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Saudi EXIM Bank and its Swedish counterpart have signed an agreement to enhance the Kingdom’s non-oil exports and explore trade and investment opportunities. In an X post following the deal, the Saudi lender stated that the memorandum of…
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Iran’s Embassy in Stockholm has denied accusations it was recruiting criminal gang members, some of them children, as proxies to commit “acts of violence” against Israeli interests in Sweden. “Paying attention to the source of this…
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German police detained on Tuesday two Afghan citizens accused of planning to attack police near the Swedish parliament in response to the burning of copies of the Qur’an, the Muslim holy book, federal prosecutors said. The suspects,…
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Over 30 government officials from Sweden traveled to Riyadh this week for the country’s annual meeting of regional ambassadors. Every year, a delegation from Sweden gathers in a pre-selected city to discuss regional developments and…
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Sweden’s flag was raised at NATO headquarters on Monday, cementing the Nordic country’s place as the 32nd member two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine persuaded its reluctant public to seek safety under the alliance’s…
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The trial of a Swedish EU diplomat wrapped up in Tehran on Sunday, with Iranian prosecutors seeking the maximum penalty for the man accused of spying for Israel. The prosecutor said that 33-year-old Johan Floderus — who works for the EU…
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Turkiye’s parliament on Tuesday ratified Sweden’s NATO membership after more than a year of delays that upset Western efforts to show resolve in the face of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Lawmakers voted 287-55 in favor of the Nordic nation’s…
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Turkiye’s parliament is expected to end more than a year of delays that severely strained its ties with Western allies and approve Sweden’s membership of NATO this week. CNN Turk said a vote could be take place as early as Tuesday while…
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Turkiye’s parliamentary foreign affairs committee has given the green light to Sweden’s NATO accession bid after arduous debate and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent visit to Hungarian PM Victor Orban. The long-awaited…
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Iran said on Monday it would keep seeking the release of a former Iranian official sentenced in Sweden to life in prison over a mass execution of political prisoners in Iran. “This unjust and outrageous ruling does not end Iran’s…
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