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DPRK minister meets again with Swedish counterpart

TheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)'sforeignministermetagainSaturdaywithhisSwedishcounterpartamidgrowingspeculationaboutapossiblemeetingintheScandinavian

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DPRK foreign minister to pay a rare two-day visit to Sweden on Thursday

TheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)'sForeignMinisterRiYongHowillbeginararetwo-dayvisitonThursdaytoSweden,whichrepresentstheUnitedStatesdiplomaticallyinth

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Sweden's Finns fear minority language rights are under threat

AsrisingimmigrationincreasinglyputsScandinavia’sreputationfortolerancetothetest,Sweden’slargestnationalminorityfearsitslanguagerightsarethreatenedandchildrenwil

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Sweden ready to host US-DPRK meet: PM

SwedenisreadyandwillingtohostahistoricmeetingbetweenUSPresidentDonaldTrumpandtheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)dictatorKimJong-un,PrimeMinisterStefanLöf

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Radicalised Uzbek on trial for Stockholm truck attack

AnUzbekasylumseekerwhoconfessedtowantingtomowdown"infidels"inanApril2017StockholmtruckattackthatkilledfivepeoplegoesontrialTuesdayaccusedofterrorism.RakhmatAkil

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Hong Kong bookseller detained over endangering state security

GuiMinhai,aSwedishnationalandHongKongbookseller,wasdetainedagainrecentlybyChinesepoliceoversuspectedviolationsofChineselaw,aboutthreemonthsafterhisreleasefromaC

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How to see three Scandi countries in three days

ScandinaviaisabeautifulpartofEurope–buthowtofitinasmuchaspossiblewhenyouonlyhaveafewdaysofannualleaveleft?WetackledthisproblembyembarkinguponawhistlestoptourofN

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Sweden win ice hockey world title after penalty shoot-out

Swedenwontheicehockeyworldchampionshipsforthe10thtimewitha2-1victoryover2016championsCanadaafterSunday'sfinalcamedowntoapenaltyshootout.NicklasBackstromhitthewi

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Trump baffles Sweden with crime comment, says it was based on TV report

A day after falsely suggesting there was an immigration-related security incident in Sweden, President Donald Trump said on Sunday his comment was based on a television report he had seen.

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Sweden bans cameras on drones

The use of camera drones has been made illegal in Sweden unless they are granted a special surveillance permit.

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Sweden sees major population growth mainly due to immigration

The Swedish population is growing faster, mainly due to immigration, and is now nearing the 10 million mark, it was reported Wednesday.

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Sweden's youngest ever minister resigns over drink-driving scandal

Sweden's youngest ever government minister, Aida Hadzialic, announced her resignation Saturday after being caught driving over the alcoholic limit.

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Concerns remain in Finland about being isolated from Nordic bloc

​As the Nordic Council, an 87 member parliamentary body of the five Nordic countries - Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland - is meeting in Helsinki late January, question marks remain on the future security policy solutions in the area.

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Finland, Sweden to launch submarine exercise despite legislative barriers

​Finland, a Nordic country forbidden to own any submarine in active duty, is planning to launch a joint submarine exercise together with Sweden.

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Israel recalls ambassador amid Sweden's recognition of Palestinian state

Israel recalled its ambassador to Sweden on Thursday in protest of the Scandinavian country's decision to recognize a Palestinian state, a source with the Foreign Ministry confirmed to Xinhua.

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Finland urges Sweden to disclose reasons of underwater operation

​Finnish Defence Minister Carl Haglund said Sweden should make public the reasons it started a major underwater intelligence hunt last week.

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Sweden's newborn princess named Leonore

Sweden's newborn princess, daughter of Princess Madeleine and her husband Christopher O'Neill, was named as Leonore Lilian Maria, with the title Duchess of Gotland, local media reported on Wednesday.