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Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Protest Sweden’s groundwater say scientists

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, January 2, 2014 at 14:51
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Sweden must do a better job at protecting its groundwater to ensure a future supply of drinking water, since tests

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Swedish Lapland. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Reports of violent crime increasing in Sweden’s North

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at 11:16
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Reported cases of violent crime in Sweden have gone up by on average 39 percent since the beginning of the

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(Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish wind farms are growing too fast: experts

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, December 30, 2013 at 11:39
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Wind power has soared to new heights in Sweden but some experts believe the renewable energy source could be expanding

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Live fly larva. (Jenny Goldhawk-Smith / AFP)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Your next snack: a bug from the Swedish forest?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, December 27, 2013 at 17:24
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Spiders, insects and other creepy crawlies can make healthy, cheap and climate-friendly meals, at least according to international organizations like

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Reindeers on a highway in 2012 in Sweden's Far North. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

A gray Christmas for most of Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at 13:04
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Santa will have a hard time reaching Swedes’ homes by sled this year as Christmas Eve has turned out to

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Åsa Persson with the Mining Inspectorate of Sweden. (Nils Eklund / Sveriges Radio)
Business Sweden 

Sweden: Mine applications hit new low in 2013

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, December 23, 2013 at 11:13
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The number of mining applications for exploration permits has dropped to a new low this year, leading some to believe

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(Örjan Holmberg /SverigesRadio)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Wolf hunt in central Sweden next year

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, December 20, 2013 at 10:33
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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is to allow a licenced wolf hunt in central parts of Sweden next year. A

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Sweden's Ringhals atomic power station in on June 21, 2012.
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden: Sensors will monitor plant’s radiation levels

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 16:13
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Ringhals nuclear power plant is the largest of its kind in Scandinavia and the plant will be receiving some extra

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Many power cables were brought down by the strong winds. (Lotte Nord/SR)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Storm caused more damage than thought in North Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 10:30
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The storm-force winds caused by the storm “Ivar” last week may have caused more damage than previously thought, Swedish news

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Picture evidence from an infrared camera on why Rudolf's nose is red. (University of Lund / Radio Sweden)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish researchers prove rudolph’s nose really IS red

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, December 16, 2013 at 12:26
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Researchers at Lund University in southern Sweden have proved that Rudolf’s nose actually IS red. They have filmed the nose

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A scene from Sweden's storm Xaver earlier this month. Similar scenes played out in North Sweden when storm Ivar hit on Thursday. (Johan Nilsson / TT News Agency / AFP)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

60,000 homes without power in North Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, December 13, 2013 at 14:31
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Around 60,000 households in northern Sweden are celebrating Lucia morning in the dark, as electricity has been cut by the

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Storm Sven hits southern Sweden on December 6, 2013. On Thursday, northern Sweden braced for a winter storm, and several trains were cancelled. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency/AFP)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Trains cancelled as northern Sweden braces for storm

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 11:14
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Many trains heading to Sweden’s North have been cancelled in preparation for yet another winter storm that is expected to

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(Jean-Francois Monier / AFP)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Food more expensive in Sweden’s North: survey

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 10:19
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The cheapest groceries in Sweden are found on the Baltic Island of Gotland, and in the two southern counties Älvsborg

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Road in Stockholm, Sweden. Sales of electric cars in the country remain tiny. (Johan Nilsson / SCANPIX / AFP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Triple petrol prices to reach Sweden’s climate goals says report

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at 10:38
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In order to reach Sweden’s goal of a fossil free vehicle fleet, the government should raise petrol prices to SEK

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File photo. (Maria Ågren/ SR)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Cold causes train cancellations in North Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, December 9, 2013 at 10:22
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The bitter cold in northern Sweden has meant that local train operators have been forced to cancel several departures between

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