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 Supreme Court, Sweden's highest court of law, will not grant a second appeal by the father of an 11-year-old girl killed in the 2017 Stockholm terror attack. https://www.thelocal.se/20190523/swedish-court-rejects-appeal-for-father-of-stockholm-terror-attack-victim Thu, 23 May 2019 17:44:54 +0200 swedish-court-rejects-appeal-for-father-of-stockholm-terror-attack-victim Sweden's highest court has overturned a decision to deport a convicted rapist after ruling there was no "extraordinary reason" to expel him from the country. https://www.thelocal.se/20190425/swedens-supreme-court-overturns-deportation-decision-for-convicted-rapist Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:43:33 +0200 swedens-supreme-court-overturns-deportation-decision-for-convicted-rapist A Swedish man has been ordered to pay damages to his ex-girlfriend for posting a video online of them having sex, the first such ruling in the Scandinavian country. https://www.thelocal.se/20150316/swede-to-pay-damages-over-sex-tape-of-girlfriend Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:01:48 +0100 swede-to-pay-damages-over-sex-tape-of-girlfriend Serious tax evaders could be released from prison, see their convictions quashed and be eligible to receive damages from the state, according to a judgement by the Swedish Supreme Court on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130716/49092 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:55:00 +0200 49092 A father convicted of shaking his infant daughter to death has been granted a retrial by Sweden's Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen) in a case that could result in a re-examination of other cases of "shaken baby syndrome". https://www.thelocal.se/20130109/45504 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:11:00 +0100 45504 After 12 years, a 34-year-old man has confessed to killing a 51-year-old father of four in Skövde in central Sweden in 2000, telling police he needed to clear his conscience. https://www.thelocal.se/20121023/43984 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:57:00 +0200 43984 Swedish Supreme Court justice and former Chancellor of Justice Göran Lambertz has drawn fire from the high court's Chief Justice over an apparent attempt to get involved in the ongoing investigation into the assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme. https://www.thelocal.se/20120926/43468 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:30:00 +0200 43468 Julian Assange will stay in Ecuador's embassy in London, having decided not to comply with a British police order to turn himself in for extradition to Sweden, a spokeswoman for the WikiLeaks founder said Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120629/41742 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:29:00 +0200 41742 British police served an extradition notice on Thursday on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London requesting aslyum. https://www.thelocal.se/20120628/41706 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:25:00 +0200 41706 The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says she is fearful a British court will allow his extradition to Sweden, claiming "the biggest governments in the world are gunning for him". https://www.thelocal.se/20120530/41124 Wed, 30 May 2012 09:20:00 +0200 41124 Teachers should be able to tolerate violence inflicted on them by students, but at the same time have scope for using force against unruly pupils, according to two recent Swedish court rulings. https://www.thelocal.se/20120524/41010 Thu, 24 May 2012 10:37:00 +0200 41010 The frequency of rape case acquittals in Sweden has increased dramatically in recent years, new research has shown, and scholars have a theory as to what lay behind the trend. https://www.thelocal.se/20120326/39886 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:42:00 +0200 39886 Sweden’s Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen) was right to convict four men of hate crimes for distributing homophobic flyers at a school, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled. https://www.thelocal.se/20120209/39012 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:06:00 +0100 39012 Julian Assange, head of WikiLeaks, has appeared at Britain’s Supreme Court, starting the new leg in his battle against his rape allegations and his potential extradition to Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20120201/38852 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:38:00 +0100 38852 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange applied Tuesday for Britain's Supreme Court to hear his appeal against extradition to Sweden, dragging out a legal saga that has already lasted more than a year. https://www.thelocal.se/20111116/37378 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:33:00 +0100 37378 It should be easier for Swedish citizens who are also citizens of other countries to be extradited to states outside the European Union, a government inquiry charged with reviewing Sweden's extradition law has concluded. https://www.thelocal.se/20111115/37358 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:33:00 +0100 37358 Lawyers representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his battle to overturn a decision to extradite him from the UK to Sweden to face rape allegations, are following a "quieter" approach to their client's defence. https://www.thelocal.se/20110713/34908 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:12:00 +0200 34908 WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange arrived at the High Court in London on Tuesday to open his appeal against a ruling to extradite him to Sweden to face allegations of rape. https://www.thelocal.se/20110712/34882 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:18:00 +0200 34882 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will on Tuesday begin his appeal against a UK court ruling to extradite him to Sweden to face rape and sexual assault allegations. https://www.thelocal.se/20110711/34852 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:31:00 +0200 34852 Sweden's Supreme Court (Högsta Domstolen) has ruled that a teenager in Ulricehamn, in the south west of Sweden, is guilty of drunk driving after pedalling his scooter forward with his feet while inebriated. https://www.thelocal.se/20110414/33214 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:54:00 +0200 33214