Growing support for Nato membership in Sweden
A survey suggests a big jump in support for Swedish Nato membership, with 29 percent in favour of joining. The
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What do Sweden’s political parties think about the environment?
Radio Sweden has asked the top candidates from the nine main political parties what they think about a range of
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Swedish snowmobilers take risks to new heights
Snowmobilers in Sweden are getting their kicks by highmarking, a recreational game where riders drive a snowmobile straight up a
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Sweden to invest billions on infrastructure
The Swedish government wants to invest SEK 522 billion on improving roads, railways, tunnels and on other infrastructure projects, the
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Sweden divided on gray seal hunt
Sweden is gearing up for an annual culling of gray seals with conservationists again calling for an end to the
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Sweden’s defense minister calls for more fighter jets to counter Russian threat
Sweden’s Defense Minister Karin Enstrom says the military should get a total of 70 new JAS Gripen combat aircraft, ten
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How should Swedes adapt to climate change?
What does climate change mean for Sweden, and how well-prepared are authorities here to cope with it? The latest of
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Sweden’s Social Democrats repeat call for larger CO2 emission cuts
Sweden’s opposition Social Democrats want to tighten greenhouse gas emission limits within the European Union, cutting them to 50 percent
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Sweden may face EU court over emissions
The EU Commission may take Sweden to court over the country’s failure to reduce pollution levels in its cities. Pollution
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Sweden fails to meet green targets
Sweden is predicted to reach just two out of 16 environmental goals by 2020, according to Sweden’s Environmental Protection Agency.
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Sweden’s rural development programme gets cash injection
The Swedish government wants to spend several billion krona on preventing rural businesses from closing, Industry Minister Annie Lööf announced
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Poll shows Finns support military union with Sweden
More than half of Finns would support a military alliance with Sweden, according to a new opinion poll. Support was
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Wild boar attack in suburb of Stockholm, Sweden
A young woman was left shaken after being chased by a pack of wild boar in a suburb of Stockholm,
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Growing number of Swedes go organic
Demand for organic food is growing in Sweden, with record sales recorded in 2013. Sales of organic food reached nearly
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Swedish climate footprint growing
While Sweden is contributing less gasses to the greenhouse effect, that only applies to what is produced within the country’s
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