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 Prosecutors have dropped an investigation into allegations that Fredrik Reinfeldt's one-time closest aide, Ulrica Schenström, had accepted bribes when a journalist paid for her drinks at a bar in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20071203/9288 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:15:00 +0100 9288 TV4 has reported chief prosecutor Christer van der Kvast to the Chancellor of Justice following a raid on the station's offices this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20071109/9051 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:26:00 +0100 9051 Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has appointed HG Wessberg to succeed Ulrica Schenström as his state secretary. https://www.thelocal.se/20071108/9039 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:42:00 +0100 9039 Police raided the offices of TV4 in Stockholm on Wednesday in an attempt to obtain a copy of a restaurant bill paid by reporter Anders Pihlblad. https://www.thelocal.se/20071107/9033 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:23:00 +0100 9033 Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt faced a deluge of criticism Friday over his leadership abilities after the latest in a string of scandals capped a stormy first year in power for the centre-right government. On Friday he was coming under fire again after it was revealed that Nicola Clase, who is temporarily replacing State Secretary Ulrica Schenström, had paid under the table for a carpenter. https://www.thelocal.se/20071102/8985 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:10:00 +0100 8985 Fredrik Reinfeldt's new State Secretary Nicola Clase has admitted to paying cash-in-hand for renovations to a summer house outside Stockholm, Expressen reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20071102/8978 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:56:00 +0100 8978 Ulrica Schenström, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's closest aide, was on call when she was out drinking with a political reporter from TV4, Reinfeldt has said. https://www.thelocal.se/20071101/8972 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:22:00 +0100 8972 Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's closest aide has resigned from her job. On Wednesday night State Secretary Ulrica Schenström handed in her notice following days of negative media stories about an evening she spent in a bar with a TV4 political correspondent. https://www.thelocal.se/20071101/8964 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:01:00 +0100 8964 Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's closest aide is to take time out from her job. State Secretary Ulrica Schenström will be absent from her post for an unspecified period following days of negative media stories about an evening she spent in a bar with a TV4 political correspondent. https://www.thelocal.se/20071031/8963 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:09:00 +0100 8963 The leader of the Social Democrats, Mona Sahlin, has blasted the Prime Minister's handling of the so-called "Schenström affair". https://www.thelocal.se/20071031/8957 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:12:00 +0100 8957 A row has broken out after Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's closest aide, State Secretary Ulrica Schenström, was photographed apparently kissing a journalist in a Stockholm bar. Social Democrats have called for her resignation, but Reinfeldt has said they are making a fuss about nothing. https://www.thelocal.se/20071026/8907 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:27:00 +0200 8907