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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      FT live news
      Sri Lanka’s IMF bailout stalls after reforms ‘fall short of expectations’
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    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Sweden to boost defence spending next year by almost 30%

      Stockholm rapidly increases budget to meet Nato’s 2% of GDP target

      Sweden’s defence minister Pål Jonson, pictured in June
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Denmark
      Denmark seeks to jail people who burn the Koran for up to 2 years

      Proposal likely to be deeply controversial in country with long tradition of protecting free speech

      Far-right politician Rasmus Paludan holds up a Koran as he speaks in front of a mosque in Copenhagen on January 27 2023
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Elisabeth Braw
      How tolerance makes nations vulnerable

      The disinformation surrounding Koran burnings in Sweden bear out philosopher Karl Popper’s warnings

      A woman protester wearing sunglasses and a hijab holds a Koran
    • Friday, 4 August, 2023
      HTSI
      Ett Hem, Stockholm’s most sought-after hotel, just got even better

      A first look inside the apartments, designed by Ilse Crawford, at Sweden’s favourite second home

      The living space in Residence Suite C at Ett Hem
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      News in-depthScandinavia
      Koran burning unleashes fierce debate over freedom of speech

      Denmark and Sweden struggle to balance long-held adherence to progressive politics with demands of national security

      Salwan Momika, protected by police, protests outside a mosque in Stockholm in June
    • Sunday, 30 July, 2023
      Scandinavia
      Denmark and Sweden explore ways to stem diplomatic crisis over Koran burning

      Prime ministers confer before Muslim foreign ministers hold emergency meeting to discuss response

      Yemenis hold up copies of the Koran during a protest against the burning of the holy book in Sweden and Denmark
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      Sweden braces for backlash after Koran protests

      Prime minister warns of increased risk as police decide whether to allow demonstrations to go ahead

    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      Iraq
      Iraq expels Swedish ambassador over Stockholm protest

      Move follows storming of Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad in show of rage over anticipated burning of a Koran

      A protester holds a copy of the Koran
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      LexEuropean banks
      Swedish property: banks are playing it cool as property risks heat up Premium content

      The country’s lenders are relaxed despite rising debt costs bursting a real estate bubble

      Johan Torgeby, chief executive of SEB
    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      Inflation stays high in Sweden despite Beyoncé effect proving transitory

      Price pressures remain stubborn, even though sharp surge in costs for restaurants and hotels abate

      Beyoncé performing on stage
    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      Nato
      Sweden poised to strengthen Nato’s northern defences

      Membership of alliance marks historic shift for non-aligned country, precipitated by Russia’s war against Ukraine

      Swedish soldiers pose for a photo as troops from Poland, the US, France and Sweden take part in a military exercise in Poland
    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      Europe Express
      Erdogan’s move to reheat EU accession is a challenge to Brussels Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: How the issue of migration can make or break European governments

      Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson shake hands next to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg
    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      Nato
      Erdoğan agrees to support Sweden’s Nato bid

      Stoltenberg says Turkey’s president will put accession to his parliament following meetings at military alliance summit

      Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson, right, as Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      EU economy
      Swedish excesses

      No, Swedes haven’t blown through their surplus savings yet, whatever DB says

    • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
      Nato
      Turkish and Swedish leaders to meet next week in Nato membership push

      Ankara says Stockholm has taken positive steps but is still concerned about recent public protests in Scandinavian capital

      Jens Stoltenberg
    • Thursday, 29 June, 2023
      Global Economy
      About those pandemic savings…

      Pray for Swedes

    • Friday, 23 June, 2023
      FT SeriesSix of the best summer boating adventures
      The boats made by Vikings and sailed by royals

      How J Craft brought the Baltic to the Med

      J Craft workers prepare Torpedo number 20 for delivery
    • Monday, 19 June, 2023
      John Lloyd
      The New Right is on a roll in Europe

      Italy’s Giorgia Meloni is among leaders enthusiastic about the ‘national conservatism’ seen in Britain

      Giorgia Meloni wears a white blouse and pink suit jacket
    • Friday, 16 June, 2023
      FT SeriesSix trips to feed the soul
      Oyster diving with Sweden’s fisher queen

      When Lotta Klemming lost her way in fashion, she found a new life – in the ocean

      Lotta Klemming in Bohuslän on the west coast of Sweden
    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      Beyoncé
      Beyoncé blamed for stubbornly high Swedish inflation

      ‘Bills, Bills, Bills’ singer’s Stockholm shows drive up hotel prices, contributing to higher than expected reading for May

      Beyoncé performs onstage during the opening night of the Renaissance tour in Stockholm
    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      LexSamhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden
      Swedish property: rescue merger is best option for SBB Premium content

      The struggling group is emblematic of a deflating price bubble in Swedish residential property

      Montage with Leiv Synnes and the Stockholm headquarters of SBB
    • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
      Travel
      An island-hopping idyll in Sweden’s Bohuslän archipelago

      A new eco-friendly boat offers the ideal way to tour between waterside hotels, fish restaurants, art galleries and saunas

      A view of promontories and islands on the Swedish coast, with a house painted red in the foreground
    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      Ulf Kristersson
      Swedish PM: We have stepped up terrorism fight as part of our Nato bid

      New legislation that comes into force this week will help us prove an even stronger ally

      Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (L) and Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg during a press conference in Stockholm in March after a meeting with Swedish party leaders who support Nato membership
    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      Nato
      West steps up pressure on Turkey to admit Sweden into Nato

      Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson writes in FT that anti-terror law delivers on last part of deal for Ankara’s support

      Antony Blinken and Ulf Kristersson shaking hands
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