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 Serbian prosecutors suspect a Swedish man of involvement in a massacre in Kosovo in 1999, according to office of the war crimes prosecutor in Belgrade. https://www.thelocal.se/20131117/swede-suspected-of-kosovo-war-crimes Sun, 17 Nov 2013 15:32:00 +0100 swede-suspected-of-kosovo-war-crimes A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday formally overturned the conviction of a Serb previously jailed for life for war crimes, finding there was no proof he was involved in the 1999 massacre of 40 people in Kosovo. https://www.thelocal.se/20121219/45168 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:24:00 +0100 45168 A 35-year-old Serbian previously convicted by a Swedish court of war crimes stemming from a massacre in Kosovo in 1999 has been ordered released by a court of appeal, according to his lawyer. https://www.thelocal.se/20121129/44736 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:59:00 +0100 44736 A Swedish court on Friday sentenced a Serbian man to life behind bars for war crimes in connection with his role in a massacre of 40 people in the village of Cuske in Kosovo in 1999. https://www.thelocal.se/20120121/38630 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:59:00 +0100 38630 A Serbian man was charged by a Swedish prosecutor on Tuesday in connection with his role in a massacre in the village of Cuska in Kosovo in 1999, in which 40 people were killed. https://www.thelocal.se/20110907/35990 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:42:00 +0200 35990 The Swedish citizen remanded into custody in Serbia last week suspected of war crimes has been released, according to information from the foreign ministry. https://www.thelocal.se/20110721/35084 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:09:00 +0200 35084 A Swedish citizen was remanded into custody in Serbia on Wednesday after having been picked up by Serbian border police when entering the country. According to the Swedish foreign ministry he is suspected of war crimes. https://www.thelocal.se/20110714/34934 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:49:00 +0200 34934 A second man of Serbian origin has been arrested by Swedish police on suspicion of having committed war crimes in Kosovo in 1999. https://www.thelocal.se/20100608/27092 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:15:00 +0200 27092 A man has been arrested in western Sweden on suspicion of aggravated war crimes, with an alternative charge of murder, in connection with the Kosovo war in 1999. https://www.thelocal.se/20100407/25940 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:39:00 +0200 25940 A local politician from Landskrona in southern Sweden has decreed that only one “immigrant wedding” can be held at the town’s local community centre every month. https://www.thelocal.se/20091116/23292 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:20:00 +0100 23292 A shot was fired when two drunken and armed Swedish soldiers got into a fight with local residents in Kosovo, prompting an investigation by Sweden’s Armed Forces. https://www.thelocal.se/20090703/20436 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:59:00 +0200 20436 A local politician from the Malmö suburb of Burlöv has been acquitted of charges of agitation against an ethnic group. https://www.thelocal.se/20080512/11708 Mon, 12 May 2008 15:16:00 +0200 11708 Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner have pronounced their support for eventual Serbian membership in the EU. https://www.thelocal.se/20080312/10418 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:59:00 +0100 10418 Kosovo faces a major challenge in developing a sustainable economy after its February 17th declaration of independence from Serbia, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080309/10368 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:19:00 +0100 10368 Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt will travel to Pristina this weekend, the first visit by a foreign minister since Kosovo declared independence, the Swedish government said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080306/10318 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:58:00 +0100 10318 Sweden has recognized Kosovo's independence from Serbia, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080304/10256 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:51:00 +0100 10256 A group of 20 neo-Nazis were detained by police in Stockholm on Saturday. The neo-Nazis were on their way to disrupt a demonstration by 400 Serbs protesting Kosovo's independence. https://www.thelocal.se/20080302/10210 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:22:00 +0100 10210 Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt called on Serbia Friday not to isolate itself as Belgrade's refusal to recognize Kosovo's independence threatens to block its integration into Europe. https://www.thelocal.se/20080229/10194 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:15:00 +0100 10194 Sweden warned its nationals on Friday to avoid unnecessary travel to northern Kosovo because of the security fallout in the wake of the Serbian province's declaration of independence. https://www.thelocal.se/20080222/10078 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:03:00 +0100 10078 A "vast majority" of EU nations are likely to recognize Kosovo in "one form or another" over the next month, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080218/10031 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:28:00 +0100 10031