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 handful of rare antique books that were stolen from the National Library of Sweden (Kungliga Biblioteket) and ended up in the US, were set to be returned in a ceremony in New York on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150616/stolen-swedish-books-returned-by-fbi Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:52:00 +0200 stolen-swedish-books-returned-by-fbi A Swedish man was sentenced to four years in prison in the US for his role in a multi-million dollar international scam where he infected victims' computers with "scareware" and then sold them useless anti-virus software. https://www.thelocal.se/20121217/45106 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:26:00 +0100 45106 The United States has issued an arrest warrant for an American Muslim seeking political asylum in Sweden after he publicly claimed he was imprisoned and tortured at the behest the American FBI. https://www.thelocal.se/20120509/40718 Wed, 09 May 2012 10:13:00 +0200 40718 A US citizen who claims he was imprisoned and tortured at the behest the American FBI is seeking political asylum in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20120419/40368 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:37:00 +0200 40368 A 33-year-old Swedish computer hacker, who is wanted by the FBI, has been discovered living in Ängelholm, southern Sweden, yet Swedish police can only keep an eye on him. https://www.thelocal.se/20120131/38820 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:31:00 +0100 38820 Colonel Muammar Qaddafi ordered the 1988 terror attack that downed a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie in Scotland, the Libyan leader's former justice minister told a Swedish reporter on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110223/32226 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:07:00 +0100 32226 US authorities announced on Tuesday the indictment of a 21-year-old Swede on charges of hacking into computer systems at the NASA space agency and US networking giant Cisco. https://www.thelocal.se/20090506/19260 Wed, 06 May 2009 09:13:00 +0200 19260