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Robert Hall, economics professor at Stanford University (left) and Michael Woodford, of Columbia University. (Handout/various sources/AFP)
October 12, 2026, 6:58 pm
2 American economists win Nobel for work on managing economic shocks
Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford, affiliated, respectively, with Stanford and Columbia universities, created theoretical foundation to understand how consumers save and spend
By KOSTYA MANENKOV, STEFANIE DAZIO and PAUL WISEMAN
Social Democrats party leader Magdalena Andersson speaks during the Social Democrats’ election night watch party, September 13, 2026, in Stockholm. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP)
September 18, 2026, 5:29 am
Swedish center-left coalition wins tight election marred by antisemitism accusations
Incumbent PM loses after promising ministries to far-right party with neo-Nazi roots; Centre Party says it won’t team up with Left Party after latter had to oust members who spread antisemitic conspiracies
By Shira Li Bartov
Officers stand near the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, January 31, 2024. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP)
September 16, 2026, 9:44 pm
Sweden expels Iranian embassy employee for threats to Jewish, Israeli sites
Stockholm summons Iranian ambassador over accusation Tehran conducting activities against opposition figures and Israeli and Jewish interests, including by working with criminals
By AFP
Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson (L) and Swedish Prime Minister and Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson take part in a televised election debate hosted by TV4 in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 10, 2026, three days ahead of the country’s general election. (Jonathan NACKSTRAND/AFP)
September 14, 2026, 2:40 am
Swedish center-left bloc leads tight election; in surprise, far right loses ground
Ruling and opposition blocs separated by only three seats, election authority says, based on votes from 6,195 of 6,312 districts; final results expected no earlier than Wednesday
By Agencies
People prepare to cast their vote for Sweden’s general election in a booth at a polling station in Nacka on September 13, 2026. (Jonathan NACKSTRAND/AFP)
September 13, 2026, 1:52 pm
Sweden goes to the polls as hard-right party bids for ministerial roles in government
Election will determine whether anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, which has roots in the far-right, will get ministerial roles, or if the center-left comes back into power
By AP
Undated portraits of Jonas Sjöstedt (left) and Hanna Gedin, members of Sweden’s Left Party. (European Parliament official website)
August 24, 2026, 12:58 am
Israel bars 2 Swedish MEPs from entering country over alleged anti-Israel activity
FM Gideon Sa’ar says Left Party lawmakers backed legal action against Israelis, spread claims about genocide and starvation in Gaza
By Stav Levaton
Sweden’s Liberal Party leader and Minister of Education and Integration Simona Mohamsson wears a Star of David as she takes part in a pre-election debate in Sweden on August 17, 2026 (Screencapture/YouTube)
August 19, 2026, 8:07 pm
Swedish minister, daughter of Haifa Palestinian, wears Star of David at election debate
Liberal Party leader Simona Mohamsson says she chose to wear Jewish symbol on behalf of Jewish children who cannot, amid surge in Swedish antisemitism; she’s subject to torrent of online hate afterwards
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
July 30, 2026, 6:51 am
UK court convicts Norwegian over role in murder-for-hire ordered by Iran-linked gang
London cops say 19-year-old was recruited by sanctioned Swedish organized crime group known as the Foxtrot Network, which has targeted Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe
By AP
A police van waits outside the Iranian Embassy, flying the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran, central London, January 12, 2026. (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
June 3, 2026, 4:10 pm
Norwegian teen who planned UK murder was recruited by Iran-linked Swedish crime group
Prosecutors tell court that Johannes Natland was recruited by an organization called the Foxtrot Network, target of plot is unknown
By Reuters and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the end of a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP/Alex Brandon)
January 21, 2026, 2:35 pm
Netanyahu accepts invite to Trump’s Board of Peace; Europe formulating common position
Egypt announces participation; Witkoff says Putin expected to join; Sweden and Norway reject invitations; Italy said to believe joining the board would violate its constitution
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustration: Protestors stand under hanging figures depicting the US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran as Iranians mark the 46th anniversary of the start of the Iran hostage crisis, on November 4, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
December 16, 2025, 10:17 pm
Iran says dual national held on spy charges since June war with Israel is Swedish
Tehran has given few details on espionage trial; others accused of working with Mossad have been executed; Swede is accused of meeting Israeli agents in 6 European countries
By AFP and ToI Staff
Salwan Momika protests outside a mosque in Stockholm on June 28, 2023, during the Eid al-Adha holiday. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
October 16, 2025, 11:54 am
Sweden identifies Syrian suspected of murdering Quran-burning activist
PM said in January there was ‘obviously a risk’ that the killing of Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika was linked to foreign powers
By Reuters and ToI Staff
The leader of the Sweden Democrats Jimmie Akesson delivers a speech at the party's election watch in Nacka, near Stockholm late Sunday evening on September 11, 2022. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP)
June 27, 2025, 12:41 am
Sweden Democrats apologize for past Nazi links, antisemitism as election nears
The party, which established ties with Israel’s government earlier this year, hopes to join a future coalition government after the 2026 vote
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This court sketch made on November 4, 2021, shows Osama Krayem on trial for the November 13, 2015, Paris attacks, during the trial taking place in a temporary courtroom set up at the Palais de Justice of Paris. (Benoit PEYRUCQ / AFP)
June 4, 2025, 2:01 pm
Sweden tries sole surviving ISIS jihadist over Jordan pilot burned to death in Syria
Osama Krayem, 32 — already in prison over the 2015 Paris and 2016 Brussels attacks — acknowledges being present at the killing of Moaz al-Kasasbeh, but denies prosecution’s account
By Nioucha ZAKAVATI
Henrik Olin, Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the National Unit for Security Cases, and Reena Devgun, Senior Prosecutor at the National Unit against International and Organized Crime, announcing indictment of Swedish man Osama Krayem, for gross war crimes and terrorism in Syria, on 27 May 2025 in Stockholm, Sweden. (TT News Agency/Jonas Ekstromer/via REUTERS)
May 28, 2025, 12:33 pm
Sweden charges jihadist over Jordanian pilot burnt to death in Syria
Osama Krayem, already jailed for Paris and Brussels attacks, accused of taking part in Islamic State’s gruesome 2015 murder of Jordanian pilot burned alive in a cage
By AFP
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