Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds resigned today after she was accused of lying to the media about the shutting down of a far-right website that solicited cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

Sweden’s Foreign Minister today urged a right-wing extremist group to abstain from publishing its own drawings of the Prophet Mohammed, fearing that Sweden may get drawn into the violent protests caused by Danish cartoons.

European Union foreign ministers were preparing for a last-ditch attempt today to persuade Austria to drop its objections to starting membership negotiations with Turkey.

The number of Swedish tourists missing in Thailand was increased to 3,500 today

SCANDINAVIAN countries are preparing themselves for national tragedies as the realisation dawns that most of the Europeans missing after the south Asian tsunami are from Sweden and Norway.