A Swedish prosecutor dropped an investigation into an allegation of rape against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, ending the near decade-old case that had sent the anti-secrecy campaigner into hiding...

When the coronavirus swept into the Scandinavian countries, Norway and Denmark scrambled to place extensive restrictions on their borders to stem the outbreak. Sweden, their neighbour, took a decidedl...

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Stockholm feels empty — the airport is out of an interiors magazine and as unpeopled as a photo shoot. The airport train isn’t heaving with passengers and suitcases. Where is everyone I say to my...

Two 18th century Calcutta paintings of native birds fetched higher than estimated prices at an auction in Sweden’s Stockholm.The first painting, titled Darakht ban falsa, Shah Bulbul, sold for 5,20,...

Sweden drew attention in recent weeks for its unorthodox approach to the coronavirus outbreak, a holdout to the strict isolation measures being implemented across much of Europe.But as the outbreak sp...

Someone I know has been suffering from a strange and extreme kind of neighbouritis. The illness normally afflicts one because the people living next door, or in the close vicinity, enter into some act...

As some nations scramble to find protective gear to fight the coronavirus pandemic, Finland is sitting on an enviable stockpile of personal protective equipment like surgical masks, putting it ahead o...