Sweden aims to allow probe into deadly 1994 Estonia ferry disaster

Until now most Swedes have backed their country's approach to the coronavirus pandemic. But as the death toll has catapulted Sweden into the ranks of the worst-hit countries, people are beginning to balk.

Prosecutors dropped their investigation into the unsolved murder of former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, saying that the main suspect in the case is dead. Palme was shot dead in downtown Stockholm in 1986.

The world's biggest electric passenger ferry sails between Denmark and Sweden for a 4km journey. The ferry "works pretty much like a phone", that charges for up to nine minutes when it needs more power, explains Jens Ole Hansen, the COO of ForSea, which operates the line.

Despite rising infection rates, Sweden is sticking to its relatively relaxed approach to managing the coronavirus pandemic. But not everyone in the country is pleased with this tactic.

Sweden's pandemic response has been criticized both by Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and independent commission, but they disagree on who is to blame.

It was the worst peacetime disaster at sea in European waters. Sweden wants to lift a diving ban to re-examine why the ship sank.

Police have shot and arrested a young man after he attacked several people in southern Sweden with an ax.

The list of European countries suspending the jab from the part-Swedish pharmaceutical giant is growing. Meanwhile, the WHO says lockdowns could be fatal for premature babies. Follow DW for the latest.

Swedish football superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic returned to the national team five years after he quit international football. He spoke about his feelings at a news conference in Stockholm on Monday. "To play in the national team is the biggest thing you could do as a football player. And as I was following them, inside me I was feeling, I think I can help them, I think I can do something," said the legendary footballer.

The double-decker ferry packed with passengers capsized after being hit by a cargo vessel from the rear. Rescue workers were searching for survivors late into the night.

On a small boat nosing its way through the frozen waters of the Grebbestad archipelago on Sweden's west coast, Lotta Klemming scans the mist-covered rocks for the perfect spot to find a local delicacy. After years working in the fashion industry in Sweden, Klemming returned to her home village and took up the family business -- a trade she never saw herself working in -- diving for oysters to sell to restaurants in Gothenburg and Stockholm, finding not only a new livelihood but a sense of calm and fulfilment.

Sweden is staying the course with its controversial coronavirus strategy. Teri Schultz posed tough questions to the man in charge in Stockholm.