Swedish agricultural exports are reaching record levels... In 2007 exports earned Sweden over 6.5 billion US Dollars.

The Swedish foreign ministry is recommending that Swedes refrain from travelling to northern Kosovo.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has sent congratulations to the new president of Cyprus, Demitris Christofanis.

One of Sweden’s most blatant cases of ethnic discrimination has been dropped because the 2-year time limit for legal action has run out.

A Swedish Radio news survey concludes that half of Swedish local governments provide no mother-tongue education for immigrant and refugee youngsters - because of the lack of teachers.

The general director of Sweden’s board for compulsory military service is calling for a new voluntary system open for both young men and women.

At the Oscar’s ceremony in Hollywood, Sweden’s Per Hallberg has won his second award for best sound editing – in the film “The Bourne Ultimatum.”

New, tighter restrictions are to be applied for those applying for places in higher education in Sweden - starting in 2010.

News reports claim that some food companies are falsely advertising the benefits of what are supposed to be healthy doses of Omega-3 fats.

The Swedish health insurance program is expected to make it easier for pregnant women with back problems or other complaints to get sick listed.

The Swedish Social Welfare Board is expected to come out soon with a recommendation that vaccinations to prevent cancer of the uterus should be included in the series of vaccinations given to young children in this Nordic nation.

Swedish agriculture authorities are warning that Swedish farmers ploughing up fields which were earlier bogs or sea beds are releasing large amounts of greenhouse gases into the environment - without even knowing it.