Sweden news
Sweden is a country in northern Europe whose capital and largest city is Stockholm. It is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. Sweden is one of the most developed countries in the world, with an economy built on the Nordic model. It is a member of the UN and EU.
- Migration & tax evasion issues lead Swedish authorities to admit they no longer know how many people live there
Ahead of a planned 2021 census, Swedish authorities have admitted they don’t know exactly how many people live in the country, citing people with multiple identities, wrong addresses and illegal migration as possible explanations.Aug 6, 2020 12:32World News - 12yo girl killed by stray bullet in gang war near Stockholm, leaving Sweden ‘shocked & dismayed’A drive-by shooting near the Swedish capital has left a 12-year-old girl dead, stoking shock and outrage as the government once again vows to step up policing and impose harsher sentences to stop a wave of gang violence.Aug 4, 2020 02:12World News
- As US & other countries suffer punishing economic cost of lockdown, Sweden’s Covid strategy seems to be paying off financiallySweden was an outlier in its handling of coronavirus, attracting global mockery for refusing to impose a lockdown, keeping schools and businesses open… But that approach lessened the economic impact now crippling other nations.Jul 30, 2020 18:45
- Sweden to lift travel restrictions to 4 European statesThe Swedish government will scrap recommendations against travel to four European countries from Thursday, amid signs that coronavirus infections are falling. Stockholm said it would stop advising against non-necessary travel to neighbors Norway and...Jul 29, 2020 14:27Newsline
- Covid-19 stats of easy-going Sweden go down as post-lockdown Europe braces for virus comebackSweden, which famously went against common wisdom in not imposing a Covid-19 lockdown, is hailing the lowest number of deaths and new cases in months, as other European nations face a resurgence of the disease.Jul 29, 2020 09:32World News
- Swedish coronavirus strategy ‘is working,’ top epidemiologist insistsA rapid decline in new critical Covid-19 cases alongside slowing death rates indicate that Sweden’s strategy for slowing the epidemic is working, the country’s top epidemiologist said on Tuesday. Sweden has foregone a hard lockdown...Jul 21, 2020 16:02Newsline
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