Anders Lago, mayor of the Swedish town of Sodertalje, was recently invited to testify before a US Congressional committee on the topic of immigration because his tiny town integrated more immigrants from Iraq than was accomplished by the entire United States. Sweden has an extremely generous policy toward immigrants from Iraq– many of whom are […]

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A judge in Sweden while sitting on cases that involved immigrants wrote to Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in which she blasted the defendants for not being real Swedes. Bodil Schibil told the prime minister the government needed to “protect its own people” against “these fanatical immigrants who really have no reason to be here other […]

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In a dramatic break with conventional western approaches to dealing with crimes involving individuals who are judged to have mental illness issues, the government of Sweden is proposing a new look at this issue. Courts in Sweden will no longer have the option to sentence criminals to serve time in secure psychiatric units. Justice Minster […]

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The European Union is confronting a dilemma dealing with the current political crisis in Turkey which threatens to end hopes for that nation to become a member of the bloc in the forseeable future. Ironically, forces of secularism in Turkey which long to see their country a member of the EU in hope such an […]

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The head of Sweden’s armed forces entered the debate dealing with passage of a new law which allows the National Defense Radio Establishment to monitor all incoming and out going calls entering or leaving Sweden. Supreme Commander Haken Syren was upset at comments made in parliament during debate over the law and termed them “unfortunate” […]

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Stockholm is experiencing an unusual explosion in the life of inner city people– a rise in the number of children, but, those children come from native born Swedes rather than those from immigrant backgrounds. The number of inner city children under the age of five has risen about 154% over the past thirty years and […]

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Economic class divisions are widening in Sweden at an ever increasing rate. The gap has grown wider than at any other time in the past twenty years. A study by Society, Opinion, Media(SOM) reveals working class Swedes are not benefiting in the sam manner as high wage earners. It is now clear of the existence […]

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One of the most under-reported aspects of the Bush invasion of Iraq has been the devastating impact of the war on the lives of Iraqi Christians. The Christian presence in Iraq goes back over a thousand years, but due to changes brought about by the American-led invasion, at least half of the 800,000 Christians who […]

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Anyone who has ever worked in a government bureaucracy comes to realize the ongoing conflict between the forces of the bureaucracy and the needs and interests of clients being served. There is always a pull on the part of bureaucrats to place their interests and the need of the organization to exist before the interests […]

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The Swedish legislature is prepared to pass a new law which will place all Swedish communication under the surveillance of government bodies. the National Defense Radio Establishment(FRA) will be able to monitor all incoming and outgoing messages, phone calls, text messages and all forms of communication. The FRA promises to destroy any personal information uncovered […]

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