Jan Åke Jonsson, the former CEO of Saab Automobile, and two top-level colleagues have been detained by police on suspicion of tax crimes. READ () »
The planned purchase by Switzerland of 22 Swedish-made Saab Gripen jet fighters hit a new roadblock on Tuesday when the Swiss parliament halted funding talks amid rumours of a cheaper bid involving used Eurofighter planes. READ () »
A Swedish weapons group reportedly hired the late Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to secure a fighter jet deal to India in the 1970s, reveal diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. READ () »
With one in five former Saab employees still out of work, the Swedish Public Employment Service has come under fire for lacklustre attempts at helping them find new employment after the Sweden-based carmaker went bankrupt in 2011. READ () »
A Swedish pilot who performed dangerous 'barrel' rolls in a Jas Gripen fighter aircraft stands to lose his job with the Armed Forces. READ () »
The government on Thursday said it had authorized the Swedish Armed Forces to buy 60 JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets, the maximum number allowed under an agreement struck last year. READ () »
Switzerland is set to pay a much lower fee than Sweden itself for the 22 fighter jets it intends to buy from Saab, Swiss radio announced on Sunday. READ () »
Two men were taken to hospital on Thursday afternoon after an explosion in a factory manufacturing military materiel in central Sweden, where some gunpowder suddenly ignited. READ () »
US carmaker General Motors has denied any criminal wrongdoing in the bankruptcy of Swedish carmaker Saab, calling on US authorities to throw out a lawsuit filed by Dutch carmaker Spyker which is seeking $3 billion in damages. READ () »
The new owners of bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab plan to launch their first model in 2014, they announced on Monday, and while the cars can be called Saabs, they will lack the brand's famed griffin logo. READ () »
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