Sweden's NATO bid may have been derailed by Russian involvement in a Koran-burning incident outside Turkey's consulate.

Nothing could have happened at a worse time. When a far-right extremist burned a Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, Turkey vowed to derail Sweden's NATO ambitions. On Friday, Ankara announced its decision on the NATO proposal by Sweden and Finland as a whole, saying that it would...

The W3tr subsidiary in Sweden, EQT Partners, will be purchased by the SK security firm.

SK will maintain its position as the joint operation's second-largest shareholder and has dismissed the possibility of a significant command shift. According to reports from Monday, South Korean security company SK Shield us will be acquired by EQT Partners, a private equity fund managed by S...

Swedish scientist receives the Nobel Prize in Medicine for work on evolution

Swedish researcher Svante Paabo has been given this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his research on human evolution.

The prize was revealed on Monday at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, by Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Committee.

Th...

Men's Event Won by Woman Golfer in Europe for the First Time in History

The Scandinavian Mixed hosted ladies from the Ladies European Tour and men from the DP World Tour. In it, the 22-year-old, Sweden Linn Grant, born in Helsingborg, celebrated a nine-shot triumph to become the first female winner of the European Men's Golf Tour event.

Sweden won by th...

Sweden is adamant about not playing Russia in the Women's European Championships if the ban is lifted

Regardless of the outcome of the appeal, Sweden has said that its national team will not play Russia.

The Swedish Football Association (SvFF) president and first vice-president of UEFA, Karl-Erik Nilsson, has indicated that his country's national team would not meet Russia in the 20...

Northvolt Battery Plant Comes to Life

On Wednesday, Northvolt announced that its new gigafactory in Sweden had assembled the cell for its first battery. This would make the company the first in Europe to design and manufacture a battery.

The cell is made of a prismatic format with several thinner and lighter cells combining...

MORE THAN 200 CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH LONG-TERM SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19 IN SWEDEN

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• More than 200 kids have been diagnosing with the long-term corona virus symptoms in Sweden
• The average age of the children has been between the ages of 11 and 13

More than 200 children in the region Sweden have been diagn...

SWEDEN DEPLOYS MILITARY SOLDIERS TO BATTLE AGAINST EXTREMISTS IN MALI

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• The soldiers of Sweden have been deployed in the new European special forces for fighting against the extremists in Mali
• The French military said that, the first operations has already been carried out and they will be staying in Mali till...

SWEDEN BEGINS WITH 5G AUCTIONS DESPITE PROTESTS BY HUAWEI

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• The communications regulator of the Sweden has started its 5G auction despite protests by the company Huawei
• The Post and Telecom Authority or PTS of Sweden said that, its auction for the licenses in the 3.5 GHz have started

TELE2 SELECTS NOKIA FOR ITS 5G CORE IN SWEDEN

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• The company Tele2 have revealed that, Nokia is going to be its primary partner for the 5G core network
• The company Nokia said that, it will be deploying the voice-over-5G and standalone 5G technology for the operation of Tele2 in Sweden

ECARX OPENS NEW HEADQUARTERS IN SWEDEN

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• The company Ecarx has been opening its headquarters and the product development centre in the region of Sweden
• The company is a connected car subsidiary for the company Geely, which is a Chinese car making company

Ecarx, ...

SWEDEN IMPOSED BAN ON TRAVELLERS ARRIVING FROM DENMARK AND UNITED KINGDOM

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• The government of Sweden has banned the travellers coming from the United Kingdom and Denmark till 21st January 2021
• The entry ban for the travellers from both the countries have been started from 21st December 2020

By fo...

SWEDEN: PTS TO RESUME 5G AUCTIONS DESPITE LEGAL CHALLENGE FROM HUAWEI

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• PTS, which is telecoms regulator in Sweden will be resuming the auctions of the 5G spectrum on 19th January 2020
• On Wednesday, the court of Sweden has been backing up an appeal made by PTS against a ruling for stopping the 5G auction
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IKEA ACCUSED OF DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT BY THE COMPANY’S KOREAN BRANCH LABORERS

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• Ikea accused of discriminatory treatment by the company’s Korean branch laborers.
• Around 800 Ikea Korea employees plan to take part in a three-day strike next week.
• The average hourly wage of Ikea employees is $15, ...

SIEMENS GAMESA SIGNED PARTNERSHIP WITH EUROPEAN ENERGY FOR SUPPLYING WIND GARMS IN POLAND AND SWEDEN

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• The company Siemens Gamesa have strengthened its partnership with the European Energy for supplying the wind farms in Sweden and Poland
• The Kingebol wind energy farm based in Sweden is going to be installed along with Siemens Gamesa 5.X pl...

HEALTH AUTHORITIES REJECT TO WEAR FACE MASKS AS COVID-19 CASES KEEP ON INCREASING IN SWEDEN

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• The health authorities of Sweden have repeated their disbelief towards the wearing of face mask in the country
• The head of the Public Health Agency said that, they do not see that they are at a point where wearing a mask is necessary
...

SWEDEN: VOI REVEALS WORLD’S FIRST COMPUTER VISION TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRIC-SCOOTERS

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• Voi will be offering the sharing of electric scooters in the partnership with the cities and local communities
• The company Voi is partnering with the micro-mobility company ‘Luna’ of Ireland to provide computer vision to the el...

HUAWEI APPEALED AGAINST 5G NETWORK BAN IN SWEDEN

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• The Chinese technology giant ‘Huawei’ has appealed against the decision of Sweden for excluding the equipment of Huawei from 5G networks
• The spokesman of PTS said that, they will be sending an appeal to the administrative court...

SWEDEN: FOLKSAM ACCIDENTALLY SHARED DATA OF ONE MILLION PEOPLE WITH TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES

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• The company Folksam have accidentally leaked the private data of more than one million Swedish people with largest technology companies
• The company Folksam have accidentally shared the data with the technology giants with Google, Facebook,...

ERICSSON TO DEPLOY 5G NETWORK COVERAGE FOR THE OPERATOR ‘BT’ OF UNITED KINGDOM

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• The company Ericsson from Sweden has announced that, it has been selected by the company BT for deploying 5G mobile networks in the United Kingdom
• Ericsson will be deploying 5G networks in several cities of United Kingdom which will be mak...