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Sweden pays tribute to school attack 'hero'

An emotional crowd gathered on Wednesday (October 28) at the funeral of Lavin Eskandar, killed last week in a sword attack on a Swedish school. The

28/10/2015

Sweden

Sweden school attack: sword attacker had racist motive, say police

The masked swordsman who stabbed two people to death at a school in Sweden had a racist motive and had planned the attack. That is according to

23/10/2015

Sweden

Masked man kills a pupil and a teacher at a school in Sweden

A community in western Sweden is in shock after a masked man with a sword killed a teacher and a pupil at a school. A pupil and a teacher were also

22/10/2015

Sweden

Sweden: assailant now dead after double-fatal school sword attack

Police investigating a sword attack at a school in Sweden say the attacker is now dead. A masked man wielding a sword killed a teacher and seriously

22/10/2015

Sweden

One dead, four wounded in Swedish school sword attack

22/10/2015

Sweden

British-American economist Angus Deaton wins Nobel Economics Prize

British-American economist Angus Deaton has won the 2015 Nobel Prize for economics. “The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has today decided to award

12/10/2015

Sweden

Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet wins 2015 Nobel Peace Prize

The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet. The president of the Nobel prize Committee announced the group

09/10/2015

Sweden

Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet wins Nobel Peace Prize

Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its contribution to building democracy after the Jasmine Revolution in

09/10/2015

Sweden

Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexeivich wins Nobel Prize in Literature

In the gilded rooms of the Royal Swedish Academy the Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 was awarded to the Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich “for her

08/10/2015

Sweden

Work on DNA repair wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry

The three scientists who have shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry were unveiled at a press conference in Sweden. Swede Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich

07/10/2015

Sweden

Nobel: neutrinos pair win 2015 Nobel physics prize

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics has been won by two scientists for a ground-breaking discovery about neutrinos. The subatomic particles have almost

06/10/2015

Sweden

Nobel prize for medicine goes to parasite power trio

The first of this year’s Nobel prizes has been awarded, for medicine, and it has gone to a trio of researchers for work against parasitic diseases

05/10/2015

Sweden

The Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell creator of Inspector Kurt Wallander has died

The Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell has died of cancer at the age of 67. The author revealed he had the illness in a newspaper column last year

05/10/2015

Business Planet

SOLVIT: the go-to service when public authorities don't play by the rules

SOLVIT is a European problem-solving tool that can help entrepreneurs and citizens assert their rights in problem situations arising from incorrect

02/10/2015

Economy

Sweden 'increasingly experimenting' with six-hour workdays

An increasing number of businesses in Sweden are said to be experimenting with six-hour working days. Reports say that Toyota service centres in

01/10/2015

Sweden

Saving the world from hate, nuclear apocalypse, climate change and war

01/10/2015

Sweden

Sweden: Crown Princess Victoria is pregnant with second child

The heir to the Swedish throne, Crown Princess Victoria, and her husband Prince Daniel are expecting their second child. The couple already have

05/09/2015

Culture news

Larssen "Dragon Tattoo" sequel publishing event of the year

The tattooed young hacker Lisbeth Salander is back in the sequel to Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” trilogy” but with a twist – a new author – and a

27/08/2015

Sweden

Sweden drops two sexual assault cases against WikiLeaks' Assange

Prosecutors in Sweden have dropped two sexual assault cases against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Five years since two women made the allegations

13/08/2015

Sweden

Sweden to drop sex assault investigations into Wikileaks founder

Swedish prosecutors will this week drop their investigations into three accusations of sexual assault against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who

12/08/2015

Sweden

Deadly knife attack at IKEA store in Sweden

Two people have died and a third is seriously injured after a knife attack at an IKEA store in Sweden. Local police said they had been called to

10/08/2015

Sweden

Two killed, one seriously injured, in Ikea knife attack

10/08/2015

Sweden

Submarine:Swedish Navy say wreck is not 2014 mystery sub

The Swedish navy says it is “quite certain” that a wreck discovered offshore has no connection with an alert over a suspected submarine incursion

28/07/2015

Sweden

Sweden launches inquiry over discovery of suspect Russian sub

28/07/2015

Sport

Volvo Ocean Race: Crews set sail in final leg

The seven-boat fleet of the Volvo Ocean race set sail for the ninth and final leg of the demanding round the world challenge on Tuesday. The crews

16/06/2015

Sweden

[Pictures] Sweden's Prince Carl Philip weds former reality TV star and model

Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip has wed a former reality TV star and model in a lavish ceremony in Stockholm. The 36-year-old tied the knot with Sofia

13/06/2015