Elena Baltacha will face Johanna Larsson in the opening rubber of Great Britain’s Fed Cup World Group II play-off against Sweden in Boras. The British number one, 63rd in the world, plays her 71st-ranked Swedish opponent at 1300 BST on Saturday.

They will be followed on court at Borashallen by British number two Anne Keothavong, 79th in the world, and 54th-ranked Swede Sofia Arvidsson. The reverse singles and a doubles rubber take place on Sunday.

Sweden’s culture minister was feeling the heat Wednesday after a weekend art exhibit in which she cut up a cake baked into the shape of a cartoonishly stereotyped African woman. A group representing Swedes of African descent has called for Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth to resign over that it called a racist caricature. But Liljeroth defended her participation, saying the cake was designed to “challenge the traditional image of racism.”

“While the symbolism in the piece is despicable, it is unfortunate and highly regrettable that the presentation has been interpreted as an expression of racism by some,” Liljeroth said in a statement issued by her office. “The artistic intent was the exact opposite.”

The Swedish defense minister is resigning after facing harsh criticism over leaked plans to build a weapons plant in Saudi Arabia, a government official said Thursday.

Sten Tolgfors is stepping down at his own request, Roberta Alenius, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, told The Associated Press. She declined to discuss the reason and said more information would be presented at a news conference Thursday.

Britain’s Prince Charles made his first official visit to Sweden on Thursday, nearly 40 years after Carl XVI Gustaf became the country’s king.

The king’s wife, Queen Silvia, said she was glad to finally play host to Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. “It’s very nice since Prince Charles during my time, unfortunately, hasn’t had the possibility to visit earlier,” the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet quoted the queen as saying ahead of his arrival. “But we have a very close contact with the British royal family and so we’re very happy about their visit.”

Organizers of a Christian art exhibit in Sweden have a withdrawn a drawing that Jewish groups said was anti-Semitic.

The drawing by two Swedish pastors showed three rats — one of which carried a rifle — eating what appears to be a map of the Palestinian territories.

The image sparked protests even before the exhibit’s opening Friday in a Stockholm church, including from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which said it depicted Jews as rats.

Confidential documents revealed this week show how Sweden has in secret been helping Saudi Arabia to plan the construction of an advanced arms factory to produce anti-tank missiles.

Saudia Arabia, one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world condemned for its human rights violations by organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, has nevertheless for several years been assisted by experts from the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI).

Taylor D. Carbonaro, 21, of Lake Road, Sweden, has been charged with second-degree vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated following a crash early this morning in Sweden that killed one person, according to Monroe County sheriff’s deputies.

The accident happened just before 1 a.m. on Route 19 near White Road, about a mile outside Brockport. Deputies said the vehicle slammed into a tree, a pole and a parked vehicle. They said two people were in the car, and the female passenger died at the scene.