Is Sweden really one of the world’s greenest countries?
Not only was Sweden one of the first countries in the world to introduce a tax on carbon dioxide emissions
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Aggressive elk in northern Sweden prompt police warning
Police in northern Sweden are warning residents to be on the lookout for aggressive elk who reportedly lunged at people
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Sweden pushes for tougher Russia sanctions
The EU and the USA decided Wednesday evening to strengthen sanctions on Russian interests, with a focus on the crisis
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Do polar bears and penguins live in Sweden?
Some myths are a lot more difficult to upend than others – and this particular one seems to be immortal
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Risks as Russian military planes fly under the radar near Sweden
Safety for civil airplanes is being threatened, as more and more foreign military planes, often Russian, fly anonymously in the
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Sweden: Cleaner Baltic to yield billions
Sweden stands to gain SEK 27 billion per year and 70,000 new jobs if the Baltic Sea is cleaned up,
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`Don’t feed wild boars,’ says Swedish report
The feeding of wild boars should be banned during the summer months to help control the animal’s growing population, according
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Sweden: Climate change speeds up Baltic Sea algal blooms
Algal blooms in the Baltic Sea are starting earlier that before, a new study shows, a result that might be
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Bear hunt quota worries reindeer herders in Sweden’s Arctic
The middle of August starts bear hunting season and the number of bears to be shot in northern Sweden is
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Sweden: Vattenfall may pay billions for new nuclear safety requirements
New security requirements for nuclear power plants may end up costing Swedish state-owned power company Vattenfall SEK billions. One of
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“Climate in acute need of feminist policies”: Swedish politician
In her speech in Almedalen, the Green party spokesperson Åsa Romson stressed the close links between Green Party policies and
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Mine in Sweden’s Arctic suspends payments to creditors
Northland Resources, an international mining company that runs an iron ore mine outside of Pajala in northern Sweden, is suspending
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Sweden: Arctic hockey team to wear rainbow jerseys all season in support of LGBT rights in sport
Hockey players in Sweden’s Arctic city of Kiruna will be playing in rainbow colours next season in an outward show
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Court halts wind farm in Sweden
Sweden’s Land and Environmental Court of Appeal rejected on Wednesday a proposed wind farm off the coast of Falkenberg after
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Sweden quarry decision appealed
The Swedish Environment Protection Agency and the Gotland county council are appealing a court ruling allowing the Nordkalk company to
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