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A sign reminding customers about social distancing is placed at the entrance to a grocery store in central Stockholm.

Sweden’s pivot toward new virus restrictions may not ‘shift mindsets,’ says Swedish scientist

COVID-19

Lena Einhorn, a filmmaker and former virologist, was one of the early opponents of Sweden’s more relaxed coronavirus strategy. She joins The World’s host Marco Werman to talk about how Sweden’s new virus restrictions may not be enough.

Blue and white flag flutters in the air against the sky

Finland’s national word ‘sisu’ conjures new meanings for tough times

Language
A man passes a shelf of beers on sale in a supermarket in Helsinki.

Finland’s change in alcohol policy puts it out of step with other Nordic countries

Culture
People walk past Stockmann shopping center in Helsinki, Finland, on May 6, 2017.

How one city plans to steer residents away from driving

Development
Anu Partanen

This journalist never worried about health care — until she moved to the US

Lifestyle

New book looks tells fictional tale of post-euro Europe

Arts, Culture & Media

In the world of Markus Will, the euro is gone and Germany is returning to the deutschmark. Though the book is fictional, it takes a scenario that is possible and plays it out to perhaps it’s most shocking extreme.