- 2d ago
Josh Kerr breaks 27-year-old mile world record with 3:42.66 at London Diamond League
The 28-year-old Briton clocked 3:42.66 at London Stadium, beating Hicham El Guerrouj's 1999 mark by 0.47 seconds in front of a 60,000-strong crowd.
- Jul 4
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival opens in Lübeck with Dvořák and Mahler, Stockholm as city focus
The 2026 Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival launched on Saturday evening in Lübeck with a sold-out concert featuring Dvořák and Mahler, kicking off a summer programme of 205 events with Stockholm as this year's city focus.
- Jul 3
Madonna releases 'Confessions II' to best reviews in decades
Madonna released her 15th studio album 'Confessions II' on Friday to widespread critical acclaim, with the sequel to 2005's 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' hailed as her best work in decades.
- Jul 2
Sweden reverses cashless trend, mandates stores accept banknotes starting July 1
Grocery stores and pharmacies must now accept cash, as Sweden pivots from a near-cashless society to bolster crisis preparedness following security warnings.
- Jul 1
Swedish court orders Google to pay €1.3 billion to Klarna's PriceRunner for search bias
A Stockholm court ruled on Wednesday that Google unlawfully favoured its own price comparison service for years, ordering the company to pay 14.3 billion kronor in damages to Klarna-owned PriceRunner.
- Jun 30
SAS orders up to 40 Airbus widebody jets in over $10 billion deal, largest in its history
The Scandinavian carrier ordered up to 40 widebody aircraft, including A330-900neo and A330-300 models, in what it called the largest investment in its history. The deal comes two years after SAS emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and as it eyes long-haul expansion.
- Jun 29
Double British blow at Wimbledon as Jack Draper joins Emma Raducanu in withdrawing injured
Jack Draper pulled out of Wimbledon on Monday with a recurrence of his left arm bone bruise, just a day after Emma Raducanu's leg stress fracture forced her out, leaving the British home campaign without its two biggest names.
- Jun 28
Duplantis rebounds with Paris Diamond League win; Werro breaks Swiss 800m record, Moser injured in fall
Sweden's Armand Duplantis won the Paris Diamond League pole vault with a meeting record of 6.13 meters, three weeks after his first loss in nearly three years. Swiss athletes Angelica Moser and Audrey Werro also starred, though Moser suffered a frightening fall attempting a Swiss record.
- Jun 28
Zizou Bergs fights back to beat Ugo Humbert in rain-delayed Eastbourne final, wins first ATP title
Belgian Zizou Bergs defeated France's Ugo Humbert 3-6 6-1 6-4 in a final spread over two days by rain, securing his first ATP Tour crown and setting up a Wimbledon first-round rematch.
- Jun 26
BOJ hawk calls for rate hikes every few months as Tokyo inflation picks up; government unveils $2.3 trillion investment plan
Bank of Japan board member Naoki Tamura said the central bank should raise rates once every few months toward 2%, while Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government outlined a 370 trillion yen investment plan and a shift away from large supplementary budgets.
- Jun 22
EU receives Taliban delegation in Brussels for first time to advance forced returns of Afghan migrants
For the first time since the Taliban retook Afghanistan in 2021, a five-member delegation arrived in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss forced returns of Afghan nationals with European Commission officials and representatives of 15 EU member states.
- Jun 16
Werro extends near-record streak as Broeders-Bol impresses in outdoor 800m debut at Ostrava
Audrey Werro ran the second-fastest 800m of her career while Femke Broeders-Bol made a splash in her first outdoor race at the distance, finishing second in 1:57.13.
- Jun 16
Swedish court sentences man to 4 years, 5 months for coercing his wife into prostitution with 120 men
A 61-year-old man in northern Sweden has been sentenced to four years and five months in prison after a court found he had forced his wife to provide sexual services to at least 120 men over a three-year period.
- Jun 16
Sweden passes law to revoke immigrant permits for bad behaviour, backs separate 'snitch law'
Sweden's parliament voted on Monday to enact a 'good behaviour' law allowing authorities to revoke residency permits based on vague criteria such as unpaid debts, undeclared work, and links to extremist organisations, ahead of September elections. A contentious 'snitch law' that compels public-sector reporting of undocumented people also passed narrowly.
- Jun 15
Yasin Ayari scores twice as Sweden rout Tunisia 5-1 in World Cup opener
Yasin Ayari struck two long-range goals and Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyokeres added a goal each as Sweden demolished Tunisia in their first World Cup match. The 5-1 victory in Monterrey moves Sweden top of Group F after the Netherlands and Japan drew 2-2 earlier in the day.
- Jun 13
Swedish royals Carl Gustaf and Silvia celebrate golden wedding with barge, carriage and a medal for the queen
King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia brought out the royal barge, carriage and opera for a jubilee brought forward one week to avoid Midsummer, packing the day with ceremony and family moments.
- Jun 13
Swedish Gripen fighters intercept Russian Su-24 and Su-34 jets over Baltic Sea
JAS 39 Gripen fighters were scrambled twice on 12 June after Russian Su-24 and Su-34 aircraft approached Swedish airspace over the Baltic Sea. No violation occurred, but officials described the incidents as serious and part of a recurring pattern.
- Jun 13
Stellan Skarsgård turns 75: Career peaks with Golden Globe, first Oscar nod, and self-deprecating 'nepo daddy' charm
The Swedish actor known for Dune and Mamma Mia! celebrates his 75th birthday on 13 June 2026, fresh from his first Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe win for Sentimental Value.
- Jun 11
Sweden drops plan to imprison 13-year-olds, will propose age 14 instead after parliament pushback
The Swedish government withdrew its controversial bill to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13, citing insufficient parliamentary support, and will now propose a revised limit of 14.
- Jun 11
Russia's war economy hits its limits: reserves near depletion, growth stalls, and dependence on China deepens, Kiel Institute study finds
More than four years into the invasion of Ukraine, a new study by the Kiel Institute and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics finds Russia's fiscal reserves largely exhausted, growth at a standstill, and a structural dependence on China that weakens Moscow's long-term position.
