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'Call an Ambulance!': Newly-Appointed Swedish Official Collapses on Her First Day — What Happened?

Sweden's newly appointed Health Minister, Elisabet Lann, collapsed during her first press briefing on 9 September 2025. Officials rushed to her aid, and she later returned, attributing the incident to low blood sugar. The episode echoes similar on-stage faintings in the UK and US.

International Business Times UK · Sep 10, 2025

‘Welcome to Bologna’: The moment an easyJet passenger to Berlin realised her serious mistake

It remains unclear how the gate check-in staff allowed the woman to board the Ryanair plane

The Independent UK · May 29, 2025

How Sweden’s worst mass shooting unfolded at a small town school - and why police have ‘no clear motive’ one week on

IN FOCUS: As Sweden falls silent for the victims of the Orebro killings their families are still waiting for answers, Alex Croft writes

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025

Gender Equality Leader Demands All Official Meetings Be Completely Banana-Free Due to 'World's Craziest Phobia'

Email correspondence from one Swedish minister and her team indicates the official's crippling fear of bananas, a phobia so intense that she requests the fruit be removed from any room she has to enter.

Latin Times · Nov 15, 2024

Banana-phobe Swedish minister’s staff insisted on ‘no traces in the room’

Colleagues speak up in Paulina Brandberg’s support after leaked emails reveal efforts to spare her from the fruit

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2024

Swedish Prosecutor Confirms 'Rape' Probe Without Naming Mbappe

A Swedish prosecutor said Tuesday a rape investigation had been opened without mentioning Kylian Mbappe, following media reports that the Real Madrid and France star was the suspect following a visit to Stockholm.

International Business Times · Oct 15, 2024

Mbappé to take legal action for libel over Swedish rape investigation

Kylian Mbappe was "shocked" to see his name linked to a Swedish rape investigation and the Real Madrid and France star will take legal action for libel, his lawyer has said.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 15, 2024

Mbappe 'Investigated For Rape' In Sweden: Report

Kylian Mbappe is being investigated for rape by Swedish police, according to a newspaper report in Sweden following a visit by the Real Madrid star to Stockholm, which Mbappe denounced as "fake news".

International Business Times · Oct 15, 2024

Finnish, Swedish FMs: NATO membership process hasn't stopped

The foreign ministers of Sweden and Finland have reiterated in separate interviews published Saturday that the process for the two Nordic nations to join NATO is continuing

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2023

Four chimpanzees shot dead after sparking panic when they escaped from Swedish zoo

Ing-Marie Persson, who lead primate management at the zoo for three decades, said the killings of her beloved 'family' were deplorable and that zoo officials should have stunned the chimpanzees so they could be brought back

Daily Mirror · Dec 15, 2022