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Countdown to Nobel Literature Prize 2025: Experts Favor Western Contenders

This is Beirut, 12:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Literature Nobel Prize Speculations Sweden Culture

The Nobel literature prize could go to a Western author this Thursday, experts predict, though bookies have several authors from Asia as top picks even after South Korea's Han Kang last year became the first Asian woman to win. Awarding the prize to another woman this year would make history: it has never gone to a woman two years in a row, and ...

Sweden Commits Long-Term Support to Ukraine With $8.6 Billion Aid Plan

This is Beirut, 11/09 17:05 - Reading : less than a minute

Sweden Ukraine Aid

The Swedish government on Thursday announced a military aid package for Ukraine amounting to $8.6 billion over 2026 and 2027, as Kyiv seeks more backing from its allies to fend off Russia's invasion. "This highlights the sustainable nature of our support" for Kyiv, Defense Minister Pal Jonson said at a press conference. "In the event of a ...

Beats Beyond Age: DJ Gloria’s Story

This is Beirut, 04/09 13:50 - Reading : less than a minute

DJ Gloria Sweden culture

At 81 years old, DJ Gloria, whose real name is Madelein Mansson, has transformed her retirement into a vibrant new chapter. From aerobics instructor to nightlife sensation, she now spins at Sweden’s hottest clubs, bringing music, energy and empowerment to partygoers over 50. Her journey proves that passion, confidence and creativity know no age ...

Kiruna Church on the Move

Rayan Chami, 19/08 16:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Kiruna Church Sweden

With great fanfare, a historic red wooden church considered one of Sweden's most beautiful buildings began its slow move from its home in the Arctic town of Kiruna on Tuesday to allow the expansion of Europe's biggest underground mine. Kiruna's entire town center is being moved because of the giant LKAB iron ore mine that dominates ...

Historic Swedish Church Being Moved as Giant Mine Casts Growing Shadow

This is Beirut, 15/08 18:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Church Preservation Mining Sweden History Culture

A historic red wooden church considered one of Sweden's most beautiful buildings is to be moved from its longtime home in the Arctic town of Kiruna next week as part of a campaign to expand Europe's biggest underground mine. Kiruna Kyrka, a Swedish Lutheran church, dates from 1912. The 672 tonne, 40 metre (131 feet) high building will be moved ...

AI Is Not a Threat, It's The Future of Music, Says Spotify CEO Daniel Ek

This is Beirut, 28/05 18:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Spotify Daniel Ek Music Streaming IA Sweden Culture

Artificial intelligence will encourage more people to create music in the future and is not a threat to the industry, the co-founder and CEO of streaming giant Spotify said. Artists using machine-learning tools to produce music have given rise to concerns about whether AI-generated music - even entirely fake artists - could one day replace ...

From Power Ballads to Pyrotechnics: Europe Takes the Stage at Eurovision

This is Beirut, 17/05 12:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Eurovision Europe Contest Sweden Culture Music

In a blaze of laser lights, artists from 26 countries were preparing to rip the roof off at Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest final, the world's biggest live music television event. An estimated 160 million people across Europe and beyond are expected to tune in for the TV extravaganza, where kitsch, drama, pyrotechnics and histrionics take ...

Three Dead in Sweden Shooting

This is Beirut, 29/04 21:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Sweden Shooting Stockholm

Three people were shot dead in a city north of the Swedish capital on Tuesday, police said, the latest shooting to rock the Nordic nation. Police said they received reports of shots fired in the center of Uppsala, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of the capital, Stockholm, and that "a certain number of people have been found with wounds ...

Sweden Goes into Eurovision as Punters' Favorite

This is Beirut, 17/04 14:11 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Music Eurovision Award Television Switzerland Sweden

Eurovision is the world's biggest talent show, featuring 37 national entries, but one country seems to regularly dominate the conversation and the winners' podium: Sweden. With a month to go before the grand finale in Basel on May 17, anything could happen. But Sweden, which has already won the glitzy glamfest seven times - tied with ...

EU Ban Triggers Sweden's Textile Waste Crisis Surge

This is Beirut, 11/04 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Sweden Recycling Art Fashion

Sweden's recycling centers are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take responsibility. "It's a huge amount coming in every day. It's been crazy, it's a huge increase," said Brian Kelly, secretary general of the Artikel2 charity ...

Queen, Herbie Hancock, and Barbara Hannigan Win 2025 Polar Music Prize

This is Beirut, 18/03 15:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Art Music Prize Sweden Culture

Legendary British rock band Queen, US jazz musician Herbie Hancock and Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan won Sweden's 2025 Polar Music Prize on Tuesday, the jury said. Queen - formed in 1970 and famous for hits including Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, and Somebody to Love - was honored for its “distinctive and instantly ...

'Around 10' Dead in Sweden School Shooting, Including Assailant

This is Beirut, 04/02 20:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Sweden Shooting

Around 10 people were killed in a shooting at an education center in central Sweden on Tuesday, including the suspected assailant, police officials said. The shooting was the deadliest school attack in the country's history. "Around 10 people have been killed today," Örebro police chief Roberto Eid Forest told reporters, adding that police ...

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