Sweden

Finland

NEW FINDINGS

Finland, Sweden to help Estonia investigate sinking of ferry in 1994

The Nomad Today 10/2/20

A documentary released earlier this week showed new underwater footage of the wreck of the M/S Estonia, with previously-unseen images of a large hole in the vessel. 

Finland

EU COUNCIL

PM Sanna Marin to represent Sweden at the EU summit

The Nomad Today 9/30/20

The Swedish head of government Stefan Löfven will not be present at the meeting of European leaders because he will attend his mother's funeral.

Tourism

TRAVEL

Travel restrictions reinstated with Sweden, Germany, Estonia

The Nomad Today 9/24/20

From 28 September, residents of Finland will only be able to travel to 7 European states without being subjected to quarantine on return.

World

Poisoned dissident Navalny to return to Russia

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/15/20

Separate tests in France , Germany and Sweden have concluded that he was poisoned with a form of Novichok. European leaders have demanded an explanation from the Kremlin, which denies any…

Coronavirus

Sweden to lift visitor ban on elderly care homes

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/15/20

The ban, which has been in force for close to six months, was among the few restrictions Sweden introduced to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

Finland

IN SWEDISH OIL PORT

Female Greenpeace activists from Finland, Norway, Sweden arrested

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/13/20

The six were suspected of having trespassed a protected area in the Brofjorden oil port, as part of a Greenpeace protest against the Swedish oil company Preem's plans to expand its refinery.

Tourism

TOURISM

Sweden exceeds new virus case limit to allow unrestricted travel

The Nomad Today 9/13/20

The neighboring country has already exceeded the new threshold of 25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the past two weeks imposed by the government to be able to travel to Finland without…

Tourism

TOURISM

Finland to relax travel restrictions for more countries

The Nomad Today 9/11/20

Travel to Finland without the need for self-quarantine will be allowed from countries where the incidence of the virus is up to 25 confirmed cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants in the previous…

Finland

MINORITIES

Minister Henriksson says Finnish Swedes are prejudiced, harassed

The Nomad Today 9/9/20

Relations between both Finnish and Swedish communities have deteriorated. Swedish-speakers are also dissatisfied with the language service of public administration, such as the emergency center,…

Coronavirus

TOURISM

Largest Nordic tour operator seeks safe corridor with Canary Islands

The Nomad Today 9/5/20

Nordic Leisure Travel Group, the leading Scandinavian tour operator, plans to bring 179,000 tourists from the four Nordic countries to the archipelago from October to March. Canary Islands…

World

Genealogy and DNA help solve 16-year-old double-murder case in Sweden

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/3/20

Prosecutor said a motive could not be established other than that the accused told police he had "a picture inside him that he interpreted as telling him to kill two people."

Coronavirus

POLL

Foreigner.fi readers fear losing their jobs due to Covid-19 crisis

The Nomad Today 9/1/20

Foreigner.fi will ask a different question about Finland and Finnish lifestyle every Friday on its official Twitter account @foreignerfi

World

ANTI-ISLAMIC PROTEST

Calm restored in Swedish city following riots over Koran-burning

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/29/20

Police broke up the gathering and detained six people on suspicion of incitement against an ethnic group. Their plan was reportedly to burn a Koran wrapped in bacon .

Finland

Sweden's GDP falls more than Finland's despite lax restrictions

The Nomad Today 8/28/20

The Swedish economy declined by 7.7% year-on-year in the second quarter.

Coronavirus

Sweden to raise attendence limit at large events from 50 to 500

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/28/20

Sweden has recorded around 84,000 coronavirus infections and 5,820 related fatalities.

Coronavirus

3,700 people receive wrong coronavirus test results in Sweden

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/25/20

Authorities blame faulty PCR tests made in China.

World

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg back at school after year off

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/25/20

Thunberg commenced her first year of high school a few days after her peers in Stockholm.

World

Fear of ammonia leak forces residents indoor amid blaze in Sweden

The Nomad Today 8/24/20

Police urged residents in the Swedish town of Alvsbyn to remain indoors, with windows and doors shut, due to danger of an explosion at the Polarbrod factory.

World

Sweden keeps embassy in North Korea open despite exodus of staff

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/18/20

"The aim is that our diplomats will return to North Korea," a Foreign Ministry spokesman told.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Did Sweden's laid-back strategy against the coronavirus succeed?

The Nomad Today 8/15/20

Sweden's laid-back policies in fighting the coronavirus made the news globally. Sceptics of the strict rules applied in many countries around the globe envy the Scandinavian country. But has their…