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Norwegian na dumaan ng bundok para lumusot sa quarantine, kinailangan ng rescue

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 01:05 PM

Nasagip ang isang Norwegian national na sinubukang lusutan ang kanilang quarantine protocols sa pag-ski sa mga kabundukan pabalik ng Sweden.  Read more »

Ikea France goes on trial for spying on staff

Ornella Lamberti, Clara Wright, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 22 08:56 AM

The French branch of Swedish retailing giant Ikea goes on trial Monday accused of running an elaborate system to spy on staff and job applicants using private detectives and police officers. Read more »

Will IKEA sell Philippine-made products? There is ‘potential,' official says

Michelle Ong, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 11:24 AM

Philippine-made items such as beads and bamboo products have "potential" to be sold at IKEA stores, the Swedish furniture-maker's Southeast Asia development manager Georg Platzer said Friday. Read more »

IKEA Philippines on track to open in 3rd or 4th quarter: official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 04:35 PM

The construction of the anticipated Philippine outlet of Swedish furniture-maker Ikea is "going according to plan" despite the COVID-19, its official said Tuesday.  Read more »

IKEA turns the page: drops iconic catalogue after 70 years

Anna Ringstrom, Reuters
Posted at Dec 07 08:34 PM

Budget furniture giant IKEA has decided to discontinue its catalogue, one of the world's biggest annual publications, as shoppers move online, it said on Monday. Read more »

Ibrahimovic in talks about restarting international career: Swedish FA

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 27 02:07 PM

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is in talks with Sweden head coach Janne Andersson about a potential return to the national team, the Swedish Football Association said Thursday.   Read more »

IKEA hiring close to 500 workers for world's largest store in PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 02:45 PM

Swedish home furnishings retailer IKEA is hiring 496 workers for its first Philippine store, the company announced. Read more »

Truckmaker Volvo reports 23 percent drop in profit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 16 04:01 PM

Swedish truckmaker Volvo, one of the world's largest, on Friday reported at 23 percent drop in its third quarter net profit but said the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was easing. Read more »

IKEA online store, magbubukas na sa Pilipinas sa 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 06:23 PM

Sa susunod na taon na rin magbubukas ang IKEA store sa Pilipinas. Read more »

Greta Thunberg donates million-euro rights prize to green groups

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 12:09 PM

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was on Monday awarded a Portuguese rights award and promptly pledged the million-euro prize to groups working to protect the environment and halt climate change. Read more »

Soccer: Swedish season to start with minute's silence for COVID-19 victims

Reuters
Posted at Jun 12 10:29 AM

STOCKHOLM - The Swedish soccer season will finally get underway on Sunday with games in the top two divisions preceded by a minute's silence for people who have died or been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Swedish Elite Football has announced.   Read more »

Swedish prosecutor names killer of PM Palme, closes 34-year case

Simon Johnson, Reuters
Posted at Jun 10 04:45 PM

STOCKHOLM - Stig Engstrom, a graphic designer, was the man who shot dead Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986, prosecutor Krister Petersson said on Wednesday, closing the case that has haunted Sweden for decades.   Read more »

China sentences Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 years

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 25 11:25 AM

A Chinese court has sentenced Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison on charges of illegally providing intelligence abroad in a case that has rattled relations between Beijing and Stockholm. Read more »

LGBTQ altarpiece of original sin removed from church

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 09:21 AM

MALMÖ, SWEDEN - Two Eves on one side of the tree, two Adams on the other, each couple openly flirting: a Swedish diocese said Wednesday it would remove a gay depiction of original sin that hung briefly as an altarpiece. Read more »

Greta Thunberg sails into Lisbon en route to COP25

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 05:14 AM

Swedish teenage eco-warrior Greta Thunberg has become the face of young people's demands for climate action. Read more »

Greta Thunberg sails to Europe, sets course for UN climate summit

Bastien Inzaurralde, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 06:37 AM

HAMPTON, United States—Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg departed the United States on Wednesday, hitching a ride to Europe aboard a catamaran to attend a UN climate summit in Madrid. Read more »

US-UK-Japan trio wins chemistry Nobel for lithium-ion battery

Pia Ohlin, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 09 07:27 PM

John Goodenough of the US, Britain's Stanley Whittingham and Japan's Akira Yoshino Wednesday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for the development of lithium-ion batteries, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. Read more »

US rapper A$AP Rocky kicked and punched me, teenager tells Swedish court

Helena Soderpalm, Reuters
Posted at Jul 31 06:29 AM

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A teenager told a Swedish court on Tuesday that he was kicked and punched by US rapper A$AP Rocky and two of his entourage during an altercation outside a hamburger restaurant in Stockholm last month. Read more »

Swedish national tiklo sa 'pananakit' ng kinakasamang Pinay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 12:38 PM

Napag-alaman ding expired na ang visa ng banyaga. Read more »

Swedish brand IKEA launches store site

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 03:41 PM

IKEA executives and staff pose before a jeepney painted in the iconic blue and yellow of the popular Swedish furniture and home accessories brand during the press launch of its Philippine store. Read more »