As current mortgage rates in U.S. moved downward, the average landing at 5.4 percent according to today's numbers by Bankrate, the report by the European Mortgage Federation shows that in the first quarter Swedent had the biggest decrease in in mortgage rates when considering developments on a year on year basis. The second and third places are shared between Ireland and Portugal. UK and Denmark came fourth and 5th.

Today Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and EU-Minister Cecilia Malmström presented Sweden's priorities during the upcoming presidency to members of the international press.

Asylum seekers in Sweden, who bring their cases to one of the three Migrations Courts in this European country, are seldom heard. Only a third of the cases brought to the courts last year allowed the asylum seekers to be heard. In other cases, the Swedish immigration courts make their decision based on written material and testimonials.

The financial crisis hits even the elderly in Sweden. The retirement pay will be less in the country due to the economic difficulties.

While just a day or so ago the founders of The Pirate Bay, Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde, expressed a great deal of confidence in their trial, but Friday a Swedish court found the three, as well as Carl Lundstrom, who provided financing, guilty of facilitating copyright infringement.

The centre-right coalition government has rejected a proposal by Social Democratic leader Mona Sahlin to force municipalities to accept refugees.

Sweden’s largest lake, Vänern, which is also the third largest lake in Europe, will be lowered by 15 centimetres.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has condemned the shooting at a school in Jerusalem as an unacceptable act of terrorism - where a lone Palestinian killed 8 students.

A new proposal from the Swedish government wants to make it compulsory for girls from an immigrant background to take part in sex education.

A silent diplomatic dispute between Sweden and Iran is revealed to have been taking place during the past few months.

Swedish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Energy Maud Olofsson is in the US to talk about Swedish energy and environmental policies.