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Outcry in Sweden over footage of pregnant woman dragged off train

Two security officers have been suspended in Sweden after footage emerged of them removing a heavily pregnant woman from an underground train in Stockholm and pinning her down on a bench.

02/02/2019

Sweden

Swiss students follow example of young climate activist Greta Thunberg

Thousands of Swiss students, some as young as 14-years-old, took to the streets of several Swiss cities to denounce the lack of government action to fight global warming

18/01/2019

Sweden

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven reelected for second term

Sweden ended a four-month political deadlock on Friday when lawmakers reelected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven for a second term.

18/01/2019

Sweden

Facial recognition replaces class register in Swedish trial

A school in Skellefteå, Sweden, is experimenting taking the class register of students by facial recognition

16/01/2019

Sweden

Sweden's Social Democrats seek deal with opposition to form government

After months of political deadlock, Sweden's Social Democrats agreed a deal with the opposition Centre Party and the Liberals to try to form a government

11/01/2019

Ocean

Sustainable fishing is 2020 target as stricter regulations improve stocks

In partnership with the European Commission

North Sea fishermen benefiting from improved catches

11/01/2019

Ocean

Fish stocks “much better” than twenty years ago

In partnership with the European Commission

North Sea benefits from stricter regulations on fish "dumping"

11/01/2019

Sweden

Quiz: can you spot the real failure?

Play our quiz on which items are genuine exhibits at the Museum of Failure in Sweden

09/01/2019

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Museum of Failure celebrates unsuccessful innovations

A Donald Trump board game and bottles of Green Ketchup are among the exhibits on display at Sweden's Museum of Failure.

08/01/2019

Sweden

Man suspected of contracting Ebola cleared by Swedish hospital

A hospital in Sweden said test results showed no signs of the Ebola virus

04/01/2019

Sweden

As cash goes extinct in Sweden, the church moves to adapt

Many banks and businesses in Sweden no longer accept cash and the church is adapting so that people can continue to donate

25/12/2018

Sweden

Frock 'n' roll: Man-free music festival 'violated discrimination laws'

What do you think? Is the festival discriminatory? Or do we need music events that cater for all tastes?

19/12/2018

Sweden

Yemen ceasefire in vital port agreed in Sweden talks

Yemen's warring factions have agreed a ceasefire for the vital Red Sea port of Hodeida

13/12/2018

Sweden

Swedish security police arrest terror plot suspect

Swedish security police have arrested one person suspected of planning a terror attack.

13/12/2018

Sweden

Indigenous Europeans taking EU to court over climate change 'inaction'

"These climate targets obviously cannot protect us." Susannah Israelsson, from northern Europe's indigenous Saami population, spoke to Euronews about why her peoples are taking the EU to court over its climate change policies.

06/12/2018

Sweden

It's not beginning to look at lot like Christmas for reindeer above Arctic Circle

"I can't ask my father what to do now because he hasn't seen this; it hasn't happened during his lifetime."

05/12/2018

Sweden

Yemeni government team heads to Sweden for talks with Houthi rebels

The conflict has left over 8 million Yemenis facing famine, although the United Nations has warned this could rise to 14 million.

05/12/2018

Sweden

Swedish appeals court toughens sentence for Frenchman in Nobel scandal

A Swedish appeals court toughened the sentence for a Frenchman at the centre of a sex scandal that forced the postponement of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature.

04/12/2018

Sweden

Tropical snake makes appearance in Lapland toilet bowl

Johan-Martin said all he could "think in the moment was, 'huh...I peed on a snake,' before smacking the toilet lid shut."

30/11/2018

World

Swedes launch campaign asking people to give up air travel in 2019

Two Swedes have launched a campaign asking people to refrain from flying for an entire year to help raise awareness of climate change

29/11/2018

Sweden

Three imprisoned Saudi lawyers receive award

The Saudi lawyers who had asked peacefully for the observance of universal human rights and equality of women in Saudi society but were sentenced between 10 and 15 years in prison were awarded with the Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm.

24/11/2018

Sweden

Technology to help stroke survivors recover

A lab in Sweden has developed innovative technology to help stroke survivors recover.

01/11/2018

Smart Regions

EU Cohesion Policy boosts Sweden's forestry sector - sustainably

In partnership with the European Commission

Looking to extract the most from forests for Europe's bioeconomy of the future, the EU is investing & innovating.

01/11/2018

Sweden

Disgusting Food Museum to make gross profit with bull penis

The Disgusting Food Museum - in Malmo, Sweden - hopes to turn over a gross profit with bull penis, mouse wine, maggot cheese, and other horrors,

31/10/2018

Living

Sweden's National Museum reopens

Restored by two Scandic architecture practices and with interiors by New York's Joel Sanders, the National Museum has been buffed, plumped and re-animated.

24/10/2018

Sweden

Swedish court indicts woman who blocked Afghani man's deportation

The lawyer of Elin Ersson, a Swedish woman who attempted to stop the deportation of an Afghani man whose asylum application had been rejected, told Euronews she is "disappointed" prosecutors on Friday issued an indictment against her.

22/10/2018