Despite ongoing major wars in Europe and Russian threats of nuclear weapons, the security situation in Sweden is better today than a year ago, says security expert Robert Dalsjö. Nevertheless, the crisis insight that exists in Finland is lacking. When defense...
Swedish police have confirmed that a bag containing explosives was found in a Stockholm park over the weekend. An investigation has been launched after the explosive charge was disarmed and the bag was destroyed by authorities. It was found on Sunday...
Rural Denmark will come to a standstill on Sunday when for the first time in three years its inhabitants will be able to stand in a field in large numbers to watch the moment when Denmark’s 200,000 organic cows are let out...
Since the start of the pandemic, sceptics of the severity of COVID-19 have likened it to the flu. Two years in, with the milder Omicron variant now dominant, most of the developed world vaccinated, and much of it boosted, that assertion...
At least one person died, streets were flooded and thousands were left without electricity as Storm Malik moved over Scandinavia this weekend, authorities and utilities said. In central Denmark, a 78-year-old woman died after opening a stable door from the...
A former Finnish interior minister has gone on trial for hate speech against gay people, following comments which she says were based on the Bible. Prosecutors accuse Paivi Rasanen of making derogatory comments on three occasions, including in a 2019...
swedennews- India's health ministry reported 22,775 new cases of the coronavirus Saturday, saying the new cases bring the country's omicron variant count to 1,431. Public health officials, however, have warned that the country's COVID-19 tallies are likely undercounted. The Sydney...
swedennews- As we head towards the end of the year, office get-togethers, Christmas lunches and New Year's parties are upon us. It seems like a prime opportunity for young people to be drinking the night away. But something unexpected has...
swedennews- As international air travel rebounds after COVID-19 restrictions, greenhouse gas emissions from aviation are expected to rise dramatically - and with it, scrutiny of the industry's environmental credentials. Aviation emissions have almost doubled since 2000 and in 2018 reached one billion tonnes....
swedennews- With relations between Belarus and the EU worsening amid the ongoing migration crisis, Minsk's long-time leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has warned he could cut off supplies of Russian gas to the West if new sanctions are imposed. "If the measures...
