Stockholm, Helsinki - Sweden on Wednesday pleged 2.5 million dollars to the victims

Stockholm  - The board of Swedish heavy-vehicle and bus maker Scania Monday said it has extended Chief Executive Leif Ostling's contract by three years until March 2012.

Stockholm  -  A two-week long strike by Swedish nurses was extended at noon (1000GMT) Monday when a further 4,300 nurses walked off their jobs.

Stockholm - A young girl was bitten by a beaver in northern Sweden but was not seriously hurt, news reports said Monday.

Stockholm  -  A Swedish district court Saturday ordered a 31- year-old German woman to remain in custody on suspicion of beating two children to death in March.

Stockholm - A powerful blast rocked an apartment building in the southern city of Malmo early Fr