“Sweden” on The Daily Caller

Bras and bra sizes might not be the first thing that pops to mind when one thinks of labor disputes. (more)

When Swedish police and customs officials confiscated 6,300 unapproved erectile-dysfunction and male-enhancement pills purchased over the Internet, one-third of the samples contained ingredients that weren’t supposed to be present. One, an Indian herbal compound with the not-at-all-funny name Penisole contained the rat poison strychnine. (more)

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A newly found Swedish document shows how the KGB intervened in the early 1990s to stop an investigation into World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg’s fate, two U.S.-based researchers said Monday. (more)

Swedish courts are handing down more and more lenient sentences to gangsters who carry firearms outside the strict limits of that country’s gun-control laws, ruling that some criminals’ hostile inner-city environments suggest a need for greater personal protection. (more)

File-sharing over the Internet was recognized by the Swedish government as an official religion on Thursday, even while the act of file-sharing remains illegal in the country. (more)

All European Union states except Britain moved toward setting up a new treaty Friday, giving up crucial powers over their own budgets in an attempt to overcome a crippling debt crisis. (more)

Swedish Automotive has reached an agreement to sell its struggling Saab unit to two Chinese companies, in a bargain-basement deal to try to save a company that’s nearly out of business. (more)

One of the strengths of the United States of America is its military power, with a global reach unlike any other country in the world. But could that power wane to fulfill a vision of what President Barack Obama and other countries have for the country? (more)

President Barack Obama wants well-off Americans to pay more taxes, but wealthy Americans already pay a higher proportion of income taxes than top-earners in Sweden, Finland, Holland and other welfare-state nations. (more)

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish fighter jets are roaring into action over Libya under NATO command. Ireland is offering itself as a transit hub for U.S. military deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Even famously independent Switzerland has peacekeepers in Kosovo. (more)

LONDON — A British court on Thursday ordered Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, to be extradited to Sweden to face accusations of sexual abuse. His lawyers have seven days to appeal the ruling and immediately indicated that they would so. (more)

HA LONG BAY, Vietnam (AP) — An anchored boat packed with sleeping tourists sank early Thursday in Vietnam’s scenic Ha Long Bay, killing 12 people from nine countries in the deadliest tour boat accident since the country opened to foreign tourism 25 years ago. (more)

London (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Monday a two-day hearing on whether to extradite him to Sweden is finally lifting the lid on sexual misconduct allegations he says are false and have blighted his reputation for months. (more)

In 1993, Sweden introduced a system of school choice and vouchers, inspired by the ideas of American economists Milton and Rose Friedman. Even though the system was just as controversial then as any U.S. voucher proposal, the right to chose your school and bring the funding with you is today considered a natural right for families and is widely accepted by all political parties. (more)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continues to resist extradition from the United Kingdom to Sweden for questioning regarding alleged sex crimes, expressing a fear of subsequent charges in the United States. (more)

In the wake of a nationwide debate over the validity of the rape charges leveled against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Sweden, a blog grappling with the “grey area” between consent and rape has many Swedes going online to tell the world about their various sexual encounters — outside the scrutiny of a legal lens. (more)

LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks will step up its publication schedule of secret documents, founder Julian Assange announced Tuesday, promising more revelations based on the group’s stash of confidential U.S. embassy cables and other leaks. (more)

Until Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly’s explosive belt went off prematurely in Stockholm last month, Sweden was the poster child for isolationism in the war on terror. While Abdulwahab’s bomb failed to achieve his desired result, it did obliterate the myth that nations can remain neutral to global terrorism. (more)

LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange will be heading to a British country mansion after a U.K. judge rejected attempts to keep the WikiLeaks founder in prison as he fights extradition to Sweden on sex-crimes allegations. (more)

UPDATE: Julian Assange has been granted bail, set at $308,000. Prosecutors are appealing but if bail goes through, Assange must also surrender his passport, has a curfew and wear a tracker, according to The Guardian. (more)