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Sweden suffers deadliest November since Spanish flu era as Stockholm ICUs hit 99 percent capacity

Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020By Editor

According to Sweden’s Central Statistics office, the country suffered its deadliest November since Spanish Flu struck in 1918, with 8,088 deaths recorded as the second wave of coronavirus continues. … Read More >Sweden suffers deadliest November since Spanish flu era as Stockholm ICUs hit 99 percent capacity

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Stockholm schools send pupils home amid warnings of overstretched intensive care wards due to Covid-19

Posted on December 13, 2020December 13, 2020By Editor

Schools in Stockholm will send home all pupils aged 14-16 for remote learning until 2021 in a bid to hold back a second wave of coronavirus. The Swedish capital had issued a call for help over its strained intensive care capacity … Read More >Stockholm schools send pupils home amid warnings of overstretched intensive care wards due to Covid-19

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Father & Mother no more? Sweden considers introduction of gender-neutral terms for parents to suit ‘rainbow families’

Posted on December 13, 2020By Editor

Sweden is looking to revamp its Parental Code, making it more gender-neutral. The legislation, based on the traditional family, is largely obsolete because modern families “look different,” the country’s equality minister claims. … Read More >Father & Mother no more? Sweden considers introduction of gender-neutral terms for parents to suit ‘rainbow families’

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Swedish parliament takes a ‘decisive step’ toward defense alliance with Finland and NATO membership

Posted on December 11, 2020December 11, 2020By Editor

A majority of the Swedish parliament favors having the option to join NATO at some point in the future, after the populist Sweden Democrats reversed their earlier opposition to joining the alliance. … Read More >Swedish parliament takes a ‘decisive step’ toward defense alliance with Finland and NATO membership

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Terrorism investigation opened into attack on 2 women in Swiss store, suspect ‘shouted Allahu Akbar’ during stabbing

Posted on November 24, 2020By Editor

A stabbing attack which injured two women in a department store in the Swiss city of Lugano is being investigated as a suspected terrorist act. The female suspect, who allegedly called out ‘Allahu Akbar,’ has been arrested. … Read More >Terrorism investigation opened into attack on 2 women in Swiss store, suspect ‘shouted Allahu Akbar’ during stabbing

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Sweden Spent 15 Years Accusing Russia of Breaching Its Waters. It Was Actually Herring Shoals

Posted on November 24, 2020November 24, 2020By Editor

It’s perfectly feasible that in the 1980s a major diplomatic incident between nuclear superpowers could have been triggered by fish farts. In fact, Russia and Sweden nearly came to blows over this very thing. They just didn’t know it at the time. … Read More >Sweden Spent 15 Years Accusing Russia of Breaching Its Waters. It Was Actually Herring Shoals

Huawei battles Sweden’s ‘draconic’ ban as it tries to hold on to European 5G market

Posted on November 7, 2020November 7, 2020By Editor

Chinese tech giant Huawei has filed an appeal against Sweden’s recent decision to phase out the company’s telecom equipment from the roll-out of its next-generation 5G networks in the country. … Read More >Huawei battles Sweden’s ‘draconic’ ban as it tries to hold on to European 5G market

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Covid-19 death toll surpasses 6,000 in Sweden as PM warns situation ‘going in wrong direction quickly’

Posted on November 6, 2020By Editor

With five more fatalities on Thursday, Sweden’s Covid death toll has hit 6,002. The country is facing a “serious situation” due to a spike in infections, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said as he himself went into isolation. … Read More >Covid-19 death toll surpasses 6,000 in Sweden as PM warns situation ‘going in wrong direction quickly’

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Personal data of 1 million Swedes leaked to Facebook, Google & Microsoft by country’s biggest insurer

Posted on November 4, 2020November 4, 2020By Editor

Sweden’s largest insurer, Folksam, has revealed that it accidentally leaked sensitive private data from one million of its customers to some of the world’s biggest tech companies. … Read More >Personal data of 1 million Swedes leaked to Facebook, Google & Microsoft by country’s biggest insurer

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Security hack in Sweden exposes details of alarm systems & bank vault floor plans – report

Posted on October 28, 2020October 28, 2020By Editor

The online leak of hacked data from a Swedish security group may have compromised a number of bank vaults, alarm systems and even protective measures at the country’s parliament, according to local media. … Read More >Security hack in Sweden exposes details of alarm systems & bank vault floor plans – report