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Swedish economy set to grind to a halt as inflation bites

STOCKHOLM, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Sweden's economic growth will grind to a halt next year amid soaring inflation and interest rate rises, casting a pall over households and businesses as…

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Anti-immigration election gains divide Sweden, worry rights groups

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) - The populist, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats' rise to real power after Sunday's election has civil rights groups and many immigrants worried about what the future might hold in…

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UPDATED: Sweden’s PM resigns after election defeat

COPENHAGEN, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Sweden's outgoing Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has handed in her resignation to the speaker of parliament, she said on Thursday, paving the way for a…

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Swedish inflation surge paves way for big hike by Riksbank

STOCKHOLM, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Inflation in Sweden surged again in August, figures from the statistics office showed on Wednesday, with the outcome likely to force the central bank into…

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UPDATED: Swedish voters hand anti-immigration Sweden Democrats influential role

STOCKHOLM, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Sweden's right bloc appeared in pole position on Monday to form a government for the first time in nearly a decade, helped by a wave…

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Swedes head to polls in close-run election marked by crime, energy crisis

STOCKHOLM, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Swedes vote on Sunday in an election pitting the incumbent centre-left Social Democrats against a right-wing bloc that has embraced the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats in a bid…

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Sweden goes to the polls

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Tough talks and trade-offs await the winning side in Sweden's parliamentary elections with the governing centre-left and their right-wing challengers facing weeks of uncertainty should they come…

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Tested PM or new right bloc? Swedish voters undecided as hard winter looms

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The energy crisis, soaring inflation and war in Ukraine could help Social Democrat Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson to secure another term in office if Swedes decide to…

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Sweden’s cost of living crisis spooks voters ahead of election

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - With its robust welfare provisions and green energy mix, wealthy Sweden should be better placed than most countries in Europe to withstand the energy-driven cost of living…

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Swedish economy slowing, could be recession next year

STOCKHOLM, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Sweden's gross domestic product (GDP) was unchanged in July against the previous month, a preliminary, seasonally-adjusted estimate by the Statistics Office showed on Wednesday, amid…

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Sweden, Finland step in to avert Lehman-like situation for power companies

STOCKHOLM/HELSINKI, (Reuters) - Finland and Sweden announced plans to offer billions of dollars in liquidity guarantees to power companies in their countries after Russia's Gazprom shut the Nord Stream 1…

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IKEA stores owner buys 49% stake in Swedish wind power projects

STOCKHOLM, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Ingka Group, the owner of most IKEA stores worldwide, on Monday said it has agreed to buy a 49% stake in three wind development projects offshore Sweden…

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Turkey, Finland and Sweden officials meet to discuss Turkish concerns

HELSINKI, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Officials from Turkey, Finland and Sweden were expected to meet at an undisclosed location in Finland on Friday to discuss security concerns which Turkey raised…

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Sweden to introduce new measures to clampdown on e-scooter dangers

Sweden is about to introduce new measures to curb on the disruption caused by e-scooters. Bloomberg reports that the latest clampdown comes into effect in September. "The ban on riding…

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Swedish police arrest teenage boy for shopping centre shooting

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish police on Friday arrested a teenage boy for killing one person and injuring another in a shooting at a shopping centre in the southern city of Malmo. …

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Sweden tops France as Europe’s largest net power exporter

Sweden overtook France as Europe's largest net power exporter in the first half of 2022, as deep-rooted problems reduced French nuclear availability to historic lows, Energy analysts EnAppSys said this…

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Swedish inflation eases to 8.0% in July, below forecast

STOCKHOLM, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Swedish inflation fell in July as volatile energy prices eased, but with electricity costs set to rise this winter and food prices already soaring, the…

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Sweden agrees to extradite man to Turkey in wake of NATO deal

Sweden's government has decided to extradite a man to Turkey wanted for fraud, it announced, the first case since Turkey demanded a number of people extradited in return for allowing…

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Biden to sign documents backing Sweden, Finland for NATO

U.S. President Joe Biden was due on Tuesday to sign documents endorsing Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO, the most significant expansion of the military alliance since the 1990s as it responds to Russia's invasion…

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U.S. Senate to vote on Finland, Sweden NATO accession, French parliament gives approval

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will hold votes on Wednesday on approving Finland's and Sweden's accession into NATO, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced. The debate, Schumer said, will begin at 1:30…

