Tag: #Sweden
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Sweden Does U-turn on Face Masks to Fight Virus
Sweden has done a U turn on face masks in order to fight the virus.
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Sweden Sees Deadliest November Since Spanish Flu
Sweden has seen its deadliest November since the Spanish flu.
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Ikea Scraps Famed Catalogue After 70 Years
Ikea has scrapped its famed catalogue after 70 years.
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Finnish ferry runs aground in Baltic with nearly 430 aboard
Stockholm, Nov 22 (AFP/APP):A passenger ferry ran aground Saturday next to islands between Sweden and Finland, leaving nearly 430 passengers and crew stranded for the night, the Finnish owner and coast guard said. The Viking Line’s “Grace,” sailing between the Finnish port of Turku and the Swedish capital Stockholm, hit rocks around 1415 pm (1215…
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Swedish PM Sounds Alarm as Virus Deaths Top 6,000
The Swedish PM has sounded an alarm as virus deaths top 6000.
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Finnish PM Leaves EU Summit to Self-Isolate
The Finnish PM has left the EU Summit to self-isolate.
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Criminal ‘clans’ challenge Sweden’s law enforcement
Stockholm, Sept 23 (AFP/APP): Police in Sweden say they’re struggling to control criminal “clans” exercising their own form of justice, amid an escalation of violent crime in what has long been a tranquil and safe country. With close family loyalties and little regard for the authorities, a few dozen criminal gangs now wield considerable influence…
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First International Flight Lands at Beijing’s Main Airport
The first international flight has landed at Beijing’s main airport.
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Riots in Sweden after the ban of an anti-Muslim Danish leader
30th August: Protests in Southern Sweden started after an anti-Muslim Danish leader got banned on Friday. According to reports from the international media, protesters threw stones at police and burned tires in southern Sweden late on Friday, authorities said. The riots started hours after an anti-Muslim Danish politician was blocked from attending a Quran-burning rally…
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Top UN official condemns desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden
UNITED NATIONS, August 29 (APP):The top official for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), Miguel Moratinos, has condemned as “despicable and totally unacceptable nor justifiable” Friday’s burning of the Holy Quran by far-right extremists in the Swedish city of Malmo. In a statement issued on Saturday at UN Headquarters in New York, UNAOC’s High-Representative…