaza-peace-sweden As the rhetoric rises at demonstrations in Swedish cities, Stockholm-based Israeli writer David Stavrou calls on Swedes to think before they shout and to cast a critical eye over much that is written and said about the conflict in Gaza. https://www.thelocal.se/20140724/gaza-conflict-needs-impartial-unaligned-help-not-empty-rhetoric Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:27:00 +0200 gaza-conflict-needs-impartial-unaligned-help-not-empty-rhetoric Two journalists from a major Swedish daily reporting from the Malaysian Airlines crash site in eastern Ukraine were taken into detention by pro-Russian rebels on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20140720/swedish-journalists-detained-in-ukraine Sun, 20 Jul 2014 19:43:00 +0200 swedish-journalists-detained-in-ukraine Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has described as "horrible" the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine on Thursday, citing evidence incriminating pro-Russian separatists. https://www.thelocal.se/20140718/a-first-class-international-gangster-crime Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:59:00 +0200 a-first-class-international-gangster-crime A demonstration in central Stockholm on Wednesday evening calling for peace in Gaza ended with angry scenes outside the Israeli embassy. https://www.thelocal.se/20140717/gaza-demo-targets-israeli-embassy Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:52:00 +0200 gaza-demo-targets-israeli-embassy Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has called for an immediate cease-fire in the ongoing Gaza crisis, and said that Sweden is doing what it can to assist its citizens. https://www.thelocal.se/20140714/sweden-calls-gaza-cease-fire-bildt-israel Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:42:00 +0200 sweden-calls-gaza-cease-fire-bildt-israel Sweden's Carl Bildt, who last year was ranked as the world's best connected foreign minister on Twitter, lost his crown on Wednesday to France's Laurent Fabius, a study revealed. https://www.thelocal.se/20140625/carl-bildt-loses-twitter-crown-to-french-minister Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:00:00 +0200 carl-bildt-loses-twitter-crown-to-french-minister Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is set to travel to Ukraine on Thursday, where he is expected to have talks with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. https://www.thelocal.se/20140514/swedens-carl-bildt-to-head-to-ukraine Wed, 14 May 2014 10:44:00 +0200 swedens-carl-bildt-to-head-to-ukraine Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Monday that Russia needed to "back off" from its apparent destabilization strategy in Ukraine, adding if Sweden were in a similar situation it would do all it could to restore order. https://www.thelocal.se/20140414/sweden-backs-ukraine-to-use-force-against-russia Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:03:00 +0200 sweden-backs-ukraine-to-use-force-against-russia Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt called on the EU to keep its resolve in dealing with Moscow in the wake of the Crimean crisis, mulling openly whether President Vladimir Putin has goals beyond the disputed Ukrainian territory. https://www.thelocal.se/20140406/bildt-on-putin-what-else-is-in-his-heart-2 Sun, 06 Apr 2014 12:50:00 +0200 bildt-on-putin-what-else-is-in-his-heart-2 Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has said that Sunday's referendum in Crimea is illegal and violates the Ukrainian constitution, revealing that sanctions against Russian leaders appeared "difficult to avoid". https://www.thelocal.se/20140316/bildt-crimea-referendum-illegal-whatever-the-outcome Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:12:00 +0100 bildt-crimea-referendum-illegal-whatever-the-outcome Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Wednesday that the President of Ukraine was responsible for the bloodshed in Kiev, clashes which have caused at least 25 deaths. https://www.thelocal.se/20140219/ukrainian-president-has-blood-on-his-hands-bildt Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:11:00 +0100 ukrainian-president-has-blood-on-his-hands-bildt Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Tuesday that an international nuclear agreement with Iran is possible within six months. https://www.thelocal.se/20140204/nuclear-deal-with-iran-within-six-months-bildt Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:56:00 +0100 nuclear-deal-with-iran-within-six-months-bildt Sweden came out third in Europe in a new ranking of EU member states' foreign policy influence, including foreign aid, human rights, and free trade with the US. https://www.thelocal.se/20140130/sweden-powerful-germany-eu-diplomacy-foreign-affairs Thu, 30 Jan 2014 18:15:00 +0100 sweden-powerful-germany-eu-diplomacy-foreign-affairs Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt will visit Iran next week in hopes of helping to make a temporary deal on the country's nuclear programme more permanent. https://www.thelocal.se/20140129/bildt-heads-to-iran-to-strengthen-nuke-deal Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:17:00 +0100 bildt-heads-to-iran-to-strengthen-nuke-deal