Stockholm - A reactor at the Swedish nuclear plant Ringhals has been offline for a month after problems with auxiliary coolant pumps were detected during annual maintenance work, the plant said Fri

Stockholm - A Swedish prosecutor Monday dropped a probe over an explosives scare that caused the precautionary shut down of a nuclear reactor in May.

A so-called smear test had triggered an alert for an explosive at a spot security check on May 21. Two men, aged 53 and 44, were arrested on suspicion of planning sabotage at the Oskarshamn nuclear plant but were released the following day.

They have remained under suspicion until Monday.

Subsequent tests indicated that "a container of shaving cream" carried by one of the men contained traces of the explosive TNT or trinitrotoluene, but authorities could not explain how this occurred.

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Stockholm - Swedish King Carl Gustaf on Tuesday inaugurated a wind park in the Oresund straits between Sweden and Denmark by firing a ceremonial gunshot.

Stockholm  - Eight helicopters and some 150 firefighters, home guards and other volunteers were Tuesday combating a large blaze that has raged for several days in central Sweden, reports said.

Stockholm  - Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has arrived in Sweden where she has been offered a safe haven, the Upsala Nya Tidning reported Monday.