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Tech News

What is ‘W,’ Europe’s attempt to replace Elon Musk’s X?

The Swedish-based “W” platform” is the latest in a series of new social media sites vying to replace US Big Tech companies.

19/06/2026

Europe News

Church of Sweden launches ethics inquiry into PM's ordained wife

The Lutheran Church of Sweden, which has some 5.4 million members in a country of 10.6 million, formally separated from the Swedish state in 2000.

16/06/2026

Europe News

Swedish court jails man for pressuring wife into mass prostitution

Prosecutor Ida Annerstedt told the AFP news agency at the start of the trial in April that the woman had "a serious fear" of her husband.

16/06/2026

Europe News

Swedish army consultant on trial for attempted spying for Russia

The trial, scheduled to last three days, is being held largely behind closed doors, given the sensitive nature of the information involved.

15/06/2026

Europe News

Sweden eases rules for teenage migrants facing deportation

Following a large influx of asylum seekers in Sweden in 2015, successive left- and right-wing governments have tightened asylum rules.

01/06/2026

Europe News

Ukraine to buy up to 20 Gripen jet fighters, Sweden to donate 16

Ukraine is largely reliant on its Western allies to down Russian missile barrages, despite having pioneered a system for intercepting long-range drones that is the envy of some of the world's most advanced militaries.

28/05/2026

Europe News

Canada chooses Sweden's Saab in defence deal over US rivals

Carney says Canada's historically close relationship with the United States has been permanently altered and Ottawa needs to diversify its economic and security relationships.

27/05/2026

Ecotech

Why Swedish football fans are being asked to ‘pee for the planet’

Could pee hold the answer to Europe’s fertiliser crisis? Swedish football fans are taking to the toilets to find out.

24/05/2026

Made in Europe

How Candela’s flying ferries could bring commuters back to the water

“Welcome on board the first prototype of the ferry P12. We put it into water almost three years ago. We have built a lot of boats since.”

22/05/2026

Europe News

Modi in Sweden: Von der Leyen lauds 'new era' in EU-India relations

During the second leg of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's European tour, he visited Sweden's Gothenburg to meet his Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson, European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen, as well as European and Indian business leaders.

17/05/2026

Europe News

Swedish organised crime kingpin arrested in Tunisia, police say

The Foxtrot criminal network was formed in the late 2010s and has been connected to dozens of violent crimes in Sweden.

12/05/2026

Europe News

Sweden suspects two of sending military-industrial products to Russia

The Swedish Security Service (Sapo) said in a statement the two suspects had been arrested last week and were both remanded in custody.

11/05/2026

Destinations

Why a trip to Sweden could be just what the doctor ordered

Sweden’s tourism pitch offers a country-wide remedy for modern burnout. Visit Sweden invites travellers to experience “fika” and “lagom” culture, alongside its saunas and icy cold dips to boost wellbeing.

11/05/2026

Europe News

Sweden plans electronic tags for kids at risk of gang recruitment

Criminal gangs in Sweden increasingly recruit children to commit crimes, knowing they will not face prison time if caught as the age of criminal responsibility is 15.

07/05/2026

Earth News

Inside Europe’s struggle to set the record straight on wind power

Thousands of anti-wind social media posts have been analysed, as researchers warn that Europe’s energy security could be threatened.

06/05/2026

Europe Today

Sweden announces new spy agency in rethink prompted by war in Ukraine

Stockholm dropped two centuries of military non-alignment and joined NATO in the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

05/05/2026

Europe News

More than 20 bystanders killed in Sweden shootings in three years

The innocent victims include people hit by stray bullets, cases of a mistaken identity by the shooter and relatives of targeted gang members, according to police statistics.

04/05/2026

Europe News

Sweden confiscates false-flagged Russian 'shadow fleet' ship

Russia has reportedly built up a flotilla of old oil tankers of opaque ownership to get around sanctions imposed by the European Union.

29/04/2026

Europe News

UN watchdog rebukes Sweden for deporting disabled child twice

The committee, a body of 18 independent experts, monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its state parties and conducts regular country reviews.

27/04/2026

Europe News

Swedish Syria envoy charged over mishandling top secret documents

The diplomat, who was arrested in May 2025, had also been suspected of transmitting classified documents to a former politician from the central Swedish town of Gävle.

24/04/2026

Residences

Sweden’s famed Treehotel is getting a new suite

Oasis, which will open at the property in Harads in August, comes complete with a private sauna and hot tub.

22/04/2026

Europe News

Swedish rights groups slam 'honest living' criteria for migrants

The Swedish Refugee Law Centre, an organisation that provides legal assistance to asylum seekers, says the proposals will make the process for residence permits unpredictable.

17/04/2026

Europe News

Sweden thwarted 2025 pro-Russian cyberattack on thermal power plant

Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said the aim of the operation was to disrupt the functioning of a facility that supplies heating.

15/04/2026

Sweden

Five teens to go on trial in Sweden over Iranian dissident murder plot

Sweden’s security service Sapo says Iran has ramped up its targeting of dissidents since the start of the Iran war, accusing them of conscripting organised crime groups to carry out “acts of violence” on Swedish soil.

08/04/2026

Europe News

Swedish coastguard boards tanker off Gotland subject to EU sanctions

According to the ship tracking site Marine traffic, Flora 1 departed the Russian oil port Primorsk headed for Santos in Brazil, flying the flag of Sierra Leone.

03/04/2026

Sweden

Sweden announces €800mn investment in anti-drone defence systems

The investment would cover multiple systems, such as radar and anti-aircraft weapons systems as well as electronic warfare platforms.

02/04/2026