Sweden

Swedish pop star Zara Larsson responded to a fan who said she had an abortion after attending the singer’s concert, declaring, “I killed the performance and then you killed it after.”

The right-wing coalition government in Sweden has announced plans to significantly increase the threshold to obtain citizenship in the country, including a prohibition on migrants who fail to learn the native language.

NBC has apologized for and deleted a portion of its coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy, in which a transgender Swedish skier is “misgendered.”

The Associated Press (AP) accused several European nations competing in the Winter Olympics of having a lack of diversity on their teams, claiming they are “overwhelmingly white.” In an article from the AP, the outlet highlighted how “immigration from Africa

Ramping up the pressure in the diplomatic feud over the future control of Greenland, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will impose a 10 per cent tariff on eight European nations for their opposition to America acquiring the territory.

A whistleblower from within the Swedish Migration Agency has claimed that the majority of staff deciding who is allowed into the country are foreign and that clan-like networks have developed, in which ethnic and religious compatriots are given special consideration.

The national broadcaster responsible for hosting the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest announced on Wednesday that audience members will be allowed to bring “all official flags,” presumably including the Palestinian flag, and that booing will not be censored out of the live event, emboldening pro-Hamas protesters who have made the non-political event a major target.

The Swedish government promised on Friday to fight the sale of childlike sex dolls online.

A double-decker bus crashed into a bus stop in Stockholm on Friday, killing three people and injuring three others, police said.

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has downplayed expectations for the COP30 climate summit and questioned why European nations are expected to bear the brunt of the green agenda.

PETA has filed a complaint with the National Institutes of Health after discovering the agency has been bankrolling spine-crushing experiments on rabbits.

The organizers of the Jewish International Film Festival say they were forced to postpone the event because cinemas in Malmö, Sweden, would not screen the films, with some citing safety and security concerns.

Sweden seeking to arrest Syrian for killing Salwan Momika, who burned copies of the Koran in 2023 and sparked outrage in the Muslim world.

Europe coalescing around the view that the incursion of Russian drones into NATO airspace over Poland was deliberate act.

The shooting took place outside a mosque in the central city of Örebro in the early afternoon following Friday prayers, police said.

Amid a flood of internal criticism, the centre-right government in Sweden appears to be backtracking on its “one-sided” stance towards Israel, potentially including its calls to cut off EU trade.

A pilot was taken captive after his F-16 fighter jet crashed near Raqqa in northern Syria. He was forced into a cage that was set on fire.

Majority of Europeans have been labelled “inconsistent supporters of democracy” more likely to appreciate a strong leader, by a EU NGO.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Tuesday released its annual “State of World Population Report.” According to the report, the world is experiencing a fertility crisis and most of the policies implemented to fight it are ineffective.

Convicted jihadist went on trial accused of war crimes for his role in the 2014 killing of a Jordanian pilot who was burned alive in Syria.

The Swedish government has announced an investigation into the “Islamist infiltration” in the country following the publication of the bombshell French report claiming that the Muslim Brotherhood has waged a decades-long campaign to penetrate European institutions with the aim of subverting the West and imposing Sharia law.

The time has come: After a typically turbulent month of gimmicks, weird social media videos, and more fondue than anyone’s doctor would recommend, the Eurovision Song Contest will hold its Grand Final on Saturday.

A plan from President Donald Trump to pay illegal aliens to self-deport is a policy that has proven successful in cutting illegal immigration in Europe.

A 16-year-old who recently returned to Sweden from Somalia has been arrested following an apparent gangland hit that left three dead in the city of Uppsala this week.

Chinese authorities led the investigation, with Sweden taking part as an observer.

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), an international coalition of Uyghurs who fled persecution in China, issued a statement Wednesday that confirmed a man detained in Sweden on suspicion of spying for China was a longtime spokesman for the group.

German court sentenced two Afghan men to several years in prison for planning an attack on the Swedish parliament and killing lawmakers.

European leaders flocked to Ukraine on Monday to pledge their support on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion, badly rattled by President Donald Trump’s negotiations with Russia and public feud with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Inquiry into latest possible attack in a string of recent incidents over undersea cables that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage.

Monday’s meeting in Paris appears to have validated the Trump administration’s reluctance to include European leaders in Ukraine peace talks as deep divides remain on Europe’s role in the peace process.

A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced Lina Ishaq to 12 years in prison on genocide charges, in the country’s first court case over crimes by the Islamic State group against the Yazidi minority.

Sweden is planning gun bans and tighter gun control after the country’s stringent controls failed to a prevent a February 4, 2025 school shooting.

Swedish authorities increased the official death toll of the country’s “worst mass shooting” at an adult education school to 11.

At least five people were shot at a school in Örebro, Sweden, Tuesday afternoon, despite the country’s stringent gun controls.

In a press conference, police said that about 10 people have died, including the suspect, as a result of the school shooting in Örebro.

A Norwegian-owned and Russian-crewed ship that authorities initially suspected may have been involved in damage to an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland has been released.