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Today in Sweden: A roundup of latest news on Friday

Government to tighten law on seizing unexplained luxury goods from convicted cri...

Macron declares day of national mourning for cyclone&hi...

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a national day of mourning for Ma...

Putin says ready to compromise with Trump on Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he had not spoken to US President...

Chinese businessman Yang Tengbo: The alleged spy with l...

Authorities banned alleged spy Yang Tengbo from entering the UK after finding he...

Zelensky says Trump and EU must work together to ‘stop ...

Ukraine’s Zelensky urged both the European Union and the United States for unity...

Elon Musk meets with UK far&right leader Nigel Farage

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's meeting with UK far-right firebrand Nigel Farage on...

French PM Francois Bayrou hopes to have budget ready by...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said Thursday he hopes to have a budget re...

Gisèle Pelicot says she 'respects the court and its ver...

French judges on Thursday found 51 defendants guilty of the mass rape of Gisèle ...

Google Maps camera captures man allegedly stuffing dead...

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, December 19: All eyes are on the French city of Avignon...

Pelicot mass rape trial: Feminist groups feel 'humiliat...

A French court on Thursday handed down prison sentences for 51 defendants found ...

Dominique Pelicot sentenced to 20 years in French mass ...

A French court sentenced Dominique Pelicot to 20 years in prison on Thursday for...

Pelicot children, women's rights groups slam 'too lenie...

Dozens of defendants in the Pelicot trial -- the men who visited the Pelicot fam...

Zelensky meets with key European leaders ahead of Trump...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with NATO Secretary General Ma...

'The idea of the respectable family man has been dented'

Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, who survived a decade of sexual abuse by her husband...

Sweden's Riksbank lowers interest rate to 2.5 percent

The Swedish central bank as expected cut the country's key interest rate by 0.25...

Sweden hit by outbreaks of three major winter bugs – al...

The influenza season is now well and truly under way in Sweden, but oh look, it ...

'Happy and scared': How do Syrians in Sweden feel about...

Early in December, Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell in Syria, ending over 50 years ...

Live: Dominique Pelicot sentenced to 20 years in French...

A French court on Thursday sentenced the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot to 20 year...

'The maximum sentence of 20 years for aggravated rape h...

"The maximum sentence of 20 years for aggravated rape has been demanded by publi...

Macron arrives in Mayotte to assess aftermath of Cyclon...

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Thursday in Mayotte to survey the devas...

As Trump return looms, NATO chief Rutte stresses 'urgen...

During Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Brussels, NATO leader M...

Audacity or desperation? Ukraine claims Moscow killing ...

The killing in the heart of Moscow of Vladimir Putin's general in charge of chem...

Ukraine's Zelensky meets with key European leaders ahea...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with NATO Secretary General Ma...

Verdicts awaited in Pelicot mass rape trial that shook ...

The mass rape trial that has sent shockwaves through France and the world is exp...

French parliament adopts special law to avoid governmen...

The French Senate on Wednesday approved a special law to ensure the continuation...

Gisèle Pelicot: Verdicts due in French mass rape trial

An historic mass rape trial in France, involving Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband and...

France's Sarkozy first former head of state ordered to ...

France's highest court on Wednesday upheld former president Nicolas Sarkozy's co...

Swedish government wants to allow police to secretly mo...

Sweden's government said on Wednesday it wanted to give police the power to secr...

How new Swedish migration rules could affect foreign re...

Several major changes to Swedish migration laws are expected in 2025. Here are t...

Sweden Democrat leader: 'People who are born here shoul...

The leader of the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson, has said in a recent intervi...

France's Mayotte grapples with aftermath of Cyclone Chi...

The search for missing people continued after Cyclone Chido razed entire neighbo...

Russia detains Uzbek suspect in killing of chemical wea...

Russia said it had detained a suspect on Wednesday who confessed to planting the...

Fighting to keep the lights on: Ukraine shows resilienc...

For the first time in weeks, there should be no power cuts in Ukraine this Wedne...

Why Sweden’s Left and Centre parties dislike each other...

In this week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ subscribers, we ...

Ukraine says Russia used North Korean troops for ‘inten...

Moscow has intensified its attacks on Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region ...

France imposes nighttime curfew on cyclone&hit Mayotte ...

Mayotte will be placed under curfew from Tuesday evening as authorities seek to ...

Chinese businessmen Yang Tengbo: The alleged spy with l...

Authorities banned alleged spy Yang Tengbo from entering the UK after finding he...

'Gisèle Pelicot has put the spotlight on what rape vict...

The French man who has admitted to enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his hea...

Lawyers and migration experts slam Swedish government's...

Some of Sweden's most senior lawyers and migration leaders are urging government...

Swedish word of the day: pepparkaka

They’re ubiquitous during the Christmas season, but why are Swedish gingerbread ...

Politics in Sweden: Energy minister shrugs off heavy cr...

Sweden's government was left with two options after many of Sweden's top expert ...

Ukraine claims killing of senior Russian military offic...

Ukraine's security service killed Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov in a ...

Mayotte authorities race to help survivors after deadly...

Mayotte authorities were racing on Tuesday to help survivors of the deadly Cyclo...

‘Everyone wants to go to England’: Syrian migrants in C...

Although Syrians at home and across the world have celebrated the fall of the Ba...

French parliament avoids government shutdown by passing...

French MPs on Monday voted unanimously in favour of a bill allowing the governme...

Scientists call to uphold independent research in respo...

Following an incident on November 28, where a group of farmers associated with t...

‘Syria is not yet safe for everyone’: Refugees in Franc...

Several European countries have suspended the processing of asylum claims from S...

Germany’s Scholz loses confidence vote, triggering path...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday lost a confidence vote in parliament, pa...

'Gisele Pelicot has put the spotlight on what rape vict...

The French man who has admitted to enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his hea...

Scholz faces confidence vote: German politics seeing 'p...

A German political expert has told FRANCE 24 that the country is undergoing a pe...