The Latest Breaking News from Sweden

Barnsley’s Poya Asbaghi: ‘I still think about the people that died. It was just chance’

The manager tells Ben Fisher about the day he thought his players had died in a plane crash, his family fleeing Iran and staying calm in a relegation fight

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2022

‘The canon is so heavy with the male genius’: Neneh Cherry and Robyn on changing the face of pop

As they reboot the classic Buffalo Stance, the friends talk sisterhood, being Swedish and fighting the system

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2022

Has war in Ukraine revived NATO?

French President Emmanuel Macron famously said in 2019 that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was in a state of “brain death”. But the alliance has formed a united front since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Could Russia’s war mark the start of NATO’s lasting revival?

France 24 · Mar 3, 2022

Sweden to send medical supplies and equipment to Ukraine

Sweden will send medical supplies and equipment to Ukraine, responding to a EU request for aid, Sweden's minister of health said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Mar 2, 2022

Chelsea’s Zecira Musovic: ‘I fight for what I think is important and what I believe in’

The Sweden goalkeeper talks about the long road to Chelsea, her admiration for her parents and speaking out on social media

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2022

Bruce Mouat ‘still sore’ after agonisingly missing out on Winter Olympics gold

The Team GB men's curling team, led by skipper Bruce Mouat, took the silver medal in Beijing after losing a tense final 5-4 against reigning world champions Sweden

Daily Mirror · Mar 1, 2022

Paedophile who had stroke moans about healthcare in jail

Benny Lundquvist was extradited to face justice for his sick crimes in Merseyside

Liverpool Echo · Mar 1, 2022

Which countries are sending military aid to Ukraine?

In the Russian-Ukraine war, many countries including neutral non-aligned Sweden have started to send military aid.

Al Jazeera · Feb 28, 2022

Putin’s fears of a unified, stronger Europe are fast becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy

WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brazen and unprovoked assault on Ukraine is fast turning his fears of a more resolute Europe, and potentially expanded NATO alliance, into a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 27, 2022

England will not play against Russia ‘for the foreseeable future’, says FA

Earlier on Sunday, the Czech Republic followed Sweden and Poland in announcing they would not play Russia.

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2022