Government to launch 'customs helpline', unexpected drop in Swedish GDP, and other news from Sweden on Friday.

Sweden will increase defence spending by about 300 billion kronor ($30 billion) over the next decade, the prime minister said Wednesday ... up from the current 2.4 percent.

US has warned European allies it can no longer shoulder much of the burden for continent's security Sweden sees NATO ... rearmament since the Cold War, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on ...

(CNN)-- The prime minister of Sweden said Thursday his country's offer to loan Ireland $1.5 billion to help it through a tight financial spot is not wholly altruistic. "We think, if we don't ...