Current Events in Sweden

The country I plan to do for our project is Sweden. The following is a list of major news in Sweden as of August 15, 2010:

• Social Democrats in Sweden, apparently very similar to those in the U.S., are currently firing attacks on Moderate party tax cuts
• Roads are currently closed and flooded in southern Sweden (including Malmo) following torrential downpours.
• Facing blames of treason here in the U.S., Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is applying for a Swedish publishing license to protect his controversial footage of U.S. military activity in the Middle East
• As demand rises for Swedish automobile companies Saab and Volvo, the two corporations are increasing supply, fueling the national economy. 
• The country recently passed a federal law prohibiting prostitution, but signs are showing that, like the formal U.S. prohibition of alcohol, there may not be too much improvement.

http://www.thelocal.se/

(The current U.S. ambassador to Sweden is Matthew Barzun)

I plan to read Vilhelm Moberg's The Emigrants as my first novel for the country of Sweden.