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 27-year-old PhD student has been charged with stealing poisonous substances from Uppsala University as part of an alleged plot to blackmail the Czech Republic into paying large sums of money in bitcoin. https://www.thelocal.se/20160812/student-charged-in-sweden-over-czech-poison-plot Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:06:42 +0200 student-charged-in-sweden-over-czech-poison-plot The interim Czech government said it plans to renew its lease of JAS Gripen fighter jets, while a parliamentary committee in Switzerland said yes to a proposed 23 billion kronor ($3.5 billion) purchase of the Swedish-made warplanes. https://www.thelocal.se/20130828/49884 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:08:00 +0200 49884 Ikea's main Swedish meatball supplier announced on Monday that it had traced horse-tainted meat to another Sweden-based supplier with links to slaughterhouses in Poland. https://www.thelocal.se/20130304/46532 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:54:00 +0100 46532 Horsemeat contamination fears have prompted Swedish furniture giant Ikea to halt the sale of additional meat products after new tests by a Sweden-based meatball supplier confirmed horsemeat content. https://www.thelocal.se/20130227/46442 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:48:00 +0100 46442 Ikea's Sweden-based meatball supplier confirmed on Wednesday that it had found horsemeat in meatballs destines for sale in outlets of the Swedish furniture retailing giant. https://www.thelocal.se/20130227/46434 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:39:00 +0100 46434 Ikea's Sweden-based meatball supplier on Tuesday claimed its own tests failed to reveal any horsemeat in its Swedish meatballs as Ikea widened its meatball ban to 24 countries following reports the iconic food contained horsemeat. https://www.thelocal.se/20130226/46414 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:39:00 +0100 46414 While the discovery of horsemeat in Ikea's Swedish meatballs may put consumers off the iconic staple of everyman Swedish cuisine, it's unlikely to do any long term damage to Ikea's or Sweden's brand. https://www.thelocal.se/20130225/46400 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:50:00 +0100 46400 Ikea has stopped sales of its Swedish meatballs in at least 15 countries after reports that Czech inspectors found horsemeat in the iconic in-store restaurant fare, which would mark the first time the scandal has reached food produced in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20130225/46388 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:44:00 +0100 46388 Sweden's hopes of returning to the finals of the ice hockey world championships were dashed in bitter fashion on Thursday by a late goal which gave the Czech Republic a dramatic 4-3 victory. https://www.thelocal.se/20120518/40896 Fri, 18 May 2012 09:06:00 +0200 40896 Swedish police on Wednesday launched a new search operation for a 26-year-old Czech man believed to have gone missing near Jokkmokk in northern Sweden after apparently abandoning his white Ford Mustang by the side of the road. https://www.thelocal.se/20120517/40888 Thu, 17 May 2012 10:55:00 +0200 40888 Police remain baffled as to the whereabouts of the driver of white Ford Mustang rented in the Czech Republic and found abandoned near the side of a road in northern Sweden with the keys still inside. https://www.thelocal.se/20120514/40812 Mon, 14 May 2012 10:01:00 +0200 40812 Officials at Swedish retail giant Ikea have confirmed that the company is the target of a blackmail attempt following a string of blasts and other incidents at Ikea outlets throughout Europe. https://www.thelocal.se/20110921/36284 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:18:00 +0200 36284 Burger giant McDonald’s chose to fake the Swedish countryside in their latest commercial, in which the company highlights Swedish agriculture, and their own cooperation with Swedish farmers. https://www.thelocal.se/20110823/35722 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:40:00 +0200 35722 Sweden was lauded on Friday by the Czech President Vaclav Klaus for framing https://www.thelocal.se/20091023/22836 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:18:00 +0200 22836 A Czech prosecutor has said that a Swede being held in Prague on suspicion of terror offences should be extradited to the United States. The crimes of which he is accused are within the scope of the country's extradition treaty, a court was told on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20070424/7093 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:06:00 +0200 7093 The extradition of Swedish terror suspect Oussama Kassir moved closer on Tuesday after the State Attorney's office in Prague said it agreed with the move to hand him over to the American authorities. https://www.thelocal.se/20060607/4008 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:39:00 +0200 4008 The Czech Republic is to ban Swedes from adopting Czech children after a couple from the Jönköping area were charged with the manslaughter of their adopted three-year old son, who was originally from the Czech Republic. https://www.thelocal.se/20060302/3173-2 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:22:00 +0100 3173-2