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Sweden and Iran exchanged prisoners with the mediation of Oman: Sweden released a former Iranian official, and Iran released two detained Swedes.

Ukrainian athletes Ivanna Burba, Amelia Volynskaya, Alexandra Koretskaya, Maria Zdorovtsova, Alisa Kulik, Elizaveta Lymar, Angelina Ovchinnikova and Valeria Tishchenko won gold in sports swimming at the third stage of the World Cup in Markham, Canada.

Yaroslava Maguchikh won gold in the high jump at the first stage of the 2024 Diamond League in Stockholm, Irina Gerashchenko won bronze, and Imke Onnen from Germany won silver.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen confirmed their participation in the first global peace summit during a meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in Stockholm.

Ukraine and Norway signed a security agreement in Stockholm, while Norway pledged to provide long-term military and non-military support to Ukraine, including allocating more than 6 billion euros for 2023-2027.

Ukraine and Iceland have signed a comprehensive security agreement that provides long-term economic, humanitarian, defense support and cooperation for Ukraine's future membership in the EU and NATO.

Ukraine and Sweden have signed an agreement on security cooperation, which strengthens their partnership in the field of security.

Today, Ukraine will sign three security agreements that will provide Kiev with long – term support, as announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky, who will be in Stockholm today for the third Ukraine-Northern Europe summit.

The International Chamber of Commerce tribunal has banned russia's gazprom from bringing a gas dispute with Czech energy company CEZ to russian courts, confirming that such disputes should be resolved through ICC arbitration.

The Baltic states and Northern Europe have reaffirmed their unity against russia's "shadow war. " Sweden joined NATO, and the Baltic prime ministers promised not to abandon their support for Ukraine despite moscow's intimidation.

Iryna Kobeleva, a 16-year-old girl from Mariupol, won 5 medals, including 4 gold and 1 silver, at the European Wushu Championships in Stockholm.

Taylor Swift returned as part of her Eras Tour in Paris, presenting a new outfit and an edited setlist with six new tracks from her album "The Tortured Poets Department" during a 3-hour energetic show.

Today, on April 26, in many countries around the world, people who have patented their inventions, written a work or done something else original thanks to their intellectual abilities can join events to mark the International Day of Intellectual Property.

EU ministers failed to promise Ukraine additional Patriot air defense systems at a key meeting, despite pressure to provide more support in the air defense sector amid increased attacks by Russia.

NATO should create more strategic difficulties for Russia to put an end to its irresponsible actions and aggression against Ukraine, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Bilstrom said.

Sweden officially became the 32nd member of NATO after depositing its instrument of accession, marking the end of its longstanding policy of non-alignment in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Sweden will officially join NATO today after submitting its application to the US government.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that sending Western troops to Ukraine, as proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron, is "not relevant now" for Sweden.

The first direct contract was signed between Ukraine and a Swedish manufacturing company during the visit of Swedish Defense Minister Paul Johnson to Ukraine.

Hungary will sign a defense industry agreement with Sweden and ratify its NATO membership application in parliament on Monday.

Ukraine and Sweden agree to cooperate in countering russian disinformation campaigns.

Two Russian airline executives have been notified of suspicion of illegally transporting passengers across the Ukrainian border to Crimea by organizing regular flights from Russian cities to Simferopol International Airport.

Ukrainian singer Maria Sur has reached the finals of the Swedish Melodifestivalen contest with her song "When I'm Gone" and may represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.