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Children of imprisoned Iranian activist accept her Nobel Peace Prize

The teenage children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize in the Norwegian capital on Sunday on behalf of the mother they haven’t seen in years, reading out a speech she penned from a Tehran prison as her medal rested on an empty chair.

11/12/2023

Culture news

Meet "Dad Harmony": The viral a capella boyband taking Sweden by storm

Five young fathers from the northern town of Skellefteå, Sweden, unintentionally became online sensations when their heartwarming a cappella singing sessions went viral.

09/12/2023

Green News

Sweden is our Green Country of the Month - here’s why

From salt batteries to ‘flying’ ferries, here’s why Sweden is our Green Country of the Month.

30/11/2023

Sweden

Sweden's prime minister condemns far-right call to demolish mosques

Swedish far-right politician Jimmie Åkesson said mosques that spread anti-democratic, anti-Swedish, homophobic and anti-Semitic propaganda should be confiscated and demolished.

27/11/2023

Business

Tesla sues Swedish Transport Agency over licence plate delivery

Strikers have halted the delivery of number plates due to the carmaker's refusal to sign a collective bargaining agreement.

27/11/2023

Sweden

'The time has come': Turkey urged to approve Sweden NATO entry

Pressure is growing on Ankara to drop its opposition to Sweden's membership of the US-led military alliance.

27/11/2023

Eco-Innovation

High-tech Swedish ferry aims to electrify the world’s waterways

Energy savings from going airborne give the hydrofoil electric ferry the speed and range needed to make it work on batteries.

21/11/2023

Sweden

Stockholm becomes latest European city willing to host 2030 Olympics

Sweden has received Stockholm's city authorities' blessing to put forward a bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics - which the country has never hosted.

21/11/2023

Business

Swedish postal workers strike against Tesla

Swedish postal workers have joined the ongoing strike against Tesla, sparked by the carmaker's refusal to sign a collective bargaining agreement, leading to disruptions in deliveries and escalating tensions in the labour dispute.

20/11/2023

Eco-Innovation

Swedish factory boasts ability to sort most plastic in the world

Hailed as a ‘game changer’, the site is big enough to receive all plastic packaging waste generated from Swedish households.

16/11/2023

Sweden

Sweden ordered to apologise to Tornedalian minority for abuses

A Truth and Reconciliation Commission has made a series of recommendations of how to strengthen the Tornedalian culture and language.

16/11/2023

Health news

Scientists extract RNA molecules from extinct species in world-first

The researchers are hopeful the breakthrough will allow them to study how RNA viruses evolve.

01/11/2023

Travel News

Sweden has had enough of being mixed up with Switzerland

Every year, 120,000 people ask Google whether they are the same country.

26/10/2023

Sweden

Swedish court acquits man accused of spying for Russia for years

Sergey Skvortskov maintains that he sought legitimate authorisation to transfer potentially sensitive technology.

26/10/2023

Green News

Sweden coastguard launches criminal investigation over ferry oil spill

Oil spills can have serious impacts on marine life and the natural environment.

25/10/2023

Health news

Scientists develop eye implants that could treat diabetes

A 3D-printed, microscale implant in the eye that uses pancreatic cells could help to treat diabetes and other diseases.

23/10/2023

Sweden

Sweden reports new damage to Baltic Sea cable link with Estonia

The latest incident might have happened at the same time as a cable linking Finland to Estonia was also damaged, an incident being investigated as sabotage.

18/10/2023

Green News

Here’s how electric car batteries could be recycled in the future

The researchers have developed a recycling method that allows recovery of 100 per cent of the aluminium and 98 per cent of the lithium in electric car batteries.

17/10/2023

Green News

Greta Thunberg fined in court before travelling to wind farm protest

She said she will continue to protest even if "it leads to more sentences".

12/10/2023

Green News

When will Stockholm’s petrol and diesel car ban come into force?

Authorities say the new plans will create 'plenty of space for walking and cycling'.

11/10/2023

Sweden

Harvard Professor Claudia Goldin wins Nobel memorial economics prize

Goldin becomes only the third woman to be awarded the prize since it was established in 1968 by Sweden's central bank.

09/10/2023

Europe Decoded

Did COVID vaccine scientists accept Nobel Prize wearing face masks?

Certain social media users believe that the scientists behind the COVID-19 vaccine wearing face coverings means they do not believe in their own technology.

06/10/2023

Culture news

Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature

The novelist and playwright was announced as the winner of the top prize in literature.

05/10/2023

Culture news

Who will win this year's Nobel Prize in Literature?

We run through the bookies' odds for who's likely to win one of the world's most prestigious awards in literature.

04/10/2023

Tech News

Nobel Chemistry Prize for quantum dot technology

Scientists Moungi Bawendi and Louis Brus are American and Alexei Ekimov is Russian. The prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and is worth 11m Swedish kronor (€947,700).

04/10/2023

Health news

Karikó and Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for mRNA vaccines work

Nobel announcements continue with the physics prize on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday and literature on Thursday. The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday and the economics award on October 9.

02/10/2023