Topic: Swedish Ministry For Foreign Affairs

Sweden goalie Stefan Liv died in plane crash: Embassy

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish ice hockey player Stefan Liv was among the 43 people who died when a plane carrying Russian team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashed Wednesday, the Swedish Embassy in Moscow confirmed to news agency TT.The 30-year-old national team goalkeeper, an Olympic ...
See video from Swedish Embassy Beijing at: Sweden, through the Embassy of Sweden and the Swedish Governmental Offices, has a close cooperation with some chosen cities and municipalities in China. Sweden signed a memorandum of understanding with the Beijing government regarding Sino-Swedish ...
Swedish foreign minister defends press freedom, rejects anti-Semitism claims amid Israel furorSwedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has rejected Israeli calls for official condemnation of a Swedish newspaper article about organ harvesting, saying freedom of expression is a cornerstone of democracy.Bildt said ...

Sri Lanka snubs Sweden as tensions over war mount

Sri Lanka barred Sweden's foreign minister Tuesday from entering the island on a humanitarian mission, as diplomatic tensions mounted over the conduct of the war on the Tamil Tigers.Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt had been due to travel to the ...