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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Swedish researcher finds fish and squid in icy depths of Arctic Ocean

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, November 16, 2020 at 12:05
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For the first time, cod and squid have been found deep in the water at the center of the ocean.

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Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden’s northernmost county among regions to introduce stricter COVID-19 recommendations

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 14:20
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More than half of Sweden’s regions are now applying stricter local covid-recommendations to try to stop the spread of the

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General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden seeks new powers to limit movement during pandemic

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 15:28 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 15:32
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The government wants to introduce new temporary legislation giving them powers to limit people’s rights to visit beaches, use public

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A new feeding program is contributing to an increased arctic fox population in Sweden. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) RCI Sweden 

Sweden not doing enough to protect biodiversity, new report shows

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 09:24 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 16:16
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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has published a report with suggestions on how the government can step up its efforts to

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A eurasian elk in a forest in Sweden. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

European elk calves struggling in warmer spring months

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 13:56 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 13:58
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Warmer and drier spring months in Sweden are making life a struggle for the country’s population of European elk calves,

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General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden keeps 50-person limit on public events, proposes new COVID-19 restrictions

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, October 9, 2020 at 15:11
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Sweden’s government held off on changing its 50-person limit on public events and gatherings after it had previously signalled a possible easing

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Swedish MEP ‘extremely happy’ with EU vote to cut emissions by 60 percent

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 15:08 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 15:12
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The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to cut Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in the next decade, a decision hailed

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General Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Norwegians with Swedish property threaten legal action over travel restrictions

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 10:08
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A group of Norwegians are threatening a lawsuit against their home country over its Covid-19 travel restrictions that they say

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Referendum rejects wind farm in Swedish municipality

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 09:09 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 09:10
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A majority of people voting in a local referendum have said no to a wind park in a hilly, forested

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Sweden's red-green coalition government has no position on climate change yet, ahead of a major EU summit.(iStock)
Environment General Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Ten billion kroner for Sweden’s upcoming climate budget

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, September 14, 2020 at 14:43
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Almost ten billion kronor in the upcoming autumn budget will go to measures that help cut climate emissions in industry and

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Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Finland, UK to remove travel restrictions on Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, September 11, 2020 at 14:06 — Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2020 at 14:09
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Both Finland and the UK have said they would relax coronavirus-related travel restrictions for visitors from Sweden. Starting early Saturday morning,

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The Swedish corvette HMS Visby under way on the Mysingen Bay on October 21, 2014 on their fifth day of searching for a suspected foreign vessel in the Stockholm archipelago. (Fredrik Sandberg/AFP/Getty Images)
Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) Politics Sweden 

Swedish military ramps up presence in Baltic Sea due to Russian activity

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 18:14 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 18:22
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Sweden has ramped up its military readiness this week in the Baltic Sea and on Gotland in response to what

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Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Crossing the Baltic Sea on a paddle board without sleep

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 14:47
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Needing a goal to train for during the summer months, professional cross-country skier Jonas Böhlmark embarked on a nautical journey

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Business Business (Sweden) Sweden 

Summer tourism recovery is slow going in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 15:22
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The number of Swedes enjoying a vacation in their own country has been a shot in the arm for the

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Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Who is allowed into Denmark from Sweden right now?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 14:06
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Denmark has relaxed its rules for travellers into the country, but it has different and changeable rules for different countries,

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