Sweden plans tougher citizenship rules
- 11-Feb-2026
Sweden announced that it intends to tighten the requirements for acquiring citizenship, introducing stricter residency rules, financial thresholds and new language and civic knowledge tests. If approved by parliament, the measures would come into force on June 6, Sweden’s national day, and would apply to applications currently being processed as well as new submissions. Migration […]
Sweden seek to bounce back with new suburban soccer HQ
- 28-Nov-2025
Plans announced by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) on Thursday for a new national football centre in a Stockholm suburb are as much about integration as innovation as they seek to rebuild following a disastrous World Cup qualifying campaign.
Italy face Northern Ireland in European playoffs, Sweden meet Ukraine
- 20-Nov-2025
Italy will face Northern Ireland in the European playoffs in their bid to qualify for the 2026 World Cup while Sweden meet Ukraine as 16 teams learned the pathways that determine the four remaining European slots for the global tournament.
Eight Swedish glaciers disappeared in 2024: expert
- 22-Sep-2025
STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Eight of Sweden’s 277 glaciers melted completely during 2024 and are now extinct due to global warming, the head of the Tarfala Research Station in northern Sweden told AFP on Monday. Another 30 glaciers are at risk, glaciology professor Nina Kirchner said. The extinct glaciers “won’t come back in our lifetime and not […]
AI music licence launched to protect songwriters
- 10-Sep-2025
Sweden’s music rights organisation has introduced an AI Music Licence that allows artificial intelligence companies to legally use copyrighted songs for training their models, while ensuring that songwriters and composers are paid. The move announced by rights group STIM on Tuesday responds to a surge in generative AI usage across creative industries that has prompted […]
Sweden call up Isak despite his standoff with Newcastle
- 27-Aug-2025
Sweden have called up for next month’s World Cup qualifiers despite the striker’s standoff with his Premier League club Newcastle United. Alexander Isak missed Newcastle’s pre-season tour and was left to train alone after he tried to force a transfer, a situation his manager Eddie Howe described as “lose-lose”. “First and foremost, it is not […]
Sweden announces reopening of visa services in Islamabad
- 07-Jul-2025
ISLAMABAD: The Government of Sweden Monday announced the resumption of visa services in Islamabad following the Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC) between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and Sweden, held in Stockholm on July 2nd. The decision will facilitate Pakistanis seeking to visit Sweden for short stays, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release […]
Sweden to tighten gun laws after mass shooting at school
- 07-Feb-2025
OREBRO: Sweden’s right-wing government said on Friday it would seek to tighten gun laws in the wake of the country’s deadliest mass shooting at an adult education centre where the attacker appeared to have used several of his own licensed rifles. Ten people were shot dead at the centre in Orebro on Tuesday, before the […]
Iraqi man who desecrated holy Quran shot dead in Sweden
- 30-Jan-2025
STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Salwan Momika, a man who repeatedly burnt the holy Quran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking outrage among Muslims, has been shot dead, media reported Thursday as police confirmed a man died in a shooting the day before. A Stockholm court was due to rule on Thursday whether Salwan Momika, a Christian Iraqi who […]
Sweden ends rape inquiry allegedly targeting Kylian Mbappe
- 12-Dec-2024
STOCKHOLM, Sweden: An investigation into alleged rape and sexual assault in Stockholm which Swedish media said targeted Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has been closed due to insufficient evidence, the Swedish prosecutor said Thursday. The 25-year-old French star, one of the highest-profile players in world football, visited the Swedish capital October 9-11 with a group […]