Sweden’s Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan on Sunday before an international TV audience of 100 million, days after angering Azeri authorities by meeting rights activists critical of the host country’s human rights record...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves this week on an eight-day trip that will include stops in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The State Department said Clinton begins her May 31-June 7 trip with visits to Denmark, Norway and Sweden that will largely focus on the environment. Clinton then travels to Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, where the State Department said she would discuss "regional security, democracy, economic development and counterterrorism." One topic...

... closing down media outlets and blogs, and bringing libel or defa¬mation suits against journalists," the group said in the introduction to its rankings. The top three nations in the rankings, all tied for the first spot, were Finland, Norway and Sweden, which also made up the top three last year. 179742

... licenses due to be awarded in Russia. In May, Russia launched a tender for long-awaited licenses on 4G network services, and it is expected to announce the winners on July 12. MTS, MegaFon and VimpelCom, as well as long-distance operator Rostelecom and Sweden’s Tele2, have yet to secure enough spectrum to roll out full 4G services in Russia. RBC Daily reported Tuesday that Tele2 might sell its Russian business if it does not get an LTE license. The newspaper said it had started talks with Rostelecom...

... margin. The company had said it would cut the 2012 dividend payout to $80 million, from $130 million in 2011, in favor of investing in programming, after a small decline in the audience share of its flagship CTC channel. CTC Media is 38 percent owned by Sweden's Modern Times Group, while National Media Group — one of the largest private media holdings in Russia — owns a 25 percent stake. 179738

... Stalinist terror in the Soviet Union. Wallenberg's humanitarian achievements are widely recognized and are the focus of attention during the current centennial celebrations of his birth.  In a few short months after his arrival as Sweden's special envoy in Budapest in 1944, Wallenberg created a complex bureaucracy that provided persecuted Jews with desperately needed aid. They received special protective papers, the so called Schutzpass, and were housed in separate buildings that...

... Knox: singer-songwriter from Chicago. Bilingua. 9 p.m. Guitar Duels. B2 small hall. 8 p.m. Igor Butman Jazz Orchestra. Igor Butman Club Na Chistykh Prudakh. 8:30 p.m. Jazz Jam with Alexander Gureyev and Friends. FAQ Cafe. 8 p.m. Katatonia: metal from Sweden. Milk Moscow small hall. 8 p.m. Raduzhye: rock. Schwein. 8:30 p.m. Razniye Lyudi: rock. Tramplin. 8 p.m. Tablao Flamenco: dancing party. Soyuz Kompozitorov. 8:30 p.m. Tandem: Sasha Bruni (flute) and DJ Viktoria. Kitaisky Lyotchik Dzhao Da. 8 p...