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Could Scotland be the next member of the Nordic Council?

Following success in the recent parliamentary elections, a Finnish MP said he would push to make Scotland an observing member of the Nordic Council, but is there any substance to the initiative?

World

Sweden's registers increase in infections in young people

The Swedish Public Health Agency says the rise could be linked to a recent increase in testing. Among the elderly, there was a clear drop in newly reported cases, which the agency believes is largely due to the impact of the vaccination rollout.

Sweden

Don't approach whale carcass it may explode, Swedes are warned

The whale carcass has been beached on the southeast coast of the island since last week.

Sweden

Former Swedish LGBT activist convicted of raping four migrants

A former employee of a Swedish LGBT organisation was convicted of raping four migrants and two more charges of sexual assault.

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Norway

Norway loans all 216,000 AstraZeneca doses to Sweden and Iceland

Norway's Health Ministry said the doses would be returned if the country resumed use of the AstraZeneca jab.

Sweden

Sweden to ease COVID-19 restrictions for those who've been vaccinated

Sweden's Public Health Agency says they will ease restrictions for those citizens, mostly elderly, who have had at least one vaccination shot against COVID-19.

Sweden

Sweden sees sperm deficit as COVID deters donors

Medical practitioners have sounded the alarm that Sweden's sperm shortage could drive up wait times for assisted pregnancies

Sweden

Swedish region declares ‘personal lockdown’ as COVID cases soar

Officials have largely blamed the spike in instances of the virus on the spread of the UK variant.

Conscious Travel

Finland to Sweden train route could open by 2025

It's been three decades since the last passenger train ran between Finland and Sweden. But that looks like it's about to change

Sweden

China's embassy in Sweden under fire over 'threats' to journalist

China's embassy in Sweden has engaged in a public spat with Swedish politicians after its ambassador was accused of “threatening” a journalist.

Sweden

Sweden's ex-PM angers Norway and Denmark with Nazi resistance tweet

"The defence forces of Sweden in 1940 weren’t stellar, but still stronger than Norway and in particular than Denmark," Carl Bildt said. "Had [Adolf] Hitler decided to invade Sweden it would have been a fight."

Sweden

Swedish government proposes tightening immigration laws

The Swedish government has proposed a bill that would tighten immigration rules after five years of temporary measures.

Norway

Norwegian 'caught trying to dodge quarantine' by skiing over border

The 50-year old was hoping to evade quarantine rules in his country by crossing over mountains from Sweden but bad weather thwarted his plan, emergency services said.

World News

German generosity as number of Brits getting nationality in EU soars

Figures released on Monday by Eurostat revealed that 29,800 Britons became EU citizens in 2019, nearly double the roughly 16,200 who did so the previous year.

Sweden

Dramatic footage shows train crashing into a bus in Sweden

Remarkably, only three train passengers reported minor injuries in the incident.

Sweden

Sweden: Terrorist motive probed after seven injured in axe attack

Police in Sweden are still investigating a possible "terrorist" motive behind a stabbing incident in Vetlanda on Wednesday.

Sweden

Egyptians rejected asylum in Sweden and fearing persecution back home

A number of Egyptian asylum seekers - some facing life imprisonment in Egypt - are making a last-ditch attempt to avoid deportation following decisions made by Sweden’s asylum agency.

Sweden

Sweden charges man for selling information to Russia

Sweden's Security Service says that Russia is "one of the main intelligence threats" against the country.

Sweden

Stockholm City Hall transformed into vaccination centre

The hall in Sweden is known for hosting the Nobel Prize banquets.

World

Acquitted filmmaker tells Euronews about the 'huge hole' in MS Estonia

Two Swedish film-makers have been acquitted of desecration after they shot footage of the wreck of a ferry which had been designated a graveyard. Henrik Evertsson and Linus Andersson sent a remote-operated submersible down to the 'Estonia', the ferry that sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994.

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