Moves against tax evasion would be unnecessary if states used the existing anti-tax evasion and fraud law, writes Ann Cahill

A security guard at the Swedish prime minister’s residence was killed today in what appeared to be a self-inflicted shooting, police and media said.

A man has been shot dead at the prime minister’s residence in central Stockholm.

A man has been shot dead at the Swedish Prime Minister’s residence in central Stockholm.

The Swedish secret service has come under fire for lavishing more than €500,000 on a James Bond-themed staff party.

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The European Union says that Britain is now the only one of its 27 member countries not open to joining a new treaty tying their finances together to solve the euro crisis.

The leaders of 23 European countries moved to tie their economies much closer together in a bid to shore up the euro, but failed to get Britain and the four other EU members to join in.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been given a date for his appeal against extradition to Sweden, where he faces allegations of sexual assault.

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange, who rocked the US government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, must be extradited to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations, a British judge ruled yesterday.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange believes the publication of the Iraq war logs gave victims of the fighting a “sense of justice”.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should turn himself in for questioning in a Swedish rape investigation and has no reason to worry about not getting a fair trial, Sweden’s justice minister has said.

European leaders have urged Egyptian authorities to protect reporters covering the country’s crisis.

Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt insisted his government would play no role in deciding whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the US.

British police were searching a property in Luton today as part of a probe into a suspected suicide car bombing in Sweden at the weekend.

Sweden was reeling today after two explosions targeted the tolerant and open nation that had not seen a terrorist attack in more than 30 years.

SWEDEN’S prime minister sought help from the opposition Greens yesterday to avoid a political deadlock after an Islam-bashing far-right group spoiled his centre-right government’s control of Parliament.

A far-right party holds the balance of power in Sweden after winning seats in parliament for the first time in elections yesterday.

SWEDEN’S election was heading for a nail-biting finish yesterday with a TV exit poll and partial results showing a far-right party challenging the centre-right government’s majority in Parliament.

Sweden's centre-right government heads into tomorrow's election with a commanding lead in the polls - but could lose its majority if a far-right group makes it into Parliament.

GOVERNMENTS from around the world will this week sort through the outcome of the Copenhagen climate summit as the UN prepares to try again for a binding global agreement next year.

THE European Union yesterday urged major world polluters to set new long-term goals to fight climate change, realising they will fail to match its ambitious offer to slash greenhouse gas emissions.

EU leaders agreed to commit €2.4 billion a year until 2012 to help poorer countries combat global warming, as they sought to rescue their image as climate change innovators and bolster the talks in Copenhagen.

European Union officials baulked at promising help to debt-saddled Greece, saying it was up to Athens to put its economy back on track.

China made a pledge to slow its carbon emissions, nearly halving the ratio of pollution to GDP over the next decade.

The man leading the hunt to fill two new top roles in Europe spoke today of the diplomatic niceties which make the job a serious headache.

EU leaders have been unable to reach agreement on who should fill the posts of the new president and foreign minister.

NEGOTIATORS and diplomats were working yesterday on a scaled-back version of a global climate change treaty that could be agreed by next month’s deadline, without firm US commitments.

A ROW over how EU countries should contribute to poorer nations to help them cope with climate change threatened to scupper the union’s chances of agreeing their Copenhagen policy last night.

OUR Environment Minister John Gormley yesterday launched a website to help us reduce our carbon emissions. The site is to encourage all of us to commit to a 10% cut in carbon emissions by next year.

EU countries struggled today to decide how much climate aid to offer poorer nations.

Europe’s leaders will struggle to display unity today on climate change, financial regulation – and Tony Blair.

The President of the Czech Republic today clarified what he wants before signing the Lisbon Treaty – a UK style “opt-out” from the Charter of Fundamental Rights.

CZECH President Vaclav Klaus raised a new obstacle to the European Union’s Lisbon reform treaty yesterday, telling EU president Sweden he wants a footnote added to the document before signing it into force.

The Lisbon Treaty is being “fast-tracked” through the Czech constitutional court to end the uncertainty over its future as soon as possible, the Czech prime minister said today.

EUROPEAN Union leaders agreed yesterday on a common position to press for curbs on bonuses in the financial sector at the summit of G20 developed and emerging economies on September 24-25, EU diplomats said.

THE urgent need to take action to reverse climate change and tackle the economic crisis has been spelt out by the new Swedish presidency of the European Union to its parliament.

THE EU was preparing yesterday to debate a British request to pull ambassadors of all 27 EU nations from Iran in protest over the detention of Iranian staff at the British Embassy in Tehran.

The Taoiseach will meet the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt later today, after yesterday's meeting with the Finnish PM in Helsinki.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen will fly to Scandinavia this week to discuss the Lisbon Treaty with other European country leaders.

Sweden’s prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has invited ambassadors from Muslim countries to talks over a drawing of the Prophet Mohammed in a Swedish newspaper.

LEGENDARY Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman, who influenced a generation of film-makers with his often stark works, died yesterday at the age of 89.

TONY Blair, a major player on the world stage for a decade, won global praise yesterday for defending Kosovo, fighting poverty in Africa and overseeing peace in Northern Ireland — but came under heavy criticism for championing the US push into Iraq.