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 Swedish lawmakers have backed a landmark EU-Cuba deal, a move slammed by civil rights activists who are critical of the country's one-party-system. https://www.thelocal.se/20191121/swedish-lawmakers-back-controversial-eu-cuba-deal Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:18:27 +0100 swedish-lawmakers-back-controversial-eu-cuba-deal The Swedish government has withdrawn a proposal that would have ratified a landmark EU-Cuba deal covering trade and political dialogue, a move welcomed by civil rights activists who are critical of the country's one-party system. https://www.thelocal.se/20190617/swedens-government-withdraws-eu-cuba-deal-proposal Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:18:08 +0200 swedens-government-withdraws-eu-cuba-deal-proposal Could Sweden put the brakes on the EU's landmark agreement with Cuba by failing to ratify the deal? A leading Swedish human rights charity thinks so, pointing to two of the country's parliamentary parties announcing that they would vote against the accord in the Riksdag. https://www.thelocal.se/20180125/could-sweden-put-the-eus-landmark-cuba-agreement-on-ice Thu, 25 Jan 2018 07:59:59 +0100 could-sweden-put-the-eus-landmark-cuba-agreement-on-ice The US Justice Department said on Thursday a former State Department employee now living in Sweden had been indicted with conspiracy to commit espionage for Cuba. https://www.thelocal.se/20130427/47580 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:28:00 +0200 47580 The Stockholm woman charged in the US with conspiracy to commit espionage for Cuba is married to a Swedish foreign ministry official, Sweden's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Utrikesdepartementet) confirmed on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130426/47574 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:25:00 +0200 47574 The United States has indicted a former State Department employee now living in Sweden with conspiracy to commit espionage for Cuba, the Justice Department announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130426/47566 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:12:00 +0200 47566 One of Cuba's best-known pianists and composers, Bebo Valdes, died Friday at the age of 94 in Sweden where he had lived for more than 40 years, a friend of the family said. https://www.thelocal.se/20130325/46920 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:57:00 +0100 46920 Aron Modig, the Swedish youth politician involved in the car crash that killed Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya, has been authorized to leave Cuba. https://www.thelocal.se/20120731/42342 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:27:00 +0200 42342 Aron Modig, the Swedish youth politician involved in the car crash that killed Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya remains in Havana and it is unclear when Cuban authorities will let him leave, the Swedish foreign ministry said Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120727/42270 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:50:00 +0200 42270 Swedish politician Aron Modig, the current chair of the Christian Democrats youth wing (KDU), has been injured in a car crash on Cuba which claimed the lives of two renowned critics of the Castro regime. https://www.thelocal.se/20120723/42174 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:10:00 +0200 42174 Cuba is considering implementing the Swedish example in fighting prostitution by penalizing the clients rather than the sex workers, Cuban sexologist Mariela Castro said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20111111/37294 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:13:00 +0100 37294 Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Tuesday that Fidel Castro's decision to give up Cuba's presidency would give rise to the possibility of the island nation shifting towards democracy. https://www.thelocal.se/20080219/10036 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:27:00 +0100 10036 Three young Swedish women have been placed under house arrest in Cuba, according to Liberal Youth of Sweden (Liberala Ungdomsföbundet - LUF). https://www.thelocal.se/20071210/9366 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:59:00 +0100 9366 Cuban authorities have expressed growing irritation with Sweden and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt. The Swedish ambassador in Havana was called in on Thursday to listen to the Cubans' opinion with regard to the recent bickering. https://www.thelocal.se/20070323/6778 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:00:00 +0100 6778 A diplomatic crisis has developed between Sweden and Cuba. The Cuban ambassador has been called to the foreign ministry after it was discovered that Cuban officials had opened Swedish diplomatic post. https://www.thelocal.se/20070321/6758 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:39:00 +0100 6758 Swedish hotels are turning away official delegations from Cuba because of American laws. https://www.thelocal.se/20070104/5990 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:43:00 +0100 5990 Criticism of Swedish Television's Fidel Castro theme night is growing. Now, several national newspapers' editorials have attacked the SVT special linked to the Cuban dictator's 80th birthday celebrations. https://www.thelocal.se/20061202/5674 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 13:37:00 +0100 5674 Two Swedes have drowned at a tourist resort in Cuba after apparently getting caught in dangerous currents. https://www.thelocal.se/20061120/5561 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:56:00 +0100 5561