Stockholm  - Police and an accident commission in Sweden have launched a probe into the cause of an accident at an amusement park in Gothenburg which saw 30 people taken to hospitals when a ride co

Stockholm- Swedish authorities have registered a 30-per- cent drop in the number of asylum applications during the first six months of 2008, reports said Monday.

In all some 12,270 applications for asylum were registered from January to June, compared to 17,600 for the corresponding period in 2007, the Svenska Dagbladet daily said, citing statistics compiled by the Swedish Migration Board.

Iraqi nationals remained the largest refugee group, with 3,941 applications, but tighter asylum assessments introduced after a key ruling last autumn were believed to have contributed to a 58-per-cent drop in the number of applications from Iraq, the Migration Board said.

Stockholm - A fire that broke out Friday on the roof of Sweden's Ringha

Stockholm - Sweden's new law on monitoring data traffic within
the country is coming under pressure with the heads of the eight

Stockholm - Sweden's new law on monitoring data traffic within the country is coming under pressure with the heads of the eight leading mobile phone service providers signing a letter protesting ag

Tallinn  - A small plane crashed near the Southern Estonian city of Parnu, killing the pilot, local media reported on Wednesday.