e Yugoslavia

Brussels  – Sweden has nothing to fear from Latvia’s economic meltdown, despite Swedish banks’ massive investments in the troubled Baltic state, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said Tuesday.

Stockholm  – Sweden’s two main parties, the ruling conservatives and the opposition Social Democrats, held their ground but failed to make major gains in European Parliament elections, final tallies showed Sunday as a new party sailed into the pan- European legislature.

Stockholm  – A Swedish court Friday extended bankruptcy protection until August for loss-making Saab Automobile, a subsidiary of US automotive giant General Motors Corp.

Stockholm  – Volvo is offering a new flexifuel engine for the V70 and S80 models that can be driven either with petrol or E85 bioethanol with the five-cylinder 2.5-litre unit producing 170 kW/231 hp.

Stockholm – Sweden’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the government would have the final say on the possible extradition of an alleged Rwandan war criminal.

Brussels – Sweden will push the European Union to cut the subsidies it gives to farmers when it takes over the bloc’s presidency in July, the country’s agriculture minister said Tuesday.

Stockholm – The Swedish Navy detained seven pirates in the Gulf of Aden, foiling an attempted hijacking of a freighter early Tuesday.

Stockholm – A Swedish government aid agency Thursday pledged 35 million kronor (4.8 million dollars) to assist people displaced by fighting in northern Pakistan.

Stockholm  – The number of global cases of the new H1N1 influenza virus strain topped 10,200 on Wednesday, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said.

Stockholm  – Over 9,700 cases of the new influenza A(H1N1) virus have been reported worldwide as of Tuesday, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said.