On Thursday Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute expelled a student who had served a prison sentence for murder.

Having examined its updated convergence programme[1], the European Commission finds that Sweden’s budgetary stance is a sound one as it has surpassed its medium-term objective, a surplus of 1% of GDP, by a large margin and plans for equally safe positions in the years ahead. The pace of fiscal consolidation in the United Kingdom appears insufficient and should be strengthened significantly.

Günter Verheugen
Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Enterprise and Industry
Innovation and clusters as a way to growth and jobs

The stones that pave many of Sweden's streets and squares have been made under extremely bad working conditions in China.

In more news from the Swedish wilderness, January brings the first mushrooms of the year to the country’s woods.

A popular activity in Sweden is fishing, but it seems the hobbyists have overtaken the professionals when it comes to bringing money to Sweden’s economy.

Vilma and William were the most popular names for new born babies in Sweden for 2007.

Tourists and vacation travelers brought record amounts of revenue to Sweden’s economy last year.

Sweden saw a dramatic increase in the number of people seeking asylum in 200

More and more Swedes are turning to City Hall instead of the Swedish Church when they decide to get married.

A new study has compared Swedish taxes with the rest of the world, which shows high taxes in Sweden.

Swedes are being warned to stay away from Nairobi for the moment – that’s the message coming from the Swedish Foreign Ministry, as plans were unveiled by supporters for the opposition to launch a mass protest in Kenya’s capital.