'God Particle' in focus as Nobel season kicks off
The Nobel season kicks off Monday amid expectations that the physics prize will honour the discovery of the "God Particle", while a Pakistani girl who was shot and nearly killed by the Taliban could receive the peace prize.
Last will and testament of Alfred Nobel, prize creator
Swedish inventor and scholar Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), who made a vast fortune from his invention of dynamite in 1866, ordered the creation of the Nobel prizes in his will.
New climate report an 'alarm clock moment': UN
An imminent scientific summary on climate change will serve as an "alarm clock moment" for the world.
New study points finger at climate in mammoth's demise
A wide-ranging probe into woolly mammoths has added to evidence that the towering tusker was wiped out by climate change.
Rare ABBA recording sells for nearly 5,000 euros
A rare ABBA recording was sold Sunday for nearly 5,000 euros, in an online auction of a vast collection of the Swedish pop group's memorabilia.
Volvo trucks reports profit drop but sees sales pick up
Swedish heavy truck and construction equipment maker Volvo reported that profits plunged in the second quarter.
You clap, so I clap: Peer pressure drives applause
If you have just seen a play that you privately think is drivel, will you keep silent when everyone around you demands an encore?
Sweden's latest royal couple fail to win over public
In their plush Manhattan apartment, Sweden's Princess Madeleine and her future husband, Anglo-American Christopher O'Neill, live a life far away from the Swedish throne.
Eurovision winner gets triumphant welcome in Denmark
Exuberant Copenhageners braved the chill Sunday to celebrate Eurovision Song Contest winner Emmelie de Forest in Denmark's iconic Tivoli Gardens amusement park.
Eurovision fever hits the land of ABBA
Fans from around the world have descended on the Swedish city of Malmoe for Saturday's final of the Eurovision Song Contest, with ABBA's Benny Andersson and Bjoern Ulvaeus expected to appear.
Lesbian kiss and Greek crisis in this year's Eurovision
A song inspired by the Greek debt crisis, a gay marriage anthem and a male opera singer on Thursday made it through to this weekend's Eurovision Song Contest final.
European Film Week to be held in Almaty
Movies from ten European countries (Turkey, UK, Latvia, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Sweden, France and Poland) will be screened in the Festival.
ABBA The Museum to open in Stockholm
Fans of the legendary Swedish disco group ABBA can hardly wait: in just a few weeks, Stockholm will open the doors to the world's first museum dedicated to the iconic foursome.
EU lawmakers face close vote on pollution credit freeze
Controversial plans to revive the EU's faltering carbon cap-and-trade system so as to cut greenhouse gas emissions face a tough test in the European Parliament.
Austerity putting children at risk: UN
The UN warned Wednesday that austerity measures are hitting children hard, as it published a ranking of kids' well-being in rich countries topped by northern European countries and showing Britain climbing out of the bottom tier.
Bidding war erupts for Russian mobile operator
Swedish telecoms operator Tele2 on Thursday announced it had agreed to sell its Russian subsidiary to Russian state bank VTB.
Children born outside marriage in Europe rise to 40 percent of total
The number of children born outside marriage in Europe has doubled over two decades to 40 percent, with Estonia, Slovenia and France registering almost three out of every five births out of wedlock.
Kazakhstan to open embassy in Stockholm
Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov rendered the official visit to Sweden.
Freestyle: Kazakhstan athlete won silver at Freestyle Ski World Cup
Kazakhstan athlete Julia Galysheva won silver at the Freestyle Ski World Cup in women's dual moguls.
Princess Lilian of Sweden dies aged 97
Swedish Princess Lilian, who waited over three decades to marry her lifelong love Prince Bertil, passed away at her Stockholm home on Sunday at the age of 97.