Sweden’s Supreme Court is to hear appeals in the case of the convicted killer of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, who was stabbed to death in an exclusive Stockholm department store a year ago.

A SWEDISH appeals court threw out a life prison sentence for the convicted killer of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, ruling that Mijailo Mijailovic should receive psychiatric treatment.

A Swedish appeals court has ruled that Mijailo Mijailovic, the convicted killer of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, should receive psychiatric care and not face life in prison.

The man convicted of killing Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh hardly uttered a word when he was questioned in an appeals court about the stabbing death, telling his lawyer he did not have the strength to speak.

SWEDEN’S former foreign minister Anna Lindh has been posthumously voted European of the Year in Sweden.

A court in Stockholm today rejected the defence’s request for a review of the psychiatric evaluation of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh’s confessed killer, prompting prosecutors to demand a sentence of life in prison.

The confessed killer of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was not suffering from a serious mental illness at the time of the stabbing, according to a psychiatric evaluation released today.

A SWEDISH court ruled yesterday that the confessed killer of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, who said he heard voices in his head before fatally stabbing her, will undergo a psychiatric screening before any verdict is handed down.

A Swedish court ruled today that the confessed killer of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, who said he heard voices in his head before fatally stabbing her, will undergo a psychiatric screening before any verdict is handed down.

THE man who killed Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh refused to answer questions during the second day of his murder trial in Stockholm.

A friend who was shopping with Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh when she was stabbed to death says her killer did not say a word when he launched his attack.

The killer of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh went on trial for murder in Stockholm today with his lawyer asking that the charge be reduced to manslaughter.

The killer of Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh was taking the stand today at the start of a murder trial.

THE man who has confessed to murdering Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh said voices in his head, including Jesus, told him to do it.

The man who has confessed to murdering Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh said voices in his head, including Jesus, told him to do it.

Swedish prosecutors today charged a man with the murder of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, setting the stage for a trial later this week.

The trial of the man who has confessed to fatally stabbing Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh last year will start on January 14 after lawyers said they would not seek a pre-trial psychiatric examination.

THE man arrested for stabbing Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh last year has confessed to the crime, his lawyer said yesterday, adding the motive for the murder was not political.

The man suspected by police of fatally stabbing Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh while she shopped with a friend last year has confessed to the crime, his lawyer said in Stockholm today.

DNA from the man suspected of stabbing Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh matches traces found on his clothes and the knife used to kill her, a Swedish prosecutor said in Stockholm today.

Swedish police have completed their investigation into stabbing of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh and are ready to try the lone suspect for murder.

Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson yesterday appointed a new foreign minister to replace Anna Lindh, who was stabbed to death last month while shopping with a friend in a Stockholm department store.

Prime Minister Goeran Persson today appointed a new foreign minister to replace Anna Lindh, who was stabbed to death last month while shopping with a friend in a Stockholm department store.

A Swedish court ruled today that a suspect in the murder of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh can be held in custody for a further two weeks.

Swedish police say they have "probable grounds" to believe a man they have arrested is the killer of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh.

Swedish police have arrested another suspect in the murder of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, and released a man they had held in custody for more than a week.

SWEDISH police chief Sten Heckscher said yesterday, he was confident police would resolve the killing of foreign minister Anna Lindh, dismissing comparisons with the unresolved 1986 murder of prime minister Olof Palme.

Swedish police were tonight given another week to hold the main suspect in the murder of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh as they seek evidence implicating him in her death.

Stockholm was placed under tight security today, with hundreds of police in the streets of the Swedish capital to protect foreign leaders at a memorial service for murdered Foreign Minister Anna Lindh.

SWEDISH police interrogated and took DNA samples from the suspected killer of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh yesterday, following his capture in a Stockholm suburb, authorities said.

SWEDEN’S no to the euro is a major blow to the European Union. It does not threaten the future of the currency, but when added to a range of other factors does place big question marks over the kind of union Europe will be in the future.

Swedish police today denied two reports that they had captured a man suspected of murdering Foreign Minister Anna Lindh last week.

Swedish police have arrested the suspected killer of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, it was reported in Stockholm today.

IT will be another ten years before Sweden considers adopting the euro, Prime Minister Goran Persson said yesterday.

Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson’s future was on the line today after his humiliating defeat in the euro referendum.

Sweden's currency has fallen in the wake of its decision to reject the euro. Meanwhile, the European Commission warned the country it could be frozen out of EU decision-making.

Opponents of British entry into the European single currency were today celebrating a decisive Swedish vote to reject the euro.

THE murder of popular Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh failed to swing the vote in favour of adopting the euro in yesterday’s referendum.

Swedes narrowly voted to reject adopting the euro, according to exit polls tonight.

Swedes were today voting on whether to adopt the euro after a shadow was cast over the referendum by the murder of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh.

SWEDISH Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was sent an email threatening her and her children two weeks before she was fatally stabbed while out shopping, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.

THERE was much discussion in recent weeks about the level of participation in science subjects for the Leaving Certificate.

Swedish police said today they have no main suspect for the murder of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, but are checking on a number of known criminals they want to question in connection with her brutal stabbing.

Police were stepping up the search for the killer of Sweden’s foreign minister Anna Lindh, as the stunned nation debated its open security policies for government officials.