The 2012 Eurovision Song Contest title was claimed by Sweden's Loreen in Azerbaijan on Saturday after wowing voters with her entry "Euphoria". The singer had earlier caused controversy by meeting with local rights activists before the contest.
Swedish furniture manufacturer IKEA said Friday that it was firing its risk management director and three former managers at its French division over allegations they paid for access to secret police files on staff and customers.
They say multiculturalism has failed. They say mass immigration is a threat to national identity. They don't trust the European Union or their own elected leaders. This is the modern face of the far-right. Marine Le Pen is the perfect example of how the far-right has moved from the fringe to the mainstream across Western Europe. Laura Baines and her panel discuss how this trend has emerged, and whether it is set to continue.
They say multiculturalism has failed. They say mass immigration is a threat to national identity. They don't trust the European Union or their own elected leaders. This is the modern face of the far-right. Marine Le Pen is the perfect example of how the far-right has moved from the fringe to the mainstream across Western Europe. Laura Baines and her panel discuss how this trend has emerged, and whether it is set to continue.
This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to appeal to the UK's Supreme Court Wednesday not to extradite him to Sweden, where he faces sexual assault charges. An extradition could seriously impede the anti-secrecy websites work.
Markus Karlsson meets with the Swedish Finance Minister, Anders Borg, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Anders Borg was ranked the best EU-finance minister in 2011 by the Financial Times.
Online campaigning for the release of two Swedish journalists jailed in Ethiopia. A Chinese blogger debates the need for a revolution in the country. And a video encouraging web users to do a good deed and help change the world.
An Ethiopian court sentenced two Swedish journalists on Tuesday to 11 years in prison for allegedly helping the illegal Ogaden National Liberation Front rebel group and for entering the nation unlawfully in July.
Britain's Supreme Court on Friday granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition to Sweden in connection with rape allegations in a two-day hearing scheduled to begin on February 1.
