World news about “Sweden”, including breaking news and archival articles published by euronews.
The magic touch Scientists working on the Smarthand European Research Project in Sweden have created one of the most sophisticated… 22/09/2009 - tags: Research, Sweden, medical research
Sweden’s Baltic Sea focus Against the backdrop of a festival in Gotland, in the Baltic Sea, Sweden’s European Union presidency considers… 10/07/2009 - tags: Environment, European Union, Sweden
Sweden’s SAAB story For more than 60 years SAAB has been making cars in the Swedish town of Trollhattan. Now the “made in Sweden” icon has… 18/06/2009 - tags: Cars, Crisis, Sweden
EU and Russia aim to reset relationsEurope and Russia will be hoping they can press the political and economic reset button today as summit in Stockholm… 18/11/2009 - tags: European Union, Russia, Sweden
Volvo’s losses slowSwedish lorry maker Volvo has announced a smaller third-quarter loss than expected at 322 million euros. That… 23/10/2009 - tags: Industry, Sweden
Ericsson’s profit dropsIt seems the economic downturn has finally caught up with the world’s biggest mobile phone network equipment maker… 22/10/2009 - tags: Mobile Telephony, Sweden
Swedish Lutherians allow gay marriageSweden’s Lutherian church has decided to conduct gay weddings, the first major church to do so. Ceremonies will… 22/10/2009 - tags: Religion, Society, Sweden, gay rights
China’s Geely to bid for VolvoPrivate Chinese carmaker Geely Automotive has said its parent company will be a bidder for Volvo as and when Ford goes… 09/09/2009 - tags: Cars, China, Sweden
Koenigsegg closer to buying SaabThe money seems to be in place for the luxury sportscar maker Koenigsegg to buy Saab from General Motors. A top… 07/09/2009 - tags: Cars, Sweden, General Motors
Rasmussen: “We will prevail in Afghanistan”The newly-appointed NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, faces the crucial task of tackling the Taliban… 02/09/2009 - tags: NATO, Sweden
Israel want Swedish apology over “organ trade”… between Sweden and Israel … But Sweden's Foreign … government of Sweden and I very … 23/08/2009 - tags: Israel, Diplomacy, Sweden
Russian navy begins freighter search in earnestThe Russian navy has said a flotilla of its warships has arrived in the eastern Atlantic, and has begun a systematic… 13/08/2009 - tags: Finland, Piracy, Sweden
Hijack most likely: missing ship’s operatorsThe company that operates the missing cargo ship Arctic Sea believes it has most probably been hijacked. The 4,000… 13/08/2009 - tags: Finland, Piracy, Sweden
Hope fades for missing crew of sunken Norwegian shipSwedish rescue authorities have declared that there is no hope of finding the six crew members of a Norwegian cargo… 02/08/2009 - tags: Norway, Accident, Sweden
Six die in Stockholm fireAt least six people have been killed, most of them children, in a fire near Stockholm. The fire broke out on the… 26/07/2009 - tag: Sweden
Eco-efficiency on the agendaAhead of the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen this December – where it is hoped that a successor to the Kyoto… 24/07/2009 - tags: Environment, Climate, Sweden
Ericsson warns of recession effectsEricsson, the world’s biggest supplier of mobile phone network equipment, has said the economic downturn is now… 24/07/2009 - tags: Sweden, Telecommunication
Ericsson bids for Nortel mobile divisionSwedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson says it has joined the bidding for Canadian based Nortel’s mobile network… 23/07/2009 - tags: Canada, Sweden, Telecommunication
Mixed news from Volvo trucksThe world’s second largest truck maker Volvo has posted a worse than expected second-quarter loss and said it still… 21/07/2009 - tags: Industry, Sweden
Baltic loans hit SEB bottom lineThe Swedish banking group SEB has posted a sharply weaker-than-expected second-quarter operating profit. It had… 20/07/2009 - tags: Banking, Sweden
Swift moves promised to tighten EU financial rulesSweden’s Prime Minister has promised to move quickly to secure EU agreement on ways to tighten financial regulations in… 15/07/2009 - tags: EU Presidency, Climate, Financial Crisis, Sweden
Swedish EU presidency targets finance and climate… has set out Sweden's plans for … Reinfeldt said Sweden's presidency … 15/07/2009 - tags: EU Presidency, European Union, Sweden
Sweden to lay down EU priorities of presidencyEight years ago Sweden took the EU presidency in times of relative calm, but those days are long gone. Later… 15/07/2009 - tags: EU Presidency, Sweden
EP, Stockholm discuss BarrosoThe new European Parliament’s group heads have made the customary trip to the EU’s presiding nation, which is Sweden… 06/07/2009 - tags: EU Presidency, European Union, Sweden
Sarkozy talks Turkey with SwedenOn the first visit by a French president to Stockholm in nine years, Nicolas Sarkozy and host Prime Minister Fredrik… 03/07/2009 - tags: EU Presidency, France, Turkey, Sweden
Sweden takes the wheel of the EU… Republic to Sweden. … Sweden's own … Irish ratify, Sweden will set about … making Sweden the last … 01/07/2009 - tags: EU Presidency, Sweden
Sweden takes the reins of the EUSweden has taken up the rotating presidency of the European Union. Tackling the economic crisis and climate… 01/07/2009 - tags: EU Presidency, European Union, Sweden
Swedish EU presidency faces big challengesSweden faces some daunting tasks as it assumes the EU’s six month rotating presidency. The Nordic country of… 01/07/2009 - tags: EU Presidency, European Union, Sweden
Sweden ready for challenges of EU presidencyAfter the Czech Republic, it is Sweden’s turn to hold the EU presidency. But are the Swedes ready for the challenge as… 29/06/2009 - tags: EU Presidency, Sweden
‘Child porn ring’ smashed in raids… Kronqvist of Sweden's IT crime … Norway and Sweden. … 16/06/2009 - tags: Internet, Crime, Sweden
Volvo’s truck sales slumpSwedish truck maker Volvo’s deliveries of vehicles fell 57 percent in May compared with the same month last year… 15/06/2009 - tags: Transport, Sweden
Koenigsegg could buy SaabThe luxury Swedish carmaker Koenigsegg is reportedly close to buying Saab from its bankrupt parent company General… 12/06/2009 - tags: Cars, Sweden
Volvo truck sales slumpVolvo is having increasing difficulty in finding customers in the global downturn. The world’s second biggest… 20/05/2009 - tags: Industry, Sweden
