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Bosnian Zeljko Komsic Angry Over Sweden War Criminal Release

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:02:16 GMT

President Zeljko Komsic said he will not go to Stockholm because although Swedish law offers the possibility of early release, the government had to actively make that choice.
Source: The Seferm Post

Bosnian president cancels trip to Sweden to protest war criminal Plavsic's early release

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:07:25 GMT

More than 100,000 people were killed during the conflict, most of them by Bosnian Serb forces.
Source: Macleans.ca

Swedish King meets Chinese Professor in Stockholm

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:28:37 GMT

Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf has met Chinese Professor Wu Jisong, together with one Japanese nuclear scientist and one American scientist at the Nobel Hall of the Stockholm City Hall.
Source: People's Daily Online

Quoted in 'Online Media Daily: Not in My Neighborhood'

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:45:30 GMT

said in MediaPost.com:

a travesty that Placido Domingo was given the $1 million Birgit Nilsson Award by Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf instead of Roberto Alagna, who probably lost points because of his pending divorce from Angela Gheorghiu...

Placido Domingo Wins Award And USD 1 Million Prize

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:02:22 GMT

The tenor was awarded the honour by Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at a formal ceremony at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm on Tuesday (13Oct09).
Source: New Kerala

First Birgit Nilsson opera prize goes to Placido Domingo

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:27:43 GMT

AFP - Spanish tenor Placido Domingo on Tuesday received the first Birgit Nilsson prize from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, and said it was like winning the "Nobel prize of music."
Source: France 24

Placido Domingo Accepts $1M Swedish Music Prize

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:33:48 GMT

(AP) Spanish tenor Placido Domingo on Tuesday received the first ever $1 million dollar Birgit Nilsson award at a formal award ceremony in Stockholm.
Source: CBS News

Swedish royalty to visit Vancouver for Games

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:08:17 GMT

VANCOUVER — The King and Queen of Sweden will visit Vancouver during the 2010 Olympic Games next year, a Swedish embassy official in Ottawa confirmed Tuesday.
Source: Vancouver Sun

Photo from AP Photo

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:07:20 GMT

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, poses with Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, right and Queen Silvia, centre, prior to a gala dinner for the president at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden Tuesday Oct. 6 2009.

The wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia in 1976

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:36:33 GMT

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:25:08 GMT

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) welcomes Spain's King Juan Carlos I at the Swedish embassy in Madrid on September 24, 2009. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf is on a visit to Spain.