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Sweden

Explosion hits five-storey building in Linkoping, Sweden

A powerful explosion hit a five-storey building in Linköping, southern Sweden, on Friday morning, authorities said in a press release.

07/06/2019

Sweden

New mothers' health improves if fathers can stay home, study claims

The research, conducted by two Stanford economists, studied the effects of a reform in Sweden introducing more flexibility in the parental leave system

05/06/2019

Sweden

Swedish prosecutors file request for Julian Assange's arrest

Swedish prosecutors filed a request for Julian Assange's arrest over rape allegations they are investigating.

20/05/2019

Sweden

Watch again: Sweden to reopen investigation into Assange rape case

Sweden's deputy prosecutor announced Monday that she will reopen the preliminary investigation into a rape case against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange.

13/05/2019

World

EU-US trade deal 'is still doable', says Commisioner Cecilia Malmstrom

"We hope that we don't have to impose tariffs on each other," EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom told Euronews' The Global Conversation programme.

06/05/2019

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Swedes gather to see happy cows released after long winter

Around 5,000 people gathered at a Swedish dairy farm on Saturday (May 4) to watch a herd of very 'happy cows' jump at their first chance of the year to run free into green pastures after a long, dark winter.

05/05/2019

Sweden

SAS reaches deal with unions to end week-long pilot strike

SAS reaches deal with unions to end week-long pilot strike

03/05/2019

Sweden

European travellers hit as airline cancels hundreds more flights

SAS pilots went on strike on Friday as wage talks broke down, grounding around 70 percent of the airline's flights and hitting some 170,000 people over the weekend alone.

27/04/2019

Sweden

Sweden and Norway 'concerned' by unusual pre-season forest fires

Sweden and Norway have seen unusual pre-season forest fires spark in southern parts of their territory, triggering fear of a sequel of 2018's "summer of ashes".

24/04/2019

Sweden

Police charged over fatal shooting of toy gun-carrying disabled man

Police fired 25 shots at Torell in a residential courtyard, believing a toy pistol he was carrying was a real weapon.

13/04/2019

Smart Regions

Sweden's One Stop Future Shop roaring success

In partnership with the European Commission

We visit the Biskopsgarden district of the Gothenburg municipality, Sweden. The 'One Stop Future Shop’ is a programme that has been empowering people on the peripheries of the labour market, such as immigrants, to start up their own personal entrepreneurial projects.

28/03/2019

Sweden

Several people injured after explosion in Stockholm

An explosion was reported in the Swedish capital of Stockholm in the early hours of Wednesday morning, injuried several people

27/03/2019

Sweden

Teen climate campaigner Greta Thunberg nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

The teenager from Sweden who skipped school to campaign over climate change has been nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.

14/03/2019

Sweden

Swedish art project offers 'eternal' job with zero responsibilities

An art project funded by Public Art Agency Sweden is offering an 'eternal employment' position at a future train station in Gothenburg that holds no duties or responsibilities.

11/03/2019

Sweden

Bus explodes in central Stockholm, injuring driver

One person was injured after a bus exploded in central Stockholm, Sweden, on Sunday

10/03/2019

Sweden

Swedish Academy to award two Nobel literature prizes this year

The Nobel Foundation last year stopped the Swedish Academy from handing out the award after a string of sexual misconduct allegations against the husband of one of its board members threw the institution into crisis mode.

05/03/2019

Sweden

Swedish Security Police says suspected Russian spy was arrested

Swedish Security Police says suspected Russian spy was arrested

28/02/2019

Sweden

Award-winning Australian entrepreneur told to leave Sweden for visa

An award-winning Australian entrepreneur who's been living in Sweden for six years was told by immigration services he had to leave the country if he wanted his sole trader visa application to be considered.

21/02/2019

Sweden

Norwegian flight forced to land after receiving 'bomb threat'

A Norwegian flight en route to Nice was forced to return to Stockholm on Thursday after a "bomb threat" was made against the flight

07/02/2019

World

Sweden Democrats' u-turn on campaigning for 'Swexit' | Raw Politics

The party now promises to change the EU from within.

05/02/2019

Sweden

Man jailed for stealing Sweden's crown jewels in speedboat heist

A Swedish man has been jailed for four and a half years for the theft.

05/02/2019

Earth News

Climate-smart shopping in the world’s first recycling mall

The Swedish ReTuna Återbruksgalleria makes shopping climate-smart. People even buy their old items back.

04/02/2019

The Cube

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