Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested.
A potential Calgary bid for the 2026 Winter Games is one of three that will be proposed as an official candidate for approval, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Thursday. Stockholm and the combined Italian bid of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo will also be proposed for approval by the IOC's full membership next week, […]
Click on the video player above to watch action from the IAAF Diamond League track and field event in Stockholm. Coverage includes Canada's Christabel Nettey in the women's long jump. Nettey reached the podium at an international event for the first time in three years at the Commonwealth Games in April. Other Canadians competing in Stockholm include Shawn […]
Kate Middleton, 36, and Prince William, 35, stepped out in Stockholm, Sweden this morning for their first day of a four day tour. The couple were in Vasaparken, an outdoor ice skating rink, to watch a bandy hockey event. A popular sport in Sweden, they met local players on the ice. Kate wrapped up warmly […]
ALAMY Jane Memmler raises a glass of glögg to Stockholm’s Old Town Mostly pedestrianised, there are hundreds of little nooks and crannies which spread out from the main streets like tentacles. Narrow cobblestone streets, some barely the width of a doorway, lead to pretty houses with neat metal window boxes bursting with pink heather, and […]
Published time: 3 Nov, 2017 03:06 A series of wall-sized black-and-white paintings of women spreading their legs wide to reveal a red splotch of period blood, on public display in Stockholm’s underground system, have proven divisive among passengers of various ages. Painted by feminist cartoonist Liv Stromquist, the posters, featuring female figure skaters doing leg […]
Chris Jackson/Getty Images Stockholm’s rent prices have skyrocketed in the last decade because of its new status as a tech city. IKEA property developer Jonas Spangenberg is worried that there is a shortage of affordable housing. Sweden is unlike its neighbor, Finland, which has fixed prices in its municipalities in order to help apartment renters. It’s no […]
Business Insider Nordic Earlier this month, Ikea opened a kitchen pop-up store in central Stockholm. To advertise its new and path breaking retail concept, the Swedish furniture giant has placed a vending machine selling kitchen tools inside the subway station of Hötorget, in the city center. “We want to show in a playful way that […]
Chris Jackson/Getty Images If you bought an apartment in Stockholm 10 years ago, you’ve made at least 1000 crowns every day ($ 120) since then — by just living. Since 2006, living costs have roughly doubled in the Swedish capital, and the current average square meter price of 95 000 crowns for an apartment in the central districts […]
Published time: 11 Aug, 2017 15:29 A police officer and a motorist turned to the tango to spice up a meeting of car enthusiasts in central Stockholm last weekend. Ronja Ferm had been playing music with friends in their rustic pink Chevrolet Belair during Stockholm Cruising, an event for drivers of classic cars, Saturday when she […]
Canada’s Andre De Grasse posted a wind-aided time of 9.69 seconds to win the 100-metre race at the Diamond League event in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sunday. This follows the 22-year-old sprinter’s performance earlier this week in Oslo where he won the 100 event at the Bislett Games for the second-straight year. #StockholmDL 100m: Andre @De6rasse blazes […]
