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Paleogeneticist Svante Paabo wins Nobel Medicine Prize

Swedish paleogeneticist Svante Paaabo, who sequenced the genome of the Neanderthal and discovered the previously unknown hominin Denisova, has won the Nobel Medicine Prize

Night view taken on September 28, 2022 shows the Karsto gas processing plant in North Rogaland county, Norway

Fourth leak detected at Nord Stream pipelines in Baltic Sea

A fourth leak has been detected in undersea pipelines running from Russia to Europe, the Swedish Coast Guard said Thursday, after explosions were reported earlier this week in suspected sabotage

Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson walks towards the Parliament to formally resign, in Stockholm, Sweden on 15 September, 2022

Anti-immigration election gains divide Sweden, worry rights groups

A 24-year Muslim student said he had found most Swedes welcoming, and it was hard to take in that one in five of them had voted for the Sweden Democrats

Sweden Democrat Party leader Jimmie Akesson reacts after a political rally in Stockholm, Sweden on 19 August, 2022

Sweden’s right-wing in talks to form govt with far-right

Never before has a Swedish government relied on the support of the far-right. But this time the rise of the far-right has divided voters and parties alike

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson attend a news conference in Stockholm, Sweden on 29 August, 2022

Swedish PM sets out further military aid package to Ukraine

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Monday Sweden would provide a further 500 million crowns ($46.75 million) in military assistance to Ukraine to help it defend itself against ...

(L-R) US vice president Kamala Harris, US pPresident Joe Biden, ambassador Karin Olofsdotter, of the Kingdom of Sweden, and ambassador Mikko Hautala, of the Republic of Finland, participate in a signing ceremony for the Instruments of Ratification for the Accession Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty for the Republic of Finland and Kingdom of Sweden, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on 9 August, 2022

Biden signs documents of U.S. support for Sweden, Finland to join NATO

NATO’s 30 allies signed the accession protocol for Sweden and Finland last month, allowing them to join the nuclear-armed alliance once all member states ratify the decision

This handout photograph taken and released on 28 June, 2022 by Turkish Presidential press office, shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shaking hands with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg before the four-way talks on Sweden's and Finland's NATO application ahead of the NATO summit in Madrid

Turkey supports Finland and Sweden NATO bid

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday lifted his opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO following crunch talks with the leaders of the two Nordic countries in Madrid

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg holds application documents presented by Finland's Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen and Sweden's Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff during a ceremony to mark Sweden's and Finland's application for membership in Brussels, on 18 May, 2022

Finland, Sweden to discuss NATO bid with Erdogan

Ankara has accused Finland and Sweden, in particular, of providing a safe haven for outlawed Kurdish militants whose decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state has claimed tens of thousands of ...

Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde signs the country's application for NATO membership at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Stockholm, Sweden on 17 May 2022

Sweden seeks constructive progress with Turkey over NATO bid

Ankara has hit out at Swedish authorities for halting arms exports to Turkey in 2019 as the country launched a military operation in northern Syria

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson (L) and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley walk aboard the American amphibious warship USS Kearsarge in Stockholm, Sweden, on 4 June, 2022, ahead of the Baltic Operations 'Baltops 22' exercise that will take place from June 5 to 17 in the Baltic Sea

Swedish government faces tough no-confidence vote

Sweden’s lawmakers are Tuesday holding a vote of no-confidence against the country’s justice minister, potentially triggering a government crisis only weeks after the country submitted a bid to join ...

Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen speaks at Stockholm+50 international meeting, held in Stockholm, Sweden on Thursday

Dhaka seeks renewed global actions to combat climate change

Bangladesh has sought finance and technology transfer for the developing countries like Bangladesh to help them cope with the devastating impacts of climate change

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan holds a news conference during the NATO summit at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on 14 June 2021

Erdogan says won't let 'terrorism-supporting' countries enter NATO : Media

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said talks with Finland and Sweden about their joining NATO were not at the "expected level" and Ankara cannot say yes to "terrorism-supporting" countries

A satellite image shows destroyed buildings downtown and vehicles in convoy, in Popasna, Ukraine on 25 May 2022

Troops may retreat from eastern region as Russia advances: Ukraine

A withdrawal could bring Russian President Vladimir Putin closer to his goal of capturing eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk regions in full

Industries minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun (3rd from left) attended the event as the chief guest

Nordic embassies organise business promotion event

Industries minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun hoped more Nordic-Bangladeshi cooperation in areas like sustainability and business investment

NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg addresses the assembly during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on 24 May 2022.

Swedish, Finnish mission to woo Turkey over NATO bids

Sweden and Finland will send delegations to Ankara this week hoping to clear up differences with Turkey which opposes their applications to join NATO

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