Europe

Anna Izountouemoi is a 25-year-old Greek psychologist who was born and raised in Athens by a Ugandan mother and a Nigerian father. She currently lives in the Swedish capital of Stockholm and has begun narrating fairy tales in the...

The Mediterranean Panorama exhibition will be organized by North Events on March 17-19, 2017, in Stockholm. It is expected to be the largest tourism fair in Sweden and one of the largest and most dynamic ones in the Scandinavian...

The 5th consecutive Sympossio Greek Gourmet Touring will kick off in Stockholm, Sweden during the Greece Panorama exhibition from February 2 to February 16, 2014. Sympossio will tour in Western and Eastern Europe to show the European tourism industry...

Two people were injured as protesters clashed with members of the neo-Nazi Swedish resistance movement in Stockholm with the far right rally labelled as "absolutely disgusting" by Sweden's EU Minister. The skirmishes took place in central Stockholm on Saturday evening...

Three contemporary Greek films will compete in the 24th Stockholm Film Festival, which will take place from the 6th to 17th of  November. Greece will be represented by "Miss Violence" of Alexandos Avranas, "Luton" of Michalis Konstandatos and "The...

The Embassy of Greece in Sweden in Collaboration with the Swedish Sports Museum in Stockholm, will present an exhibition on the occasion of the 2.500 year anniversary since the Battle of Marathon.  It will feature archive material from the collection of...

Greek helmer Yorgos Lanthimos (foto) "Dogtooth" nabbed the main award, the Bronze Horse for film, at the 20th Stockholm Film Festival on Saturday. Pic, which has previously won in Cannes, Montreal, Sitges and Sarajevo, tells the darkly humorous story of...

The story of the Ancient Greek Piraeus Lion, which is now in Venice, is one of several which are part of Greece's long history of ancient sculpted masterpieces and their subsequent looting. This has meant that many of them...

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, removed one of the final hurdles blocking Sweden from joining NATO by submitting a bill approving membership to parliament for ratification. The move on Monday was in line with a commitment Erdogan made to NATO...

Brussels police on Tuesday morning shot dead a man suspected of killing two Swedish football fans in a terror attack on Monday night. Abdesalem Lassoued, 45, was shot in a café in the Schaerbeek neighborhood. He posted a video online...

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 was awarded to Norwegian writer Jon Fosse whose works span 40 plays, a wealth of novels, essays, children's books and translations. The Swedish Academy in Stockholm praised his innovative plays and prose and said...

A Greek man is believed to be a central figure in the intensifying gang wars that have recently gripped Sweden. Recent incidents include a fatal shooting in a Stockholm suburb, another deadly shooting in Jordbro, and a deadly explosion...

The U.S. embassy in Turkey issued a warning on Monday about possible attacks against churches, synagogues and diplomatic missions following Quran-burning incidents in Europe. It is the second warning issued by the U.S. in the last four days. The alert...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that Sweden should not expect backing from Turkey for its NATO membership bid. The Turkish president made the comments on Monday, following a protest in the Swedish capital which angered Turkish officials. During...

An effigy of Erdogan, hung in Stockholm on Wednesday, has caused diplomatic problems for Sweden. The country, which has bid to join NATO, now faces the possibility of having their application denied if Turkey refuses to grant their approval. The...