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Nobel’s austerity-hit banquet still a lavish affair

August 23, 2021 at 7:06 p.m.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden held its annual Nobel awards ceremony on Monday attended by laureates, royals and the Who's Who of Swedish society with little evidence of the cost-cutting forced...

Chinese Nobel winner dodges call for laureate’s freedom

August 22, 2019 at 7:19 a.m.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A flustered Mo Yan, the Chinese winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature, steered clear of human rights issues and refused on Thursday to back a...

Chinese Nobel winner dodges call for laureate’s freedom

August 23, 2021 at 6:55 p.m.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A flustered Mo Yan, the Chinese winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature, steered clear of human rights issues and refused on Thursday to back a...

Sweden anti-immigration party climbs to third place in polls

August 23, 2021 at 5:30 p.m.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A far-right party has taken third place in Swedish opinion polls, helped by concerns over immigration and rising unemployment, and may now hold the balance of power...

Sweden anti-immigration party climbs to third place in polls

August 22, 2019 at 6:51 a.m.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A far-right party has taken third place in Swedish opinion polls, helped by concerns over immigration and rising unemployment, and may now hold the balance of power...

Election will not threaten Lithuania’s austerity plans: PM

August 23, 2021 at 2:19 p.m.

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's austerity policies, touted as an example for Europe of how economic shocks can revive growth, will stay put whatever the outcome of an election between a...

Election will not threaten Lithuania’s austerity plans: PM

August 22, 2019 at 5:49 a.m.

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's austerity policies, touted as an example for Europe of how economic shocks can revive growth, will stay put whatever the outcome of an election between a...

Swedish spy agency under scrutiny over Bond party

August 23, 2021 at 1:10 p.m.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Revelations that Sweden's spy agency treated itself to a lavish James Bond-themed party have embarrassed the government in a country whose reputation as a model of rectitude...

Swedish spy agency under scrutiny over Bond party

May 13, 2019 at 8:16 p.m.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Revelations that Sweden's spy agency treated itself to a lavish James Bond-themed party have embarrassed the government in a country whose reputation as a model of rectitude...

The decline and fall of Norway’s boastful killer

August 23, 2021 at 12:51 p.m.

OSLO (Reuters) - As a marathon trial neared its end, the world of Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik shrank from a globally televised, clench-fisted victory salute to tales of plastic...

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