Business Feb 25, 2021
Nordic banks gain edge as more investors focus on gender diversity
by Kati Pohjanpalo
Two of the six women running Europe’s biggest banks are in the Nordic region, at DNB ASA and Svenska Handelsbanken AB.
World Jan 9, 2021
Pandemic showcases corner of Europe derided by Trump advisers
by Niclas Rolander and Ott Ummelas
Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland have suffered a smaller economic setback during the COVID-19 crisis than the eurozone or the U.K.
Commentary / World Dec 19, 2020
Sweden’s second wave offers hard reality check
by Lionel Laurent
The country has highlighted the danger of thinking any government has found out how to beat the coronavirus.
Commentary / World Apr 20, 2020
Grim truth of the ‘Swedish model’
by Hans Bergstrom
The lack of a lockdown has led to one of the world's highest COVID-19 death rates.
World Mar 21, 2020
Finland has once again been crowned as the world's happiest country, extending its lead over Denmark and Switzerland, according to a United Nations-affiliated research network. Finnish contentment stems from high levels of trust, which also underpins solid rankings across the rest of the Nordic region, ...
World / Social Issues Mar 20, 2020
Sweden panel to examine past crimes against speakers of Meankieli language
Sweden said Thursday it was creating a truth and reconciliation commission to examine abuses against the speakers of the minority language Meankieli, following the country's 19th- and 20th-century assimilation policy. "History can not, and will not, be repeated," Minister for Culture and Democracy Amanda Lind ...
National / Crime & Legal Mar 13, 2020
Critics of Japan's sexual offense law believe Sweden may hold solution
by Toma Mochizuki
When Japan revised its criminal law in 2017 to impose stricter penalties on sex offenders, it was the first such amendment in 110 years. Critics of the legislation see Sweden's consent-based sexual offense law as a guide for areas where Japan could go further. The Scandinavian ...
World / Social Issues Feb 27, 2020
Climate activist Thunberg heads growing field of Nobel Peace Prize candidates
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong and the NATO military alliance are among those tipped for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, following nominations by politicians. Also on the list, according to the eight members of the United States Congress who nominated ...
Business Feb 6, 2020
Bank of Japan, ECB and other central banks to discuss starting digital currencies
The central bankers will meet in Washington on the sidelines of an International Monetary Fund conference, sources said.
World / Crime & Legal Jan 17, 2020
A surge in drug-linked gang-violence in Sweden led to a 60 percent increase in bomb blasts in 2019, government statistics showed on Thursday, as police work to rid the streets of explosives and guns with more officers on patrol. Sweden has been hit by a ...
World / Crime & Legal Jan 14, 2020
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not getting the time he needs with his legal team to discuss his fight against extradition to the United States, causing delays to the case, his lawyer told a British court on Monday. After skipping bail in Britain, Assange spent ...
Business / Financial Markets Dec 20, 2019
Sweden's central bank ended five years of negative interest rates on Thursday when it raised benchmark borrowing costs by a quarter point to zero, defying an economic slowdown and global uncertainty. The increase from minus 0.25 percent makes the Riksbank the first of the central ...