Sweden

Sweden will always remember Greece's support for its NATO membership bid, the Scandinavian country's minister for European affairs, Jessika Roswall, said in Parliament in Athens on Tuesday. 

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Monday he was open to allowing nuclear weapons on Swedish soil in wartime, as critics call for the new NATO member to ban their deployment.

Defense Minister Yaşar Güler has criticized Germany for imposing arms export restrictions on Türkiye, alleging that such actions amount to an embargo on NATO.

"Germany is our friend and ally. A NATO member is imposing an embargo on another," Güler said in an interview with daily Milliyet on May 12.

Auroras could light up skies across swaths of the planet for the second night in a row on Saturday, after already dazzling Earthlings from the United States to Tasmania to the Bahamas the day before.

Switzerland's Nemo won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, becoming the first artist identifying as non-binary to claim victory, in a competition marked by controversy over Israel's participation during the war in Gaza.

The Greek entry received a big applause from the audience at the Malmö Arena in Sweden

The two Swedish presenters Petra Mede and Malin Akerman prepare for Saturday's final of the Eurovision song contest's 68th edition in Malmo. It will mark the 50th anniversary of the first Greek participation in 1974. Greece is participating with "Zari," performed by Marina Satti.

The world's biggest live music event involving 37 nations, the Eurovision Song Contest, culminates in Sweden on Saturday.

Roughly 100,000 visitors from 89 countries have descended on host city Malmo during the week for the 68th edition of the competition, which has been marked by anti-Israel protests.

Who is in the final?

A potent geomagnetic storm, the most formidable in two decades, has struck, instigated by successive coronal mass ejections from the Sun. Initially forecasted at a four-degree intensity, the storm's actual magnitude surpassed expectations, raising concerns among American experts.

The most powerful solar storm in more than two decades struck Earth on Friday, triggering spectacular celestial light shows from Tasmania to Britain — and threatening possible disruptions to satellites and power grids as it persists into the weekend.