NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that Turkey has agreed to back Sweden's bid to join the military alliance – a major development on the eve of the NATO summit.
Sweden's Prosecution Authority has charged climate activist Greta Thunberg with disobeying law enforcement after she allegedly refused to leave the scene of a climate protest in Malmö in June
Witnesses described a chaotic scene at the Gröna Lund park as the front of the train appeared to jump off the tracks before coming to a stop, with one car tilted toward the ground.
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg will no longer be able to skip classes as a way to draw attention to climate change because she is graduating from high school.
The Furuvik zoo said in a statement Saturday that the surviving animals are now being looked after and one who is injured is receiving veterinary care.
European Union nations Finland and Sweden reached important stages today on their way to possible NATO membership as the Finnish government issued a security report to lawmakers and Sweden's ruling party initiated a review of security policy options.
Sweden's chief epidemiologist who was considered the architect of the country's pandemic approach, which meant they avoided a lockdown but had one of the world's highest per capita COVID-19 death rates, is headed to the UN world health body.
Magdalena Andersson, who last week was Sweden's first female prime minister for a few hours before resigning because a budget defeat made a coalition partner quit, has been elected again.
Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for works that explore the legacies of imperialism on uprooted individuals.
Chinese state TV has called for a boycott of H&M as Beijing lashed out at foreign clothing and footwear brands following Western sanctions on Chinese officials accused of human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region.
Sweden is tightening nationwide coronavirus restrictions by requiring many people to work from home and reducing the number who can gather in restaurants, shops and gyms starting next week.
Europe has entered the final week before Christmas with multiple countries bracing for a post-celebration coronavirus fallout, leaving some to introduce restrictions and lockdowns to curb rising infection rates
Sweden's government failed to sufficiently protect the elderly in care homes from COVID-19 and is ultimately responsible for the pandemic's effects in the country, according to a stinging official report.
Europe is in meltdown again as daily COVID-19 death tolls reach record highs and countries scramble to expand testing and rescue hospital systems that are buckling under the pressure.