No Socialist Paradise: Sweden’s COVID-19 Response Is Nothing to Envy
Eleanor Goldfield reports from Stockholm on how COVID-19 has laid bare the US-style capitalist reality creeping into Sweden’s already struggling socialized programs.
Eleanor Goldfield reports from Stockholm on how COVID-19 has laid bare the US-style capitalist reality creeping into Sweden’s already struggling socialized programs.
Swedish authorities declare that they have identified a dead man as Olof Palme’s assassin, but questions surrounding the former Prime Minister’s death to Operation Gladio linger.
By Raul Diego
Last week, Swedish authorities held a press conference to announce that they had finally identified the real killer of controversial Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme, gunned down outside of a theater more than 30 years ago. The third man accused of murdering the head of state since the shocking incident took place more than thirty years
Raul Diego is a MintPress News Staff Writer, independent photojournalist, researcher, writer and documentary filmmaker.
Among the issues under discussion in Yemen peace negotiations are potential humanitarian corridors, a prisoner swap, the reopening of the defunct Sana’a International Airport, and the fate of the crucial port city of Hodeida.
RIMBO, SWEDEN -- Among the issues under discussion in Yemen peace negotiations currently underway in Sweden -- the first such talks between the Saudi-led Coalition and Ansar Allah in two years -- are potential humanitarian corridors, a prisoner swap, the reopening of the defunct Sana’a International Airport, and the fate of the crucial port city of
Ahmed AbdulKareem is a Yemeni journalist. He covers the war in Yemen for MintPress News as well as local Yemeni media.
Fierce battles are ongoing in Yemen’s Nihm district and the Saudi-led coalition has resorted to heavy bombing of the city in order to pave the way for the advance of heavily armored mechanized ground units.
SANA’A, YEMEN -- Despite hope that coming talks expected to take place on December 5 near Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, will bring an end to the more than three years of war that have ravaged Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition continues to escalate its military offensives across the country. On Tuesday, the coalition and its allies launched a fresh
Ahmed AbdulKareem is a Yemeni journalist. He covers the war in Yemen for MintPress News as well as local Yemeni media.
One has to wonder at what point will most people realize that this is – and always was – political persecution masquerading as law enforcement.
It now emerges that the last four years of Julian Assange’s effective imprisonment in the Ecuadorean embassy in London have been entirely unnecessary. In fact, they depended on a legal charade. Behind the scenes, Sweden
Jonathan Cook won the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism. His latest books are Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East (Pluto Press) and Disappearing Palestine: Israel’s Experiments in Human Despair (Zed Books). His website is www.jonathan-cook.net.
The walk has been planned to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration this year.
A pro-Palestinian Swedish activist started a 4,800-kilometer (about 3,000 miles) trek to Palestine to raise awareness of the ongoing Israeli occupation on 5 August. Benjamin Ladra started his journey ten days ago from the Swedish city of Gothenburg and will walk through Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Turkey and Cyprus before finally crossing into
“The preliminary investigation has been dropped and the detention order has been withdrawn, and from Sweden’s point of view this is now over.”
By teleSUR
Swedish prosecutors dropped the rape investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday, saying the investigation had not been able to proceed because of legal obstacles.
"We are not making a statement about his guilt," Swedish Chief Prosecutor Marianne Ny said. Assange, 45, has lived in the EcuadoreanteleSUR English bring you world news with a focus on the people, the common citizen, and stories untold by traditional media. You will only find them at teleSUR.