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Covid-19 caused about 4,500 deaths in six months to end of June as Sweden opted against strict lockdownCoronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSweden, which has stood out among European countries for its low-key approach to fighting the coronavirus pandemic, has recorded its highest tally of deaths in the first half of 2020 for 150 years, the Statistics Office said.Covid-19 claimed about 4,500...

Rahman arrived as an unaccompanied minor. Abused and deported, his future is uncertain but his European dream intact‘We want to build a life’: Europe’s paperless young people speak outRahman was out buying food when Spanish police handed him a €500 fine for breaking coronavirus restrictions. “I’ll pay this as soon as I get a residence permit,” he told them. He laughs as he recalls...

As the country follows Denmark in easing Covid-19 restrictions, pre-school has become very different for its younger citizensCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt was school, but not quite as they knew it. Outside the Hullebergmyra nursery in Ullern, west of Oslo, William Bugge was dropping off his children Louise, three, and Jonas, five, after six weeks of quarantine.Yellow smileys painted on the...

Anti-immigration groups said campaign was disrespectful of Scandinavian cultureThe Scandinavian airline SAS has “clarified” an advertisement intended to highlight the role of travel, immigration and cultural diversity in forging the region’s identity after it was pilloried online by far-right and nationalist groups.The airline, the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, initially withdrew the commercial less than 24 hours after it was released saying...