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Sweden

Stockholm becomes latest European city willing to host 2030 Olympics

Sweden has received Stockholm's city authorities' blessing to put forward a bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics - which the country has never hosted.

21/11/2023

Business

Swedish postal workers strike against Tesla

Swedish postal workers have joined the ongoing strike against Tesla, sparked by the carmaker's refusal to sign a collective bargaining agreement, leading to disruptions in deliveries and escalating tensions in the labour dispute.

20/11/2023

Sweden

Sweden ordered to apologise to Tornedalian minority for abuses

A Truth and Reconciliation Commission has made a series of recommendations of how to strengthen the Tornedalian culture and language.

16/11/2023

Experiences

Snowshoeing and winter wildlife: Where to go if you don’t like skiing

Don’t like skiing? Try these wintery breaks instead.

05/11/2023

Health news

Scientists extract RNA molecules from extinct species in world-first

The researchers are hopeful the breakthrough will allow them to study how RNA viruses evolve.

01/11/2023

Norway

Store says 'drama' in Gaza threatens civilians and Israel itself

Speaking at the Nordic Council meeting in Oslo, Norwegian leader Jonas Gahr Store said while Israel has the right to defend itself, there is also a 'link' to proportionality and the drama unfolding in Gaza which he believes is a threat to civilians and the region, including Israel.

31/10/2023

Culture news

You'll never guess how long it took to finish this dictionary

The 39 volumes of the Swedish Academy Dictionary stands as Sweden's answer to the Oxford English Dictionary. And it's just been sent to the printers...

27/10/2023

Travel News

Sweden has had enough of being mixed up with Switzerland

Every year, 120,000 people ask Google whether they are the same country.

26/10/2023

Sweden

Swedish court acquits man accused of spying for Russia for years

Sergey Skvortskov maintains that he sought legitimate authorisation to transfer potentially sensitive technology.

26/10/2023

Green News

Sweden coastguard launches criminal investigation over ferry oil spill

Oil spills can have serious impacts on marine life and the natural environment.

25/10/2023

Finland

Finland blames Chinese ship for Baltic Sea gas pipeline damage

Finnish police say they have data pointing to the Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel NewNew Polar Bear as the culprit in damaging the pipeline running under the Baltic Sea.

25/10/2023

Turkey

Erdogan submits Sweden's NATO bid to parliament for ratification

Turkey's parliament is set to vote on Sweden's bid to join NATO after President Erdogan submitted a protocol for Stockholm's admission into the military alliance.

23/10/2023

Finland

China cautions Finland and Estonia over pipeline 'sabotage' probe

The Hong Kong-registered vessel NewNew Polar Bear was in the vicinity of two different Baltic Sea pipelines when they were damaged earlier in October, and has now become the focus of the police investigation.

23/10/2023

Belgium

Belgian minister quits after deadly Brussels attack

The shooter was denied asylum in October 2020 and ordered to be extradited in 2021, but the authorities did not do so because they could not find an address for him. After Monday night's shooting, the place where he was living was found within hours.

21/10/2023

Belgium

Commemorations in Brussels, as Islamic State claims shooting attack

Swedish authorities say the suspect had previously served a prison sentence in the Nordic nation, but have not released any specific details of the crime, nor length of sentence.

18/10/2023

Sweden

Sweden reports new damage to Baltic Sea cable link with Estonia

The latest incident might have happened at the same time as a cable linking Finland to Estonia was also damaged, an incident being investigated as sabotage.

18/10/2023

Belgium

Brussels police kill suspect in shooting deaths of Sweden fans

The suspect was shot at a cafe in the Brussels neighbourhood of Schaerbeek, where a residential property had been searched overnight.

17/10/2023

Hungary

Euroviews. In fact, this is why Sweden should ultimately join NATO

One does not need to be a master strategist to realise that due to the country’s geographic position, Sweden’s accession to NATO would significantly strengthen the alliance in the entire Baltic Sea region, Dr András Rácz writes.

13/10/2023

Sweden

Harvard Professor Claudia Goldin wins Nobel memorial economics prize

Goldin becomes only the third woman to be awarded the prize since it was established in 1968 by Sweden's central bank.

09/10/2023

Hungary

Euroviews. This is why Sweden might not join NATO after all

Joining NATO is not like joining the Schengen Zone — it is a commitment to shed blood for one another in the event of any invasion, Dr Gladden Pappin writes.

06/10/2023