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Last updated: 31/1-2023

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News from Radio Sweden

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​This is the latest news from Radio Sweden. We have used the Swedish newsfeed if your language is not availa​ble.

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  • ”Swifties” travel from far and wide to concerts in Stockholm

    Up to 200,000 Taylor Swift fans are expected to come to Stockholm this weekend, to see the artist in concert.The first of three shows will take place on Friday night.”I just expect a really, really great night,” says Rachel O'Brien, from Wisconsin, USA, who is in Sweden for the first time. She will stay for a week's holiday after the concert.

  • Sweden Democrats will not delete anonymous accounts

    The Sweden Democrats have apologized to the government parties after revelations by Swedish TV4 about anonymous accounts on social media.But the party has no plans of closing any accounts, says party secretary Mattias Bäckström Johansson.”It is not misinformation that has been spread, they just have tried to be funny”, he says.

  • EU election guide: Which issues are important in the EU election?

    Defence has traditionally not been an issue for the EU, but with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it's now a major issue.Migration and EU expansion are also important for many EU members.This is the fourth part of five explainers by Radio Sweden, where we give a guide to the most important issues ahead of the European Parliament elections.

  • Gothenburg gears up for one of the most popular half-marathons in the world

    This Saturday Gothenburg will host its yearly half-marathon with runners from all over Sweden and beyond.One of the world's most popular races of it kind, Göteborgsvarvet as it's called in Swedish, passes through some of the west coast city's most iconic sites”I think it's the best race I get to run in the world” says Matt who is travelling all the way from San Francisco to take part in the half-marathon for the 7th time.

  • Mobile phone ban at compulsory youth care homes

    A ban's been introduced this week on the use of mobile phones in some of Sweden's compulsory youth care homes containing juveniles who have been convicted of serious crimes.The purpose is to increase security by foiling contact with criminal networks.Camilla Waltersson Grönvall (M), minister for social services, tells Swedish Radio News: ”We have had a situation where weapons and drugs have been available through mobile phone calls”.

  • Insurance fraud on the rise

    Insurance companies in Sweden say they saw a dramatic rise in attempted fraudulent claims last year, Swedish Radio News reports.They managed to stop frauds worth SEK 700 million in 2023.”A lot of people take the opportunity to add extras that they're not entitled to, when they report a claim”, says Mats Galvenius, CEO at Larmtjänst.

  • Pro-Palestinian protesters at Swedish universities

    Pro-Palestinian students at Uppsala University have have set up an encampment on campus.They are demanding that the university end research collaborations with Israeli universities, a student exchange program, and take a stand in the Israel-Hamas conflict, which the University says it will not do.Naima, a researcher at the university tells Radio Sweden that she wants it to take a clear stand to support the Palestinians, but Vice Chancellor Anders Hagfeldt says they won't be taking sides in the conflict.

  • Several parties condemn Sweden Democrats alleged 'troll factory'

    There have been strong reactions to revelations by TV4's investigative programme Hard Facts, which have reported that the Sweden Democrats' communications department has used anonymous so-called troll-accounts on social media to spread propaganda in favour of the party.Critics, including leading figures in the government, say that it is unacceptable and that the Sweden Democrats must answer the questions that are being asked of them following the programmes.But the leader of the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson, has hit back, calling the reporting 'disinformation' and a domestic influence operation.

  • Swedish inflation up to 2.3% in April

    Inflation in Sweden bounced back up in April, climbing to 2.3%.It is a small increase compared to March, when inflation was 2.2 percent, according to the CPIF measurement, which does not take the effect of interest rates into account.”This is largely in line with expectations, somewhat below even”, says Swedish Radio News' economic commentator Kristian Åström.

  • County Board: Solar parks need to be built on farmland

    Areas of rich farming land in Skåne in the south of Sweden will have to be used for solar power parks, according to an internal document from the local County Administrative Board, Swedish Radio News reports.The use of other land is seen as not enough to meet future needs for fossil-free electricity production in Skåne, which the County Board says is of societal importance.Skåne has the country's best agricultural land, and in recent years the County Administrative Board has rejected several applications for solar parks on the grounds of protecting land used for farming.
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