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Germany Halts Arms Exports to Israel Amid Gaza Conflict

Germany is stopping the export to Israel of weapons that can be used in Gaza, announces Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The country accounts for a third of Israel's total arms imports.
Germany Halts Arms Exports to Israel Amid Gaza Conflict

Social Democrats Criticize Government's Leadership on Israel Policy

After the latest developments regarding the government's stance on Israel, the Social Democrats are calling the Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard (The Moderate Party) to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reports Expressen. .
Social Democrats Criticize Government's Leadership on Israel Policy

Åkesson Criticizes Swedish Government's Stance on Israel-EU Trade Agreement

The SD party leader Jimmie Åkesson criticizes the government's demand that the EU freezes the trade agreement with Israel. "This is actually a fiasco", Åkesson writes on X.
Åkesson Criticizes Swedish Government's Stance on Israel-EU Trade Agreement

SD Leader Jomshof Mocks Kristersson with Fish Caricature on X

SD leader Richard Jomshof mocks Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in a post on X. In a caricature image, Kristersson is depicted as a fish swimming with the current.
SD Leader Jomshof Mocks Kristersson with Fish Caricature on X

Sweden Urges EU to Freeze Trade Agreement with Israel Over Gaza Aid

The Government demands that the EU freezes the trade agreement with Israel to increase the pressure on the country to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. Israel's ambassador says to TV4 that further sanctions against Israel "only strengthen Hamas".
Sweden Urges EU to Freeze Trade Agreement with Israel Over Gaza Aid

Man in His 60s Charged for Threatening Maria Malmer Stenergard

A man in his 65s is being prosecuted for unlawful threats after he wrote on the platform X that he would give Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (The Moderate Party) ”a slap in the face”, reports Aftonbladet with reference to the news agency Sirén. It was in August 2023 that the man threatened to give Maria Malmer Stenergard a ”slap in the face”.
Man in His 60s Charged for Threatening Maria Malmer Stenergard

Swedish Gripen Jets Used in Thai Attack on Cambodia, Foreign Minister Confirms

The Thai air force is to have used two Swedish-made Gripen aircraft in an attack on Cambodia on Saturday, reports the Thai newspaper The Nation. Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard states that the government "is closely following the developments".
Swedish Gripen Jets Used in Thai Attack on Cambodia, Foreign Minister Confirms

Zelenskyj Proposes New Bill to Preserve Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Agency

After a massive wave of criticism, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyj presents a new bill that is to preserve the independence of the country's anti-corruption agency, he writes on Telegram. At the same time, thousands of Ukrainians continue to protest against the government in Kyiv on Wednesday evening.
Zelenskyj Proposes New Bill to Preserve Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Agency

Sweden and 24 Nations Urge Immediate End to Gaza Conflict

Sweden has, together with 24 other countries and the EU, signed a joint statement that urges a stop to the war in Gaza. The statement has been signed by the countries' foreign ministers, including Maria Malmer Stenergard (The Moderate Party).
Sweden and 24 Nations Urge Immediate End to Gaza Conflict

Social Democrats Criticize Minister's Absence from EU-Israel Meeting

Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (The Moderate Party) was absent from yesterday's meeting with the EU's foreign ministers where various measures against Israel were raised. It is a lost opportunity, says Anders Ygeman, The Social Democrats' spokesperson on migration and social insurance issues, to TT.
Social Democrats Criticize Minister's Absence from EU-Israel Meeting

EU Awaits Slovakia's Approval for 18th Russia Sanctions Package

EU's Foreign Minister Kaja Kallas hopes for a go-ahead for the 18th sanctions package for Russia's war in Ukraine. But Slovakia is still holding out.
EU Awaits Slovakia's Approval for 18th Russia Sanctions Package

EU Urges Israel to Enhance Humanitarian Efforts in Gaza

Israel must do more for the suffering in Gaza, urge both Sweden and the EU's Foreign Minister Kaja Kallas. But to tougher measures from the EU it is still far.
EU Urges Israel to Enhance Humanitarian Efforts in Gaza

Sweden Urges Action to Free Ahmadreza Djalali Amid Execution Risk

The death-sentenced Swedish-Iranian Ahmadreza Djalali is deemed to be at great risk of being executed shortly. ”The work to get Ahmadreza Djalali free continues with full force”, says Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (The Moderate Party) in a written statement to TT.
Sweden Urges Action to Free Ahmadreza Djalali Amid Execution Risk

Spain Calls for Immediate Pause in EU-Israel Trade Agreement

We must take a stand against Israel, urge several EU leaders at the countries' summit in Brussels. Spain wants an "immediate" pause for the trade agreement.
Spain Calls for Immediate Pause in EU-Israel Trade Agreement

NATO Sets 5% Defense Budget Target Amid Security Concerns

Five percent will be Nato's new budget target when heads of state and government hold their formal summit in The Hague. According to Nato chief Mark Rutte, it is a choice between that or teaching Swedish school children Russian.
NATO Sets 5% Defense Budget Target Amid Security Concerns

Sweden Views Israel-Iran Ceasefire as Fragile but Positive

Delicate, but positive, says Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (The Moderate Party) about the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran. .
Sweden Views Israel-Iran Ceasefire as Fragile but Positive

Trump Arrives in Europe for NATO Summit and Royal Stay

USA's president Donald Trump has arrived in Europe. Nervous Nato leaders hope for good mood and no quarrels about defense investments and support to Ukraine.
Trump Arrives in Europe for NATO Summit and Royal Stay

Swedish Foreign Minister Urges Iran to Release Researcher Djalali

Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard has during Tuesday morning spoken with Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister about the need to release the Swedish-Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Djalali, who is sentenced to death in Iran. .
Swedish Foreign Minister Urges Iran to Release Researcher Djalali

Swedish-Iranian Researcher Ahmadreza Djalali Moved from Tehran Prison

The Swedish-Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Djalali has been moved from his cell in Evin prison in Tehran, confirms his wife to TT. .
Swedish-Iranian Researcher Ahmadreza Djalali Moved from Tehran Prison

EU Reviews Israel Trade Agreement Amid Gaza Human Rights Concerns

Israel has breached the EU's trade agreement through its actions in Gaza, says the EU's Foreign Minister Kaja Kallas. But what the consequences will be remains unclear.
EU Reviews Israel Trade Agreement Amid Gaza Human Rights Concerns

EU Urges US and Iran to De-escalate and Resume Talks

No one benefits from an extended war, the EU urges about the situation between the USA and Iran. –Take a step back and return to the negotiations, says Foreign Minister Kaja Kallas.
EU Urges US and Iran to De-escalate and Resume Talks

Kristersson Stresses Importance of Preventing Iran's Nuclear Weapon Development

It is important that Iran does not develop nuclear weapons, believes Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. ”It is also important that the spiral of violence in the Middle East is stopped”, he writes on X.
Kristersson Stresses Importance of Preventing Iran's Nuclear Weapon Development

Minister Urges Diplomacy in Meeting with Rubio on Israel-Iran Conflict

Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard (The Moderate Party) has during Midsummer Eve been in Washington and met her American colleague Marco Rubio. They are very clear that they put American interests first, she says to TT.
Minister Urges Diplomacy in Meeting with Rubio on Israel-Iran Conflict

Sweden and EU Nations Urge Trade Transparency with Israeli Settlements

The EU Commission should determine how the union will handle trade with links to illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian territory. .
Sweden and EU Nations Urge Trade Transparency with Israeli Settlements
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