Coronavirus: ‘No reason to keep Swedes out of Cyprus’
Excluding Swedish tourists from travelling to Cyprus in the summer as the Scandinavian country recovers from the coronavirus pandemic would be a political decision and...
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Coronavirus: Swedes have more trust in authorities says ambassador
Swedish ambassador to Nicosia Anders Hagelberg said on Tuesday that Swedish people have more trust in authorities dealing with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, while the...
Coronavirus: two repatriation flights to and from Sweden on Wednesday
Two repatriation flights, one arrival and one departure to and from Larnaca will be operated on Wednesday. According to CNA, a Novair flight from Stockholm...
Family whose son’s ashes were stolen, return to Sweden
The family of a deceased teenager whose ashes were stolen from their rental car on Friday at Governor’s Beach left Cyprus on Sunday to return...
Mother issues plea to thief who stole her deceased son’s ashes from car at Governor’s Beach
A Polish mother living in Sweden on Friday issued a desperate plea for help after her family’s car was robbed in Limassol and a bag...
Trump cheers as rapper A$AP Rocky freed in Swedish assault case
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two of his friends were released from custody in Sweden on Friday three days into their highly publicised assault trial,...
Britain and Sweden agree to co-operate on fighter plans
Britain and Sweden agreed on Friday to study air combat co-operation over the next decade and opened the door to other potential partners in a...
‘Stop defaming our halloumi’ Cyprus tells Sweden
Cyprus defends its famous cheese against Swedish smear, alludes to ‘trade war’ By Evie Andreou and Lizzy Ioannidou Angry cheese producers, farmers and officials on...
Swedish police shoot man at Malmo central station
Swedish police on Monday shot and injured a man at the central station in Malmo, in southern Sweden, after he exhibited “threatening behaviour”, law enforcement...
Swedes ditch glitzy Xmas ads to guide homeless to shelter
As freezing temperatures grip the Swedish capital, dozens of downtown billboards have swapped commercial ad content for directions guiding the homeless to their nearest shelter....
Denmark shuts links to Sweden, Germany in police hunt (Update 2)
Danish police said they briefly shut bridges and ferry links to Sweden and Germany on Friday as they hunted for a black Volvo and three...
Sweden faces political deadlock after gains by far-right party
Sweden headed for a hung parliament after an election on Sunday that saw support for the nationalist Sweden Democrats surge, as one of Europe’s most...
Sweden set to close $1bn Patriot missile deal
Sweden will close a deal in the next few weeks with U.S. arms maker Raytheon Co to buy the Patriot air defence missile system as...
Swedish girls fearing forced marriage
A Swedish city is advising girls who fear being taken abroad for forced marriage or female genital mutilation (FGM) to tuck a spoon in their...
Swedish roofs can handle Santa’s sleigh – if he’s careful
Sweden’s houses should be able to cope when Santa and his sleigh land on their snowy roofs this Christmas – as long as he doesn’t...
Sweden beat toothless Italy 1-0 in playoff first leg (Updated)
A second-half goal by Sweden substitute Jakob Johansson was enough to beat Italy 1-0 and put his side in the driving seat after their World...
Sweden arrests second suspect over deadly truck attack
Swedish police said they had arrested a second suspect linked to the deadly truck attack in Stockholm this month. The unnamed person was detained on...
Uzbekistan says had warned West about Stockholm attack suspect
Uzbekistan’s security services passed information on Rakhmat Akilov, the man accused of ramming a truck into a crowd of people in Stockholm last week, to...
Sweden truck attack suspect tried to join Islamic State – source
An Uzbek asylum-seeker accused of ramming a truck into a crowd of people in Stockholm last week, killing four people, had tried to travel to...
Main suspect in Stockholm truck attack admits to terrorist crime – lawyer
Rakhmat Akilov, the main suspect in the truck attack in Stockholm that killed four people and injured 15, has admitted to committing a terrorist crime, his...
