Stockholm - Sweden's new law on monitoring data traffic within the country is coming under pressure with the heads of the eight leading mobile phone service providers signing a letter protesting ag

Tallinn  - A small plane crashed near the Southern Estonian city of Parnu, killing the pilot, local media reported on Wednesday.

Stockholm - The Swedish pop quartet Abba plan to get together after 25 years on Friday for the premier of the film Mamma Mia! in Stockholm.

But the four will be attending the screening of the Hollywood version of the Abba hit-musical starring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan as members of the audience.

A spokeswoman for film distributer UIP told the Sweden's Aftonbladet newspaper that ex-Abba singer and songwriter Benny Andersson, 61, and Bjorn Ulvaeus, 63, wanted to appear alongside Singer Anni-Frid Reuss-Lyngstad, 62 and Agnetha Faltskog, 58 at the gala premier.

Stockholm  - Sweden is stepping up border security in anticipa

Stockholm - Sweden's central bank Thursday raised its key rate by one-quarter point to 4.5 per cent, citing inflationary pressures in the economy.

Stockholm  - Sweden's main opposition party said Wednesday the country was not in a hurry to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, following delays in the ratification process in Germany and Poland.

Sweden's ruling coalition hopes to put the treaty to a vote in parliament in the autumn, but Social Democrat foreign policy spokesman Urban Ahlin called for a more cautious approach.

Ahlin told SR radio said it was unclear how things would work out in Germany and Poland. He was referring to a case against the treaty before Germany's consitutional court and the refusal of Polish President Lech Kaczynski to sign the document, which is designed to streamline the 27-member EU.