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 India is investigating how Swedish-made weapons bought by its army turned up in Burma, a minister visiting Yangon said Saturday, denying New Delhi had supplied arms in contravention of EU sanctions. https://www.thelocal.se/20121217/45102 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:01:00 +0100 45102 The Swedish anti-tank rifles that ended up in the hands of Burmese soldiers in breach of European Union sanctions were originally exported to India, Sweden's trade minister said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20121213/45056 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:36:00 +0100 45056 Sweden's export control agency said Wednesday it was investigating how Swedish-made weapons ended up in the hands of Burmese soldiers in breach of European Union sanctions. https://www.thelocal.se/20121212/45032 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:58:00 +0100 45032 Burmese rebels have gained access to Swedish-designed weapons after government forces reportedly left them behind following conflict in the mountains of the country's far north. https://www.thelocal.se/20121211/44990 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:17:00 +0100 44990 Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will meet with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi when he visits the country next week, his office said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20121109/44324 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:32:00 +0100 44324 Two major players within the Swedish aid sector are in dispute over responsibility for inviting a Burmese delegation to Stockholm, which is alleged to have had links to the country's military regime. https://www.thelocal.se/20110525/33988 Wed, 25 May 2011 17:35:00 +0200 33988 Sweden will provide 74 million kronor ($12.6 million) in additional emergency aid to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080526/12008 Mon, 26 May 2008 09:00:00 +0200 12008 Sweden said Tuesday it would provide 15 million kronor ($2.5 million dollars) in emergency aid to Burma after tropical cyclone Nargis ripped through the impoverished nation. https://www.thelocal.se/20080506/11580 Tue, 06 May 2008 18:59:00 +0200 11580 Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt is to press for tough sanctions against Burma when EU foreign ministers meet in Luxembourg on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20071015/8797 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:37:00 +0200 8797 Several Swedish and Danish news media outlets said on Monday they had been contacted by Burmese regime officials urging them to withdraw their reporters from the country for their own safety. https://www.thelocal.se/20071001/8661 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:15:00 +0200 8661 Desmond Tutu has told an audience in Gothenburg that China must act to stop the violence of Burma's military junta. The former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town compared the struggle for democracy in Burma with the struggle to end South Africa's apartheid system. https://www.thelocal.se/20070928/8640 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:14:00 +0200 8640 Demonstrations are planned in Stockholm and Gothenburg on Friday in support of protesters in Burma, with some members of the public turning up to work in red to express sympathy for the Burmese monks. https://www.thelocal.se/20070928/8637 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:19:00 +0200 8637