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 Julian Assange would cooperate with Swedish authorities if they reopen a rape case against him but will continue to resist any bid to extradite him to the United States, his lawyer said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20190414/assange-will-cooperate-with-sweden-but-fight-us-warrant-lawyer Sun, 14 Apr 2019 16:38:08 +0200 assange-will-cooperate-with-sweden-but-fight-us-warrant-lawyer More than 70 British lawmakers have urged their government to prioritize any extradition bid Sweden might make for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is also wanted in the United States. https://www.thelocal.se/20190413/british-mps-urge-cooperation-with-sweden-in-assange-case Sat, 13 Apr 2019 18:14:07 +0200 british-mps-urge-cooperation-with-sweden-in-assange-case WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has become a citizen of Ecuador more than five years after moving into its London embassy to escape arrest over a Swedish rape investigation that he claims is linked to his whistle-blowing activities. https://www.thelocal.se/20180112/assange-becomes-ecuadorian-citizen-five-years-after-fleeing-sweden-probe Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:01:48 +0100 assange-becomes-ecuadorian-citizen-five-years-after-fleeing-sweden-probe Ecuador's new President Lenin Moreno has criticized Julian Assange as a "hacker" but stressed his country would continue providing asylum to the WikiLeaks founder fleeing international arrest. https://www.thelocal.se/20170530/new-ecuador-leader-says-assange-can-stay-at-embassy Tue, 30 May 2017 09:36:20 +0200 new-ecuador-leader-says-assange-can-stay-at-embassy Ecuador's new president Lenin Moreno has warned Julian Assange not to interfere in the politics of the South American country, whose embassy the WikiLeaks founder has lived in for the past five years. https://www.thelocal.se/20170526/ecuadors-new-president-warns-assange-not-to-interfere-in-politics Fri, 26 May 2017 10:24:37 +0200 ecuadors-new-president-warns-assange-not-to-interfere-in-politics Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Saturday that his country had "done its duty" by granting asylum in 2012 to Julian Assange, and said he was glad Sweden had closed its rape case against the WikiLeaks founder. https://www.thelocal.se/20170521/ecuador-did-its-duty-by-giving-assange-asylum-correa-says Sun, 21 May 2017 13:42:52 +0200 ecuador-did-its-duty-by-giving-assange-asylum-correa-says The news that the probe into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been dropped after five years has been met with criticism in Sweden, where prosecutors expect scrutiny in the aftermath. https://www.thelocal.se/20170519/swedish-prosecutors-brace-for-scrutiny-after-closing-assange-investigation Fri, 19 May 2017 18:30:32 +0200 swedish-prosecutors-brace-for-scrutiny-after-closing-assange-investigation UPDATE: Swedish prosecutors have decided to end the rape investigation into Julian Assange and lift the Europe-wide arrest warrant against him, but UK police say they will still arrest him. https://www.thelocal.se/20170519/breaking-sweden-lifts-arrest-warrant-against-julian-assange-and-ends-investigation Fri, 19 May 2017 13:09:05 +0200 breaking-sweden-lifts-arrest-warrant-against-julian-assange-and-ends-investigation A lawyer representing a woman who claims Julian Assange raped her has expressed anger after Swedish prosecutors on Friday dropped their probe against the WikiLeaks founder. https://www.thelocal.se/20170519/assange-accuser-calls-swedish-decision-a-scandal-maintains-accusations-lawyer Fri, 19 May 2017 16:48:44 +0200 assange-accuser-calls-swedish-decision-a-scandal-maintains-accusations-lawyer Swedish prosecutors investigating rape accusations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange must decide on Friday if they will lift a Europe-wide arrest warrant against him in a seven-year-old case. https://www.thelocal.se/20170519/swedish-prosecutors-to-decide-on-lifting-assange-warrant Fri, 19 May 2017 10:08:11 +0200 swedish-prosecutors-to-decide-on-lifting-assange-warrant Swedish prosecutors investigating a rape accusation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will hold a press conference on Friday to discuss developments in the seven-year case. https://www.thelocal.se/20170517/swedish-prosecutors-to-provide-fresh-update-on-assange-case Wed, 17 May 2017 15:44:19 +0200 swedish-prosecutors-to-provide-fresh-update-on-assange-case Ecuador has criticised Sweden for a “serious lack of progress” in the Julian Assange case. https://www.thelocal.se/20170515/ecuador-slams-sweden-over-serious-lack-of-progress-in-assange-case Mon, 15 May 2017 09:28:46 +0200 ecuador-slams-sweden-over-serious-lack-of-progress-in-assange-case Julian Assange’s lawyer has filed a request at Stockholm District Court on Wednesday asking for an immediate end to the arrest warrant against his client, arguing it should be dropped now that the US has openly expressed a desire to charge the 45-year-old. https://www.thelocal.se/20170503/assange-asks-sweden-to-drop-arrest-warrant-now-us-has-expressed-intent Wed, 03 May 2017 10:53:59 +0200 assange-asks-sweden-to-drop-arrest-warrant-now-us-has-expressed-intent Swedish prosecutors have received a translation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's interrogation four months after he was questioned on a rape allegation. https://www.thelocal.se/20170315/julian-assange-report-translated-for-swedish-prosecutors Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:35:58 +0100 julian-assange-report-translated-for-swedish-prosecutors WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange made a renewed plea on Monday for Sweden and Britain to respect a United Nations panel ruling that said he was being arbitrarily detained. https://www.thelocal.se/20170206/assange-demands-sweden-and-uk-restore-his-liberty Mon, 06 Feb 2017 16:53:20 +0100 assange-demands-sweden-and-uk-restore-his-liberty Ecuadorian authorities have sent to Sweden the results of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's questioning on rape allegations at their embassy in London, the public prosecutor's office said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20170105/ecuador-sends-report-on-assange-questioning-to-sweden Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:25:06 +0100 ecuador-sends-report-on-assange-questioning-to-sweden WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has published the answers he gave to an Ecuadoran prosecutor during questioning at the country's embassy in London in November over a longstanding Swedish rape allegation. https://www.thelocal.se/20161207/assange-publishes-statement-given-to-prosecutor-on-rape-allegation Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:42:27 +0100 assange-publishes-statement-given-to-prosecutor-on-rape-allegation A UN panel has rejected Britain's request to review a ruling that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is being arbitrarily detained, according to a statement released late Wednesday in Geneva. https://www.thelocal.se/20161201/assange-uk-and-sweden-should-set-me-free Thu, 01 Dec 2016 08:03:30 +0100 assange-uk-and-sweden-should-set-me-free British police have received a genetic sample from Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for Swedish prosecutors to use in their rape investigation against him, an official said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20161129/britain-has-assange-dna-sample-for-sweden Tue, 29 Nov 2016 08:04:41 +0100 britain-has-assange-dna-sample-for-sweden Julian Assange will be questioned in person next week over longstanding rape accusations, Sweden's public prosecutor's office announced on Monday, saying an Ecuadorian prosecutor would visit the WikiLeaks founder in the embassy where he has been holed up since 2012. https://www.thelocal.se/20161107/sweden-wants-assange-dna-sample-from-interrogation Mon, 07 Nov 2016 12:41:59 +0100 sweden-wants-assange-dna-sample-from-interrogation