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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)
General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden’s opposition Liberal Party calls for new Defence Committee discussions

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 19:14 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 21:29
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Sweden’s opposition Liberal Party has called on the government to call in a new session of the Defence Committee, a

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Organic food is overrated say Swedish researchers. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Organic farming does not benefit the environment, say researchers

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 19:22 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 21:29
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Relying on organic crop production would be “disastrous” and could “lead to starvation”, according to researchers at the Swedish University

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A Swedish Navy fast-attack craft patrols in the the Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, on October 18 2014. (Pontus Lundahl/AFP/Getty Images)
General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Russia playing “psychological warfare” with Sweden says researcher

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 19:04 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 21:29
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Submarines in the archipelago, fighter jets infringing Swedish airspace – it could all be part of a Russian strategy designed

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Göranson shows an image of what he says are tracks of the submarine on the sea floor. (Frank Radosevich / Radio Sweden)
General Politics Politics (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

Military confirms foreign sub violated Swedish waters

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, November 14, 2014 at 14:17 — Last Updated: Monday, November 17, 2014 at 21:35
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The Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, Sverker Göranson, confirmed today that it was indeed a foreign mini-submarine that

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Some Baltic ports say they are unable to accommodate the large amounts of sewage cruise ships must unload. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Push back on Baltic dumping ban criticized in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2014 at 18:27 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 16:47
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Some countries are pushing back on a ban that would forbid cruise ships from dumping sewage waste in the Baltic

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This picture shows a red wire on a model of Sweden's northernmost town of Kiruna that marks the area of the town which will be moved few kilometers away to save it from sinking into the ground due to underground cracks created by iron ore mining. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

The New Kiruna: A meeting place for past and future

Emma Jarratt, Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 20:09 — Last Updated: Friday, November 7, 2014 at 20:53
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Take a good look around Kiruna because in a few years it won’t be here anymore. “Here” is the valley

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Retired admiral Nils-Ove Jansson has just released a new book all about the submarine hunts during the Cold War. (Kris Boswell/Radio Sweden)
General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

New book reveals Soviet nuclear threat against Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 18:27 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 21:36
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Could Sweden have been the target of a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union during the cold war? One of

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Henrik Karlsson, CEO of Biorecro. (Dave Russell/Radio Sweden)
Business Business (Sweden) General Sweden 

The Swedish company offering a “carbon clean-up”

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 19:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 19:39
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A Swedish company, Biorecro, is offering a technological solution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. Biorecro’s managing director

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Åsa Romson, Sweden's environment minister, pictured above in September 2014. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Sweden could lead way on climate: environment minister

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2014 at 18:36 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 21:29
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As the IPCC releases its latest report, Sweden’s environment minister and vice prime minister Åsa Romson says Sweden could lead the

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The NATO/OTAN logo in Norfolk, Virginia in 2012. (Paul J. Richards / AFP)
General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Report calls for a study on Sweden joining NATO

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 15:45 — Last Updated: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 20:22
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A new study into Sweden’s international security cooperation recommends that there ought to be another study into whether Sweden should

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Power prices and the subsidies for renewable power producers are currently at a record low in Sweden.(iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Can wind power fill Sweden’s energy void?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 13:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 20:29
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With Sweden set to begin phasing out its aging nuclear reactors across the country, more attention is being paid to

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A rain-swollen river washed away the road and felled trees in Kristinehamn, western Sweden, on August 22, 2014. (Johan Nilsson/AFP/Getty Images)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Climate change may scupper flood insurance for many in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, October 27, 2014 at 17:21 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 20:01
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Climate change is expected to hit Swedish households close to water, as an insurance industry representative says they may soon

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Two Swedish Jan-39 Gripen jet fighters in 2005. (Michal Cizek/AFP)
General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden’s government pledges more money for defense

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 17:25 — Last Updated: Friday, October 24, 2014 at 21:27
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In the wake of a naval hunt for a suspected foreign vessel in Swedish waters, the government’s proposed budget called

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General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden military hunt in “new phase” with fewer vessels

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 14:42 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 19:12
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The Swedish military announced that its search for an underwater vessel in the southern Stockholm archipelago had entered a “new

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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 Image)
General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden’s military is in touch with “something” in sub hunt: reports

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 15:24 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 19:26
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Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, Sverker Göransson, confirmed Tuesday that the military’s underwater search in the Stockholm archipelago

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