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Italy’s lower house backs NATO membership for Finland and Sweden

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill on Tuesday to ratify the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO in a vote welcomed by Giorgia Meloni, whose…

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Swedish economy bounces back in Q2, but slowdown ahead

STOCKHOLM, July 28 (Reuters) - Sweden's economy bounced back after a weak start to the year with gross domestic product expanding 1.4% in the second quarter compared to the previous three months,…

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Sweden dismisses move to return ‘spoils of war’ to Poland

Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde said she won’t return a historical document to Poland, as it was a “legitimate” spoil of war. Łaski’s statutes, the first codification of Polish law,…

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Swedish annual inflation hits 8.5% in June, highest since 1991

STOCKHOLM, July 14 (Reuters) - Consumer prices in Sweden rose 8.5% in June from the same month last year and were up 1.2% from the previous month, the statistics office (SCB) said…

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RAF fighter jets deploy to Sweden and Finland

Six Royal Air Force fighter jets have flown to Finland and Sweden for joint training exercises, the MoD has said. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the deployment, which came at…

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Woman stabbed to death at Swedish political festival

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -A woman was stabbed to death on the Swedish island of Gotland, police said on Wednesday, at a political festival taking place just over two months before a…

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Canada swiftly ratifies protocol for Finland, Sweden to join NATO

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada became the first country to formally ratify Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO in an accelerated process completed shortly after member nations signed off on the nuclear-armed alliance's…

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Finland, Sweden sign to join NATO but need ratification

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO's 30 allies signed an accession protocol for Finland and Sweden on Tuesday, allowing them to join the nuclear-armed alliance once parliaments ratify the decision, the most significant…

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UPDATED: SAS warns survival at stake as pilots strike over wages

STOCKHOLM, July 4 (Reuters) - Wage talks between Scandinavian airline SAS and its pilots collapsed on Monday, triggering a strike that puts the future of the carrier at risk as the summer vacation…

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NATO invites Finland, Sweden to join, says Russia is a ‘direct threat’

MADRID (Reuters) - NATO invited Sweden and Finland on Wednesday to join the military alliance in one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades after Russia's invasion of…

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SAS and its pilots extend wage talks until Monday

STOCKHOLM, July 2 (Reuters) - Scandinavian airline SAS and its pilots have agreed to extend their wage talks until Monday in the hope of averting a strike, a company executive told reporters on Saturday.…

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Erdogan raises possibly nixing NATO-Nordics deal if promises not kept

ANKARA, July 1 (Reuters) - An accord signed with Finland and Sweden to lift Turkey's veto on their NATO membership bids is not the end of the matter and obliges…

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NATO deal with Turkey greeted with caution and concern in Sweden

STOCKHOLM, June 29 (Reuters) - Sweden and Finland took a step closer to joining the NATO military alliance after Turkey's decision to drop its objections, but there may still be…

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UPDATED: NATO invites Sweden and Finland to join, Russia the “most significant and direct threat to the allies’ security”

MADRID, June 29 (Reuters) - NATO has invited Sweden and Finland to become members of the military alliance, a commununique published by the NATO summit in Madrid on Wednesday said. "The accession…

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Finland, Sweden will ‘eventually’ join NATO, says Spain’s PM

Sweden and Finland will eventually become part of NATO, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday alongside the alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hours before a NATO summit was…

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Sweden’s Kurds fear they may pay price for NATO bid as Turkey fumes

STOCKHOLM, June 28 (Reuters) - Kurds in Sweden's large diaspora are worried they will become a pawn in the negotiations over Stockholm's ambition to join NATO if the West makes concessions to…

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Swedish economy to slow, tougher times ahead, government forecast says

STOCKHOLM, June 22 (Reuters) - Sweden's economy will grow more slowly than previously expected, hit by the effects of inflation and the war in Ukraine, the government said in a new forecast…

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Two people wounded in attack in Sweden, one arrested

Two people were wounded in an attack in the Swedish town of Vasteras on Tuesday, police said, adding that one person had been arrested. Police in a statement said a sharp object…

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Germany “very confident” of deal on Sweden, Finland NATO bid

BERLIN, June 20 (Reuters) - Germany is "very confident" NATO will reach an agreement with Sweden and Finland over bid for membership of the alliance but it would not be a "catastrophe"…

