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by Gaël BRANCHEREAU Agence France-Presse STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — The lead singer of Swedish pop duo sensation Roxette, Marie Fredriksson, who shot to global fame in the 1990s with hits like “It Must Have Been Love”, has died aged 61 after a long fight with cancer, her manager said Tuesday. The mother of two, who died on Monday, had been diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2002 but went into remission and made a musical […]
by Tom LITTLE Agence France Presse STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — North Korean and US officials on Saturday were set to resume nuclear talks in Stockholm after months of deadlock and Pyongyang’s defiant test of a sea-launched ballistic missile this week. North Korea’s Kim Myong Gil and Stephen Biegun, the special envoy of US President Donald Trump, are part of the teams at an island off Stockholm. The first cars with tinted windows started arriving […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Nine people died Sunday when a small aircraft being used for tourism crashed in northwest Sweden, the regional authority said. “The nine people on board are dead,” Gabriella Bandling, spokeswoman for the Vaesterbotten region, told AFP. She did not say who they were. According to Swedish media reports, the plane was carrying people for a parachute jump but crashed a little after 2:00 pm (1200 GMT). The plane, a GippsAero GA8 […]
by Emily Manuel (Eagle News) — Swedish Ambassador Harald Fries reiterated the Swedish embassy’s support to the #RespetoNaman campaign in a media fika or gathering which he hosted at his Makati City residence last July 9, 2019. According to to the ambassador, “gender equality is a top priority for the Swedish government.” “Four and a half years ago, when a new government came into power in Sweden, they formed the first feminist government in the […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday accused four Nordic countries renowned as bastions of gender equality of having “shockingly high levels of rape” and of failing the victims. An Amnesty report looked at rape cases in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and said flawed legislation, harmful myths and gender stereotypes had resulted in “endemic impunity” for perpetrators. “It is a paradox that Nordic countries, which have strong records of upholding […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Sweden ended a four-month political vacuum Friday when lawmakers elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to a second term, after he elbowed out the far-right to save one of Europe’s few left-wing governments. Lofven’s new minority center-left government — comprising his Social Democrats and the Greens — won the backing of the Centre and Liberal parties, until now members of the four-party centre-right opposition Alliance. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News)–The Filipina who was killed in Sweden has been laid to rest, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday, Nov. 27. In a statement, the DFA said Mailyn Conde Sinambong was buried at the Norra Begravningsplatsen cemetery. Her two children, her aunt and cousin from Norway, her brother and cousin from the Philippines, and her in-laws were present, as well as Consul General Maria Elena Algabre of the Philippine Embassy in Oslo and […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Swedish furniture giant Ikea said Wednesday it plans to cut 7,500 jobs worldwide by 2020, mainly office jobs, as it reorganizes to focus its business on e-commerce and smaller shops in city centers. The job cuts affect almost five percent of staff at Ingka Holding, Ikea’s parent group. Ikea is its biggest brand with 367 stores in 30 countries and 160,000 employees. The decision to cut jobs was “based on how […]
By Caesar Vallejos, Eagle News Service Sharing best practices, solutions and experiences in the areas of energy, transport and public safety in support of building smart and sustainable cities of the future, key executives from the Philippine government and business sector gathered with their Swedish counterparts at the first Philippine-Sweden Smart City Collaboration held at the Quest Hotel, Clark Freeport Zone last October 4, 2018. “This collaboration comes at a critical time when cities and […]
(Eagle News)—–The Department of Foreign Affairs on Sunday, Sept. 30, vowed justice for a Filipina who was killed allegedly by her Swedish actor-husband in Kista, Sweden on Sept. 23. In a statement, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Norway was in contact with Swedish authorities, and was working with the Swedish government-provided lawyer handling the case of Mailyn Conde Sinambong, a mother of two. Mailyn’s husband, the DFA said, is in the custody of Swedish […]
by Gaël Branchereau and Camille Bas-Wohlert Agence France Presse STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Sweden is headed for a period of uncertainty after legislative elections saw the far-right make gains, raising three questions: Who won? Who will govern? And with whom? The prime minister is usually the leader of the party with the most votes, but Sweden’s fragmented political landscape after Sunday’s election makes it impossible to guess who will form the next government. As expected, […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) – At least 20 people have died and more than 100 injured after wildfires tore through woodland and villages around Athens, as Greek authorities rushed to evacuate residents and tourists stranded on beaches in coastal areas early Tuesday. The majority of victims were found in their homes or cars in the seaside resort of Mati, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northeast of the capital, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said. Eleven people were seriously […]
