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 The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, was in Sweden on Monday to discuss her country's purchase of 36 Jas Gripen fighter jets for a price tag which has risen to 39 billion kronor ($4.7 billion). https://www.thelocal.se/20151019/jet-deal-on-agenda-as-brazil-head-visits-sweden Mon, 19 Oct 2015 13:27:09 +0200 jet-deal-on-agenda-as-brazil-head-visits-sweden The Swiss allowed a multi-billion-dollar deal to buy fighter jets from Sweden to crash and burn Sunday, when a majority turned out to nix funding for the purchase. https://www.thelocal.se/20140519/swiss-reject-fighter-jet-deal-with-sweden Mon, 19 May 2014 10:00:00 +0200 swiss-reject-fighter-jet-deal-with-sweden Sweden has a secret action plan to influence a referendum in Switzerland on the purchase of 22 new Jas Gripen fighter jets by the Swiss air force, according to Swedish media reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20140212/sweden-secret-plan-to-sway-swiss-gripen-vote-report Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:15:00 +0100 sweden-secret-plan-to-sway-swiss-gripen-vote-report Swedish defence contractor Saab has been slammed over claims of attempting to influence a referendum in Switzerland that could determine whether or not the Swiss air force purchases 22 new Jas Gripen fighter jets. https://www.thelocal.se/20140122/swiss-fury-over-saab-meddling-in-gripen-vote Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:40:00 +0100 swiss-fury-over-saab-meddling-in-gripen-vote The Swiss senate voted on Wednesday to release 3.13 billion Swiss francs ($3.4 billion) to buy 22 Swedish fighter jets, following suit after the lower house approved the plan. https://www.thelocal.se/20130919/50318 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:00:00 +0200 50318 Swedish defence firm Saab is close to finalizing a cooperation with US aircraft maker Boeing with a view to selling JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets to the US Air Force, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20130913/50238 Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:49:00 +0200 50238 A Swedish pilot who performed dangerous 'barrel' rolls in a Jas Gripen fighter aircraft stands to lose his job with the Armed Forces. https://www.thelocal.se/20130119/45702 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 08:32:00 +0100 45702 The Swedish Armed Forces will buy 60 JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets, at the top of a 40-60 range stated in an agreement last year, the Swedish government said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130117/45666 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:18:00 +0100 45666 Switzerland will pay far less for the 22 fighter jets it is planning to buy from the Swedish company Saab than Sweden itself would pay for the aircraft, the Swiss public broadcaster SF reported. https://www.thelocal.se/20121210/44974 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:07:00 +0100 44974 Switzerland is planning to press ahead with its controversial purchase of 22 Swedish JAS Gripen fighter jets, despite a highly critical parliamentary report into the deal released on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120822/42762 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:30:00 +0200 42762 The Swedish Armed Forces will have to cut back on billions of kronor by next year if they want to afford putting the new super jet JAS Gripen into production, according to a report by national broadcaster Sveriges Radio (SR). https://www.thelocal.se/20120727/42260 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:55:00 +0200 42260 Urban Ahlin, the foreign policy spokesman for the Social Democrats, said on Friday that he is "hopeful" to reach an agreement with the government on how the Swedish mission in Libya should continue. https://www.thelocal.se/20110603/34168 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:41:00 +0200 34168 The Left party agreed Wednesday to vote through the government proposal that Sweden send fighters to Libya when the Riksdag votes on Friday, but continued to support the Greens' and the Social Democrats' line of restricting Sweden's involvement. https://www.thelocal.se/20110330/32916 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:46:00 +0200 32916 Sweden has frozen assets hidden by Muammar Qaddafi and his associates worth over 10 billion kronor ($1.6 billion), according to a report in the Dagens Nyheter (DN) daily on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110323/32760 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:39:00 +0100 32760 Nine out ten Swedes support the UN-backed mission to stop Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi with a vast majority backing Swedish involvement in the military operation in the north African country. https://www.thelocal.se/20110322/32740 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:01:00 +0100 32740 The Swedish government can count on the broad support in parliament to send JAS Gripen aircraft to assist the UN-backed Libyan operation, with only the Sweden Democrats expressing a dissenting opinion. https://www.thelocal.se/20110321/32734 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:30:00 +0100 32734 A JAS Gripen fighter plane caught fire after an emergency landing at Kallinge airport in southeastern Sweden at 2.30pm on Thursday. The pilot escaped unharmed and was able to make his own way out of the burning plane. https://www.thelocal.se/20090806/21152 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:18:00 +0200 21152 The Swedish force in Afghanistan is set to be reinforced by 130 troops. The force could be in the country for up to 15 years. https://www.thelocal.se/20080315/10494 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:30:00 +0100 10494