An Islamist gunman who shot dead two Swedish football fans and injured others in central Brussels on Monday evening has been shot dead after more than 12 hours on the run, Belgian media reported on Tuesday. The suspect, named as 45-year-old Tunisian national Abdesalem Lassoued, rode his scooter to an intersection at around 7:15 p.m. local time on Monday before opening fire with an automatic assault... 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is now making further demands to admit Sweden into NATO. Now he wants the negotiations on Turkish membership in the EU to be resumed. First: Open the way for Turkey’s membership in the European Union and then we will open up for Sweden, as we did for Finland, says Erdogan. The move came before Erdogan left Ankara to travel to Vilnius and attend the NATO... 

According to a study conducted by the polling company Ipsos on behalf of the Swedish media, fewer Swedish voters now identify as liberals than they did a year ago. The percentage of Swedish voters who identified as liberals last year was 31%; today, it is only 26%. The shift in sentiment is especially evident among supporters of the in power Moderates. The proportion of self-described liberals has... 

Sweden used to be recognized for its tranquil, law-abiding inhabitants, but gang crime, gun violence, and explosives have long plagued the nation. In 2022, Sweden broke the dismal European record for the most gunshot deaths in a calendar year, outpacing the other Nordic countries by a significant margin. The nation’s police chief has written a scathing opinion piece in which he laments the “unprecedented... 

The Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan’s burning of the Koran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm has prompted the European Commission to make complaints against Sweden. Blasphemy, or as it is known, “hate based on religion,” has no place in the European Union, claims the Commission. The Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has emphasized that it is not against the...