WorldThe UK and Norway launch a new aid package for Ukraine worth £450 million - with hundreds of thousands of drones in focus.
Sweden’s Bohus Fortress gets digital twin for preservation
Culture"A reassurance and a reason to scan more cultural heritage sites".
Lynx thrive in Finland
EnvironmentThe population has doubled in the last 20 years.
Study: Deaths after covid vaccine were in most cases due to the shot
ScienceThe startling study was published in the journal Public Health Policy and the Law - the researchers appeal for "further urgent investigations".
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TechNaomi Brockwell: This single decision sets the tone for your entire digital footprint.
The Baltic Sea is getting better – and worse
EnvironmentMore oxygen in the Gulf of Finland than in the last five years - but the area without oxygen continues to grow.
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Kiruna adopts minority language street names – “Swedish speakers” advised to use AI to pronounce names
Sweden"Do we always have to be the experimental municipality?" asks Magnus Gustafsson (C), who is critical of the decision.
“Trade wars have no winners – protectionism is a dead end”
DebateOpen cooperation represents the trend of history and mutual benefit is what the people want, writes WAN Degang, Charge d'Affairs of the Chinese Embassy in Sweden.
Organic Maps – the map app that doesn’t map you
TechTired of Google Maps tracking you? Here's the free alternative that lets you navigate completely offline!
German journalist sentenced to prison – for satirical meme
WorldCriticized Socialist Interior Minister Nancy Faeser for hating free speech - even forced to apologize to her in writing.
Swedish ex-politician demands payout info after pedophile scandal
SwedenSex crime suspect Center Party top Gustav Hemming angry that Region Stockholm has yet to decide if he will receive taxpayer millions.
Memorial at Sergels Torg sparks anger: “Profoundly insulting to those who died in the terror attack”
SwedenThe heated bronze blanket is to commemorate the victims of the 2017 Drottninggatan terror attack - but is dismissed as "bland and mundane".
Comment: The division in Ukraine – and the hate rhetoric here at home
WorldJenny Piper: The current state of affairs can be described as an acute psychosis, where the risks of tensions escalating into open civil confrontations are increasingly likely.
Sweden to host NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Helsingborg
Sweden"It is with pride that Sweden will host the informal NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Skåne next year", exclaims Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Moderate Party.
Muslims use the Constitution to build Sharia enclaves in the US
World"This is the American dream - for Muslims".
International law expert on the Swedish suicide drones: “Risk that civilians are affected”
Sweden"If the military target is hit and civilians suffer minor 'collateral damage', it must be accepted as an inevitable part of warfare", argues Ove Bring.
Peace researcher urges diplomacy: “War leads to total destruction”
Sweden"Stopping a spiral of violence that risks leading us all to our deaths is one of the main tasks of politics", stresses Frida Stranne, noting that peace efforts require both courage and intelligence.
Teuton Systems offers smart privacy-focused technology – without compromise
TechWe take the fight against corporate snooping, mass government surveillance and criminal phone tapping through firm open source principles and secure products.
Game of Thrones wolf recreated
ScienceScientists in Texas have successfully revived an extinct species for the first time ever.
Bronze Age Norse may have sailed open sea between Norway and Denmark
HistoryAble to travel long distances on the high seas even thousands of years ago, according to new simulation tests.
Economy professor: Trump’s tariffs rooted in “flakey” trade deficit analysis
EconomyThe trade deficits have nothing to do with the trade policies of the rest of the world. They have no indication whatsoever that anybody is ripping off anybody, especially that the rest of the world is ripping off the United States, according to Jeffrey Sachs.
Trump’s new tariffs take effect: “Lots of companies will be wiped out”
Economy"Everything that the US buys from China will disappear. There will be a huge price shock in every way and shortages of all kinds of things", says China analyst Alexis von Sydow.
China and India extend invitation to “Dragon-Elephant tango”
WorldUS tariffs are expected to drive closer ties between the world's most populous countries - after years of tension.
Comment: Radio Sweden continues to act as a megaphone for the warmongers
SwedenJenny Piper: War mongering and gun lobbying have apparently been added to the many exceptions to the Public Service's supposed "impartiality".
EconomyBelieves that the US trade war will affect development worldwide.
Reports: Bilderberg meeting to be held in Sweden
SwedenThe globalist power meeting is reportedly planned for mid-June in Stockholm.
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