A not so bitter divorce
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A not so bitter divorce

And the benefits of cellaring your Brasso.

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Architect of Sweden’s light-touch COVID response heads to the WHO

Architect of Sweden’s light-touch COVID response heads to the WHO

Anders Tegnell insists he never pursued a herd immunity strategy,but that is what many people remember of the approach in Sweden where COVID has killed 17,000 people.

  • byJohan Ahlander
Telco giant Ericsson on rocky road over Islamic State bribes

Telco giant Ericsson on rocky road over Islamic State bribes

The Swedish telecoms giant is facing an investor backlash after announcing it may have accidently funded Islamic State.

  • byMatt Oliver
Sweden shores up defences of island pivotal for control of Baltic Sea

Sweden shores up defences of island pivotal for control of Baltic Sea

With Russian troops massed on the border of Ukraine,the security situation in the Baltic Sea is now more tense than at any time since 1981.

  • byRichard Orange
Winds,rain,snowfall:Storm Malik slams into northern Europe

Winds,rain,snowfall:Storm Malik slams into northern Europe

Malik reached the Nordic region and northern Germany on Sunday after moving in from Britain where it caused havoc with material damage and transport chaos.

  • byJari Tanner
Court sentences dozens to death over UN expert murders but questions remain

Court sentences dozens to death over UN expert murders but questions remain

The families of the murdered UN experts have challenged the court outcome,saying it fails to hold to account the senior figures who gave ordered the killings.

  • byJean-Yves Kamale andCarley Petesch
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From blazing Perth to the edge of the Arctic for green jobs

From blazing Perth to the edge of the Arctic for green jobs

An Australian couple has joined the “green rush” to a small town in Sweden which has become one of the first boomtowns of the EU’s green industrial revolution.

  • byRichard Orange
Sweden’s giant Christmas goat torched again in long-running local prank

Sweden’s giant Christmas goat torched again in long-running local prank

Despite the best efforts of local authorities,the town’s giant straw goat has been destroyed 35 times in 55 years,usually by arson.

  • byJohan Ahlander
Sweden’s first female PM returns days after quitting

Sweden’s first female PM returns days after quitting

The former finance minister had won a similar vote on Wednesday but resigned hours later after a junior coalition partner left the government.

  • bySimon Johnson andNiklas Pollard
Sweden’s first female PM resigns after 12 hours in top job

Sweden’s first female PM resigns after 12 hours in top job

The shake-up plunged the country into political uncertainty - and showed the difficulty of forming coalitions that exclude the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats from power.

  • byJohan Ahlander andSimon Johnson
Australian charity probed over alleged exploitation of Kenyan children
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Australian charity probed over alleged exploitation of Kenyan children

Kenyan police are investigating an Australian charity that claims to save vulnerable children from human trafficking.

  • byCameron Houston andChris Vedelago