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Peter Sjöstrand is leading the exercise, and Lasse Jansson is in charge of communcations, in Linköping. (Lana Brunell / Sveriges Radio)
Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden and Finland in joint defence exercise

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, May 16, 2014 at 11:47
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Major military exercises are happening in Sweden, playing out all week, with the scenario of an attack from the east.

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Four JAS 39 Gripen jet fighters perform during the Day of the Airforce in Linkoping, Sweden on June 13, 2010. (AFP)
Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Parties at odds on defense spending in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 11:17
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Sweden’s main political parties clashed over how much to spend on the military Thursday morning after the Swedish Defense Commission

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Algal blooming in the Baltic Sea near Sweden. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

Just how sick is the Baltic Sea?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 16:48
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Scientists and experts from around the Baltic Sea are meeting in Stockholm to try to work out the best way

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Christer Borg, from the environmental group Älvräddarna ("Stream Savers"). (Pernilla Anth Jacobsson/Sveriges Radio)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

Unique court in North Sweden could see hydropower stations closed

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, May 9, 2014 at 10:22
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A unique court case in northern Sweden starting on Friday could decide the fate of many small waterpower stations. Government

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A stuffed moose on the hood of a car helps Niclas Dahl from the Älgskadefondsföreningen show drivers what can happen on the roads. (Magnus Hagström/Swedish Radio)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Motorists warned to watch out for wildlife on Sweden’s roads

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 11:31
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Motorists are being told to watch out for wild moose this week as part of a campaign drawing attention to

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The Tolånga river in Sjöbo municipality. (Sveriges Radio)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Dairy leak in Sweden turns river’s waters milky white

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 08:58
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Around 15,000 liters of milk spilled into the Tolånga river in Sjöbo municipality, southern Sweden on Friday, after a pipe

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Greenpeace activists demonstrate on March 16, 2011 outside the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management (SKB) office in Stockholm. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Support for nuclear power falls in Sweden: survey

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, May 5, 2014 at 09:26
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Swedes are becoming increasingly skeptical of nuclear power with a new survey showing 50 percent of respondents want the controversial

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Oil infrastructure located at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Spill in Alaska’s North Slope spreads to 33 acres

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 14:17
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A ruptured well line that shot crude oil, water and gas into a strong wind on Alaska’s North Slope affected

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Cars speed past a coal-fired power plant operated by Swedish energy conglomerate Vattenfall on February 25, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. ( Sean Gallup / Getty)
Business Sweden 

Sweden’s Vattenfall: Coal to play important role in future

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 08:46
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In the wake of the Ukraine crisis and Germany’s nuclear shutdown Swedish-state-owned Vattenfall is supplying even more energy from coal.

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Centre Party MEP and top candidate Kent Johansson. (Kris Boswell/Sveriges Radio)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden’s Centre Party talks climate change

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, April 25, 2014 at 09:16
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The elections to the European parliament are now exactly one month away, with voters in Sweden going to the polls

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Swedish Environment Minister Lena Ek (L) at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Stockholm, Sweden on September 23, 2013 (BertilEnevag/Scanpix/AFP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden’s environment minister upset by car industry emission testing delays

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 09:24
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Sweden’s Environment Minister says attempts by the European car industry to delay the introduction of new methods to test greenhouse

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Wild boar incidents are increasing in southern Sweden. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Proposal: Use assault rifles in Sweden’s wild-boar hunt

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 08:58
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A major wants to enlist soldiers armed with assault rifles in an effort to stem the rapid growth of Sweden’s

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Traffic outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Electric car sales are weak in the country, especially compared to places like neighbouring Norway. (Sven Nackstand / AFP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

Sweden pauses payment to international climate change fund

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 08:55
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The Swedish government will not be paying money promised to the Green Climate Fund, meaning the small Center Party has

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Peter Eriksson, number two candidate for the Green Party, joins us to talk about the upcoming EU elections. (Frank Radosevich/Radio Sweden)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Time to get tough on EU carbon emissions says Swedish politician

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2014 at 10:02
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Where does the Green Party stand in the upcoming EU parliament elections? In a Radio Sweden interview, second candidate on

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A gray seal eating a fish in the Baltic Sea. Four hundred gray and harbour seals can be culled up until the end of 2014 (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden’s biggest ever seal hunt underway

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 12:07
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Sweden’s licensed seal hunt began Wednesday with a record-high number allowed to be shot. 400 gray and harbour seals can

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