All news on the topic: Sweden

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Man involved in Qur’an-burnings convicted of incitement in Sweden
Stockholm court gives Salwan Najem, whose co-defendant was shot dead last week, suspended sentence and fine.
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Sweden blames ’foreign power’ after Iraqi refugee on trial for Qur’an burnings is shot dead
Five arrested after Salwan Momika reportedly killed during TikTok live stream, hours before trial verdict due.
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Sweden plans new law allowing police to wiretap children amid rising gang violence
Sweden is grappling with a gang crime wave involving teenagers hired for everything from vandalism to bombings and murder.
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Man who burned Quran shot dead in Sweden
A man who sparked violent protests after burning the Quran has been shot dead in Sweden, according to local media reports.
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Nvidia loses $589 billion, no longer the world’s most valuable company after historic stock drop
Nvidia is no longer the world’s most valuable company after suffering the biggest stock market drop in history.
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Swedish national security adviser resigns after losing classified documents
Henrik Landerholm left behind documents at a hotel, a phone at an embassy and a notebook after a radio interview.
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YouTuber dies in a freak snowstorm while filming a video in the remote Swedish wilderness
A YouTuber froze to death in a Swedish snowstorm while making a video in the remote wilderness.
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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