A story getting little coverage — three men, from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, were charged in Sweden for plotting to commit a terrorist crime and for funding the Islamic State. Three other men were charged with funding the Islamic State they were also from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

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Over the summer, 8-year-old Saga Vanecek pulled out a 1,500-year-old sword out of the Vidöstern lake in Sweden. She told The Guardian all about it:

I waded into the water and it was very soft on my skin and refreshing, a little bit cool but not too cold. It was a nice...

Sweden faces political impasse after ruling left-wing coalition and the opposition center-right alliance failed to win a clear majority in Sunday’s election. The biggest winner of the night was the nationalist party, the Swedish Democrats, who won 18 percent of the vote, compared to 12 percent in the 2014 elections.

“We see that we are this...

The right-wing Sweden Democrats (SD) are surging in polls ahead of the Swedish general election on Sunday. The final YouGov poll suggests the party will win nearly 25 percent of the vote becoming the largest party in parliament, beating the ruling Social Democrats (SAP). So far, most polls show Sweden Democrats emerging...

Data from Swedish state TV station, SVT, revealed that 58% of men convicted of rape and attempted rape in Sweden were born abroad. From the BBC:

The Mission Investigation programme, due to be broadcast on Wednesday by SVT, said the total number of offenders over five years was 843. Of those, 197...

Since 2015, Swedes have embraced microchip technology and have been volunteering by the thousands to have a tiny microchip injected into their hand.

The AFP reports:

It’s...

The Swedish town of Växjö has approved a local mosque’s call to prayers after having earlier refused approval to a Catholic church’s ringing of its bells.  Integration, apparently, was a deciding factor.

The Local reports:

It was announced earlier this week that the mosque in Växjö will be allowed...

The New York Times has experienced an amazing epiphany: Sweden’s open-door policy to refugees from Muslim countries has created a crisis of violence and crime in Sweden.  While they myopically attribute this crisis to “gangs,” they do dabble with the idea that integration of foreign nationals into the existing socio-cultural framework...

Headlines around the internet announced that the Swedish Church banned gendered words such as “he” and “Lord” in a bid for politically-correct gender neutrality.  The church has denied that the words are banned and says that they merely offered “gender neutral” alternatives such as replacing “In the name of the Father...

Five years ago, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange sought refuge at the Ecuadorean embassy in London after Sweden launched a rape investigation against him.

Today, Swedish officials have dropped the investigation. From The Local Sweden:

In a statement on its website, the Swedish prosecution authority said that the “Director of Public Prosecution, Ms Marianne...

Yesterday, we covered the terror attack in Sweden in which a terrorist drove a stolen truck into a mall and killed at least four people and injured dozens more.  Today, we are learning more about the 39-year-old native...

A man plowed a truck into a shopping center in Stockholm, Sweden, killing at least five people and injuring many more. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has called it a terror attack:

“Sweden has been attacked. Everything indicates an act of terror,” PM Stefan Löfven said at a press conference on Friday afternoon.

“The...

Professor Jacobson has written about what’s happening in Sweden many times over the years. He recently wrote a detailed post about the liberal narrative vs. the reality in which he concluded Malmo was the warning.

Last night on the Tucker Carlson show, Daily Mail reporter Katie Hopkins described a recent visit to...

Donald Trump’s offhanded comment about immigration problems in Sweden was met with two reactions.

First, deception. Much of the media and many political opponents invented the fake claim that Trump referred to a terror incident that happened the night before. It was a lie, as the transcript showed, 

Huffington Post hates Donald Trump.

Af first, it refused to cover his primary campaign in the Politics section, putting coverage instead in the Entertainment section. Of course, the joke was on HuffPo, since that move proved it wasn’t a serious news organization.

Then, HuffPo added a “disclaimer” to the end of each column...

Trump was chided for his remarks on the immigrant problems in Sweden.

Just days after his comments, violent riots erupted in Stockholm’s immigrant-filled suburbs, forcing law enforcement officers to open fire.

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