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Sweden

One student injured in knife incident at Swedish school

Authorities have arrested a suspect in their 20s on suspicion of preparing acts of murder and arson.

28/01/2021

Sweden

Swedish chief who resigned over pandemic holiday given new job

Weeks after offering his resignation over his controversial holiday to the Canary Islands, Dan Eliasson has been appointed Director-General of the Government Offices in Sweden.

26/01/2021

Sweden

Documentary makers acquitted of illegally exploring MS Estonia wreck

Two Swedish documentary makers were accused of illegally exploring the wreck of the MS Estonia, which sank in 1994 killing 852 people.

25/01/2021

Living

Greta Thunberg makes history in stamp form

Sweden has commemorated the teenager activist as part of its new environmental stamp collection.

15/01/2021

Sweden

Sweden's Parliament votes in favour of new pandemic law

The new legislation will still not allow the government to impose curfews or a domestic travel ban.

08/01/2021

Travel News

Swedish chief quits after ignoring his agency's COVID holiday advice

Dan Eliasson had told Euronews he considered his Canary Islands trip to be "of personal importance" despite government advice against travelling abroad.

07/01/2021

Sweden

Anger after Swedish official breaks his own agency's COVID guidelines

Is Dan Eliasson Sweden's answer to Dominic Cummings?

04/01/2021

Sweden

Sweden switches strategy and calls for face masks on public transport

Sweden's healthcare sector is struggling with the resurgence of COVID-19, prompting the government to finally introduce measures already seen for months across Europe.

18/12/2020

Sweden

Sweden's health officials 'misjudged' second wave of COVID-19

Sweden has stood out for its approach to the pandemic, for a long time not mandating lockdowns and instead relying on citizens’ sense of civic duty.

15/12/2020

Sweden

Sweden to text every phone in country about new Christmas COVID rules

Sweden's mass SMS campaign will be sent on December 14 when new coronavirus restrictions come into force.

11/12/2020

Sweden

No evidence mother imprisoned son for three decades, says prosecutor

The woman was arrested on Monday on suspicion of "unlawful deprivation of liberty" and "causing grievous bodily harm".

03/12/2020

Sweden

Sweden: Woman suspected of holding son captive in flat for 28 years

The elderly woman is suspected of pulling her son out of school when he was 12 years old and keeping him indoors ever since.

01/12/2020

Sweden

'Serious deficiencies': Sweden's nursing homes slammed over COVID care

Coronavirus deaths in elderly care homes make up around half of Sweden's 6,400 fatalities from the disease.

25/11/2020

Sweden

Sweden receives request to re-investigate 1994 MS Estonia sinking

Swedish prosecutors have received a request to reopen an investigation into the sinking of the MS Estonia ferry that killed 852 people in 1994. It comes after new information appeared in a Discovery Network documentary in September.

24/11/2020

Sweden

Sweden introduces tougher measures to curb rising coronavirus cases

Sweden is introducing new local and national measures to reduce the increasing burden on its health care system.

13/11/2020

Sweden

Sweden to ban sale of alcohol after 10pm to curb spread of coronavirus

PM Stefan Lofven said that Sweden “currently is risking a situation like the one we had last spring."

11/11/2020

World

Sweden's COVID-19 death toll passes 6,000 with PM in isolation

“The developments are going in the wrong direction fast," wrote Stefan Lofven. "More are infected. More die. This is a serious situation.”

06/11/2020

Sweden

Sweden introduces new coronavirus measures amid Europe second wave

Austria and Greece also introduced new measures yesterday and England will introduce a near-total lockdown from Thursday.

04/11/2020

Sweden

Sweden to boost military spending amid growing tension with Russia

Russia's been accused by Sweden of entering its airspace and territorial waters without permission.

28/10/2020

Sweden

Thousands of sensitive documents stolen in Swedish data hack

Swedish security firm Gunnebo said the incident was "extremely regrettable".

27/10/2020

Sweden

Sweden bans Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks

Swedish regulators have banned the use of telecommunications equipment from Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE in its upcoming 5G network.

20/10/2020

Sweden

Sweden vs France: Contrasting COVID strategies and pandemic fatigue

Has Sweden's strategy served to protect its citizens from becoming tired of lockdown restrictions, while the thought of another lockdown leaves their European neighbours climbing the walls?

19/10/2020

Sweden

Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson win the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics

American economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Science

12/10/2020

Europe Decoded

Swedish restaurant removes 'racist' art installation of Xi Jinping

A Swedish restaurant has apologised and removed a controversial "Bat Man" art installation featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping after critics said that the work was racist.

12/10/2020

Sweden

American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Born in 1943, Glück has won many awards in the United States including the Pulitzer Prize.

08/10/2020

Sweden

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna win Nobel Prize

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna were awarded for discovering 'genetic scissors', a tool for 'rewriting the code of life'.

07/10/2020