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    Sweden’s central bank ends five years of negative interest rates

    22 Dec 2019

    Sweden’s central bank (CB) ended five years of negative interest rates when it raised benchmark borrowing costs by a quarter point to zero, defying an economic slowdown and global uncertainty.

    Sweden didn't lock down, but economy took a plunge anyway

    07 Jun 2020

    Under the Scandinavian country's controversial approach to the virus, cafes, bars, restaurants and most businesses remained open, as did schools for under-16s, with people urged to follow social distancing and hygiene guidelines.

    Sweden’s spring budget pledges $10 billion to fight pandemic

    15 Apr 2020

    Sweden will spend more than 100 billion Swedish crowns ($10 billion) in its spring budget to fight the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which has shut down much of the economy, Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Wednesday.

    A new museum in Sweden to honour late electronic dance DJ Avicii

    10 Jun 2020

    A museum in memory of the late electronic dance DJ Avicii will open in his birthplace Stockholm as part of a new digital culture centre next year, its founders announced on Tuesday.

    Stockholm guide helps Sweden’s coronavirus-weary tourists revisit the country's pandemics past with a 'Plague Walk'

    13 Jun 2020

    With tourists confined at home and Stockholmers avoiding crowds, a guide is trying to boost business with tours of the city's previous pandemics, from the black death to cholera outbreaks.

    Headstands in North Korea: Swedish ambassador practises yoga to tackle coronavirus

    23 Jul 2020

    One of the few Western diplomats who has not evacuated from North Korea amid coronavirus restrictions, Bergstrom has relied on yoga to endure the deepening sense of isolation.

    Nordic countries face economic quagmire owing to coronavirus

    26 Jul 2020

    Denmark, Norway and Sweden face among their worst economic downturns on record this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but will largely recover the lost ground in 2021, according to a Reuters poll of economists.

    Portugal sans CR7 sink Swedes as Mbappe gets French winner

    15 Oct 2020

    Portugal made light of Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence due to a positive coronavirus test to see off Sweden 3-0 on Wednesday and stay top of their Nations League group. A Diogo Jota brace and another strike from Bernardo Silva were enough to stay level on 10 points

    Swedish fish dish is so pungent it should be opened outdoors

    08 Sep 2020

    Likened to the smell of rotten eggs, surstromming, the seafood, should be opened outdoors because of the stench.

    France to face Croatia in WC final rematch; Ronaldo eyes Sweden return

    07 Sep 2020

    A little over two years after the World Cup final in Moscow, France and Croatia meet again, this time under very different circumstances, in the second round of Nations League matches in Paris on Tuesday.

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