Karlskoga, Sweden News

MCN is the only publication in the world to have ridden the Ohlins two-wheel-drive Yamaha R1.

Akers Krutbruk Protection, a small manufacturer of vehicle and body armor, expects a significant lift in orders as more countries seek to protect combat vehicles and front-line troops from land mines, high-caliber projectiles and explosive fragments, company CEO Niclas Sahlgren said.

Geithner voices optimism Efforts by the US and China to revive the global economy are starting to pay off, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said yesterday.

A refugee housing facility in Karlskoga in central Sweden was subject to an arson attack early Tuesday morning, according to police.

Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab AB on Tuesday said it will lay off 370 office staff at its Saab Bofors Dynamics unit in Sweden.

The Wheaton Municipal Band returns for its 79th season with free summer concerts beginning June 4. Each Thursday at 8 p.m. through Aug.

BAE Systems successfully fired Excalibur simulation rounds from the first XM1203 Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon prototype at a U.S. Army test site.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Regulatory News: Morphic's new small-scale wind turbine, SWT20, will now be tested in the toughest possible conditions at the southern end of the island of land off the coast of Sweden.

Swedish all-female rock/metal band CRUCIFIED BARBARA has scheduled the following dates: Feb.

Swedish metallers SONIC SYNDICATE have been confirmed for next year's Putte I Parken festival, set to take place July 29 - August 1, 2009 in Karlskoga, Sweden.