74-year-old Uppsala man shot by masked robber
A 74-year-old man and his dog were injured in a robbery attempt in Uppsala, north of Stockholm, late on Thursday evening.Police on alert after threat on Swedish banks (25 Oct 12) Cops hail 'brave'...
View ArticleSwitzerland freezes more assets of Syrians with connections to Assad
Switzerland on Friday adopted new sanctions against Syria, falling into line with decisions taken by the European Union, a statement from the economy ministry in Bern said. It also took action against...
View ArticleGovernments to debate 50 billion euro cut to EU budget
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments will debate a cut of at least 50 billion euros this week as the starting point for negotiations on the bloc's proposed 1 trillion-euro ($1.3 trillion)...
View ArticleOpposition Labor increases pressure on Cameron before EU talks
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labor party piled pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday by pushing for an even tougher line on the European Union budget than that proposed by his...
View ArticleGermany’s Schaeuble tells skeptical UK "EU needs you"
OXFORD (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble urged Britain on Monday to remain strongly engaged in the European Union, responding to a tide of Euroskepticism that Berlin fears could...
View ArticleClinton: Bosnia risks being left behind on EU/NATO path
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Bosnia on Tuesday to overcome ethnic infighting and pursue constitutional reforms needed for any chance of joining NATO and the...
View ArticleEU considers sending 200 troops to train Mali army
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is considering sending about 200 troops to train Mali's army to retake the Islamist-held north, but is not willing to deploy them in battle, EU officials said on...
View ArticleEU will lose Turkey if it hasn’t joined by 2023: Erdogan
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union will lose Turkey if it doesn't grant it membership by 2023, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. … Read More
View ArticleWoman gets 15 years for stabbing boyfriend
A 42-year-old Swedish mother of five charged with the murder of her boyfriend in June this year, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after stabbing her spouse to death and then photographing his...
View ArticleFree schools boost results in public schools
Having more publicly-funded, privately-managed free schools leads to better student performance in Swedish municipalities, even for children that attend regular public schools, a new study has...
View ArticleChina launches trade probes on EU solar products
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday that it will launch anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into imported European Union solar-grade polysilicon, in the latest instance of tit-for-tat...
View ArticleBritain’s PM David Cameron ‘humiliated’ by EU budget defeat
Prime Minister David Cameron was battling to reclaim authority on Thursday, after Conservative party rebels delivered his first major parliamentary defeat by defying him over the EU budget. MPs passed...
View ArticleChina starts anti-dumping probe into EU solar producers
worker checking on a solar panel at a field in Hami, China's farwest Xinjiang region.(AFP Photo / China Out)China has launched a trade investigation into solar-grade polysilicon imported from the...
View ArticleIranians burn American flags, chant ‘death to US’ to mark embassy seizure
Iranian demonstrators hold anti-US and Israel slogans, a cartoon of US President Barack Obama (L) and a portrait of supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) outside the former US embassy in Tehran on...
View ArticleEU gives $200 million for security, education in turbulent Somalia
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The European Union has given Somalia 158 million euros ($200 million) to improve education, the legal system and security, its new envoy said on Saturday, as the Horn of Africa...
View ArticleHungary says EU cut in its funds would be a shame
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The European Union risks undermining the credibility of its drive against national budget overshoots if it strips Hungary of structural funds as punishment for running an excessive...
View ArticleItalian police seize fishing boat with 171 illegal immigrants
ROME (Reuters) - Financial police in Italy said on Monday they had seized a fishing boat the previous night with 171 illegal immigrants onboard, including 34 children, that had been trying to enter the...
View ArticlePeace group says European Nobel prize is ‘unlawful’
Giving the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union is “unlawful” since it is not a “champion of peace” as defined by the will of founder Alfred Nobel, the International Peace Bureau said on Monday. In...
View ArticleEU downgrades economic predictions
The European Union is downgrading its predictions for the 27-country bloc’s economy, warning it will decline further and recover more slowly than previously forecast as it struggles to resolve the debt...
View ArticleUS approves duties on China solar products, eyes 5 year extension
The United States has approved billions of dollars worth of import duties on solar-energy products from China for the next five years in order to restrict China’s presence at the market. The US...
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