Sweden unveils $8.5-billion budget to boost growth with tax cuts, military spending, before election
World 17:45 22/09/2025Sweden's right-wing coalition promised an 80 billion crown ($8.5 billion) spending bonanza in its 2026 budget on Monday, saying rock-solid finances gave room to speed up sluggish growth ahead of a general election next September.
Sweden and Finland urge revision of EU's forestry climate targets
World 12:02 17/09/2025STOCKHOLM -- Sweden and Finland could suffer "dire" economic consequences if they are forced to harvest less forest in order to meet their EU-mandated climate targets, the two countries said this week.
Estonia shows off prison cells awaiting Swedish inmates
World 13:36 31/07/2025Estonia showed off some of the many empty cells in its Tartus prison on Wednesday as officials outlined how they would implement a proposed agreement for Sweden to send up to 600 inmates to the facility from late next year.
Sweden cuts red tape for legal change to gender
World 15:19 16/07/2025STOCKHOLM - After four years of waiting, Ms Jenny Leonor Werner sees the light at the end of the tunnel, able to legally switch gender following a recent change to Swedish law.
Eurovision vibe gets Swiss schoolkids songwriting
World 10:39 12/05/2025Swiss schoolchildren are drawing inspiration from Eurovision and creating their own songs, to be performed before an audience of thousands in the build-up to this year's extravaganza in Basel.
Sweden’s Syre Group eyes $1bn textile recycling plant in Vietnam
Economy 10:30 26/04/2025Sweden’s Syre Group signed a memorandum of understanding with the People’s Committee of Binh Dinh Province on Friday to develop a US$1-billion high-tech polyester textile recycling complex in this south-central Vietnamese province.
Sweden turns up Eurovision heat with wacky sauna song
World 15:36 17/04/2025Sweden is getting up a head of steam for what could be a record number of Eurovision wins this year with a humorous sauna act.
'Pioneer the Possible': Sweden, Vietnam jointly work toward sustainable development
Economy 09:33 03/06/2022The two-day ‘Pioneer the Possible’ program is aimed at enhancing the Vietnam-Sweden cooperation in sustainable development
Sweden moves closer to getting first woman prime minister
World 10:20 05/11/2021Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson moved a step closer to becoming Sweden's first woman prime minister on Thursday when the ruling Social Democrat party elected her as its leader in place of Stefan Lofven
Queue to quaff? Pandemic poses problems for Sweden's state booze monopoly
World 16:28 11/03/2021On a chilly Saturday in central Stockholm, around 150 people queue on a street, squinting into the low sun, checking their watches and hoping to make it into Systembolaget - Sweden’s state alcohol monopoly - before it shuts at 3 p.m.
As Europe slowly exits lockdown, Sweden hunkers down for long haul
World 10:24 20/05/2020Sweden has taken a soft approach to virus restrictions and although its rules are likely to be in place longer than in other countries
Vietnamese dairy firm opens factory in Sweden
Economy 14:40 28/05/2019Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven witnessed the launch of the milk factory
