Sweden

The 'cultural canon', or the list deemed to define what it means to be Swedish, was unveiled; part of the election manifesto of the right-wing and nationalist parties, it includes Pippi Longstocking, IKEA and the Nobel Prize, but not the Abba

Kiruna church is on its way to the new city center, the most spectacular event of the transformation forced by crack formation in the ground resulting by LKAB's mining; the 40x40m building weighs 627 tons and the gigantic moving convoy rolls on 220 wheels

A month after a law came into effect making insulting a public official a criminal offense, over 170 police reports have been filed from police officers, security guards, public employees and 10 preliminary investigations are underway

An average of one drowning per day in the past two weeks has been reported by the Swedish Lifesaving Society, amid a growing number of people taking to swimming and bathing by summer temperatures and good weather

A begging ban at national level will not be implemented as it 'not needed', one of the reasons being the number of beggars is 'discrete'; the ban was proposed by Moderate Party and Sweden Democrats and decided upon after nine months of investigation

Sweden would be allowed to house up to 600 inmates at Estonia's Tartu Prison following a five-year lease agreement signed between justice ministers of the two nations

Controls on foreign vessels in the Baltic Sea will be intensified: as of July 1, Coast Guard and Maritime Administration will be able to collect insurance information from vessels that simply pass through Swedish territorial waters or economic zone

Mothers are more exposed to physical violence and verbal aggression from their children than fathers are, daughters are tougher on their parents, especially mothers, than sons do, shows new Swedish research; figures are lower than in US and Spain studies

Legionella Bacteria was found at Södersjukhuset Hospital in Stockholm; patients who need to shower are advised to remove the mouthpiece so that the water runs directly from the hose and drink tap water, which is safe, pouring into a glass or a mug

Police is seek power to force social media giants, especially TikTok, to remove assignments about gang murders; police chief Petra Lundh thinks the ads on the digital platforms are a sign of an insufficient response to the problem

11 people, including the climate activist Greta Thunberg, were taken away by the police in Stockholm after demonstrating in an unauthorized public gathering outside the Concert Hall were SEB Bank's annual general meeting was taking place

A new law allowing police to use real-time facial recognition was proposed, aiming to give officials better tools to crack down on crime, as Sweden struggles with rising gang violence

Swegreen has launched its largest vertical cultivation plant inside the Maxi ICA Stormarknad Ängelholm shop, offering a new approach to fresh food production, making it possible to harvest more than 160.000 plants per year with a minimum use of resources