08/10/2012 | World

WikiLeaks founder Assange's bail guarantors ordered to pay out

Nine people who put up bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, including two members of the British aristocracy and a Nobel Prize winner, were ordered to pay 93,000 pounds ($150,000) after Assange took refuge in Ecuador's embassy.

21/08/2012 | World

Sweden not to extradite Assange should he face death penalty

In an interview to the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper, Deputy Director of the Service for Criminal Cases and International Cooperation of Sweden’s Justice Ministry Cecilia Riddselius told Swedish authorities would not extradite WikiLeaks website founder Julian Assange, to the United States in case he could face capital punishment.

24/08/2012 | World

OAS backs Ecuador in Assange conflict

The Organization of American States (OAS) gave its support to Ecuador over the conflict with United Kingdom over the diplomatic asylum granted by the andean country to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

18/09/2012 | World

Sweden performs world-first mother-to-daughter uterus transplant

Medical teams in Sweden performed the first-ever uterus transplant between a mother and her daughter last weekend, the University of Goteborg announced today.

02/02/2012 | World

Precedent warning as Assange extradition case ends

Britain's Supreme Court risks jeopardizing extraditions to many neighbouring countries if it stops WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being sent to Sweden for questioning over sex crimes, a lawyer for Swedish prosecutors argued.

24/07/2012 | World

Baltasar Garzón to lead Assange's defence

Spanish ex judge Baltasar Garzón will head the defence of the founder of WikiLeaks, Australian Julian Assange, who has taken refugee at Ecuador's Embassy in London.

20/08/2012 | World

US says WikiLeaks' Assange trying to deflect rape allegations

The United States accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of making "wild assertions" about an alleged US vendetta against him to deflect attention from rape allegations he faces in Sweden.

16/12/2011 | World

Top UK court to hear WikiLeak’s Assange extradition appeal

Britain's Supreme Court, the country's highest judicial body, said it had granted permission for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to appeal against extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.

26/01/2012 | World

Wikileaks Assange to have have own Russian talk show

Kremlin-funded English language channel Russia Today has given WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange his own TV talk show, the station said. Filming for Assange's television debut is already underway from Britain, where he remains under house arrest outside London while appealing an extradition order to Sweden, it said.

01/02/2012 | World

Assange appeals extradition to UK's top court

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appealed to Britain's Supreme Court today not to extradite him to Sweden over accusations of sex crimes, a move that could push his anti-secrecy website further towards oblivion.

07/02/2011 | World

WikiLeaks' founder Assange fights extradition to Sweden

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asked a British judge to block his extradition to Sweden on sex crime allegations, arguing he would not get a fair trial and could end up facing execution in the United States.

02/11/2011 | World

UK court rules for WikiLeaks' Assange extradition

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should be sent to Sweden from Britain to face questioning over alleged sex crimes, London's High Court ruled today, rejecting his appeal against extradition.

05/12/2011 | World

Assange to fight extradition in top UK court

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is fighting extradition to Sweden, won the right today to ask Britain's Supreme Court to hear his case, prolonging his stay in Britain.

28/12/2012 | Sports

Zlatan gets his own verb in Swedish dictionary

Sweden captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic has already written his name large in his country's sporting history books and now he is in the Swedish dictionary as well.

05/02/2013 | Sports

As Sabella has 'world's best player', Swedish feel the 'terror'

Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella has praised Lionel Messi as "more than a player" as his side prepares to take on Sweden on a Wednesday FIFA friendly in Stockholm.

06/02/2013 | Sports

Argentina beat Sweden in FIFA friendly

04/08/2012 | Sports

Handball: Argentina loses to Sweden

The Argentine men’s handball team lost 13-29 to Sweden in a match for the third round at the Olympic Games in London. The Gladiators were clearly defeated by the powerful Swedish team.

04/08/2012 | Sports

Sunday's results

Following the Argentine athletes in London? Here are Sunday's results from all of the categories involving members of Argentina's team.

11/10/2012 | Sports

Kaka scores on return for six-goal Brazil

Kaka scored on his Brazil comeback after a two-year absence and Oscar notched a brace as the 2014 World Cup hosts demolished Iraq 6-0 in a one-sided friendly in Sweden.

15/06/2012 | Sports

Sloppy England inspired by Walcott

England looked nothing like the disciplined team Roy Hodgson is trying to build but inspired by substitute Theo Walcott they beat Sweden 3-2 in a thrilling Euro 2012 Group D match to move closer to the quarter-finals.

18/07/2012 | Sports

PSG sign striker Ibrahimovic on three-year deal

Big-spending Paris St Germain aim to dominate Ligue 1 this season and showed their intent by signing Sweden captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic from AC Milan on a three-year deal.

02/08/2012 | Sports

Argentina achieve historic victory in men's handball

Argentina's national men's handball team made history after achieving its first victory at the Olympic Games against Great Britain by 32-21.

15/11/2011 | Sports

England end 43-year wait for win over Sweden

An own goal by Daniel Majstorovic helped England end a 43-year wait for a win over Sweden with a 1-0 triumph over their fellow Euro 2012 finalists in a friendly at Wembley.

13/04/2012 | Sports

Injured Latvala out of Argentina Rally

Jari-Matti Latvala has withdrawn from this month's Rally of Argentina after breaking his left collarbone while cross-country skiing in Lapland, his Ford team said.

12/06/2012 | Sports

Sweden must beat England, says Kallstrom

Sweden midfielder Kim Kallstrom believes defeat by Ukraine in their Euro 2012 Group D opener means their only hope of progressing hinges on beating England on Friday.

21/11/2011 | Entertainment

Star role for Sweden in Stieg Larsson film

Sweden is the only place the new Hollywood version of best-selling crime novel "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" could have been shot, director David Fincher said.

26/05/2012 | Entertainment

Sweden wins Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden's Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan on Sunday before an international TV audience of 100 million, days after angering Azeri authorities by meeting rights activists critical of the host country's human rights record.

03/10/2012 | Entertainment

ABBA museum to open in Swedish capital in 2013

A museum devoted to pop supergroup ABBA will open next year in the Swedish capital aiming to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors, organizers said on Wednesday.