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Farming land to be used for solar parks in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 15:09
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Areas of rich farming land in Skåne in the south of Sweden will have to be used for solar power

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The Svappavaarabanan in Kiruna, Sweden.
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Swedish police rule out sabotage angle in derailing accidents

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 11:19
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No one with bad intentions were involved when the empty iron ore train heading back to Kiruna from Narvik derailed

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New report spotlights hate crimes against Sami in Sweden 

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, May 6, 2024 at 16:02 — Last Updated: Monday, May 6, 2024 at 16:15
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The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) has released its first report on hate crimes against the Sami community,

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

Increased risk of Russian sabotage, including in Sweden, warn Intelligence agencies

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, May 6, 2024 at 11:19
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Intelligence services around Europe are warning their governments of intensified Russian attempts at violent acts of sabotage across the continent,

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

Sweden’s Defence Commission to hand in final report on Friday

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 14:56
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After roughly one and half years of work, the Defence Commission will tomorrow hand over its final report, coming as

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) 

Moscow says it will build drone bases along Arctic coast

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 15, 2024 at 14:23
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Several bases for long-range drones will be built along the Northern Sea Route, a representative of the Russian Defence Ministry

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* Newsroom Picks * Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

Sanctions are about to wreck Moscow’s grand Arctic projects

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 09:45
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It has been increasingly evident over the past two years; Moscow’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine and its subsequent

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Environment Environment (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 

Expert panel: Sweden won’t meet its climate targets

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, March 22, 2024 at 14:18
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Sweden is doing more to counteract reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than to support them, and emissions will rise in

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) 

Sweden foreign minister: Russian confrontation needs to be addressed

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 11:21
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The government on Wednesday presented a supplementary Statement of Foreign Policy following Sweden’s accession to NATO on March 7. Foreign

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Wildlife project to save endangered species in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 10:22
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The Arctic fox and the hedgehog are endangered species or nearly endangered species that are in focus in a wildlife

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View over mountains in Kebnekaise National Park in Sweden. (iStock)
* Featured * Environment Environment (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Sweden 

Another year of shrinking glaciers predicted in Sweden’s Far North

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, March 8, 2024 at 11:42
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Scientists stationed near Kebnekaise, Sweden’s highest mountain range, are expecting glaciers in the area to continue shrinking this year. Tarfala

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

Swedish forces exercise in northern Norway as country officially joins NATO

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 8, 2024 at 09:16
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March 7 became historic as all Nordic countries now are members of the North Atlantic Alliance. It happens simultaneously as

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Sweden officially joins NATO during ceremony in Washington

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 14:45
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Sweden joins a year after Finland, following delay due to resistance from Turkey, Hungary Sweden joined NATO in Washington on

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It could take 10 days for Hungary to sign off on Sweden’s Nato bid

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 10:13
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It may take as long as 10 days for Hungary to formally sign off on its decision to approve Sweden’s

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

Hungary’s parliament ratifies Swedish bid to become 32nd member of NATO

The Associated Press
Posted: Monday, February 26, 2024 at 13:02
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President Viktor Orban expected to sign off after striking defence pact with Swedish PM last week Hungary’s parliament voted Monday

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