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 Former Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi wanted to pump some of the country's oil billions into Swedish football team Malmö FF, according to details in a new book. https://www.thelocal.se/20111205/37742 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:20:00 +0100 37742 Following the news of Muammar Qaddafi's capture by Libyan rebel forces on Thursday, several Swedish politicians have welcomed the demise of the Qaddafi regime. https://www.thelocal.se/20111020/36870 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:23:00 +0200 36870 The Swedish government has reached an agreement with the Social Democrats and the Green Party to extend the country's military mission in Libya. https://www.thelocal.se/20110608/34228 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:22:00 +0200 34228 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 Sweden has expelled two diplomats working at the Libyan embassy in Stockholm, confirming that Libya no longer has any diplomatic ties with Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20110520/33884 Fri, 20 May 2011 12:31:00 +0200 33884 A group of opposition exile Libyans have gathered outside the Libyan embassy in Stockholm on Monday to protest that the independence era rebel flag raised in February has been taken down. https://www.thelocal.se/20110418/33272 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:07:00 +0200 33272 Sweden's government announced on Monday that it planned to increase its humanitarian aid to civil war-torn Libya by 10 million kronor ($1.6 million). https://www.thelocal.se/20110412/33152 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:02:00 +0200 33152 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 On his personal blog Carl Bildt expressed satisfaction Saturday that initial attacks on Libya have destroyed some of Qaddafi’s combat vehicles in the eastern parts of the country. https://www.thelocal.se/20110320/32700 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:00:00 +0100 32700 Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has welcomed the UN Security Council decision to authorise a no-fly zone and air attacks on civil war-torn Libya. https://www.thelocal.se/20110318/32680 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:03:00 +0100 32680 Libyan rebels have been seen using Swedish-designed weapons in their battle to oust Muammar Qaddafi from power. Swedish arms export officials suspect the weapons arrived via the UK. https://www.thelocal.se/20110314/32586 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:15:00 +0100 32586 A Swedish plane was expected to depart from Malta for Libya on Tuesday afternoon to help push evacuation plans forward following delays due to the collapse of air traffic control in Tripoli. https://www.thelocal.se/20110301/32338 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:03:00 +0100 32338 Aircraft have been seen flying between Belarus and Libya, raising concerns that Minsk is sending arms to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, an official at a specialist Swedish think tank said Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110301/32324 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:13:00 +0100 32324 Malmö’s Islamic Center won't likely be affected by recent UN sanctions issued against Muammar Qaddafi, despite the Center being owned by a Libyan organisation founded by the embattled Libyan president. https://www.thelocal.se/20110228/32318 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:23:00 +0100 32318 A Swedish man was shot and injured in the Libyan capital Tripoli, the Swedish ministry of foreign affairs has confirmed, adding that Sweden is preparing to dispatch staff to assist nationals still in the civil war-torn country. https://www.thelocal.se/20110224/32230 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:48:00 +0100 32230 Colonel Muammar Qaddafi ordered the 1988 terror attack that downed a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie in Scotland, the Libyan leader's former justice minister told a Swedish reporter on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110223/32226 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:07:00 +0100 32226 Demonstrators outside the Libyan embassy in Stockholm succeeded in getting the country's independence era flag raised outside the building on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110222/32204 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:12:00 +0100 32204