Over time, the Swedes realized that their proximity to Russia would ensure that they would be involved with some kind of hostile action with Russia. Better to prepare for the dark days of conflict rather than rest on their laurels.

Swedish police have been investigating the suspected sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, connecting Germany and Finland. A series of undersea cables and gas pipelines have been damaged in suspected attacks since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022,

French Minister Delegate for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad, Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, Estonia's Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Canada's Pri

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson warned that the outcome of the war in Ukraine will shape generations to come and that the world was at a crossroads. It comes as

A string of incidents involving damage to cables and other infrastructure in the Baltic Sea have occurred in recent months, amid soaring tensions between the West and Russia over Moscow's war in Ukraine.

Sweden's former prime minister Carl Bildt has accused Russia of working with the US to undermine Ukraine's position.

Russia is carefully monitoring Sweden's military activities within NATO and is taking appropriate measures, Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, commenting on the statement by the head of Swedish military intelligence Thomas Nilsson about the need to prepare the country's armed forces for a potential conflict with Russia.

Earlier this week, European soccer body Uefa released the list of candidates running for a seat on its influential executive committee at its congress in April. Ther

(Reuters) -Swedish auto supplier Autoliv has sold its Russian business to local automotive group Avtodom, which has already snapped up German carmaker Mercedes-Benz's former plant in the country, Russian corporate records showed on Friday.

Latvia is a nation whose past and present speaks to Europe’s future. Once ruled by the Swedish and Russian Empires, in the 20th century it was occupied by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Sweden are now their allies in Nato, alongside Germany too. But the Russian threat persists.

Finland became the first of the NATO newcomer countries to declare its concerns about the possible demand of US President Donald Trump to exclude it and Sweden from the North Atlantic Alliance in order to improve Washington's relations with Moscow.

Today, the folly of that approach has been revealed—and Sweden, NATO’s newest member, appears to be quickly changing course.