Sweden’s bid to join NATO after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put it in the international spotlight in the past year.
Hundreds stormed the building in Iraq’s capital to protest against the second planned Koran burning in Sweden in weeks.
The Iraqi security official said the man who burned the Islamic holy book was an Iraqi Christian who had previously fought in Iraq.
The country has changed its legislated climate targets to 100 per cent “fossil-free” energy – meaning no coal or gas – by 2040 and carbon-neutral by 2045.
There has been a mixed reaction to the appearance off the Swedish coast of a white beluga whale previously fitted with a Russian-made harness.
The contenders for Eurovision’s crown step into the spotlight as Australia prepares for a semi-final showdown in Liverpool.
“This will make the whole NATO family stronger&safer,” tweeted Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. Finland applied to join as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Their youth-led Aurora group says “the Swedish state does not treat the climate crisis as a crisis”.
With a nod to another Nordic favourite,ABBA,we say to Sweden:thank you for the buffet.
Hurricane-strength gusts were measured on Friday in Thorsminde,a fishing town on Denmark’s North Sea coast.
Turkey is desperate to buy more fighter jets. Sweden and Finland are desperate to join the trans-Atlantic pact. US Congress members want to put the two together.