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Lavish Stockholm banquet celebrates achievements of Nobel prize winners

A lavish banquet has been held in Stockholm for the winners of this year’s Nobel prizes. The awards – in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and

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Nobel prize banquet needs to be 'fit for a king'

In Sweden, Nobel Prize winners received the awards for literature, chemistry, physics, medicine and economics, as stipulated in the will of the

Sweden

Sweden introduces border controls

Sweden has introduced temporary border checks in an effort to control the increasing flow of immigrants in to the country. The measures came into

Malta

EU offers 1.8-billion-euro Emergency Trust Fund to Africa

On the final day of the Valletta Summit on Migration, the European Union offers 1.8 billion euros in aid to Africa.

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Stockholm blast thought to have been caused by gas leak

A gas leak is now thought to have caused an explosion heard shortly before noon on Friday in Stockholm. Initially witnesses said they had heard a

Sweden

Two weeks of danger end with Syrian family's arrival in Sweden

For refugees arriving in Sweden for the first time on the high-speed train it is a taste of the comfort promised by the West. But this has been a

Sweden

Police evict Roma from camp in Malmö

Police have forcibly removed about 100 people from a make shift Roma camp in Sweden’s southern city of Malmö. Dozens of officers arrived before dawn

Musica

Hitchcock's 'Notorious' becomes opera in Sweden

As 2015 marks the centennial of Ingrid Bergman's birth, Gothenburg's opera house honors the late Swedish actress with a version of 'Notorious', Hitchcock's cult film.

Sweden

Sweden to hide refugee centres after several attacks

Sweden’s migration authorities have decided to hide the locations of buildings earmarked for housing refugees after attackers have set on fire more

Sweden

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

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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

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

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

Sweden

One dead, four wounded in Swedish school sword attack

Italy

Italy flies 70 refugees to Scandinavia

70 refugees have flown from Italy to Finland and Sweden as part of the first phase of the European Union’s relocation plan. The majority of the group

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

Europe News

First group of refugees relocated under EU scheme

The first group of refugees to be moved under an EU relocation scheme has flown out of Italy, bound for Sweden. The 19 Eritrean nationals boarded a

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

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

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

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