Police seek reinforcements to help end Sweden riots
Stockholm police are asking for reinforcements to help end riots that have spread through the Swedish capital’s most ethnically mixed areas. About 30 cars burned overnight in Stockholm’s western and...
View ArticleStockholm police seek reinforcements after 5th night of riots
(c) 2013, Bloomberg News. STOCKHOLM — Stockholm police are asking for reinforcements to help end riots that have spread through the Swedish capital's most ethnically mixed areas. About 30 cars burned...
View ArticleSweden riots expose ugly side of 'Nordic model'
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The scene of Sweden's worst riots in years, Husby is on the surface at least a typically neat suburb of colorful playgrounds, manicured parks and low rise apartment buildings....
View ArticlePolice seek reinforcements to help end Stockholm riots
Stockholm police are asking for reinforcements to help end riots that have spread through the Swedish capital’s most ethnically mixed areas. About 30 cars burned overnight in Stockholm’s western and...
View ArticleSweden's Real Equality Problem
By FREDRIK SEGERFELDT Stockholm "The perfect political Rorschach test." That is how Hanne Kjöller, an opinion writer at Swedish centrist daily Dagens Nyheter, characterized the rioting in the suburbs...
View ArticleSweden's tolerant image shaken by week of rioting
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Arsonists on Friday targeted schools and set cars on fire in Stockholm in a sixth night of rioting by youths as the unrest, which has roiled the Swedish capital, spread to some of...
View ArticleWhat's behind Sweden's youth riots?
For outsiders, Sweden's international image as a bastion of egalitarianism, harmony, and prosperity took a shocking hit as youths rioted in the suburbs of Stockholm last week. But for many Swedes, the...
View ArticleSwedish Multiculturalism Goes Awry
Hundreds of Muslim immigrants have rampaged through parts of the Swedish capital of Stockholm, torching cars and buses, setting fires, and hurling rocks at police. The unrest -- a predictable...
View ArticleThe Swedish Riots
Dalarna, Sweden. The Swedish riots appear to have ended, but while most of the media fumbles about to understand what happened, the answers arguably seem to have been provided 12 March, over two months...
View ArticleSweden's youth rioters demand attention
A week of nightly riots has left Sweden reeling. But many young Swedes are screaming for attention - and they believe they've been more successful than they would have been with peaceful alternatives....
View ArticleRioting raises questions about Sweden's liberal immigration policy and its...
FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, a burnt out car, in the Stockholm suburb of Kista after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm for a third executive night. Immigrant youth...
View ArticleSweden’s riots raise questions about inequality
HUSBY, Sweden (AP) — Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set...
View Article>Sweden's riots raise questions about inequality
HUSBY, Sweden (AP) — Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set...
View ArticleSweden's riots raise questions about inequality
HUSBY, Sweden Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars...
View ArticleRiots in Sweden raise questions about nation's egalitarian culture
May 21, 2013: A burnt out car, in the Stockholm suburb of Kista after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm for a third executive night. Immigrant youth in sleepy suburban...
View ArticleSwedes seek answers as riots leave suburbs alight
Stockholm riots: A policewoman speaks to a resident of Husby. Photo: AFP Mohammed Abbas sees himself as an ordinary Swede. And like millions of other ordinary Swedes, he fears that his dream society is...
View ArticleRiots rock Sweden's immigrant suburbs for fourth night
Story Highlights Stockholm is one of the world's richest cities, but it is also very segregated15% of residents in the country are foreign-bornUnemployment is at 7% for the general population; 16%...
View ArticleRiots rock Sweden's immigrant suburbs for fourth day
Story Highlights Stockholm is one of the world's richest cities, but it is also very segregated15% of residents in the country are foreign-bornUnemployment is at 7% for the general population; 16%...
View ArticleStockholm Riots Leave Sweden's Dreams Of Perfect Society Up In Smoke
A week of disturbances in Sweden's capital has tested the Scandinavian nation's reputation for tolerance, reports Colin Freeman LIKE the millions of other ordinary Swedes whom he now sees himself as...
View ArticleRiots grip Stockholm suburbs after police shooting
Rioters have lit fires and stoned emergency services in the suburbs of Stockholm for the third night in a row after a man was shot dead by police. Incidents were reported in at least nine suburbs of...
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