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 There is no evidence that Female Genital Mutilation is being carried out in Sweden, the country’s National Board of Health and Welfare is set to claim this month in its first report on the practice. https://www.thelocal.se/20150103/no-evidence-fgm-taking-place-in-sweden-report Sat, 03 Jan 2015 18:36:00 +0100 no-evidence-fgm-taking-place-in-sweden-report A Swedish man in his fifties who was allegedly caught having sex with a sheep near Alingsås in western Sweden denies being guilty of animal cruelty. https://www.thelocal.se/20110520/33882 Fri, 20 May 2011 10:49:00 +0200 33882 A Swedish district court has sentenced a 33-year-old man to 18 years in prison for the murder and mutilation of a 30-year-old man on Midsummer's Eve last year in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20110218/32136 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:59:00 +0100 32136 A 33-year-old man was charged on Tuesday for the brutal murder of a man with a meat cleaver, during which the suspect cut off the victim's penis and stuffed it down his throat, newspaper Kvällsposten reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20101222/31024 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:09:00 +0100 31024 The 24-year-old suspect of a double murder of a couple outside Båstad in 2007 described parts of the scuffle that led to their deaths an "impulse thing" in a hearing on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100910/28918 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:42:00 +0200 28918