Military spending in Central and Western Europe is now higher than the last year of the Cold War, a new report has found.
According to new data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Europe has seen a widespread (...)
Two individuals accused of planning a firearms attack on Sweden's parliament were arrested in Germany on Tuesday, according to a statement by the Office of the German Federal Prosecutor.
The pair, who authorities said are Afghan citizens, were (...)
Sweden has officially become the 32nd member of NATO after it completed its accession process in Washington.
The handover of documents took place at a ceremony two years after Sweden applied to join the military alliance following Russia's (...)
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said the country "stands ready to shoulder its responsibility" after the Hungarian parliament brought an end to more than 18 months of delays that have frustrated the alliance as it seeks to expand in response (...)
Hungary's parliament is on Monday expected to ratify Sweden's membership to the NATO military alliance, giving its stamp of approval 18 months after the Scandinavian country first made a bid to join.
Hungary is the last of NATO's 31 members to (...)
A "dangerous object" found outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm has been destroyed, Swedish police say.
Local reports said the incident triggered a major response, with a 100m (328ft) area cordoned off around the embassy to protect the (...)
Turkish legislators on Tuesday endorsed Sweden's membership in NATO, lifting a major hurdle on the previously nonaligned country's entry into the military alliance.
The legislators ratified Sweden's accession protocol by 287 votes to 55, with four (...)
A warning to Swedes from two top defense officials to prepare for war has prompted concern and accusations of alarmism.
Civil Defense Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin told a defense conference "there could be war in Sweden".
His message was then backed up (...)
The Swedish armed forces have delivered food and water to up to 1,000 cars and lorries stuck in heavy snow for over 24 hours.
Rescuers said they were working to free people stuck on the main E22 road in the Skane area of southern Sweden.
Many of (...)
In a recent four-page letter, ex-UN official Craig Mokhiber criticized the international community for failing to stop a "genocide unfolding before our eyes" in Gaza.
The US human rights lawyer accused the US, UK and much of Europe of being "wholly (...)
Gangland shootings and bombings that have plagued Sweden's biggest cities have spread to quieter suburbs and towns, shattering its reputation as a safe and peaceful nation.
Half an hour north of central Stockholm, Upplands-Bro features lakeside boat (...)
The Swedish State and the Church of Sweden should apologize for historic injustices committed against a minority group called Tornedalians, an independent commission has said.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Tornedalians found that (...)
STOCKHOLM — Saudi Arabia's Economy and Planning Minister Faisal bin Fadel Al-Ibrahim has met with a number of Swedish officials during his official visit to Sweden to enhance cooperation between the two in the economic sector.
Al-Ibrahim met with (...)
In a recent four-page letter, ex-UN official Craig Mokhiber criticized the international community for failing to stop a "genocide unfolding before our eyes" in Gaza.
The US human rights lawyer accused the US, UK and much of Europe of being "wholly (...)
Sweden inched a step closer to joining NATO on Monday after Turkey's president sent accession protocols to parliament.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompted both Sweden and Finland to seek NATO membership but the former's entry had been stymied by (...)
China has significantly expanded its nuclear stockpile over the past year and is now holding some 500 operational warheads, the US has said.
An annual report released by the Pentagon also said Beijing hopes to double its arsenal to over 1,000 (...)
The latest incident might have happened at the same time as a cable linking Finland to Estonia was also damaged, an incident being investigated as sabotage.
Sweden says an undersea telecommunications cable that runs under the Baltic Sea to Estonia (...)
After more than 48 hours of the type of intense, door-to-door fighting unseen in Israel for decades, the country's military has retaken control of all the communities around Gaza that gunmen from Hamas had infiltrated, the Israeli military (...)
Claudia Goldin, a professor at Harvard University, was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics on Monday for her contribution to advancing the understanding of women in the labor market.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Goldin had "provided (...)
Norwegian author, playwright and poet Jon Fosse has been named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Swedish Academy said on Thursday it was for his "innovative plays and prose which gives voice to the unsayable".
As well as the prize, (...)
The 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio of scientists who worked to discover and develop quantum dots, used in LED lights and TV screens, as well as by surgeons when removing cancer tissue.
The prize was won by Moungi Bawendi, (...)
The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a team of scientists who created a ground-breaking technique using lasers to understand the extremely rapid movements of electrons that were previously thought impossible to follow.
Pierre (...)
This year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their work on mRNA vaccines, which were crucial in curtailing the spread of Covid-19.
The Nobel Prize committee announced the prestigious (...)
Sweden's prime minister has summoned the head of the armed forces to help curb a surge in gang killings.
The two men and the country's police chief will meet on Friday to discuss what role the military could play.
It comes after a bloody 12 hours (...)
Russia and Belarus have been invited back to Stockholm's Nobel Prize banquet after being left out last year because of the Ukraine war, the Nobel Foundation says.
Iran has also been invited back to the event in Sweden's capital after not being (...)