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Work

How far along are countries on the EU’s salary transparency rules?

Member states are working to meet the June 2026 deadline for the EU's Pay Transparency Directive.

09/10/2025

Tech News

Scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for molecular structure work

The chemistry award is the third 2025 Nobel Prize to be announced this week.

08/10/2025

Tech News

Three scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for quantum mechanics work

The physics award is the second 2025 Nobel Prize to be announced this week.

07/10/2025

Travel News

Feeling blue? This European country is now ‘prescribed’ by doctors

Leave your troubles behind in one of the world’s ‘happiest countries’. It may be just what the doctor orders.

07/10/2025

Health news

US and Japanese scientists win 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine

Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries in peripheral immune tolerance, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced on Monday.

06/10/2025

Health news

Risk of psychosis is higher in the weeks after childbirth, study finds

Poor mental health linked to pregnancy and childbirth can affect women’s health in the long term.

26/09/2025

Work

Sweden is tracking job-seekers online to crack down on public benefits fraud

The agency will soon begin contacting the 4,000 people identified by the tracking system, who are at risk of losing public benefits.

12/09/2025

Tech News

Sweden says artists to be paid for AI-generated music in ‘world first'

The Swedish Performing Rights Society says it’s signed the “world’s first” licensing agreement with an artificial intelligence company that generates music.

09/09/2025

Green News

Sweden’s Sami warn of cultural erasure from mining and climate change

Europe’s largest rare earth deposit could cut off Sami reindeer migration routes.

08/09/2025

Tech News

What is vibe coding and why is Lovable now the buzziest tech company?

Euronews Next sits down with Lovable’s CEO Anton Osika.

08/09/2025

Culture news

IKEA but no ABBA? Sweden publishes polemical cultural heritage list

Critics argue that the “shared map” of Swedish culture, which snubs anything since 1975, is “exclusionary” and a “nationalist education project”. Here's why.

03/09/2025

EuroVerify

Video shows church being relocated in Sweden, not Norway

The transportation of the church was highly publicised in Sweden and beyond.

27/08/2025

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Historic Kiruna Church in Sweden begins five-kilometre relocation

One of Sweden’s most recognisable landmarks, the wooden Kiruna Church, is being moved five kilometres this week to a new city centre to escape an encroaching mine.

19/08/2025

Sweden

Historic Swedish church moved by road to avoid being swallowed by mine

A convoy of trailers is transporting the 113-year-old Kiruna Church to a new home to make way for the expansion of a large underground iron ore mine.

19/08/2025

Sweden

One person killed in shooting outside mosque in Sweden, police say

The perpetrator has yet to be apprehended and it's unclear if they were targeting the mosque or specific individuals.

15/08/2025

Health news

ADHD drugs lower risk of suicidal behaviour, car accidents, and crime

Researchers identified consequences of ADHD medication that usually are not discussed in the doctor’s office.

14/08/2025

EuroVerify

Fact check: Sweden is not deporting immigrants over different values

The Swedish government has made cracking down on migration one of its key goals, however online claims are misleading.

11/08/2025

Tech News

Sweden’s leader uses ChatGPT. Should politicians use AI chatbots?

The Swedish leader’s use of ChatGPT sparked backlash in the Nordic country. The same week, OpenAI sid the chatbot will be rolled out across the US government.

07/08/2025

Health news

Hormones used by parents can cause genital changes in children

Endocrinologists in Sweden warn that parents who use hormonal creams can easily transfer the substance to their children through skin-to-skin contact.

01/08/2025

Mobility

Why AI isn’t yet ready to charge electric cars

Integrating AI into the battery estimation system could help make electric cars more efficient, but mistakes could literally ignite into serious trouble.

31/07/2025

Economy

US and China push through high-stakes tariff talks in Sweden

Representatives of the world’s two largest economies meet in Sweden as the expiration date for a 90‑day pause on tariffs draws near.

29/07/2025

EuroVerify

Viral video doesn't show Palestinians fleeing Gaza to Sweden

Claims that the video depicts Palestinian refugees from Gaza arriving in Sweden to escape the war are false.

23/07/2025

Europe News

Swedish migration minister 'horrified' by teenage son's far-right ties

Sweden’s Migration Minister Johan Forssell has revealed that his teenage son was involved with far-right extremist groups, following a tip-off from the Swedish security service, Säpo.

11/07/2025

Sweden

Swedish PM's movements leaked by bodyguards using Strava fitness app

Bodyguards protecting Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson reportedly exposed sensitive information about him by uploading workouts to Strava.

09/07/2025

Home

Could this chore-tracking app help balance inequality at home?

In just ten months since its launch in September 2024, the app has gained over 25,000 users in Europe.

05/07/2025

Art

Meet the artists behind Sweden’s mouse-size miniature worlds

Swedish artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén, the duo behind Anonymouse, have revealed their identities as a new exhibition in Lund celebrates the project’s end.

01/07/2025