Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström has claimed democracy across the globe is “in decline” and has said the Swedish government will push for an “offensive for democracy” in Europe.
Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström slammed UK politicians for Brexit, saying she cannot “forgive” them for allowing the British people to vote to leave the European Union.
In a change of pace, the Swedish government has praised U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un, calling the summit a “victory for diplomacy”.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign has held an official, “women’s issues” fundraising event for U.S. expats in Sweden – widely described as the West’s “rape capital“. The campaign dispatched long-standing Hillary advocate Melanne Verveer, a former U.S. State Department official, to host a
Turkey’s Islamist government has summoned the Swedish ambassador in Ankara for ticking-off after the Nordic nation’s foreign minister condemned Turkey effectively decriminalising sex with children as young a 15.
Israel’s top soldier is warning his troops not to use excessive firepower in combating a wave of Palestinian violence in which many youthful attackers have died in the act. In remarks to high-school seniors heading for compulsory military service, he
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday slammed what he called “stupid” and “immoral” remarks of Sweden’s top diplomat, who has demanded investigations into the killing of Palestinians by Israeli forces. Margot Wallstrom had on Tuesday called for “thorough and
The Jerusalem Post reports: Sweden will not have any roll to play in the Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic process as a result of Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom’s hostility toward Israel, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. The statement came as the
Relations between Sweden and Israel hit a fresh low on Sunday after Israel said Sweden’s foreign minister had accused it of unlawful killings and Stockholm responded by saying that the comments had been “blown out of reasonable proportion”. Relations between
Remarks by Sweden’s foreign minister drawing a parallel between the Paris terrorist attacks and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have been slammed as “appallingly impudent” by Israel. The diplomatic row went public on Monday but stemmed from comments made on Saturday, hours after Friday’s deadly
Sweden and Saudi Arabia have reportedly restored diplomatic ties when the two nations inked a new arms agreement over the weekend. Estimates state that canceling the arms deal would have had a negative impact of $1.3 billion dollars.