One year anniversary of historic forest fire in Sweden
Friday is exactly one year after an enormous forest fire broke out in Västmanland in central Sweden. And since the fire, forestry companies
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Society (Sweden)
Wolf hunt authorized in North Sweden after attacks on farm animals
After a flurry of wolf attacks that killed dozens of sheep and lambs in Insjön and Sågmyra, in northern Sweden,
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Agency fails to report animal rail accidents in Sweden
The Swedish Transport Administration fails to report many rail accidents involving wild animals, causing them to suffer a slow and
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Sweden: Government to form council of researchers for sustainable development
During last week’s Almedalen political week, the red-green government decided to form a council consisting of science researchers to
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Sweden: Gardeners reach for the scissors as slug pellets run out
The mild winter means record amounts of the hated Spanish slug crawling around Swedish gardens, and the poison used
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Sweden developes new space strategy
Sweden may soon have a new strategy for space, with proposals on how to get the most out of the
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Activists arrested in Sweden during Arctic military exercise
Seven activists protesting against the international military exercise Arctic Challenge were arrested for trespassing on Tuesday when they entered one
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Siberian huskies, Greenland sled dogs share DNA with today’s canine companions
Dogs have been “man’s best friend” long before humans settled down through the advent of agriculture. Swedish researcher Love Dalén speaks to
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Swedes pay more than neighbors for mobile broadband
Surfing on a cellphone costs Swedes more than users in neighboring Nordic lands, according to a price review. Swedish Television
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Sweden’s renewable energy tax proposal under fire
Researchers and solar power advocates criticise the government’s plans to introduce a tax on renewable energies, Swedish Radio News reports.
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Sami languages disappear
The world’s smallest language, Ter Sami, is only spoken by two persons. Also, Ume Sami and Pite Sami will not
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Swedish hockey team accused of offending Native Americans
Gothenburg’s Frölunda Hockey Club has been reported to the Discrimination Ombudsman because of its nickname and logo, which the complainant
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Relocation of Arctic town underway in Sweden
After years of planning, the first steps of tearing down and moving the Arctic town of Kiruna started today in
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Sweden to expand teaching of minority languages
The Swedish National Agency for Education, or Skolverket, is to expand the teaching of Sweden’s five national minority languages (Yiddish, Finnish,
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Free birth control halves number of abortions carried out in northern Sweden
Since Sweden’s Norrbotten county council began offering free birth control to young women three years ago the number of abortions
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