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British-American researcher John O'Keefe won the Nobel Medicine Prize with May-Britt and Edvard Moser, for discovering an "inner GPS" that helps the brain navigate.

• 07 октября 2014, 10:16

Awarding Nobels decades after the original scientific discovery could lead to the coveted prize becoming irrelevant.

• 05 октября 2014, 10:14

A 36-year-old Swede has become the world's first woman to give birth after receiving a womb transplant.

• 04 октября 2014, 10:24

Sweden under Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has enjoyed a dynamic job market, sustained growth and low public debt .

• 11 сентября 2014, 15:15

Swedish schools have become a political battleground September 14 elections as a debate intensifies over falling school results.

• 09 сентября 2014, 15:52

Acclaimed Swedish DJ Avicii called off all his remaining shows for health reasons after undergoing surgery earlier this year.

• 09 сентября 2014, 15:13

Honeybees probably originated in Asia, not Africa, said scientists who had teased interesting tidbits from the busy little pollinators' genome.

• 25 августа 2014, 10:05

Kazakhstan Men's chess team has defeated the Swedish team in the second round of the World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway.

• 04 августа 2014, 21:04

Switzerland has claimed the top spot on the Global Innovation Index for the fourth-straight year while Sub-Saharan Africa "posted significant regional improvement".

• 19 июля 2014, 14:29

Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura will be the new UN mediator for Syria, taking on the Herculean task of finding a political solution to the devastating civil war, diplomats say.

• 10 июля 2014, 14:29

A bike ride will take place in support of Almaty’s application to host Winter Olympics in 2022.

• 20 июня 2014, 15:23

Five aid workers from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) who were kidnapped in Syria in January have been freed, the medical charity said.

• 16 мая 2014, 14:57

A 60-year-old woman was sentenced to two months in jail Tuesday for attacking the leader of the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats with a cake and driving without a licence.

• 02 апреля 2014, 14:05

Fans are increasingly willing to pay for digital music through subscription streaming services rather than downloading it illegally for free.

• 19 марта 2014, 18:02

Investigations in nine European countries have given statistical backing to claims that patients' lives may be at risk when nurses are overworked.

• 26 февраля 2014, 11:44

Kazakhstan bandy team is the fifth time bronze medalist of the World Championship.

• 26 февраля 2014, 11:43

Farmers and hunters in Sweden are crying foul over a wolf hunt ban which they say threatens their way of life and may lead to civil disobedience.

• 15 февраля 2014, 14:43

People who smoke or have lung cancer should think twice about taking vitamin supplements, according to a Swedish study Wednesday that showed certain antioxidants may make tumors grow faster.

• 31 января 2014, 09:50

Stockholm has dropped its bid for the Winter Olympics 2022.

• 22 января 2014, 12:39

South Korea's LG Electronics will start selling its first curved-screen smartphone -- seen as a first step to fully flexible products -- in Europe next month .

• 21 января 2014, 12:38