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Sweden halts plans for power cable to Denmark over disagreement with EU funding plan

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2026 at 13:10
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Sweden will put on hold plans for a new power cable to Denmark, Energy Minister ​Ebba Busch said on Friday,

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Two held in Sweden over suspected deliveries of hi-tech gear to Russia

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2026 at 10:16
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Two people have been detained in Sweden on suspicion of helping Russia procure advanced engineering products that could be used

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Politics Politics (Sweden) Society (Sweden) 

Sweden arrests Chinese captain of suspected Russia-linked vessel

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, May 4, 2026 at 15:00
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The Chinese captain of a seized oil tanker with suspected Russian links has been placed under arrest on suspicion of 

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* Featured * Business Business (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General Sweden 

Employers in far north of Sweden struggling to fill job vacancies

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, April 13, 2026 at 10:55
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Unemployment in the country of Skåne, in the south of Sweden is more than twice as high as in Norrbotten

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Reindeer found with ears cut off — investigated as possible hate crime

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, April 10, 2026 at 13:46
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A reindeer was found badly injured in the Idre Sami community’s herding area, with both ears cut off and a

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General Sweden 

Sweden’s biggest carbon-capture bet moving ahead while others hit pause

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, April 6, 2026 at 12:56
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is a necessary component for meeting global climate change goals. Now Stockholm Exergi’s bio-CCS

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Business Business (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Sweden 

Industrial boom in northern Sweden linked to rising prostitution risks

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 11:07
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Large industrial projects that attract many workers from abroad increase the risk of prostitution in the local community, according the

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Arctic Municipality in Sweden ups recruitment perks with housing, ski passes, bonuses

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 13:08
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With unemployment at 2.2 per cent, the municipality of Gällivare, north of the Arctic circle, needs to find new ways

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General Sweden 

Swedish research shows storms can help slow down global warming

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 16:10
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New research at Gothenburg University shows that storms over the Antarctic Ocean can actually help slow down global warming. The

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish military intelligence on the great power rivalry over Greenland

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, January 19, 2026 at 12:17
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The Swedish military intelligence and security service (Must) sees developments in the Arctic, including Greenland, as a result of increasing

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish military to Greenland ahead of exercise

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 12:43
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Sweden is sending Swedish Armed Forces officers to Greenland. The deployment is at Denmark’s request ahead of Operation Arctic Endurance.

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Featured • Zone 2 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) Geopolitics (USA) Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

Sweden critical of Trump’s latest push for Greenland

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, December 29, 2025 at 15:00 — Last Updated: Monday, December 29, 2025 at 15:20
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U.S. President Trump has appointed Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland, who he said would lead the charge in

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Why Sweden’s missing sun is messing with our body clocks — and how morning light can help

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, December 19, 2025 at 13:07
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December has been an unusually dark month in some parts of Sweden. Stockholm and Luleå have seen less than 30

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Poland subs deal a strategic boost for Sweden’s Navy

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 09:04
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Poland’s decision to buy three submarines from Sweden is not only good news for Saab, the company that will build

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Energy products continue to make up the majority of Finland's imports from Russia. (iStock)
* Featured * Business Business (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General Sweden 

Electricity to get more expensive in the north due to new Sweden-Finland powerline

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 16:00
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A new electricity transmission line between Sweden and Finland is set to come online on Wednesday afternoon. The Aurora Line

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

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In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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