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Stockholm: far-right Sweden Democrats gaining support in run-up to September vote (Photo: Beat Küng)

Sweden raises alarm on election meddling

Sweden aims to create a new government agency to protect its upcoming election from Russian and other propaganda.

"It is now less than eight months left to the finest day in Sweden's democratic life, our election day … [and] only Swedish voters will determine the outcome," Swedish prime minister Stefan Loefven said at a security conference in Stockholm on Sunday (14 January).

"To the one or those ...

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