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Sweden's Baltic Sea island of Gotland is once again home to a permanent military presence.

• 14 сентября 2016, 18:16

Sweden has been naive about the risk of an attack on its soil and plans to beef up security measures, including surveillance of encrypted communications.

• 20 ноября 2015, 18:44

Israel criticised "appallingly impudent" remarks by Sweden's foreign minister for drawing a parallel between the Paris attacks and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

• 17 ноября 2015, 12:50

The eagerly-awaited sequel to Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium crime trilogy hit store shelves in 25 countries.

• 27 августа 2015, 13:40

The Ikea branch in central Sweden where two shoppers were fatally stabbed -- reportedly with knives taken from the shelves -- will temporarily stop knife sales.

• 12 августа 2015, 11:54

Sweden's newest royal, born earlier this week to Princess Madeleine and sixth in line to the throne, will be named Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf.

• 18 июня 2015, 10:01

Swedish furniture giant IKEA announced that it would expand its online sales service to include home deliveries in all countries where it has stores.

• 04 июня 2015, 15:02

Swedish pop lovers celebrated their country's sixth Eurovision victory with an outpouring of national pride, welcoming heartthrob winner Mans Zelmerlow home.

• 25 мая 2015, 12:38

Women who are obese while pregnant may put their offspring at risk of childhood diabetes, a condition that requires lifelong insulin therapy.

• 28 апреля 2015, 12:19

Sweden will raise defence spending by 10.2 billion kronor for the period 2016 to 2020, the government said amid concerns over Russia's military resurgence.

• 18 апреля 2015, 10:56

A Swedish cartoonist believed to have been targeted in one of the Copenhagen shootings at the weekend has been sent into hiding.

• 17 февраля 2015, 13:22

On February 14 and 15, Almaty’s Medeu ice skating rink will host a stage of the Speedway world championship.

• 31 января 2015, 01:16

The Swedish furniture company Ikea has recalled 169,000 crib mattresses after reports that two children became trapped.

• 15 января 2015, 12:49

Global furniture giant Ikea opens its first store in South Korea, a much-anticipated market entry that has stumbled at a number of commercial and cultural hurdles along the way.

• 16 декабря 2014, 13:54

A study in The BMJ medical journal said Swedes with a high intake of cow's milk died younger -- and women suffered more fractures.

• 29 октября 2014, 17:07

Girl's rights champion Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate in history, won the World's Children's Prize.

• 29 октября 2014, 09:55

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he was "confident" his asylum status will be resolved, as he awaits an imminent ruling on his case by a Swedish court.

• 23 октября 2014, 11:56

Mystery deepened over a Swedish military operation triggered by "foreign underwater activity" off the coast of Stockholm.

• 20 октября 2014, 11:32

Sweden's new Social Democrat-led government lowered the growth forecast, blaming sweeping tax breaks by the outgoing conservative coalition for a "large hole".

• 14 октября 2014, 10:54

The winner of the Nobel economics prize is notoriously hard to predict, but it's usually an American male opposed to big government and big spending.

• 11 октября 2014, 15:48