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 Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt warned of Russia pressuring Eastern European countries like Armenia, Georgia and Moldova to cut negotiations with the European Union, urging the EU to develop a strategy to resist Moscow. https://www.thelocal.se/20130909/50142 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 13:32:00 +0200 50142 A diplomatic thaw between Sweden and Russia appears to be imminent. On Tuesday Fredrik Reinfeldt and Carl Bildt will head to Moscow to meet prime minister Vladimir Putin and president Dmitrij Medvedev. https://www.thelocal.se/20100303/25312 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:33:00 +0100 25312 The former commander of the Russian navy's Baltic fleet denied on Friday that Russia dumped radioactive and chemical waste into Swedish waters in the Baltic Sea in the early 1990s. https://www.thelocal.se/20100205/24822 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:02:00 +0100 24822 Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has asked for an explanation from the previous Social Democrat government over Russia's release of toxic waste into Swedish waters in the Baltic Sea. https://www.thelocal.se/20100205/24800 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:55:00 +0100 24800 The Russian military is suspected of having dumped chemical weapons and radioactive waste off the Swedish island of Gotland in the beginning of the 1990s, according to Sveriges Television (SVT). https://www.thelocal.se/20100204/24776 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:44:00 +0100 24776