Sweden

A Mediterranean diet with large amounts of vegetables and fish gives a longer life. This is the unanimous result of four studies to be published by the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. Research studies ever since the 1950s...

Amphorae were used in Ancient Greece to store and trade wine and other liquids. They were two types of amphorae; the neck amphora, which the neck and the body met at a sharp angle and the one-piece amphora, which...

Mikkey Dee celebrates his forty-eighth birthday tomorrow. Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou is drummer/songwriter for the heavy metal band Motorhead. A Swede of Greek descent, he has been known for his speed and precision since his mid-80s stint with King Diamond. Delaoglou...

The Greek author, Thodoris Kallifatidis immigrated in Sweden 47 years ago and became a famous and distinguished Swedish writer. He is widely known in Sweden, where he has won many awards, while the inpiration for most of his...

Marina Kereklidou may not be a recognizable name in Greece, but she is a well known fashion personality in Sweden. She has worked both as a fashion designer and a stylist, as well as art director, in various companies. Between...

Τhe Special Olympics World Summer Games - Athens 2011 event, which was co-organized by the Greek Embassy in Sweden and the Stockholm Press Office, in collaboration with the Sports Museum and Special Olympics Sweden, was a great success. The Ambassador of Greece in Sweden, Alice Smith and the chairman of Special Olympics Sweden, Torsten Karlsson, wished the Swedish team good...

A Greek diplomat in Stockholm was fired after he told a Swede that he should be ashamed over “Swedish women's behaviour”. Sweden's TV 4 recently reported about a Swedish woman who accused a Greek man on the island of Samos...

Crete is going to take advantage of Sweden’s tourism market, by being present at TUR, which is the country’s leading trade fair for the tour and travel industry and will take place from the 24th until the 27th of...

The Embassy of Greece in Sweden in Collaboration with the Swedish Sports Museum in Stockholm, will present an exhibition on the occasion of the 2.500 year anniversary since the Battle of Marathon.  It will feature archive material from the collection of...

A small Swedish dairy has offered to pay some 2 million kronor (270,000 dollars) to a Greek man who featured in a photo on its yoghurt packaging, reports said Wednesday. The man had initially wanted the family-owned dairy, Lindahls Mejeri,...