ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the tragic shooting at an educational centre in Örebro, Sweden, which resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. In an official statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) reaffirmed the UAE’s firm stance against violence, stressing its rejection of acts that threaten security and stability. The Ministry […]
Sweden has reported its first case of the highly contagious Monkeypox variant that has led the World Health Organisation to issue a global health emergency. (This is a developing story. Stay tuned for future updates on this important news.) STOCKHOLM: The Public Health Agency of Sweden has reported the first case of mpox in Sweden, […]
This day in history we feature Anna Cramling. A Spanish-Swedish chess player, Twitch live streamer, and YouTuber was born on this day 2002. Trivia – Anna Cramling Anna Cramling holds the FIDE title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM). She had a peak FIDE rating of 2175 in March 2018. Cramling represented Sweden in the 2016 […]
The unique floating padel court concept from Sweden has opened its first branch in Dubai Dubai: Padelx has launched a floating padel club close to Cluster I, Jumeirah Lake Towers. The Spectacular padel club is now open to the public with the goal of bringing people back play to sports and encouraging people to move. The venue […]
After 12 months of detailed planning, designing and assembling, the world’s largest water station has been launched by Bluewater to help hydrate the 290,000 golf fans expected to attend The 150th Open, golf’s oldest and most international major championship, in St Andrews – the Home of Golf – in Scotland. Measuring a staggering 16 meters […]
Gothenburg: Polestar has announced that the world premiere of its next car, the Polestar 3 electric performance SUV, will be in October 2022. Polestar 3 is the company’s first SUV. The launch of the car marks Polestar’s entrance into one of the highest margin and growth segments in the automotive industry, particularly in the United States. Polestar 3 will, over time, offer autonomous […]
Recently, a world record was set for an IKEA piece of furniture when Bengt Ruda’s iconic Cavelli armchair was sold at auction for SEK 151,000 (AED58,668). The world record price has now attracted another copy of this very unusual armchair. Behind this sale lies an interesting story. The current owner bought the armchair at a […]
DUBAI: A store at the Sweden Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is leading the way in helping shoppers assess the carbon footprint of their clothes by showing the climate impact data on the price tag. TransparAll, a women-owned company operating in Sweden and the Middle East, offers products where the carbon footprint is calculated beforehand by the […]
The Göteborg Film Festival, Scandinavia’s largest film event, will soon witness a mind-bending exercise named “The Hypnotic Cinema” where audiences will be encouraged to chill and allow themselves to be mass-hypnotised. The film festival in Sweden had grabbed attention in 2021 when they offered a unique experience in on-site fest screenings in a COVID-19 age. […]
A company in Sweden has created a microchip implant that can be inserted under the skin to store information on someone’s vaccination status. Epicentre, a startup based in Stockholm, made headlines earlier this year when more than 100 employees got access passes to their office implanted into their arms. Now it’s unveiled a gadget consisting […]
DUBAI: The Sweden Pavilion hosted a sustainable fashion show, featuring a low-carbon line of nature-inspired clothes and accessories and demonstrating an app that can calculate the carbon footprint of clothes. Sofie Kallstrom, CEO and founder of Transparall.com, and organiser of the show said, “My company has partnered with a Swedish firm that has developed an […]
