Sweden

Sweden introduces eco-friendly aviation tax

STOCKHOLM: Sweden introduced a new aviation tax on Sunday that will add an extra charge… Read More

This Swedish company makes exercise ‘compulsory’ for employees at work

STOCKHOLM: Workers spending their lunch break at the gym may be commonplace in most Western… Read More

Zoo kills nine healthy lion cubs because ‘they were getting too big’

A Swedish zoo has said it euthanised healthy lion cubs because it could no longer… Read More

Sweden warns against cutting US aid to Palestinians

STOCKHOLM: Sweden, a big donor country that has recognized Palestine as a state, warned Tuesday… Read More

One dead, one hurt in blast outside Stockholm area metro

STOCKHOLM: One person died and another was slightly hurt Sunday in a blast outside a… Read More

Italy to miss World Cup for first time in 60 years

MILAN: A tearful Gianluigi Buffon quit international football as four-time champions Italy sensationally missed out… Read More

Viking Age script deciphered mentioning ‘Allah’ and ‘Ali’

Researchers in Sweden have found Arabic characters woven into burial costumes from Viking boat graves,… Read More

Fearing Russia, Sweden holds biggest war games in 20 years

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN: Neutral Sweden has launched its biggest war games in two decades with support… Read More

Sweden, France, Egypt seek UN meeting on deadliest Israeli violence against Palestinians

LONDON: Sweden, France and Egypt have requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security… Read More

Sweden intensifies crackdown on illegal immigrants

STOCKHOLM: Sweden has intensified its crackdown on illegal immigrants after a failed asylum-seeker killed five… Read More

Bob Dylan accused of borrowing some of Nobel lecture from study guide

LOS ANGELES: Bob Dylan has been accused of borrowing heavily for part of the Nobel… Read More

Sweden drops Assange investigation, UK police says he still faces arrest

STOCKHOLM/LONDON: Swedish prosecutors dropped an investigation on Friday of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a rape… Read More

Sweden acquits Syrian of ‘terror crime’ after attack

STOCKHOLM: A court on Friday acquitted a Syrian refugee accused of attacking a Shia cultural… Read More

Stockholm attack suspect admits to ‘terror crime’

STOCKHOLM: Suspected Stockholm truck attacker Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old Uzbek, admitted on Tuesday to committing… Read More

Sweden arrests man for ‘terrorist crime’ after truck attack

STOCKHOLM: Sweden early Saturday arrested a man for a "terrorist crime" hours after a beer… Read More

Sweden: Four killed by truck driven into crowd in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM: A truck plowed into a crowd on a shopping street and crashed into a department… Read More

Slow Train Coming: Dylan in Stockholm to accept Nobel

STOCKHOLM: After months of controversy, Bob Dylan was due in Stockholm on Saturday to finally… Read More

‘Trump right about Sweden after all’

STOKHOLM: Donald Trump's controversial statements linking immigration and crime in Sweden, a country idealised by… Read More

Swedish deputy PM mocks Trump with all-female photo

STOCKHOLM: Sweden's deputy prime minister, Isabella Lovin, on Friday published a photograph of herself signing… Read More

Pakistan wants peace, stability in South Asia, says PM Nawaz

DAVOS: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistan wants peace and stability in order… Read More