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Sweden commits $500M to artillery ammo in biggest munitions boost since Cold War
Breaking Defense
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July 8, 2025
A Swedish Armed Forces highly mobile Archer Artillery System fires a round at a demonstration for U.S. Soldiers and Airmen on Nov. 15, 2021, at Camp Atterbury, IN. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Bryan Myhr) STOCKHOLM — Sweden has...
Sweden reach quarter-finals while knocking two teams out of Women’s Euro 2025
The Independent
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July 8, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Islamic Identity Politics Is Taking Hold of Europe
The European Conservative
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July 10, 2025
Across Europe, a new kind of politics is taking root. It is sectarian, identitarian, and increasingly shaped by the demands of Islamist interest groups, cloaked in the demands of progressivism and tolerance. Sweden is a case in point. Jamal...
India has historically demonstrated a strong commitment to human rights—Justice Surya Kant in Sweden
The Print
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July 10, 2025
New Delhi: Addressing a gathering in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, Supreme Court judge Surya Kant said India “has historically demonstrated a strong commitment” to human rights, while some countries with “rigid immigration policies” and a...
Special Olympics Bharat president Mallika Nadda speaks on India's participation in Gothia Cup 2025
Pennsylvania Sun
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New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Special Olympics Bharat president Dr Mallika Nadda spoke on India's participation in the Gothia Cup 2025, being held at Sweden, the world's largest youth football tournament, saying that the SOB team and an...
Debunking Trump's bizarre claims on wind power as president rants about whale and bird deaths
Irish Star
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July 10, 2025
08:40 ET, 10 Jul 2025Updated 12:21 ET, 10 Jul 2025 Donald Trump recently reiterated his disdain for wind power as the president touted a series of claims ranging from misleading to outlandish and totally false. During a meeting of his full cabinet...
Sweden restores visa services for Pakistanis
The Nation
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July 8, 2025
ISLAMABAD - Sweden yesterday officially resumed its visa services in Islamabad, allowing Pakistani nationals to apply for Schengen visas for short stays of up to 90 days. The announcement follows the Bilateral Political Consultations held between...
EU ministers invited to test for toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in their blood
Euronews
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Published on 10/07/2025 - 16:23 GMT+2 EU environment and climate ministers have been invited to have their blood tested for PFAS - harmful ‘forever chemicals’ linked to cancer and other serious health risks. The initiative, led by the Danish...
Sweden to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas
Oceanographic Magazine
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July 8, 2025
Sweden is to implement a general ban on bottom trawling in its marine protected areas, a move it hopes signifies an important step “towards long-term sustainable fishing for generations to come.” Having introduced the amendments to its Fisheries...
A Home for Swedish Immigrants at 2342 Cliff Drive
Santa Barbara Independent - California
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July 10, 2025
For nearly 90 years, the members of the Ahlman family have made this cottage on the corner of Cliff Drive and Flora Vista Drive their home. Sven Gustaf Ahlman built the home in 1937. He was an immigrant from Sweden who started a grocery business...
Sweden pledges $14M for Ukraine's civil cybersecurity
Yeni Safak
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Sweden on Monday announced that it would provide around 135 million Swedish krona ($14 million) to support Ukraine's civil cybersecurity. "Sweden is providing a new contribution of SEK 135 million to Ukraine's civil cybersecurity," a Swedish...
Sweden Signs Billion-Crown Ammunition Deals with Nammo and Rheinmetall
Famagusta Gazette
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July 8, 2025
Home World Sweden Signs Billion-Crown Ammunition Deals with Nammo and Rheinmetall Sweden has signed a defense contract worth 1 billion Swedish kronor with Norwegian arms manufacturer Nammo, the country’s defense ministry announced Monday. The...
Sports News | Two Teams to Represent India in Gothia Cup Football Tournament in Sweden
Latestly
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July 10, 2025
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) Defending champions Special Olympics Bharat boys team and Haryana under-15 girls side will represent India in the Gothia Cup youth football tournament to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden from July 13-19. The Gothia Cup is the...
Stockholm's magical metro art
Atlas Obscura
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The Stockholm Metro has more than one hundred stations, and at least ninety of them have elaborate art installations as part of their status quo decor. The subway system was created in 1941, and first opened for public use in 1950. The Metro has...
In Sweden, smokeless products drive tobacco harm reduction push
Roll Call
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July 10, 2025
VAXHOLM, Sweden — The solution is simple, according to Karl Fagerström. Now retired, the Swedish researcher and inventor has dedicated his life to smoking cessation therapies and strategies. In 2000 he founded Niconovum, a pharmaceutical company...
Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland's reindeer herders
TerraDaily
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Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland's reindeer herders By Anna KORKMAN Rovaniemi, Finland (AFP) May 24, 2025 A fighter jet roaring through the grey sky breaks the tranquillity of a boreal forest in northern Finland, one more sign of a...
Where Is Cannabis Legal In Europe?
Forbes
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A guide to medical marijuana and recreational use laws across the continent and the United Kingdom. In April 2024, Germany legalized recreational marijuana, becoming the largest country in Europe to turn green. There are currently 28 EU countries...
Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker who went on the run after being caught with drugs is spared prison
Daily Mail
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July 10, 2025
By AIDAN RADNEDGE Published: 07:34 EDT, 10 July 2025 | Updated: 07:34 EDT, 10 July 2025 An asylum seeker who went on the run from the Bibby Stockholm barge has been avoided a prison sentence after being convicted of his second drug offence. Kenson...
Sweden resums visa services in Pakistan
Global Village Space
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July 8, 2025
The Foreign Office on Monday announced that Sweden has announced to resume visa services in Islamabad and Pakistani nationals will now be able to apply for a Schengen visa from Pakistan. Sweden in April 2023 indefinitely closed its embassy in...
In Sweden, Justice Surya Kant emphasises India’s commitment to human rights, says ‘vital to respect diversity of approaches’
The Indian Express
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July 10, 2025
Underlining that India “has historically demonstrated a strong commitment to human rights”, Supreme Court judge Justice Surya Kant Monday said that “it is somewhat paradoxical when countries with some of the most rigid immigration policies—and a...