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Mamma Mia! ABBA come together for new restaurant venture
The four former members of Swedish band ABBA, whose catchy tunes still have fans dancing around the world decades after their release, reunited – albeit very briefly – for the opening of a new restaurant-entertainment venture in Stockholm. Agnetha Faltskog,
Swedish inquiry into minister’s flat
Sweden’s top anti-corruption prosecutor says he’ll investigate whether bribery laws were broken when Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom accepted a rent-controlled Stockholm apartment from a labor union. Wallstrom has been criticized in Sweden after tabloid Aftonbladet reported last week that she
Sweden seeks Ecuador permission to question Assange
Swedish prosecutors have requested permission to question Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London over rape allegations and are waiting for a response, the Prosecution Authority said on Wednesday. “It is not possible to estimate when we
Swedish airport evacuated after bomb scare: police
Parts of Sweden’s Stockholm-Skavsta Airport were evacuated on Sunday after traces of explosive powder were detected on a piece of luggage at the security check, police said. “The baggage and departure halls were evacuated, which has affected departing flights but
New Year sex assaults reported in Sweden
Swedish police say at least 15 young women have reported being groped by groups of men on New Year’s Eve in the city of Kalmar. The Swedish reports follow a string of sex assaults and robberies during New Year’s celebrations
Sweden introduces new border checks to stem migrant flow
Sweden has introduced new border controls for people entering the country by train, bus or ferry in a bid to stem the flow of migrants. To comply with the new Swedish rules, passengers had to show identification Monday to board
Norway proposes stricter asylum rules
Norway’s center-right government on Tuesday proposed tightening the country’s asylum rules to avoid what the immigration minister described as “violent consequences” for the country’s welfare system. The measures, which would need parliamentary approval to take effect, include making it more
Ikea defends its refugee shelters amid Swiss concerns
The Ikea Foundation on Saturday insisted that its refugee shelters are safe, a day after the Swiss city of Zurich said it no longer would use the units after discovering they posed a fire hazard. Zurich announced Friday that a
Two Swedes sentenced to life for ‘terror crimes’ in Syria
A Swedish court on Monday sentenced two men to life in prison for “terror crimes” in connection with two murders committed in Syria in 2013, the court announced. Hassan al-Mandlawi, 32, and Al-Amin Sultan, 30, both Swedish nationals, were in
Sweden-Israel rift deepens over Palestinian deaths
Relations between Sweden and Israel have hit a fresh low after Israel said Sweden’s foreign minister had accused it of unlawful killings and Stockholm responded by saying that the comments had been “blown out of reasonable proportion”. Relations between the
Netanyahu ‘scandalized’ by Swedish FM’s remarks on Palestinian deaths
Israel condemned as “scandalous” on Sunday what it deemed was a suggestion by the Swedish foreign minister that its forces had unlawfully killed Palestinians involved in a surge of street violence, and warned of a diplomatic rupture with Stockholm. Addressing
Suspect sought in Sweden for ‘planning terrorist act’: police
Swedish police were hunting Wednesday for a man wanted for “planning a terrorist act,” security services said, with the country on high alert following the deadly terror assault in Paris last week. An arrest warrant has been issued for the
Swedish school reopens after deadly racist attack
Several hundred students returned to class under heightened security Monday after a racially motivated attack claimed the lives of two people at their school in southwestern Sweden 11 days ago. The Kronan school for six- to 15-year-olds reopened for just
Swedish police suspect arson caused blaze at planned asylum center
Swedish police suspect a fire at a summer camp earmarked to house asylum seekers was an act of arson, a spokesman said on Saturday, after several asylum centers were torched in recent weeks as record numbers of asylum seekers arrive
Sweden expects up to 190,000 asylum seekers this year
Sweden expects to receive up to 190,000 asylum applications this year, straining the country’s reception capacity with no housing available for up to 45,000 of the recent arrivals, migration authorities said on Thursday. Sweden, a country of 9.8 million, is
Tension ahead of last round of U.N. climate talks
African countries on Sunday dismissed an early draft of a U.N. climate accord as “unbalanced” and demanded amendments to even consider it at the final negotiating session before a landmark conference in Paris. The move by the African bloc came
Trio win Nobel medicine prize for parasite therapies
Irish-born William Campbell, Satoshi Omura of Japan and China’s Youyou Tu won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for their discoveries of treatments against parasites, the jury said. Campbell and Omura shared one half of the prize for “their discoveries
Campbell, Omura, Tu win Nobel medicine prize
Three scientists from Ireland, Japan and China won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that helped doctors fight malaria and infections caused by roundworm parasites. The Nobel judges in Stockholm awarded the prestigious prize to Irish-born William
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