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NATO chief says Sweden has taken “important steps” to meet Turkey’s demands

Sweden has taken important steps to meet Turkey's demands for approving Stockholm's NATO membership application, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday during a visit to Sweden. Sweden and Finland applied to join the…

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New survey on sinking of M/S Estonia, in the Baltic Sea

The first rendering (composite image) of the stern of Estonia taken using a a ROV (remotely operated vehicle) being lowered from the vessel VOS SWEET to the Baltic Sea. The…

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Photo Story: Rare visit by Walrus in Skane, Sweden

People look at the walrus, named 'Sten' by the public, laying on his rock outside the village of Arild in the Skalderviken bay area in the southwest of Sweden. The…

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No signs of Russian threat to Sweden, Finland -NATO deputy chief

COPENHAGEN, June 10 (Reuters) - NATO's deputy chief sees no immediate military threat to Sweden and Finland from Russia and is confident that the aspiring NATO members will join the alliance despite Turkey's objections, he…

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Sweden to seek constructive progress with Turkey over NATO bid

STOCKHOLM, June 10 (Reuters) - Sweden will look to make constructive progress in talks with Turkey on Ankara's objections over the Nordic country's application to join the NATO defensive alliance,…

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Photo Story: USS Kearsarge arrives in Stockholm

US amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge arrives in central Stockholm, Sweden. Around 40 warships are expected to moor in Stockholm from 02 to 05 June ahead of the BALTOPS 22…

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Swedish PM threatens to resign if justice minister ousted in no-confidence vote

Sweden's prime minister threatened to step down just three months before a general election is due, if the centre-right opposition succeeds in winning a vote of no-confidence against the interior…

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Sweden’s ruling Social Democrats gain support ahead of September election

STOCKHOLM, June 2 (Reuters) - Support for Sweden's ruling Social Democrats has risen to a third of voters as the public seeks stability amid the war in Ukraine, an official poll showed…

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Turkey wants ‘concrete steps’ from Finland, Sweden for NATO bids

A chief adviser to Turkey's president told his U.S. counterpart that Turkey wanted "concrete steps" on the existence of what it calls "terrorist organisations" in Finland and Sweden before it…

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Swedish economy shrinks as pandemic and war pinch exports

STOCKHOLM, May 30 (Reuters) - Sweden's economy slowed sharply in the first quarter of the year, data from the Statistics Office showed on Monday, confirming that the lingering effects of the pandemic…

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Turkey seeks concrete action from Sweden, Finland for NATO bids

ISTANBUL, May 27 (Reuters) - Turkey expects Sweden and Finland to take concrete action and halt what it says is their support for terrorist groups in order for Ankara to…

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No need seen to add U.S. ground forces in Sweden, Finland

Sweden and Finland’s push to join NATO won’t require adding more U.S. ground forces into either country, the U.S. general nominated to take over European Command told senators. But Army…

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Erdogan sets conditions for Swedish, Finnish NATO membership in calls

ISTANBUL, May 21 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who has objected to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, held phone calls with the leaders of the two countries on Saturday and discussed…

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Sweden gives go-ahead for offshore windpark to power 500,000 homes

Sweden's government this week announced that it had given state-owned utility Vattenfall a renewed and expanded license to build a windpark off the southern coast of Sweden which will produce…

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Turkey’s Erdogan to speak to Finland as NATO application row simmers

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he will speak to Finland on Saturday, while maintaining his opposition to Finnish and Swedish NATO membership bids over their history of hosting members of groups…

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UPDATED: Russia says it will beef up forces near western border

May 20 (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday that moves by Finland and Sweden to join NATO were part of an increase in military threats near Russia's western borders, and it was taking "adequate countermeasures". In a speech, Shoigu also…

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Turkey has told allies it’s a ‘no’ to Sweden and Finland’s NATO bid – Erdogan

Turkey has told allies that it will reject Sweden and Finland's membership to NATO, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in a video posted on his Twitter account on Thursday. Finland and…

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UPDATED: Turkeys Erdogan links Sweden NATO bid to return of “terrorists”

ANKARA, May 18 (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday Sweden should not expect Turkey to approve its NATO bid without returning "terrorists", and Swedish and Finnish delegations should not come to…

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