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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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The NATO/OTAN logo in Norfolk, Virginia in 2012. (Paul J. Richards / AFP)
Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Growing support for Nato membership in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 10:36
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A survey suggests a big jump in support for Swedish Nato membership, with 29 percent in favour of joining. The

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Sweden's political parties answer questions on the environment. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

What do Sweden’s political parties think about the environment?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, April 14, 2014 at 11:10
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Radio Sweden has asked the top candidates from the nine main political parties what they think about a range of

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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 divided on gray seal hunt

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, April 7, 2014 at 11:31
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Sweden is gearing up for an annual culling of gray seals with conservationists again calling for an end to the

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A JAS Gripen combat aircraft. Sweden's parliament had already agreed to purchase 60 JAS Gripen planes but Enstrom believes that 10 more should be bought. (iStock)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden’s defense minister calls for more fighter jets to counter Russian threat

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, April 4, 2014 at 11:32
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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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Blood tests are an important part of monitoring and diagnosing diabetes. (Yle)
Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Finland struggles to deal with diabetes explosion

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 14:23
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Every ninth person in Finland already suffers from diabetes, but experts say that figure could double in the next decade.

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Alexander Stubb, Finland's Minister of European Affairs and Foreign Trade is concerned about the effects of Russia's economic dip on Finland. (Timo Leponiemi / Yle)
Business Finland 

Russia’s economic dip could pose risk for Finland says minister

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 10:59
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Finland should be concerned about Russia’s economic development, says Finland’s Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade. A weakened Russian

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The EU claims that Sweden has failed properly to regulate industrial waste. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden may face EU court over emissions

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, March 31, 2014 at 14:13
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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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(YLE Etelä-Karjala)
Business Russia 

Finnish firms relying on Russian business face bankruptcy threat

Yle News
Posted: Friday, March 28, 2014 at 11:57
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For over a year now, the plummeting rouble exchange rate has meant financial difficulties for many Finnish companies. Firms that

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Finland's average commuting distance was almost 14 kilometres in 2012, one and a half times longer than twenty years earlier. (Mika Kanerva / Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Finland: Drivers will no longer rule the road in cities of the future

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 10, 2014 at 08:56
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What will the cities of the future look like? Kuopio city planner Leo Kosonen and his Australian colleague Peter Newman

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The fin whale taken in the North Atlantic is butchered. (CBC)
Business Business (Iceland) Iceland 

Endangered whale meat shipped from Iceland via Halifax

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, February 24, 2014 at 15:54 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:50
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Environmentalists are pushing for stricter trade laws in Canada involving at-risk species after the recent shipment of fin whale meat

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Finland's flag. (Martti Kainulainen / Lehtikuva / AFP)
Finland Politics 

Finland’s political parties for more defence spending

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 10:54
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Finland’s major political parties are backing a proposed increase in defence spending after 2015. Of the groups represented in the

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(Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

FMI data show Finland warming up

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 10:52
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Long term temperature records collected by the Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI paint a clear picture that Finland is warming up.

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All trains from Sweden's Arctic city of Kiruna have been cancelled due to the extremely cold weather. (Alexander Linder/Sveriges Radio)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Northern Sweden colder than Siberia

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, January 20, 2014 at 12:43
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Early on Monday, the town of Karesuando in northern Sweden reported this winter’s lowest temperature of – 42.5 degrees Celsius,

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In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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