The South African who was kidnapped in Mali in 2011 with the Dutchman Sjaak Rijke is again free. The South African Minister of Foreign Affairs Maite Nkoana-Mashabane announced Thursday that Stephen McGowan is safe at home.
Spotify has reached a new milestone. The streaming platform has more than 60 million subscribers, reports Variety based on numbers over July.
Spotify is using podcasts to give the service even more brand awareness. According to Bloomberg, the Swedish music service in its apps and through advertising campaigns emphasize that podcasts are an integral part of the 'Spotify experience'. Well-known podcast makers, in turn, promote the promotion of Spotify in their podcasts.
The first Dutch edition of the Pokémon GO Safari Zone is postponed to autumn. Developer Niantic announced on Saturday that the event in the city heart of Amstelveen will not continue on 12 August. Other events in Copenhagen, Prague and Stockholm are also postponed.
The Swedish telecom group Tele2 has adjusted its profit forecast for the whole of 2017, partly due to the 'attracting economy' in the Netherlands. Mobile phone revenues increased by 45 percent in our country over the past six months, according to results presented on Wednesday.
Certainly twelve people were injured on Thursday when a bridge under construction collapsed in Sweden. As a result, construction workers in the place of Ludvika got stuck under debris, saying emergency services and local authorities. Four victims were seriously injured.
Spotify has signed a license deal with Sony Music. That's right, Billboard and The Verge report. The details are not known.
Spotify denies the existence of dozens of fake artists that would make the streaming business earn money. The music service first reacts to accusations that the company with non-existent artists fills playlists and puts the proceeds into their own pocket.
Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist died on the effects of lung cancer on Tuesday at the age of 56. Nyqvist broke internationally thanks to the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo movie series.
Al Qaeda in Mali released the Swedish hostage Johan Gustafsson, 42, after nearly six years. That has been announced by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.
Spotify makes it possible to compile playlists in chat groups. Via the messenger service of Facebook, Messenger, friend groups can add songs to each others lists.
Behind the scenes, 27 EU member states are fighting a robbery about the housing of two European agencies. They are still in London but have to leave the Brexit.
Spotify users may be able to hear sponsored songs. Record companies can pay the streaming service to bring those Sponsored Songs to attention. Spotify has confirmed to TechCrunch that there is a trial.
A drone who brings a defibrillator to a cardiac arrest is much faster than traditional emergency services, such as an ambulance. Tests have shown that a drone is an average of 16 minutes faster on a distance of approximately 3 kilometers. This increases the chance of survival.
Spotify will host awards show for songwriters this fall. The annual release of the Secret Genius Awards is part of Thursday's launched Secret Genius initiative, which focuses on the authors and producers behind the songs and career of the artists.
Thousands of residents of the Swedish capital, Stockholm, welcomed the royal family on Tuesday.
Bob Dylan has met on time to get the 820,000 euro that belongs to his Nobel Prize for Literature.
There is an icy silence around London Bridge and Borough Market. The eight bells of St Paul's are hanging above the Thames water. Like a Sunday morning, but now everything gets more meaning after another attack. The attack on Saturday night in London is the fifth within six months in Western Europe. In three cases, the attack took place in England. Four times a car was used as a scavenger.
Manchester City and Manchester United together have donated 1 million pounds (more than 1.1 million euros) to the emergency fund for victims of the terrorist attack in Manchester. That said director Ed Woodward of United Thursday against the BBC.
In Manchester, a modest, but in some places, a rather exuberant party is celebrated after the victory at Ajax. It was very crowded in the pubs that broadcast the game, because Shambles Square, with most of the football pitches, is still set in the wake of Sunday's attack.
The attack on a concert hall Monday in Manchester was the seventh terrorist attack in Europe this year. An overview:
The Swedish justice has revoked the international arrest warrant against Australian whistleblower Julian Assange. The investigation against the founder of whistleblower WikiLeaks following a possible rape has been suspended.
Ajax supporters hunt massively for the final of the Europa League between their club and Manchester United. On the internet, tickets for the final match of 24 May in Stockholm change for 1500 euros from owner.
Anyone traveling from Denmark to Sweden does not have to show a passport at the border. Sweden stops identity checks in trains, buses and ferries next week.
In Järfälla, north of Stockholm, fire burned in the biggest shiite mosque in Sweden on Sunday night. Nobody got injured, but the roof and facade of the Imam Ali Mosque were severely damaged.
The number of deaths in Stockholm earlier this month has risen to five. A sixty-year-old woman succumbed three weeks after the incident to her injuries, according to the Swedish police on Friday.
Detainees convicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague can now also be punished in Sweden. The court and the Swedish government have made agreements about it, announced the ICC on Wednesday.
The court in the Swedish capital Stockholm has sentenced three men from 19 to 25 years old to convict sentences for raping a woman and directly sending the video images of their act via Facebook.
Following the terrorist attack in Stockholm two weeks ago, the police arrested a second person. By Wednesday, it has to be decided whether the suspect stays stuck for longer, according to police Monday. More information about the detention did not give the police.
