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 A Turkish national was convicted in a Moscow court on bribery and extortion charges and sentenced to five years behind bars for helping a Swedish executive at retail giant Ikea extort a bribe, Russian police said. https://www.thelocal.se/20120711/41960 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:01:00 +0200 41960 An officer with the Swedish border police in Västra Götaland was convicted Wednesday for offering a female asylum seeker to ”forget about her case” in return for sex and drugs. https://www.thelocal.se/20111006/36578 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:18:00 +0200 36578 Swedish defence firm Saab has announced that it intends to investigate new allegations that a secret payment of over 50 million kronor was paid to an advisor in the deal to sell JAS Gripen aircraft to South Africa. https://www.thelocal.se/20110518/33838 Wed, 18 May 2011 10:40:00 +0200 33838 A former housing chief was sentenced to 6 months in prison on Thursday for aggravated bribery as the court delivered its verdict in the first trial of the major Gothenburg bribery scandal. https://www.thelocal.se/20110428/33466 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:41:00 +0200 33466 The first indictment in the bribery scandal that rocked Gothenburg last year was submitted on Tuesday by the regional prosecutor. https://www.thelocal.se/20110118/31502 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:45:00 +0100 31502 Swedish businessman Håkan Samuelsson, the former CEO of German truckmaker MAN, has been ordered to pay €237 million in damages to his former employer for his alleged part in a major corruption scandal. https://www.thelocal.se/20110117/31486 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:47:00 +0100 31486 Swedish aerospace giant Saab AB is under investigation by South Korean security authorities looking into allegations the company paid off a local research institute in exchange for classified information. https://www.thelocal.se/20091006/22500 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:29:00 +0200 22500 An Austrian count has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to bribe politicians to buy Swedish firm Saab's Gripen aircraft. https://www.thelocal.se/20090228/17908 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:36:00 +0100 17908 Q-Med, the company that offered free beauty enhancement treatments to Swedish female bloggers, has broken the country’s marketing laws, according to the consumer ombudsman. https://www.thelocal.se/20090206/17404 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:32:00 +0100 17404 A controversy has erupted in the Swedish media world following revelations that a company offered free beauty enhancement treatments to some of the country's most popular female bloggers in exchange for positive coverage. https://www.thelocal.se/20090204/17358 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:39:00 +0100 17358 Four out of ten local officials claim to have been offered bribes to secure alcohol licences. Six out ten claim that many licences should never have been issued, a new survey from Svenska Dagbladet shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20080601/12156 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:22:00 +0200 12156 The Swedish Migration Board has called in the police to help investigate an alleged residence permit bribery scandal. https://www.thelocal.se/20080522/11934 Thu, 22 May 2008 15:03:00 +0200 11934