Giant battery factory bringing economic boom to Northern Swedish city
A new lithium ion battery plant is making the municipality of Skellefteå feel like they have struck gold, as one
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Sweden’s economic boom over, report says
Sweden’s strong economic growth has reached its end, according to a report published Wednesday from the National Institute of Economic
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Sweden’s FM calls for more EU involvement in Arctic as country hosts EU Arctic Forum
Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde is calling on the EU to increase its strategic engagement in the Arctic. Attending the
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EU Arctic Forum is hot, Barents cooperation is not, expert says
“This is really a downscaling of the Barents cooperation,” says Markku Heikkilä about the upcoming foreign ministers meeting in Umeå
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Thousands rally for climate demonstration in Stockholm
Arrangers of the climate demonstration said 60,000 people had joined the Fridays for Future march in Stockholm, Friday, with pop
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IPCC climate report warns “extreme sea level events” will occur frequently
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns in a new report that the impacts of climate change will
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Sweden’s rising fuel prices spark protest rally in Stockholm
Less than a kilometre away from a large climate action protest outside Sweden’s parliament, protesters from the countryside staged their
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What the budget says about Sweden’s minority government
What does this week’s budget proposal say about the state of the four party co-operation that brought in the government?
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Swedish gov’s budget raises fears over inequality
On Wednesday Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson presented the Swedish government’s budget proposal for 2020, the first one as part of
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The Arctic railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?
The Arctic railway The Arctic railway Building a future… or destroying a culture? By Eilís Quinn An Indigenous nation divided
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Assessing Margot Wallström’s legacy as Swedish foreign minister
Margot Wallström spent some five years as Sweden’s foreign minister and launched the world’s first feminist foreign policy before announcing
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Sweden’s labour union hopes for job market reform under new employment minister
Eva Nordmark has been appointed as Sweden’s new employment minister in Stefan Löfven’s government reshuffle. Henrik Ehrenberg, policy director at
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Ann Linde named Sweden’s foreign minister in cabinet shuffle
Sweden’s Trade Minister Ann Linde will replace Margot Wallström as foreign minister once she steps down after 5 years at
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Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström to step down
Margot Wallström, 64, has been Foreign Minister since she took over after Carl Bildt in 2014. “The time has come
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Local workforce won’t be enough for future battery factory in northern Sweden
The company Northvolt plans to recruit more than 2,500 people to its planned battery factory in Skellefteå, which is scheduled
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