For more than three centuries, a nearly intact shipwreck lay preserved in time on the seafloor of Stockholm harbor. When she was pulled from the ocean one spring morning in 1961, news of her recovery broke around the world. This wasn’t just any shipwreck, though. The 220-foot former flagship, the Vasa, built for King Gustav…
Archaeologist Extracts Extravagant Swedish Shipwreck From 1600s With 64 Cannons From Baltic Sea
Facts Matter (Jan. 28): FDA Asks Judge To Delay First 55K Batch Of Vaccine Docs; Pfizer Lawyers Move to Intervene in Case
Sweden’s public health agency just put out a statement saying that they reject the idea of children under the age of 12 being forced to get the COVID vaccine. However, here in America, it’s a much different story, because not only has the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the vaccine for everyone above…
‘Don’t See Any Clear Benefit’: Sweden Doesn’t Recommend Vaccinating Kids Under 12
The Swedish government on Thursday declined to recommend giving COVID-19 vaccines to children under 12 years old after determining there would be a little medical benefit in doing so. The Public Health Agency of Sweden, in a news release, said the medical benefit for an individual child aged 5 to 11 who receives a COVID-19 vaccine…
Swedish Police Hunt for Drone Seen Flying Over Forsmark Nuclear Plant
STOCKHOLM—Police in Sweden deployed patrols and helicopters to the Forsmark nuclear plant to hunt for a large drone seen flying over the site late on Friday, but were unable to catch the unmanned vehicle, they said on Saturday. The incident came a day after Sweden’s military started patrolling the main town on the Baltic Sea…
Sweden’s Prime Minister Andersson Tests Positive for COVID-19
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has tested positive for COVID-19, her office confirmed on Friday. The Swedish leader had taken part in a debate in Parliament with other party leaders earlier this week and at least two other top politicians have also tested positive since. According to her office speaking to Swedish media Andersson is…
Sweden Orders Cafes, Eateries to Close at 11 pm
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Sweden’s prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, on Monday ordered cafes, bars, and restaurants to close no later than 11 p.m., urged people to work from home when possible and said distance learning was an option in higher education to try to combat rising levels of COVID-19 infection. Despite millions of people getting the vaccine, “we…
CDC Adds Sweden, Other European Destinations, to Its Highest Travel Risk Category
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday warned Americans against travel to several more European destinations, including Sweden, adding the countries to its highest-risk category for travel. In its weekly update of COVID-19 travel advisories, Malta, Moldova, and Sweden were added to the agency’s “Level 4: Covid-19 Very High” category, which indicates…
Briton Ordered Held by Sweden Court in Deadly Ship Collision
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—A British national has been ordered to be held in pretrial custody suspected of being drunk on the British freighter that collided with a Danish freighter off southern Sweden earlier this week, leaving one person dead and one missing. The man was a crew member on the Scot Carrier that collided Monday with Danish-flagged…
2 Cargo Ships Collide in Baltic, Rescue Underway
STOCKHOLM—Two cargo ships collided on Monday in the Baltic Sea between the Danish island of Bornholm and the southern Swedish city of Ystad, the Danish Defence’s Joint Operations Centre said on Monday. One ship was registered in Denmark, and the other was British. The Danish ship appeared to be upside down. It had two people…
Swedish Lawmakers to Vote Next Week on Andersson After Chaos
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Swedish lawmakers will vote next week on whether Magdalena Andersson, who briefly became the country’s first female prime minister before resigning after a budget defeat, can form a minority government, the parliament speaker said Thursday. Andersson served as prime minister for seven hours before stepping down Wednesday after the Greens left her two-party coalition….
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