Sweden

Sweden

Sweden reintroduces military service

Officials say it is because of what Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist calls a deteriorating security environment in Europe and around Sweden.

02/03/2017

Sweden

Sweden reintroduces military conscription

Looking at Russia over their shoulder leads Sweden to bring back military service

02/03/2017

Sweden

Is Malmo the 'rape capital of Europe'?

Donald Trump’s terrorism-related claim about ‘what happened last night in Sweden’ has put the spotlight on crime in the Scandinavian country.

28/02/2017

Sweden

Residents injured in fire at asylum shelter in Sweden

Up to 20 people have been injured in a fire at a centre for asylum seekers in Sweden.

26/02/2017

Sweden

'Mama Mia' Trump's Swedish meatballs spark Twitter titters

Trump's Swedish meatballs cause Twitter titters

20/02/2017

Sci-Tech

Play virtual drums with Freedrum

Philip Robertson is a keen drummer and like any musician knows the importance of practice.

15/02/2017

Sport

Shiffrin, Strasser take Stockholm World Cup parallel slaloms

Mikaela Shiffrin continued her dominant season winning the Stockholm Parallel Slalom, but there was also a first title for Linus Strasser.

31/01/2017

Sweden

Sweden: Three men remanded in custody over Facebook live rape investigation

Two of the men were detained suspected of rape, while one man was detained on suspicion of failing to reveal rape.

25/01/2017

Sweden

Three arrested in Facebook Live rape investigation

Swedish police arrest three men in a Facebook Live rape investigation.

24/01/2017

Sweden

Swedish old folks' home abandons six-hour workday experiment

A six-hour workday experiment has been abandoned at one retirement home in the Swedish city of Gothenberg despite workers reporting better health, reduced absenteeism and improved quality of patient c

04/01/2017

Real Economy

How can Europe beat long-term unemployment?

In this edition of Real Economy, Euronews looks at the fiscal drain from Europe's long-term unemployment crisis.

03/01/2017

My Europe Series

Refugees in Sweden - one year on

The Swedish ski resort of Riksgränsen opened its doors to refugees in 2015 – a temporary solution for the country’s government overwhelmed by the arrival of 164,000 refugees in just a few…

26/12/2016

Sweden

Female choir performs Christmas concert like goats for charity

A Swedish all-female choir performed a charity concert with a difference yesterday, December 18, as they put a new spin on Christmas carols by singing like…

19/12/2016

No Comment

Patti Smith blanks out during Nobel Prize performance

Singer and songwriter Patti Smith needed two attempts to get through Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” at the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm.

12/12/2016

Focus

EuroSkills 2016: battle of young craftspeople

Young people from more than 30 countries were in the Swedish city of Gothenburg to take part in EuroSkills 2016.

06/12/2016

Sweden

A dire climate warning for the Arctic

A new study says the the Arctic is experiencing rapid change "beyond anything previously experienced" and in ways that will fundamentally affect both people and ecosystems.

28/11/2016

Business Planet

A green-fingered entrepreneur in Gothenburg

In this episode of Business Planet Serge Rombi reports from the Swedish city of Gothenburg.

25/11/2016

Sweden

Guess who's the Swedish player of the year...

That's right it's Zlatan Ibrahimovic!

22/11/2016

Sci-Tech

'Alexa, what's the weather going to be like today?'

Humans and robots in daily intercourse

03/11/2016

Sweden

Pope Francis praises secular Sweden over asylum seekers

Pope Francis has praised as “blessed” people who take in asylum seekers, as he celebrated Mass with thousands of followers during his visit to Sweden.

01/11/2016

Sweden

Creepy clown stabs teenager in Sweden

A wave of creepy clown sightings has spread to Sweden, where a teenager was stabbed by a man in a clown mask.

14/10/2016

Sweden

Bob Dylan is the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate

Musician Bob Dylan wins the Prize "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."

13/10/2016

Economy

Research on everything from top bosses pay to marriage contracts wins economy prize

Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström win Sveriges Riksbank Economic Sciences Prize for work covering everything from top bosses pay to marriage contracts.

10/10/2016

Sweden

Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström win The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

The pair were awarded the prize "for their contributions to contract theory."

10/10/2016

Sweden

2016 Nobel Peace Prize: contenders and potential winners

The Nobel Peace Prize winner will be announced this Friday in the Norwegian capital, Oslo.

06/10/2016

My Europe Series

Sweden: shorter workdays, happier and more productive staff?

The effectiveness of the traditional eight-hour workday has long been questioned.

06/10/2016