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 UPDATED: Sweden plans to charter aircraft to send back as many as 80,000 rejected asylum seekers in what the country’s interior minister is calling "a very big challenge". https://www.thelocal.se/20160128/sweden-to-hire-planes-to-send-back-80000-migrants Thu, 28 Jan 2016 08:43:18 +0100 sweden-to-hire-planes-to-send-back-80000-migrants Sweden's Armed Forces on Friday for the first time disclosed secret information about the foreign powers violating Swedish territory in the past five years. Top of the list? The United States. https://www.thelocal.se/20151009/swedish-military-lifts-lid-on-foreign-intrusions Fri, 09 Oct 2015 09:59:43 +0200 swedish-military-lifts-lid-on-foreign-intrusions UPDATED: Two Russian fighter jets violated Swedish airspace on Wednesday, prompting the government to request an urgent report from the Armed Forces. https://www.thelocal.se/20140918/russian-jets-violate-swedish-airspace-report Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:21:00 +0200 russian-jets-violate-swedish-airspace-report The same day that two unknown aircraft violated Swedish airspace, fifteen Russian military jets were chased out of Baltic airspace - leading one colonel to point the finger at Russia. But Foreign Minister Bildt said otherwise. https://www.thelocal.se/20140806/unknown-planes-belonged-to-russia Wed, 06 Aug 2014 10:23:00 +0200 unknown-planes-belonged-to-russia 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 Russian fighter planes carried out training missions just outside the Swedish border over Easter; Sweden's military, however, was too slow to react and had to rely on help from Nato, the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper (SvD) revealed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130422/47474 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:41:00 +0200 47474 The decision by the upper chamber of the Swiss parliament not to release funds for the purchase of new JAS Gripen fighter jets from Sweden has renewed doubt about the deal. https://www.thelocal.se/20130306/46570 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:48:00 +0100 46570 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 The sale of 22 Gripen fighter jets from Sweden to Switzerland was confirmed on Tuesday for a price of more than 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.1 billion). https://www.thelocal.se/20120828/42874 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:01:00 +0200 42874