A former Swedish police chief and expert in equality and sexual harassment cases was jailed today for rape.

Richard Collins on a pioneering mind almost lost to history.

WHEN Steve Staunton was faced with a defensive crisis for Saturday’s clash with Germany, one name hardly deemed worthy of a mention was Darren O’Dea.

Don Givens was full of praise for his young Republic of Ireland Under-21 side after their surprise 3-2 friendly win over Sweden in Uppsala.

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Republic of Ireland U-21 manager Don Givens today named his side to play Sweden in a friendly in Uppsala tomorrow evening (kick-off 5.30pm Irish time).

About 500 Swedish Muslims demonstrated in the city of Uppsala today to protest against a drawing of the Prophet Muhammad in the local newspaper, police said.

HARDERWIJK is on the edge of the Veluwemeer, the long neck of the Zuiderzee, at the dead centre of the Netherlands.

At least six people were killed and 50 injured when two crowded commuter buses collided on a slippery road in central Sweden.

THE MOST frequently mentioned name in the history of science is that of the botanist Carl Linné.

The spread of bird flu in Europe and Africa is likely to slow down over the summer months, but the threat of a global pandemic will not decrease, international health officials said at the start of a conference in Sweden today.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei said today he thinks the US will need to give Iran a security guarantee before a final agreement can be reached regarding the country’s atomic programme.

A Kurdish man has been detained in Sweden on charges he killed one of his daughters.