All news on the topic: Sweden

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Swedish police investigate Chinese ship following suspected undersea cable sabotage
Investigators are gathering evidence at two Baltic sites while Danish navy is shadowing a Chinese cargo ship
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How a political hostage deal helped save the jobs of two commissioners
MEPs resort to mutually assured destruction to get Jessika Roswall and Hadja Lahbib through their parliamentary hearings.
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A Swedish court has sentenced a far-right leader to prison for burning the Qur’an
Danish politician Rasmus Paludan sentenced to four months for incitement against ethnic group
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The "Queen of Trash" is among 11 defendants on trial in Sweden’s largest environmental crime case
Bella Nilsson’s company Think Pink accused of dumping at least 200,000 tonnes of waste
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Friend shares update on Sven-Goran Eriksson’s terminal illness
One of Sven-Goran Eriksson’s close friends says the former England head coach is now too ill to walk to his favourite lake back home in Sweden.
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Sweden closes investigation into disqualified Eurovision contestant Joost Klein
Prosecutor says it cannot be proved the Dutch contestant caused ‘serious fear’ in backstage incident involving camera operator
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Europe’s €10 trillion gamble
From Athens to Berlin, governments are coalescing around an idea to turbocharge the economy. If successful, it could be transformative ― but it’s a big if.
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Remarkable discovery: Shipwreck in Baltic Sea filled with crates of champagne
Cargo of vessel capsized near Sweden in 19th century also includes mineral water, say Polish divers
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Mysterious third person sought in ’gangland-style’ murder of British men in Sweden
A third person is being hunted by police in connection with the killing of two British men believed to have been executed in Sweden.
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Brits found shot dead in burned out car in Sweden as murder probe launched
Two British citizens have been tragically found shot dead in a burned-out car in Sweden, with police opening a double-murder investigation
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EU diplomat Johan Floderus released by Iran in a prisoner swap
In exchange for Floderus, Sweden has agreed to release Iranian former prison official Hamid Nouri.
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Austria’s OMV AG sued for allegedly aiding war crimes in South Sudan
Less than a year after Sweden initiated a trial against two oil executives accused of abetting grave war crimes during oil exploration in South Sudan over two decades ago...
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Putin ready to launch invasion of Nato nations & could annex parts of Estonia & Sweden to test West, warns top spy boss
Recent weeks have seen European members of Nato warning the public that Russian action may be imminent
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Lottery player wins half £30mil as player in another country picks same numbers
A lottery player in Germany who thought they had won £30million fortune was told they had in fact won half of that as someone in Sweden also picked the same numbers
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Body found inside charred remains of burnt out waterpark after mysterious blaze
The fire destroyed a large part of the Oceana water park in Goteborg, Sweden, police said, and now an individual's body has been confirmed inside the charred remains
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Man whose face was chewed off by a bear gets revenge by turning it into kebabs
The father-son duo, who eventually fought off and killed the bear, used chunks of meat from its body to make kebabs, tacos and goulash in an ultimate act of revenge
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Woman jets off on 7-hour city break cheaper than 'dinner and drinks in London'
Lauren Francis jetted off from London Stansted to Stockholm to take a look around the Swedish capital, taking in the Vasa Museum, the ABBA Museum and trying some vegan meatballs
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Greta Thunberg cleared after 'unlawful' climate protest arrest outside hotel
Greta Thunberg, 21, from Sweden, was arrested during a demonstration near the InterContinental Hotel in Mayfair, London, when oil executives were meeting for a conference - but a judge has now said the conditions imposed on the group were unlawful
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Sweden sees coldest January night for 25 years as temperatures plummet to -43C
Kvikkjokk-Årrenjarka in Swedish Lapland saw the mercury fall to below -40C - the lowest January temperature recorded in Sweden since 1999 - and heavy snow has fallen
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Girl, 15, and her four brothers hanged taxi driver as revenge for 'rape'
WARNING DISTURBING: The unnamed four brothers, between the ages of 15 and 18, strangled and hanged the taxi driver with a noose made of rope they bought the day before, the Swedish court found
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Runner, 21, 'takes own life' days after tragic Instagram post
Emilia Brangefalt, a talented long-distance trail runner who won a bronze medal at the 2022 Trail World Championships, had been told she had to stop running due to an 'extremely high heart rate'
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A Nearly Normal Family lands on Netflix very soon and fans can't wait
Netflix viewers are poised to lap up engrossing crime thriller A Nearly Normal Family, which drops on Friday. It's based on Mattias Edvardsson's bestseller
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Intense Netflix crime thriller A Nearly Normal Family release date announced
The canny, intensely suspenseful crime thriller A Nearly Normal Family is based on Mattias Edvardsson's critically acclaimed bestseller, in which a teenager accused of murder provokes a crisis for every person close to her.
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City of 18,000 people being moved 'building by building' after rare discovery
The town of Kiruna in the north of Sweden will be moved in 2026 as its ore mine has made buildings unsafe for residents - but not everyone is happy about the move
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Could you guess which nationality is among the most trusting in the world?
Miriam Stoppard reveals statistics that show who makes the best neighbours
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