Author: lbevanger

Oil prices are at an all-time low, trading at just over $47 a barrel. So how does that affect...

I have heard the call of my native Arctic north and have moved back to Norway in time for Christmas. After...

  During the festive season, people are flocking to the many Christmas markets which each year spring up around Europe....

As the fight to stop Ebola intensifies, the British government has given its backing to proposed new legislation aimed...

Many around the world cheered when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Malala Yousafzai along with Indian campaigner...

People in Sweden are facing a new political reality. In general elections last moth a far-right, anti-immigration party won...

A political earthquake in Sweden overshadowed the fact that the country will be switching from a centre-right to a...

The far-right, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats took 13 percent of the votes in Sweden’s general elections, overshadowing the fact that...

By Lars Bevanger BBC News, Stockholm Swedish voters have turned away from the centre-right Alliance coalition of Fredrik Reinfeldt after...

As the Tour de France ended in Paris last weekend, Yorkshire in the north of England was still reeling...