Zelensky Pushes Sweden to Give Ukraine Fighter Jets
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that the Netherlands had agreed to supply 42 of the jets. Denmark also said it would donate the planes.
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Sweden raises terrorist threat level after Qur’an burnings
Threat raised to second-highest level as prime minister says country has thwarted planned attacksSweden has raised its terrorist threat level to the second-highest number possible, as the prime minister warned the country had thwarted planned attacks.T…
FIFA Women’s World Cup: Spain beats Sweden to reach 1st final
Spain will play for its first Women’s World Cup championship after Olga Carmona’s goal in the 89th minute lifted La Roja to a 2-1 victory over Sweden in Tuesday’s semifinal.
Eritrean diaspora vow to continue disrupting festivals that ‘promote dictatorship’
Events marred by violence in Sweden, Canada and the US were billed as cultural, but activists say they are militaristic and full of hate speechAfter opponents of the Eritrean government stormed a festival in Stockholm that was allegedly promoting the e…
Eritrean diaspora vow to continue disrupting festivals that ‘promote dictatorship’
Events marred by violence in Sweden, Canada and the US were billed as cultural, but activists say they are militaristic and full of hate speechAfter opponents of the Eritrean government stormed a festival in Stockholm that was allegedly promoting the e…
Weather tracker: floods, storms and wildfires in Europe
North of continent records unusually wet and windy summer conditions while Portugal and Spain battle flamesFloods struck northern and central Europe last week. Some areas of Slovenia recorded more than 200mm of rain in 12 hours on Thursday and Friday, …
Sweden Is Not Staying Neutral in Russia’s Information War
The country has empowered a government agency to openly combat online disinformation coming from foreign adversaries, and especially the Kremlin.
Sweden criticised over plan to build at least 10 new nuclear reactors
Environmental experts say proposals are too expensive and will come too late to meet energy needsEnvironmental experts have criticised the Swedish government’s plan to build at least 10 nuclear reactors in the next 20 years, more than doubling the curr…
Hiker describes squalid conditions at evacuated Swedish mountain lodge
Airlifts were carried out from STF Kebnekaise in Lapland on Sunday after a stomach bug outbreakA hiker has described squalid conditions at a mountain station at the foot of Kebnekaise, Sweden’s highest peak, in the days before it was forced to close du…
Swedish mountain lodge closes as stomach bug spreads among hikers
Guests told to leave STF Kebnekaise mountain station and nearby campers evacuated from country’s highest peakA popular lodge on Sweden’s highest peak has been forced to temporarily close after a stomach bug rapidly spread among hikers.STF Kebnekaise mo…