Sweden

Sweden wants to rebuild its “total defence” system

16 July 201917 July 2019 Liv Lewitschnik, Radio Sweden 0 Comments defence, military, security, Sweden, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency

All people over the age of 16 living in Sweden can be called upon to assist in times of crisis

Cyber Cyber-2 Featured General Geopolitics Highlights POLITICS Russia Uncategorized

Russia threatens response if Finland and Sweden join NATO

25 July 201827 July 2018 Yle News 0 Comments defence, Finland, military, NATO, Sweden

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that Russia would react if Finland and Sweden joined NATO (North Atlantic

Environment ENVIRONMENT Featured Finland General Highlights

Can a high-pitched noise scare seals away from Baltic fisheries?

9 July 2018 Yle News 0 Comments animals, Baltic Sea, Finland, fishing, nature, seals, Sweden

This summer Finland’s Natural Resources Institute (Luke) is experimenting with a newly developed acoustic deterrent in the Baltic sea waters

Cyber-1 ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Sweden

Growing number of Swedes choose train travel over flying to reduce pollution

21 June 201822 June 2018 Radio Sweden 0 Comments airplanes, pollution, rail, Sweden, tourism, travel

For many Swedes, Midsommar marks the beginning of the summer holidays. While many will be flying abroad, as Radio Sweden

ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Sweden

Sweden faces midsummer strawberry shortage due to unfavourable weather

20 June 201820 June 2018 Radio Sweden 0 Comments agriculture, drought, farming, fruit, harvest, Skåne, strawberries, Sweden, weather

Would Midsommar even be Midsommar without Swedish strawberries? Well millions may be about to find out. At Västernäs strawberry farm

Cyber-3 ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Sweden

Lack of rain could force Swedish farmers to kill their livestock early

15 June 201815 June 2018 Radio Sweden 0 Comments agriculture, animals, drought, farming, Halmstad, rural, Sweden, weather

Many cows in Sweden might need to be slaughtered early due to a shortage of grass for them to eat.

Featured General Highlights POLITICS Politics Sweden

Will Sweden scrap state pensions for thousands now living in Finland?

13 June 201813 June 2018 Yle News 0 Comments European Union, Finland, law, legal, retirement, social security, Sweden

If Sweden decides to halt payment of state pensions to people living abroad, the move would have repercussions in other

Featured Finland General Geopolitics Highlights POLITICS

Nordic nations to hone air combat skills over Finnish Lapland

13 June 201813 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments air force, Arctic Fighter Meet, defence, fighter jets, Finland, military, military exercises, Norway, Sweden

The last week of June will be noisy along Europe’s eastern border to Russia with exercises both in Finland and

ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Sweden

Poachers suspected behind dwindling wolf numbers in Sweden

12 June 201819 March 2019 Loukas Christodoulou, Radio Sweden 0 Comments animals, conservation, endangered species, hunting, poaching, Sweden, wildlife, wolves

Sweden’s wolves are suddenly disappearing in large numbers, and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency says illegal killing is the only

Business BUSINESS Featured General Highlights Sweden

Sweden reluctantly greenlights construction of Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline

11 June 201811 June 2018 Frank Radosevich, Radio Sweden 0 Comments Baltic Sea, energy, gas, Gazprom, Germany, natural has, natural resources, Nord Stream 2, pipelines, Russia, Sweden

Sweden gave the go ahead to the controversial construction of an underwater natural gas pipeline between Russia and Europe. But

BUSINESS Business Cyber-1 Featured General Highlights Norway

European Commission suggests extending major rail network to Northern Norway

7 June 20188 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments europe, European Commission, European Union, Finland, Narvik, Norrbotten, Norway, rail, railways, Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor, Sweden, Trans-European Transport Network

The Norwegian ice-free port is suggested a key position in EU’s Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor railway network. As part of the next

Environment Featured General Highlights SCIENCE Sweden

Scientists in Sweden help Indian farmers with artificial glaciers

4 June 2018 David Russell, Radio Sweden 0 Comments agriculture, Anshuman Bhardwaj, climate change, farming, food security, global warming, Himalayas, ice, ice stupas, India, Luleå, Sweden, water

Researchers in Sweden are providing their expertise in snow and ice to help farmers in a remote part of northern

Featured General Highlights SOCIETY Society Sweden Uncategorized

Swedish organization helps citizens prepare for emergencies

1 June 20181 June 2018 Brett Ascarelli, Radio Sweden 0 Comments brochure, Civil Contingencies Agency, civil defense, Civil Protection Organization, crisis, emergencies, preparedness, Sweden, war

What would you do if you turned on the faucet and no water came out? If you went to the

ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Sweden

Most of Sweden’s wildfires manmade and preventable

31 May 2018 Frank Radosevich, Radio Sweden 0 Comments disasters, fire safety, Prévention, Sweden, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, wildfires

Nearly all of Sweden’s wildfires are caused by people and they can be prevented by people, too, an expert tells

Sweden's 'outdoor access rights' have been translated into several languages to encourage immigrants to explore nature. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)

Cyber Cyber-3 ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Sweden

High-tech lasers to help Sweden build detailed maps of all its forests

30 May 20181 June 2018 Radio Sweden 0 Comments conservation, ecology, environment, forestry, forests, geography, industry, research, Science, Sweden, technology, topography

A laser-scan of all the forests in Sweden is about to be made, a process that will take seven years,

← Previous