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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 467

Tobias Billstrom

Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom addresses journalists upon arrival for an EU Ministerial Conference at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin on November 2, 2023. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
February 15, 2024, 4:15 pm
Swedish foreign minister confronts Iran over murder plot against Jews in his country
Tobias Billstrom says it is ‘extremely negative’ that another state pursued a killing plan on Swedish territory, plans to take matter up with European Union peers
By AFP
File: Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom, center, listens to speeches during a round table meeting of EU foreign ministers at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, February 3, 2024. (Omar Havana/AP)
February 14, 2024, 4:47 pm
Anti-Israel Gaza protest disrupts Sweden parliamentary debate on funding UNRWA
Stockholm reaffirms Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas, but calls for a ceasefire; six people detained by security guards, one later arrested
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A woman burns a piece of paper in front of the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm on July 28, 2023. (Screen capture/Hedlund Media TV, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
July 28, 2023, 5:10 pm
In about-face, Swedish woman burns paper instead of Torah outside Israeli embassy
Woman is 2nd in recent weeks to threaten to burn the holy book only to walk it back; Israel warned Stockholm that allowing demonstration would harm bilateral relations
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, left, meets his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billström in Stockholm, May 15, 2023. (MAG/ Israel Embassy in Sweden)
July 28, 2023, 1:06 pm
FM Cohen urges Swedish counterpart to prevent Torah burning outside embassy
Top diplomat says he’s ‘horrified’ by approval of event in Stockholm; Billström reportedly replies he’ll look into constitutional amendments to stop acts
By ToI Staff
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to journalists during a joint news conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, July 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
July 10, 2023, 5:19 pm
Erdogan: For Sweden to join NATO, Europeans should ‘open way’ to Turkey’s EU bid
Democratic backsliding under Turkish leader’s presidency, disputes with EU-member Cyprus and other issues have held up country’s progress toward admission to European bloc
By Karl Ritter and Suzan Fraser
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, left, meets his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billström in Stockholm, May 15, 2023. (MAG/ Israel Embassy in Sweden)
May 15, 2023, 11:19 pm
FM Cohen visits Stockholm, hails ‘new page’ in Israel-Sweden ties
Sweden’s top diplomat calls Eli Cohen’s trip, the first by an Israeli foreign minister since 2001, ‘so long overdue’
By AP
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