‘Should be vigilant’:Britain warns of possible terrorist attacks in Sweden

‘Should be vigilant’:Britain warns of possible terrorist attacks in Sweden

In updated travel advice,Britain’s foreign ministry said Swedish authorities had successfully disrupted some planned attacks and made arrests.

  • byAndrew MacAskill

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How Koran burning has turned the Swedish way of life on its head

How Koran burning has turned the Swedish way of life on its head

It was intended to shock and antagonise the Muslim community,but now it has triggered furious reactions from foreign governments and UN intervention.

  • byRob Harris
Sweden’s bold plan to build a new ‘city’ out of wood

Sweden’s bold plan to build a new ‘city’ out of wood

The southern suburbs of Stockholm are about to become a beacon of wooden architecture on a global scale.

  • byRob Harris
Japan slice up Norway to book place in quarter-finals,Spain progress

Japan slice up Norway to book place in quarter-finals,Spain progress

Norway only had themselves to blame for their round of 16 exit,making awful defensive blunders in both halves.

Plane crash victims’ families sue Gippsland company from Sweden

Plane crash victims’ families sue Gippsland company from Sweden

In 2019,a plane carrying eight skydivers crashed about 30 minutes after taking off,killing everyone on board. It was Sweden’s worst air accident in 30 years.

  • byTom Cowie
Sweden says it’s the target of ‘damaging’ Russia-backed info campaign over Koran burnings

Sweden says it’s the target of ‘damaging’ Russia-backed info campaign over Koran burnings

Sweden’s bid to join NATO after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put it in the international spotlight in the past year.

  • bySimon Johnson
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Swedish embassy in Baghdad stormed,set alight over Koran burning

Swedish embassy in Baghdad stormed,set alight over Koran burning

Hundreds stormed the building in Iraq’s capital to protest against the second planned Koran burning in Sweden in weeks.

  • byTimour Azhari andAnna Ringstrom
Protesters storm Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad in protest over Koran burning

Protesters storm Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad in protest over Koran burning

The Iraqi security official said the man who burned the Islamic holy book was an Iraqi Christian who had previously fought in Iraq.

  • byAli Jabar andQassim Abdul-Zahra
Sweden dumps renewables target as it seeks more nuclear power

Sweden dumps renewables target as it seeks more nuclear power

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.

  • byRob Harris
Concern and jokes as ‘Russian spy whale’ turns up in Sweden

Concern and jokes as ‘Russian spy whale’ turns up in Sweden

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.

  • byJan M. Olsen
Sweden,Finland emerge as acts Australia must beat in Eurovision

Sweden,Finland emerge as acts Australia must beat in Eurovision

The contenders for Eurovision’s crown step into the spotlight as Australia prepares for a semi-final showdown in Liverpool.

  • byMichael Idato