Sweden

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‘A lot of collective trauma’: Sweden’s Indigenous Sami people speak to truth commission
Authorities have been hearing how historical wrongdoing against Sami people has affected their lives

Miranda Bryant in Stockholm

30, Apr, 2024 @4:00 AM

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Media freedom ‘perilously close to breaking point’ in several EU countries
Civil liberties network warns of decline across the bloc as a result of harm or neglect by governments

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

29, Apr, 2024 @4:00 AM

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EU ministers warned not to relax support for Ukraine amid requests for air defence aid
Member states warned at meeting not to be complacent but ministers stop short of pledging Patriot missiles

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

22, Apr, 2024 @3:35 PM

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‘Russia doesn’t care’: Sweden sounds alarm over unsafe oil fleet
Foreign minister warns of environmental catastrophe in Baltic Sea as he accuses Moscow of using unseaworthy vessels

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

18, Apr, 2024 @4:00 AM

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Sweden passes law lowering age to legally change gender from 18 to 16
Proposal sparked intense debate in country but passed with 234 votes in favour and 94 against

Staff and agencies in Stockholm

17, Apr, 2024 @4:31 PM

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Poverty is bigger issue for EU voters than migration, survey shows
Health, jobs, defence, security and climate crisis all seen as more important than immigration with June elections approaching

Lisa O'Carroll Brussels correspondent

17, Apr, 2024 @9:06 AM

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Triangle of Sadness director Ruben Östlund: ‘You should need a licence to use a camera – you need one for a gun’
As his new film looks at society’s relationship with the camera, the double Palme d’Or winner talks about the power of the screen – big and small – and why the next generation will be Marxist

Catherine Shoard

12, Apr, 2024 @8:00 AM

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Venice Biennale 2024: Nordic pavilion explores mythmaking amid ‘canon’ controversy
The Swedish artist Lap-See Lam is drawing on the Cantonese operas of the 19th century to explore the ‘fiction’ of culture

Miranda Bryant in Stockholm

10, Apr, 2024 @4:00 AM

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Opponent review – Iranian wrestling champ’s complex battle for asylum
Payman Maadi brings a fierce intelligence to his portrayal of a refugee seeking a secure new home for his family in Sweden

Peter Bradshaw

09, Apr, 2024 @12:00 PM

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‘We are not the arena to solve a Middle East conflict’: Sweden braced for a politically charged Eurovision
Israel’s inclusion in the lineup while war rages in Gaza may lead to the most controversial contest ever

Miranda Bryant in Malmö

07, Apr, 2024 @6:00 AM

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‘Building an authoritarian axis’: the Trump ‘envoy’ courting the global far right
Richard Grenell’s shadow foreign policy campaign is unsettling diplomats and threatens to collapse US interests

Robert Tait in Washington

05, Apr, 2024 @10:00 AM

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Sepsis blood test combined with AI could offer early detection tool
Researchers say dual approach could quickly detect patients most at risk of severe complications

Andrew Gregory Health editor

29, Mar, 2024 @11:01 PM

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