The Local Sweden

What lessons can Sweden learn from its Yugoslavian refugees?

Mon, 18 Sep 2017 08:59:00 +0200

Two decades ago thousands of refugees fled war in Yugoslavia and made Sweden their home, where today they are a well-integrated part of society. The Local explores what Sweden can learn from that experience, as part of our Sweden in Focus series.

'It's time to stop painting all Muslims with the same brush'

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 08:59:00 +0200

We need to stop generalizing about Muslims, stop being afraid to touch on religion, and take off our blinkers so that we can have a factual debate, argues Magnus Ranstorp, an expert on radical Islamist movements at the Swedish Defence University.

Isis jihadist seeks asylum in Sweden

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:09:57 +0200

A notorious jihadist landed in Malmö airport this week and escaped deportation by promptly applying for asylum.

Police seize weapons 'en route to Swedish militants'

Fri, 13 May 2016 17:58:29 +0200

Six people have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling weapons to radical Islamists in Sweden, Bosnian Serb authorities said on Friday.

Growing up without a father: A Bosnian story

Wed, 31 Dec 2014 11:19:00 +0100

IN MY VOICE: SI scholarship student Nikola Hajdin examines the long-lasting effects that growing up without a father had on a generation of children raised during and after the war in Bosnia in the early 1990s.

Sweden takes lead in EU Balkan visa push

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:10:00 +0200

Key EU states led by Germany and Sweden pressed Thursday for the reintroduction of visas for people coming from Balkan EU candidate states so as to curb soaring unfounded asylum requests.

Balkan emigrants 'lured' into coming to Sweden

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:35:00 +0200

Many emigrants from the Balkans are being tricked into coming to Sweden for a permanent residence permit that they’ll never get, a problem the Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) puts down to "misinformation" from travel organizers.

Swedish resident shot dead in Sarajevo

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:19:00 +0200

A 55-year-old resident of central Sweden was gunned down outside his rental property in Sarajevo late on Wednesday night after what police believe to be a botched burglary attempt.

Bildt bites back over 'lies' in Bosnia row

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:08:00 +0200

Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt fumed on Saturday over what he described as the 'lies' spread by a French journalist who criticized his involvement in a war memorial ceremony in Sarajevo.

Angry journos blast Bildt over Bosnia role

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:27:00 +0200

Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt got a frosty reception from a pair of foreign journalists in Sarajevo as he attended a commemoration ceremony to mark the outbreak of the Bosnian war 20 years ago.

Bosnian-born Swede convicted of war crimes

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:50:00 +0200

A Stockholm court on Friday sentenced a Bosnian-born Swedish citizen to five years in prison for war crimes committed against Serb prisoners during the war in the former Yugoslavia.

Bosnia war crimes trial ends in Stockholm

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:56:00 +0100

As the trial of a Swede of Bosnian origin accused of committing war crimes came to a close on Tuesday, the Swedish prosecutor requested eight years in prison.

Extradition looms for war crimes suspect

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:27:00 +0100

A man being held in Östersund in northern Sweden on suspicion of war crimes is set to be extradited to Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Swedish politician suspected of war crimes

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:19:00 +0100

A local Swedish politician has been arrested in Denmark on war crimes suspicions stemming from a fatal shooting at a Balkan border control in 1991.

Suspected war criminal to remain in jail

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:48:00 +0100

A man suspected of committing war crimes in the former Yugoslavia must remain in custody pending his possible extradition, a Swedish court ruled Thursday.

Suspected war criminal arrested in Sweden

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:34:00 +0100

A man has been arrested in northwestern Sweden on suspicions of having committed war crimes in the former Yugoslavia.

Sweden's first war crimes trial underway

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:54:00 +0200

The trial of a 43-year-old Swedish citizen charged with war crimes started in Stockholm on Wednesday. He is accused of torturing inmates while working as a guard at a Bosnian prison camp in 1992.

Swede charged with Balkan war crimes

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:44:00 +0200

A 43-year-old Swedish citizen was charged on Tuesday with war crimes and kidnapping in connection with his job as a prison guard in Bosnia in 1992.

War crimes suspect remanded in custody

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:53:00 +0100

A Bosnian-born Swede was remanded in custody by a Stockholm court on Friday, suspected of committing war crimes against Serbs in 1992 during the Bosnian war.

Sweden arrests Bosnian war crimes suspect

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:46:00 +0100

A 43-year-old war crimes suspect originally from Bosnia-Herzegovina was arrested on Tuesday in northern Sweden.