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Stockholm suspects 'sabotage' after another incident of damaged cables were discovered between Sweden and Finland.

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Seizing phones of newly arrived asylum seekers, forcing six-year-olds to give fingerprints, making government agencies report ...

Sweden's government has announced plans to use existing rules to slow down the award of Swedish citizenships, potentially ...

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