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Duplantis 'feels close' to setting new pole vault record

Uppsala (Sweden) (AFP) - Sweden's Olympic champion pole vaulter Armand Duplantis said he "feels close" to setting a new world record after opening his 2023 season with a convincing win on home soil on Thursday.

AFP

Nordic PMs: Keep calm, we still plan to join NATO together

The prime ministers of Finland and Sweden have reaffirmed their intent to have the two countries join NATO at the same time

The Independent UK

Finland, Sweden committed to joint NATO accession, prime ministers say

Finland and Sweden remain committed to joining NATO at the same time despite Turkey's opposition to the Swedish candidacy, the two countries' prime ministers told a joint news conference in Stockholm on Thursday.

Reuters

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Police ban planned Quran burning protest in Norway

Oslo police Inspector Martin Strand says demonstration in Norwegian capital ‘can’t go ahead due to security concerns’.

Al Jazeera

Sweden to tighten terrorism law amid tensions with Turkey over NATO bid

Sweden said on Thursday it would tighten laws covering membership of terrorist organisations months after an agreement with Turkey on fighting terrorism aimed at overcoming its objections to Swedish NATO membership.

Reuters

Beyoncé Announces Much Anticipated ‘Renaissance’ World Tour

Beyoncé is taking her “Renaissance” global — the superstar will start a world tour in Sweden in May with stops throughout Europe and the United States. The highly anticipated tour announcement she made on Instagram and her website Wednesday comes days before the Grammy Awards on Sunday, where the global…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Duplantis unsure on European indoor pole vault title defence

Stockholm (AFP) - Sweden's record-breaking Olympic champion pole vaulter Armand Duplantis on Wednesday cast doubt on whether he will defend his title at next month's European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul.

AFP

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Facelifted Audi Q8 Spied In Standard An SQ8 Trims

We have fresh photos from Germany and Sweden.

Motor1

Erdogan: Sweden can't join NATO if Quran-burning is allowed

Turkey's president has reaffirmed that Turkey won’t allow Sweden to join the NATO military alliance as long as it permits protests desecrating Islam’s holy book

The Independent UK

Erdogan says Turkey positive on Finland's NATO bid, not Sweden's

Turkey looks positively on Finland's application for NATO membership, but does not support Sweden's bid, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Skoda Enyaq RS Sets Guinness Record For Longest Continuous Car Drift On Ice

The electric SUV went sideways on a frozen lake in Sweden.

Motor1

Sweden PM says 'foreign actors' exploiting protests

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has denounced activists who burned the Quran and hanged an effigy of Turkey’s president in Stockholm as “useful idiots” for foreign powers who want to inflict harm on the Scandinavian country as it seeks to join NATO

The Independent UK

Old Koran-burning video resurfaces, users falsely attribute it to Swedish incident

A viral video being shared online claims to show a man burning the Koran in Sweden. We found that the video did not take place in Sweden, nor does it show any of the recent events involving far-right anti-Muslim politician Rasmus Paludan. We tell you where the video comes from…

France 24

Why we have to talk about Alessia Russo’s record-breaking transfer offer

You know it’s a good day when Alessia Russo makes the headlines. Who can forget her iconic backheel goal against Sweden in the Euros last summer? As a Swede, I certainly can’t. Today, she’s trending as she was offered a record-breaking transfer offer from Arsenal. The previous highest transfer for…

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Hungary FM: Sweden should 'act differently' to join NATO

Hungary’s foreign minister says the Swedish government should “act differently” if it wants to gain Turkish support for its NATO membership bid

Bangkok Post

Talks set to start on berry pickers' plight

The Ministry of Labour will start talks with the Swedish embassy in Thailand, after it threatened to suspend issuing seasonal working visas to Thai berry pickers following reports of unfair treatment by employers and job brokers, it said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Finland sticks with Sweden in Nato bid despite Turkish objections

‘Finnish and Swedish security go together’ says foreign minister

AFP

Finland still hopes to join NATO with Sweden

Helsinki (AFP) - Finland still hopes to join NATO together with Sweden, Finland's foreign minister said Monday after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's remarks that Ankara could accept Helsinki's bid without its Nordic neighbour.

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Bertelli investigating more WRC opportunities after Sweden

Lorenzo Bertelli is already working to secure another World Rally Championship outing this year following a planned drive in a rented Toyota GR Yaris at Rally Sweden in February.

Reuters

Finland to stick with Sweden in NATO bid, hopes for green light by July

Finland is sticking to its plan to join NATO at the same time as Nordic neighbour Sweden, and hopes to do so no later than July, Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Indonesian Muslims protest Quran burning in Sweden

Hundreds of Indonesian Muslims have marched to the heavily guarded Swedish Embassy in Jakarta to denounce the recent desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands

Reuters

Turkey says it could evaluate Finland NATO bid separate from Sweden

Turkey could evaluate Finland's NATO bid independently from that of Sweden, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday, after protests including the burning of a Koran in Stockholm sparked outrage in Ankara.

Irish Mirror

RTE Room to Improve viewers left impressed and jealous of one unusual feature to dry clothes

Viewers were left 'googling' a cabinet popular for drying clothes in Sweden - as they wanted one too

Asharq Al-Awsat

Erdogan Hints Might Approve Finland's NATO Bid

Türkiye's president has suggested his country might approve Finland's application for NATO membership before taking any action on Sweden's. Sweden and Finland applied jointly to become members of the military alliance, dropping their longstanding military nonalignment following Russia’s war on Ukraine. In a prerecorded video of an event released Sunday,…

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: Kremlin warns west that sending more weapons to Kyiv will lead to ‘significant escalation’ – as it happened

Kremlin spokesperson says supply of arms to Kyiv from west has led to Nato becoming more directly involved in the conflict

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