Film "The Odin Code" about Scandinavian-Azerbaijani cultural connections screened in Brussels

Stockholm, October 16, Nargiz Jafarli, AZERTAC A screening of the documentary film the Odin Code by Swedish director Mikael Silkeberg, exploring cultural ties between Scandinavia and Azerbaijan, took place at the Flagey Cultural Center in...

Can’t Buy? Steal! Your Cheat Sheet to the Art Heist in Film, Literature, and Beyond

Josh O’Connor in Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind. Image courtesy of Mubi.Historically, art and precious artifacts have always been part of the spoils of war, but it wasn’t until the establishment of museums as we know them (many of which were...

For Halloween, the Museum of the Moving Images Offers Nine Films Featuring ‘Dark Magic’

A senior curator at the Museum of the Moving Image, Michael Koresky, has teamed up with an Oscar-winning filmmaker, Jeff Reichert, to organize a run of pictures peculiar to the fall season, “Dark Magic: Hexes and Haunts for Halloween.” The program...

Online fashion: Between polarisation and the challenges of desirability

On Thursday, Zalando held its "Partners Day" in Paris, bringing together 280 executives and representatives of the platform’s French brands and partners. The event offered an opportunity to take stock of French online apparel sales, as well as...

Classical Music Playlist, October 16, 2025

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger in 1905 For over thirty years Wilhelm Peterson-Berger was Sweden’s most feared music critic. One violinist was known to have said he wouldn’t even begin his performance until Peterson-Berger left the theater. Being so...

EUROPE Guitarist JOHN NORUM Signs With FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL For Tenth Solo Album

EUROPE's founding guitarist and solo artist John Norum has signed a record deal with Frontiers Music Srl. He will shortly enter the studio to record his tenth solo album, marking an exciting new chapter in his career. John's distinctive singing...

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘To Cook A Bear’ On Hulu, Where A Pastor In 1850s Sweden Tries To Solve The Murders Of Young Women

When we looked at the description of the Swedish series To Cook A Bear, we groaned when we saw that it took place in the 1850s and featured a pastor that made fiery speeches about temperance. But we were pleasantly surprised when we saw that the...

Media Insider: Simon Dallow preparing to step down as TVNZ 6pm newsreader; North & South magazine’s battle; The Amazing Race in NZ; Opinion: BSA goes rogue – is it a deliberate strategy?

The carefully laid out plans also play to the critical importance of a transition to a new weekday presenter, with chief executive Jodi O’Donnell and her board likely to be fully engaged. That future transition may come sooner rather than later....

Sweden to Begin Stockpiling Food in Preparation for Extreme Circumstances and War

A man purchases food in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 14, 2023. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images The Swedish Board of Agriculture will set up emergency stocks of grains and agricultural inputs to ensure that citizens have “access to...

Lutterworth golfer awarded BEM for services to sport

A professional golfer from Lutterworth has been awarded a British Empire medal for his services to sport and people with disabilities. Anders Mankert, who was born in Sweden, received the accolade as part of this year’s King’s Birthday Honours...

The Gaza Strip, in Filmstrips

“Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989,” the archival documentary by Göran Hugo Olsson, is as expansive as its title suggests. For nearly 3½ hours, it chronicles the Israeli occupation of Palestine as told on Sveriges Television, Sweden’s...

Chinese top diplomat urges Sweden to play role in ‘healthy’ China-EU ties

ISTANBUL Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Sweden on Thursday to play a “constructive role” in promoting the healthy development of China-EU relations, according to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The top diplomat made the...

Saab to develop Sweden’s first unmanned stealth fighter jet to succeed the Gripen

Saab has received a 2.6 billion SEK (about 238 million USD) contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to advance studies and technology development for Sweden’s next-generation fighter system. The work focuses on a...

Sweden revives Cold War food stockpiling amid rising conflict fears

Sweden is stockpiling emergency grain for the first time since the Cold War. The government cites the risk of supply chain disruption from war or conflict. The first grain reserves will be established in vulnerable northern Sweden. This is part of...

RMD secures precision positioning contract in Sweden

Railway Metrics and Dynamics (RMD) has been awarded a contract to supply a precision positioning service to the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) for railway vehicles. The framework agreement, which is estimated at an annual rental...

Spotify is reportedly copying one of TIDAL's best features for discovering new music, and as a musician I think that's great

References to SongDNA information found inside the Spotify app Designed to deliver visual navigation of songs' contributors May resemble TIDAL Credits, so you can find new music from the makers of what you already like Spotify appears to be...

Mediapro partners with RFEDH, Sportway to launch FEDHielo TV

Mediapro has equipped the Spanish Ice Sports Federation (RFEDH) with its AI-driven automated production technology. The group has upgraded nearly a dozen ice rinks with new 4K systems that enhance image quality and expand functionality – taking...

How the Swedish Public Saw Israel/Palestine - Director Göran Hugo Olsson discusses his latest documentary, assembled from three decades of state TV footage.

Göran Hugo Olsson’s latest documentary, Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958–1989, opens with text announcing that the film “does not presume to tell the whole story of the Israel Palestinian conflict,” but aims only “to show how it was presented...

Mipcom 2025: Sunny But Sobering, Galvanised by the Rise of YouTube and the Creator Economy as the TV Industry Shifts Focus Once More 

CANNES, FRANCE — Mipcom 2025 played out in glorious sunshine, proving, however, in many ways a sobering affair. Since 2022-23 when Netflix first announced a subs decline and then Hollywood’s double strikes, the only certainty has been fear: That a...

Acclaimed Cork film up for European award

Published: Thu 16 Oct 2025, 3:45 PM Last updated: Thu 16 Oct 2025, 3:47 PM A Cork made film has been nominated for one of Europe’s most prestigious awards. Leeside director Brendan Canty’s debut feature film ‘Christy’ will go up against four other...