Next year, 36 countries will compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU announces. Canada is taking part for the first time, but several countries are boycotting the competition.
MusicThe Netherlands changes its mind - it will boycott the Eurovision Song Contest after all because of Israel's participation.
MusicThis year’s Nobel laureate in literature, Anne Carson, will attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm to receive her award. The Swedish Academy has confirmed her participation.
EntertainmentPoets from the US, Haiti, Iceland and Uganda gather as Stockholm’s International Poetry Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary.
EntertainmentVietnam and the four EFTA countries - Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland - signed a free trade agreement in Hanoi on Sunday.
BusinessIt's too early to say what the Nobel Prize means for Anne Carson's writing, but she is happy about the warmth she is receiving. “It's really nice, it's cool,” she tells TT.
EntertainmentAnne Carson has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. “Crazy, they’re all crazy!” she said in an initial comment to Icelandic television channel RÚV.
TV & filmUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Iceland has long been a “critical outpost” for regional security during a visit to the country.
WorldUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling to Iceland on Monday to increase the US economic and military presence in the Arctic.
WorldInflation in Iceland rose to 5.9 percent in September, preliminary figures from Statistics Iceland showed. This is the highest inflation rate in more than two years and compares with 5.6 percent in August and an inflation target of 2.5 percent.
BusinessJohanna Bundsen has been on a handball rollercoaster in Europe, while her daughter Leah has stayed at home in Sweden. Now the family has landed in Odense, Denmark. They have missed everyday life, so it feels incredibly wonderful to be together under the same roof, says the national team goalkeeper.
SportsWith the new Greenland agreement, there should be no doubt about which side the island is on. It changes a few things in the short term - but above all, it prevents everything from changing in the long term.
WorldIreland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria, due to "the killing continuing in Gaza", the country's public service broadcaster RTÉ has announced.
MusicThe Trump administration has threatened tariffs and demanded that Iceland end whaling, reports the Icelandic news site Visir, citing anonymous sources.
BusinessFinland, like Sweden, is joining France's nuclear deterrence initiative, Yle reports.
WorldPrime ministers and presidents, princes and national team captains, queens and bishops - the guest list for the funeral of Norway’s King Harald V includes many famous and high-ranking names.
WorldBritain has announced sanctions against Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Eleven more countries, including Sweden, want to see similar sanctions. Israel's occupation of the West Bank is illegal, says British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband. Israel closes the British consulate in East Jerusalem.
World politicsThe decline in knowledge among Swedish students is severe in the latest PISA survey. Overall, they have never performed so poorly in mathematics, reading comprehension and science in any survey in the past 25 years. It is a bleak picture, says Anna Castberg, head of analysis at the Swedish National Agency for Education.
SwedenPresident Donald Trump once again expresses a desire for American dominance over Greenland, Iceland and several countries in the US's vicinity. Iceland and Denmark are furious.
World politicsSweden is one of the countries that invests the least in culture in the Nordic countries. But it's not just money that matters - political ambition also has an impact. One gets the impression that Sweden is stagnating and that Norway is thriving, says cultural researcher Ola K Berge.
EntertainmentIs the Gulf Stream about to collapse and wreak havoc on Earth's climate? Several high-profile reports have warned that it may be about to happen. But the issue is one of the few climate questions on which the scientific community remains deeply divided.
SwedenIs the Gulf Stream about to collapse and wreak havoc on Earth’s climate? Several high-profile reports have warned that it is about to happen. But the question is one of the few climate issues on which the scientific community remains deeply divided.
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