Tag: Sweden

Sorry Leftist Americans, Your Swedish Utopia Does Not Exist

Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein · July 30, 2015 4:34 pm

Â Leftists the world over still tend to use "Scandinavia" as a kind of shorthand for "successful social democracy." (Wikimedia)

Scandinavia — land of the free

Dan Hannan · June 29, 2015 4:01 am

Officials stated they had searched the office of the secretary of state and found no records of the sort of waivers described in numerous media reports. (AP Photo)Â

State Dept. says records of Iran waivers don’t exist

Sarah Bedford · June 5, 2015 9:08 pm

Michelle Obama tells MTV host Sway that she was the smart kid in high school

Red Alert Politics

Michelle Obama tells MTV host Sway that she was the smart kid in high school

Morgan Chalfant · September 17, 2014 3:18 pm

Opposition leader Stefan Lofven speaks at the election night party of the Social Democrats, in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. Sweden's Social Democrats were poised to return to power as the leaders of a left-leaning bloc that defeated the center-right government in a parliamentary election Sunday, but without an absolute majority. (AP Photo / News Agency TT, Jonas Ekstromer) SWEDEN OUT

Sweden’s far-right rises amid immigration debate

Karl Ritter · September 15, 2014 1:40 pm

Counter-demonstrators protesting against an election meeting arranged by the neo-Nazi party "Svenskarnas Parti" clash with the police at the Kungstradgarden square in central Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. The protesters let off smoke-bombs as they confronted police who enforced a cordon to enable the far right Svenskarnas Parti to hold their meeting. (AP Photo / Fredrik Persson / TT) SWEDEN OUT

Clashes at Stockholm protest against neo-Nazis

Karl Ritter · August 30, 2014 6:35 pm

Swedish town celebrates link to the Bronx

Washington Examiner · August 21, 2014 1:09 pm

Swedish politician says he’s Mitterrand’s son

Karl Ritter · August 11, 2014 5:18 pm

Julian Assange's lawyer Tomas Olsson, center, talks to media prior to a public court hearing in Stockholm on Wednesday July 16, 2014. The court will determine if a 4-year old arrest warrant against Julian Assange the WikiLeaks founder for alleged sexual assault should be dropped. (AP Photo/Roger Vikstrom) ** SWEDEN OUT **

Swedish court upholds detention order on Assange

Karl Ritter · July 16, 2014 6:18 pm

Energy and Environment

How nations are tackling nuclear waste storage

Washington Examiner · July 14, 2014 12:32 pm

Swedish Prince Carl Philip, right, and Sofia Hellqvist, left, when they announced their engagement at a press conference at The Stockholm Palace, in Stockholm, Friday, June 27, 2014. (AP Photo / Jonas Ekstromer) SWEDEN OUT

Swedish Prince Carl Philip engaged to former model

Washington Examiner · June 27, 2014 7:59 pm

Police officers and a bomb robot stand in a cordoned off area in central Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday June 19, 2014. Stockholm police say they have closed off and evacuated parts of the city center because of threatening behavior by a man who claims he has a "dangerous object" on him. (AP Photo/TT News Agency, Bertil Ericson) SWEDEN OUT

Stockholm’s old town shut down in bomb scare

Washington Examiner · June 19, 2014 6:48 pm