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Johannes LEDEL

Demonstrators protest against US efforts to take over Greenland in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 17, 2026. (X screenshot used in accordance with Article 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 17, 2026, 6:29 pm
‘Make America Go Away’: Danes protest against US push to take over Greenland
As thousands demonstrate, visiting delegation of US Congress members tell Greenlandic and Danish politicians that many Americans oppose Trump’s stance on Arctic island
By Johannes LEDEL and Camille BAS-WOHLERT
People enter the District Court in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 5, 2023. (Jonathan NACKSTRAND/AFP)
June 20, 2024, 4:41 pm
Swedish court clears former Syrian general accused of war crimes
Court affirms Syrian army committed war crimes in early 2012, but says there is not sufficient evidence Mohammed Hamo, 65, was personally involved
By Johannes LEDEL
Syrian regime soldiers walk down a road in an area around Kweyris military airport, in the eastern Aleppo province on October 16, 2015. (AFP/George Ourfalian)
April 15, 2024, 2:40 pm
Senior Syrian military official appears in Swedish court on war crimes charges
Former brigadier general Mohammed Hamo faces possibility of life in prison for ‘aiding and abetting’ crimes against humanity during the Syrian Civil War
By Johannes LEDEL
Claudia Goldin speaks to a reporter on the phone in her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after learning that she received the Nobel Prize in Economics, Oct. 9, 2023 (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
October 9, 2023, 3:33 pm
Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in Economics for work on women in the labor market
Jewish professor, only the 3rd female winner, hailed for research that ‘reveals the causes of change, as well as the main sources of the remaining gender gap’
By Johannes LEDEL
British legendary singer Elton John performs on the Pyramid Stage on day 5 of the Glastonbury festival in the village of Pilton in Somerset, southwest England, on June 25, 2023. (Oli SCARFF / AFP)
July 9, 2023, 4:57 am
Elton John belts out final show in Sweden
Pop superstar, 76, intersperses songs with moments getting up and leaving piano to thank not only his fans but also his band and crew, some of whom were with him for 40+ years
By Johannes LEDEL
Salwan Momika holds up a Quran before setting some pages on fire in a protest outside a mosque in Stockholm on June 28, 2023, during the Eid al-Adha holiday. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP)
June 28, 2023, 8:23 pm
Man burns bacon-stuffed Quran at Stockholm mosque protest
Iraqi refugee to Sweden torches holy book to express opposition to the text, highlight freedom of speech
By Johannes LEDEL
Vote counters count casted votes at a polling station in the Hasthagens Sport Center in Malmo, during the general elections in Sweden, on September 11, 2022. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency/AFP)
September 11, 2022, 11:28 pm
Slim lead for Sweden’s left bloc as far-right surges: exit polls
Anti-immigration and nationalist Sweden Democrats could become second largest in parliament with around 20% of the vote
By Johannes LEDEL
Ebba Busch, leader of the Christian Democrats, left, Jimmie Akesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats and Marta Stenevi, spokesperson for the Green Party, right, take part in a political debate broadcasted on TV4 from Eskilstuna, Sweden, Thursday September 8, 2022. General elections will be held in Sweden on September 11. (Christine Olsson/TT via AP)
September 9, 2022, 12:33 pm
Sweden gears up for vote that could see far-right brought into power for first time
Long-treated as pariahs, polls predict anti-immigration and nationalist Sweden Democrats could surge to be second-largest party in Sunday’s election
By Johannes LEDEL
A Pakistani-made Shaheen-III missile, that is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, is carried on a trailer during a military parade in connection with Pakistan National Day celebrations, in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 25, 2021. (Anjum Naveed/AP)
June 14, 2021, 9:51 am
Nuclear arms decline stalls as nations modernize arsenals, warns think tank
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says standstill could impact non-proliferation treaties as non-nuclear states question their own commitments
By Johannes LEDEL
A security guard stands at attention after lowering the Swedish flag to half-staff on the roof of the Swedish parliament the Riksdag, in Stockholm, Sweden, January 1 2005. (AP Photo/Pressens Bild, Jack Mikrut)
November 9, 2020, 11:33 am
Sweden grapples with ‘guilty conscience’ over ignored Holocaust tip-off
On a train in 1942, an SS officer told a Swedish diplomat of the industrialized murder of Jews at the Belzec extermination camp. But the horrifying revelation was kept under wraps
By Johannes LEDEL
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