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Sweden: Far-right has created a climate of racism, Islamophobia and fear

Sweden has been making global headlines owing to a litany of Quran burnings earlier this year. To find out what is behind these incidents, 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Farooq Sulehria spoke to Swedish leftist H氓kan Blomqvist.

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Why Turkey and Hungary are blocking Sweden from joining NATO

Finland and Sweden applied in May last year to join the NATO military alliance. Vijay Prashad looks at why Sweden's membership is being blocked.

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Norway鈥檚 Red Party: 鈥楽weden and Finland joining NATO is no excuse to store nuclear weapons in the Nordic region鈥

Tobias Drevland Lund, an MP for Norway鈥檚 radical left party R酶dt (Red Party), speaks to Federico Fuentes about the party's rise and response to Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine.

Hands off Rojava

AANES condemns Swedish foreign minister for bowing to Turkish pressure

The Kurdish-led administration in North and East Syria hit back after Sweden鈥檚 foreign minister implied he would distance his country from the self-governing region in order to appease Turkey, reports Medya News.

Ulf Kristersson, Jimmie 脜kesson

Swedish elections a 鈥榩olitical earthquake鈥

The Swedish Social Democrats lost government and the country will now be led by conservatives reliant on the right-wing, xenophobic Sweden Democrats for support, reports Kjell 脰stberg.

Zinar Bozkurt

Kurdish refugee in Sweden at risk of deportation to Turkey

A 26-year-old Kurdish refugee in Sweden is at risk of being deported to Turkey as a result of an agreement signed between Ankara, Stockholm and Helsinki for the Nordic expansion of NATO, reports Medya News.

YPG fighters

Sweden鈥檚 Left Party opposes NATO deal to betray Kurds

Sweden's Left Party (V盲nsterpartiet) released a statement opposing the deal with Turkey to clear the way for Sweden's membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

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NATO gives green light to genocide against Kurds

NATO聽has given the Turkish state the green light for genocide against the Kurds, after the deal struck between Turkey, Sweden and Finland, reports Peter Boyle.

Anti war protest in Helsinki

鈥楾he most significant consequence in Finland has been the question of NATO membership鈥

As a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden are closer than ever to joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Duroyan Fertl spoke to Pinja Vuorinen, Chair of the Left Youth of Finland about the debate.

Left resists as Sweden tilts at NATO membership

Swedish journalist Bella Frank聽discusses聽the debate in Sweden on NATO membership that was聽triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Greta Thunberg: Five years after Paris 'we are speeding in the wrong direction'

Five years on from the Paris Climate Agreement, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg聽has slammed聽governments for wasting time.聽

Sweden鈥檚 deadly COVID-19 response

Sweden鈥檚 death-rate from COVID-19 has topped the rest of the world on a per capita basis on several occasions since the pandemic started, writes Astrid Paulsson. But Swedish authorities claim the figures are wrong and are standing by their much-criticised 鈥渉erd immunity鈥 strategy.