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Sweden lowers terrorist threat assessment back to level before 2023 Koran burnings

May 23, 2025 Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander  

(Reuters) Sweden’s SAPO security service lowered its national terrorist threat warning on Friday back to the “elevated” level assessed before 2023, when it was raised in the wake of a spate of Koran burnings. SAPO had raised the threat level to “high,” […]

Government & Politics

Sweden says EU migrant ‘return hub’ plan could be pitched in March

January 2, 2025 Dave Graham and Simon Johnson  

(Reuters) The European Union could submit a proposal as soon as March on the creation of so-called “return hubs” to expedite the removal of illegal migrants, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Thursday. Kristersson sketched out the potential timetable during a […]

Demonstrations

Sweden raises terrorist alert level after Koran burnings

August 17, 2023 Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander  

(Reuters) Sweden raised its terrorist alert to the second highest level on Thursday, saying it had thwarted attacks after Koran burnings and other acts against Islam’s holiest text outraged Muslims and triggered threats from jihadists. Anti-Islam activists have damaged several copies of […]

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Sweden says it’s target of Russia-backed disinformation over NATO, Koran burnings

July 26, 2023 Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander  

(Reuters) Sweden is the target of a disinformation campaign by “Russia-backed actors” intended to hurt the image of the NATO-candidate country by implying it supported recent burnings of the Koran, its minister for civil defence said on Wednesday. Sweden’s bid to join […]

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Sweden charges man with spying on Ahwazi community for Iran

November 6, 2019 Simon Johnson  

(Reuters) Sweden’s state prosecutors have charged an Iraqi Swede with spying on the Ahwazi community in Sweden and elsewhere in Europe and passing the information to Iranian authorities. The Ahwazi are an Arab minority mostly living in the Iranian province of Khusestan […]

Legal

Swedish appeals court overturns bombing plot conviction

June 12, 2019 Simon Johnson  

(Reuters) A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday overturned a seven-year sentence handed down to an Uzbek man by a lower court for plotting to carry out a bombing in the name of Islamic State. While the Svea Appeals Court freed David Idrisson, […]

Government & Politics

Immigration and welfare fears merge as Sweden lurches to the right

September 5, 2018 Simon Johnson and Johan Sennero  

(Reuters) Those wondering why Swedish politics are set to lurch to the right in Sunday’s election need look no further than Ljusnarsberg, a tiny central county of dense pine forests and glistening lakes. Many inhabitants of this once-booming region are uneasy about […]

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