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Sweden focuses on jobs and climate in budget

Although the Social Democrat / Green government has been in power for a year, this is the first time they will be governing with their ow

September 22, 2015

Project brings salmon back to Swedish river

Some 15 years ago, officials were alarmed by the rapid decline of wild salmon populations in Sweden’s Vindel River but now it seems restoration work as paid off for the fishes.

August 12, 2015

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 of the airports taking part in the exercise, Swedish Radio’s local channel in Norrbotten reports.

 

June 04, 2015

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.

 

May 30, 2015

Growing support for NATO-membership in Sweden

A new study from Gothenburg University’s SOM Institute shows that more and more Swedes want Sweden to join NATO.

May 20, 2015

Relocation of Kiruna underway

After years of planning, the first steps of tearing down and moving the Arctic town of Kiruna started today in Sweden.

April 23, 2015

Business and environmentalists unite in Sweden

A number of major corporations are calling for higher taxes on carbondioxide emissions and more ambitious climate goals than the red-green government.

April 10, 2015

Energy consumption at 30-year low in Sweden

Warm weather and a weak European economy brought a dip in Swedish electric energy use in 2014.

January 02, 2015

Swedish NGO delivers anti-Fennovoima petition to Finland

Members of a Swedish civic organisation collected and delivered more than 20,000 signatures from individuals protesting the proposed construction of a nuclear power plant in northwest Finland by the power consortium Fennovoima.

December 09, 2014

People in Västerbotten has Sweden’s best mental health

This is based on a mental health index compiled by the organization Mind, using statistics from the Swedish Public Health Agency and Stat

October 13, 2014