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 Christina Myrianthous, a Swede in Cyprus, contemplates how living abroad has changed her. https://www.thelocal.se/20161118/how-living-abroad-changed-the-way-i-view-sweden Fri, 18 Nov 2016 15:00:00 +0100 how-living-abroad-changed-the-way-i-view-sweden A Swedish man has been sentenced to prison for his suspected involvement in planning terror crimes against Israeli visitors in Cyprus. https://www.thelocal.se/20130321/46858 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:58:00 +0100 46858 Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg has said that Cyprus has around a week to find a negotiated settlement to its financial travails or face the prospect of meltdown. https://www.thelocal.se/20130320/46830 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:19:00 +0100 46830 Sweden's EU Minister has criticized the latest European Union long-term budget proposal, arguing that Sweden "cannot accept" that its rebate will be cut. https://www.thelocal.se/20121114/44412 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:20:00 +0100 44412 Sweden on Tuesday slammed the 2014-2020 European Union budget proposed by Cyprus, the EU's current rotating president, branding the draft "unrealistic" and arguing that it ignores the bloc's economic reality. https://www.thelocal.se/20121030/44138 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:48:00 +0100 44138 Cyprus police have detained a young Swedish man on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack against Israeli interests in the country, media reports said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120715/42028 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:29:00 +0200 42028 Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and other government officials expected to flock to Cyprus during the country's EU presidency have been told to avoid the "dark side of Cypriot cuisine". https://www.thelocal.se/20120713/42004 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:35:00 +0200 42004 Several hundred Swedish companies will have to pay back a total of half a billion kronor ($70 million) in back taxes after having moved funds to Cyprus in order to evade taxes, reported Swedish Television (SVT). https://www.thelocal.se/20091226/24060 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:16:00 +0100 24060 Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt declared on Friday that the negotiations on reunification in Cyprus brokered by the UN offer an unprecedented chance for peace in the region as a whole. https://www.thelocal.se/20090425/19076 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:34:00 +0200 19076 Cyprus President Demetris Christofias expressed tentative support for Turkey joining the European Union, when he met Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in Stockholm on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080906/14176 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0200 14176 A Swedish tourist died at the weekend from injuries sustained in a hit-and-run incident in Cyprus on Saturday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.se/20080114/9652 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:36:00 +0100 9652 A Cypriot diplomat was Monday jailed for seven months after being found guilty of several charges of sexual harassment while serving as ambassador to Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20070108/6029 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:57:00 +0100 6029 Swedish couples are circumventing national law and going abroad to predetermine the sex of their children. Around ten Swedish couples have enlisted the help of a doctor in the UK, who in turn has sent them to Cyprus to undergo a treatment that is forbidden in both Sweden and the UK. https://www.thelocal.se/20061025/5316 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:38:00 +0200 5316