The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats beat out more moderate right-wing parties in a country famed for liberal governance. It is the latest example of the right’s staying power across Europe.
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Sweden’s Divisive Election Is Too Close to Call, Officials Say
The tight race capped a campaign that analysts called unusually aggressive, with the nationalist, right-wing Sweden Democrats increasingly popular.
Gun Violence Epidemic Looms Over Swedish Election
The far right has made strides by tying the longstanding issue of crime to immigration, while Sweden’s center-left party is blaming failed integration, resulting in an exceptionally tight race.
U.S. Signs Measures Giving Approval to Sweden and Finland’s Bids to Join NATO
The expansion of NATO has received overwhelming support among Democrats and Republicans in a deeply divided Washington.
U.S. Senate Votes to Accept Sweden and Finland in NATO
The move drew broad bipartisan support, as many Republicans break from former President Donald J. Trump’s ‘America first’ approach.
Senate Overwhelmingly Votes to Add Sweden and Finland to NATO
The lopsided bipartisan vote demonstrated broad support in the United States for one of the most significant expansions of the military alliance, amid Russia’s continued assault on Ukraine.
The Unraveling of an Award-Winning Documentary
The director of “Sabaya,” about Yazidi women who had been sexually enslaved by ISIS, says that he wasn’t present for a key scene and that he substituted footage.
Did Nature Heal During the Pandemic ‘Anthropause’?
Covid precautions created a global slowdown in human activity — and an opportunity to learn more about the complex ways we affect other species.
Ex-Iranian Official Convicted by Swedish Court for Prison Executions
Swedish prosecutors pursued the case against the official, Hamid Noury, for crimes in his homeland, and he was sentenced to life for his role in the 1988 deaths of thousands of opposition members.
Ex-Iranian Official Convicted by Swedish Court for Prison Executions
Swedish prosecutors pursued the case against the official, Hamid Noury, for crimes in his homeland, and he was sentenced to life for his role in the 1988 deaths of thousands of opposition members.