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Friday, July 24th marked the first Islamic Friday prayers in the Hagia Sophia since Turkey recently converted the former museum into a mosque and has been described as like a “rock concert” by Swedish media. Sanna Drysén, who works for

Several improvised firebombs were allegedly thrown at a local social services office in the multicultural Swedish city of Malmö this week. Police so far have no suspects in the case.

An elderly woman in a Swedish nursing home went without eating because none of the carers working that day spoke Swedish well enough.

A Swedish court has convicted and sentenced a Somalian migrant to 11 years in prison after he raped a nine-year-old girl at knifepoint earlier this year, his second child rape conviction in three years.

Left Party leader Jonas Sjöstedt slammed the Swedish government for supporting the European Union (EU) coronavirus bailout package, passed without the option to deny money to Hungary and other nations he claims are not protecting democracy.

A senior reporter for newspaper Aftonbladet has admitted the paper would label those against mass migration as fascists to stifle debate.

An Afghan migrant and his two sons have been arrested following an incident on a public transit bus that saw a 21-year-old man stabbed to death.

Two Swedish citizens have been convicted and sentenced to just four and five years for the bombing of a tax office in Copenhagen last year.

A majority of Swedes say they want to see fewer asylum applications than the country saw in 2019, with the proportion of that opinion increasing from a similar poll taken last year.

Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven has rejected the idea of placing any limit on asylum applications, stating that such a proposal would be in contrary to supporting the right of asylum itself.

An Afghan migrant has died after being stabbed in a brawl in central Stockholm. Another two Afghans were knifed as well.

The European Union fraud agency OLAF has seized millions of health products with counterfeit EU certifications as criminals attempt to take advantage of the Wuhan coronavirus crisis.

The Swedish city of Lund has seen at least 55 arson attacks so far in 2020, with cars and several buildings being set ablaze including schools.

Just days after storming an airport runway in Paris, Swedish members of the extremist climate change group Extinction Rebellion blocked an SAS airlines flight at Sweden’s Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport.

Sweden saw a record number of new Wuhan coronavirus infections in the last week, with over 9,000 new confirmed cases, as deaths due to the virus topped 5,200.

A Danish prosecutor has called for terrorism legislation to be invoked in the case of two Swedish nationals on trial for the bombing of a Copenhagen tax office.

A young man has been convicted and sentenced to “protective supervision” after setting several fires that led to the destruction or damage of 21 vehicles.

Populist Sweden Democrats MP Björn Söder has called on the Swedish government to consider classifying the far-left anarcho-communist group Antifa as a terrorist organisation.

Swedish supermarket chain Coop has announced it will be creating new “sustainability” labels for all of its food products, including their climate impact.

Over 18,000 people who came to Sweden during the height of the 2015 migrant crisis have been granted Swedish citizenship — and by extension EU citizenship — since being initially accepted for asylum status.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has rejected demands from far-left groups to take down statues of allegedly controversial historical figures following several Black Lives Matter protests across Sweden.

Sweden’s supreme administrative court has upheld an order for a Muslim youth group to repay government grants after it was ruled to not “respect the ideas of democracy”.

Sweden has seen a dramatic rise in the number of convictions for rape from the period between 2017 and 2019, according to figures released by the Crime Prevention Council (Brå).

Prominent Swedish progressive Andreas Malm has urged using the full coercive power of the state to curb fossil fuel emissions, modeling the response on global coronavirus lockdowns.

Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters in the multicultural Swedish city of Malmö reportedly handed out flyers calling for the abolition of police.

98,867 immigrants have been given permanent residency in Sweden since the migrant crisis, with one-fifth of all residents now foreign-born.

Cities across Europe have been ravaged by violent BLM protests, ostensibly in support of protests over the death of George Floyd in the U.S.

Gothenburg police chief Erik Nord has admitted he did not see the violence coming at a Black Lives Matter protest that turned into riots, saw at least ten arrests, and 15 to 20 cars set on fire.

Members of the Swedish public have expressed outrage after police in the multicultural city of Malmö granted permission for a Black Lives Matter protest that attracted thousands of demonstrators.

The Swedish government has been accused of removing test scores of foreign-born pupils and those with poor Swedish language skills to boost the country’s PISA educational score.

Investigative journalist group Project Veritas has released purported undercover footage of the secretive Rose City Antifa group in Portland, Oregon, alleging to show activists promoting violence and teaching combat techniques.

Teenage climate worrier Greta Thunberg has been watching the tumultuous riots that have erupted across America over the past week and voiced disappointment at what she sees.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has claimed that “herd immunity” from the Wuhan coronavirus will be achieved by Autumn of 2021 at the earliest.

A middle-aged Swedish woman charged with child rape has argued that her victim, an alleged “unaccompanied minor”, had lied to the government about his true age when he arrived in Sweden. A 40-year-old woman who lives in Sala Municipality, central

A 45-year-old man in Uppsala is accused of sex offences against 19 women, seven of which he is said to have raped, as well as filming several rapes and producing child pornography.

Greece released a list of 29 countries whose nationals will be allowed to visit the country on holiday but several countries such as Britain and Sweden were notably absent.