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Swedish court affirms life sentence for Iranian
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» STOCKHOLM - A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday confirmed the conviction of a former Iranian prison official handed a life sentence for crimes committed during a 1988 purge of dissidents.
Spreading the holiday cheer
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 02/12/2023
» Guru By Bangkok Post has put together a selection of festive offers throughout Thailand that will put you in the spirit of the holidays and welcome the new year in style as you eat, drink and celebrate your way into 2024.
Arctic archipelago turns the page on its mining past
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» FORMER SVEA MINE (NORWAY) - At the old Svea mine in the Arctic, broken railway tracks overgrown with weeds lead nowhere. Of the hundred buildings that once made up the town, there's almost nothing left.
Sweden's fears realised in Brussels 'terror attack'
AFP, Published on 18/10/2023
» STOCKHOLM - Just two months after raising its threat level, Sweden was reeling in shock on Tuesday over the killing of two of its football fans in a "terror attack" targeting Swedes in Brussels.
Two Swedes killed in Brussels shooting
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» BRUSSELS - Two Swedish nationals were shot dead in Brussels late Monday by a suspect who remains at large, in an attack the Belgian prime minister described as "terrorism".
Jon Fosse wins Nobel literature prize
Published on 05/10/2023
» The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded on Thursday to the Norwegian novelist and playwright Jon Fosse “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”.
World records for Duplantis, Tsegay as Diamond League concludes in Eugene
AFP, Published on 18/09/2023
» EUGENE (UNITED STATES) - World and Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis improved his world record with a leap of 6.23m at the Diamond League finals on Sunday, as Gudaf Tsegay shattered the women's 5,000m world record.
Fugitive Swede arrested on Samui
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/09/2023
» A 60-year-old Swedish man wanted on drug charges in Bangkok has been arrested on Koh Samui after two years on the run.
Fugitive Swede nabbed on Samui
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 09/09/2023
» SURAT THANI: A 60-year-old Swedish man wanted on drug charges in Bangkok has been arrested on Koh Samui after two years on the run, police said yesterday.
Swedish drug suspect arrested on Samui
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 08/09/2023
» SURAT THANI: A 60-year-old Swedish man wanted on drug charges in Bangkok has been arrested on Koh Samui after two years on the run.