Tag: Annika

  • The strike of cleaning and property maintenance services expanded at midnight

    The strike of cleaning and property maintenance services expanded at midnight

    Organizations have had difficulty finding common ground, especially when it comes to salary increases. While PAM had rejected the first settlement proposal on the grounds that a percentage-based increase would not have sufficiently benefited low-wage workers, it also rejected the €91 increase offered in the previous proposal as insufficient. Annika Rönni-SällinenPAM president, said on Wednesday […]

  • Purra: Living on benefits too easy for immigrants, not Finns

    Purra: Living on benefits too easy for immigrants, not Finns

    On Monday, he confirmed to the daily newspaper that he was specifically referring to immigrants. “As my answer to the open question of the voting guides suggests, I was talking about immigrants. An immigrant can become part of the welfare system and social security with a maximum of 700 euros, he said. “The labor productivity […]

  • Melodikrysset with Annika Jankell

    Melodikrysset with Annika Jankell

    This week’s musical crossword puzzle. Complete the cross plan and compete for honor and great prizes. Every Saturday at 10.03 you can listen to Melodikrysset in P4.

  • Center leaders deny anonymous rumors about minister Lintilä’s alcohol use

    Center leaders deny anonymous rumors about minister Lintilä’s alcohol use

    The Minister of Finance and the chairperson of the Center Annika Saarikko dismissed the rumors about Minister of Economy Mika Lintilä’s alcohol consumption as “brutal and anonymous”.

  • The Sámi Council Act failed due to political will, not content: the Sámi council chairman

    The Sámi Council Act failed due to political will, not content: the Sámi council chairman

    In his Finnish text, Juuso explains the work of the legal committee and the Sámi Council’s negotiation work in the parliament across party lines. “It is important that everyone knows the twists and turns of the law reform process,” Juuso said. The twists and turns of the Sámi Council Act have also received significant attention […]

  • Melodikrysset with Annika Jankell

    Melodikrysset with Annika Jankell

    This week’s musical crossword. Complete the cross plan and compete for honor and great prizes. Every Saturday at 10.03 you can listen to Melodikrysset in P4.

  • Strikes in grocery stores and logistics centers were suspended after the trade agreement

    Strikes in grocery stores and logistics centers were suspended after the trade agreement

    Annika Rönni-SällinenPAM chairman, expressed his satisfaction with the outcome of the “complex and difficult” negotiations. “We managed to negotiate an agreement that we can be satisfied with. Our long-term goal of wage increases in euros was realized. The euro-denominated wage increases will especially benefit low-wage earners, he commented press release late last night. “The negotiations […]

  • Mortgage rates continue to rise – “ask for a discount or change banks”

    Mortgage rates continue to rise – “ask for a discount or change banks”

    Host:Caroline Salzinger Voices and participation in the programHenrik Braconier, Chief Economist, Financial Supervisory AuthorityChristina Sahlberg, savings economist, Compricer Claes Bäckman, researcher in National Economics, Aarhus University. Erik Thedéen, Governor of the Riksbank Carina Åkerström, CEO, HandelsbankenJens Henriksson, CEO, Swedbank Lotta Silver, Elisabeth Nordström and Annika Eriksson, mortgage customers Producer:Olof Wijnbladh Technician:Joar Jonsson [email protected]

  • Hear today’s Melodikrysset

    Hear today’s Melodikrysset

    This week’s musical crossword, today directly from Folk och Kultur in Eskilstuna with Anna Charlotta Gunnarson and Annika Jankell. Complete the cross plan and compete for honor and great prizes. Every Saturday at 10.03 you can listen to Melodikrysset in P4.

  • The Minister of Finance warns of an annual deficit of 10 billion euros

    The Minister of Finance warns of an annual deficit of 10 billion euros

    At the end of January, Finland’s national debt was around 144 billion euros, which Finance Minister Annika Saarikko (Cen) says is the responsibility of all parties.

  • Strikes in Finnish supermarkets start on Thursday

    Strikes in Finnish supermarkets start on Thursday

    “PAM and Kauppaliitto are far from each other in their views – also on issues other than remuneration”, Annika Rönni-SällinenPAM’s chairman stated press release on Tuesday. The trade union continues to pursue wage increases of around 200 euros. The trade union stated in its press release that it had put forward several proposals to resolve […]

  • Teollisuusliitto cancels strikes after chemical and technology industry contracts

    Teollisuusliitto cancels strikes after chemical and technology industry contracts

    The technology industry may still face Trade Union Pro and YTN’s strike. Helsington Sanomat on Sunday wrote that the agreement guarantees this year’s general 3.5 percent salary increase for employees in the technology sector and a one-time additional bonus of 400 euros to be paid in March. Salary increases in the industry will continue next […]

  • The labor dispute in the retail trade escalates – the employers asked to stop collecting union membership fees

    The labor dispute in the retail trade escalates – the employers asked to stop collecting union membership fees

    Anna LavikkalaThe trade union’s head of labor market affairs said the union cannot sit on the sidelines and passively oversee “proportionate” strikes aimed at employers amid collective bargaining. “In this situation, employers simply have no other choice but to resort to measures outside the negotiation table,” he stated. press release. The announcement came a day […]

  • Melodikrysset with Annika Jankell

    Melodikrysset with Annika Jankell

    This week’s musical crossword. Complete the cross plan and compete for honor and great prizes. Every Saturday at 10.03 you can listen to Melodikrysset in P4.

  • The last show!

    The last show!

    Cast: Sweden’s Radio Symphony Orchestra.Elin Rombo.First Aid Kit.Ebo Krdum with ribbon.Horace Engdahl, author.Arvida Byström, artist and director.Annika Härenstam, professor of occupational science.Ingmar Skoog, chief physician.Anna Axfors, poet. Hosts: Louise Epstein and Thomas NordegrenProducer: Olle Björkman

  • PAM announces that it is ready to strike in 185 grocery stores and logistics centers

    PAM announces that it is ready to strike in 185 grocery stores and logistics centers

    – The trade union has been reluctant to discuss salary increases that would secure the purchasing power of employees. stated Annika Rönni-SällinenChairman of PAM. “Retail businesses are making good results, while their workers have to cut corners to make sure they’re paid enough to live on. Employees have the right to an appropriate salary increase.” […]

  • The trade reform clarifies the committee despite the opposition of the center and basic Finns

    The trade reform clarifies the committee despite the opposition of the center and basic Finns

    He added that the change requires that a person who changes their legal gender marker for the first time cannot do so until at least a year has passed since the previous change, unless there is a special reason for the change. Päivälehti pointed out that one of the key parts of the bill is […]

  • This is how you recover at work

    This is how you recover at work

    Several research projects at healthcare centers in Skåne have shown that joint short exercises at morning meetings, short lunchtime walks or personal micro breaks give energy and strength to the staff. For nurses, research has shown that it is very important how they are introduced to the profession in the first years. What happens then […]

  • Melodikrysset 41 – A musical crossword with Anna Charlotta Gunnarson

    Melodikrysset 41 – A musical crossword with Anna Charlotta Gunnarson

    Take part in the competition for Melodikrysset’s prizes In order for your solution to be counted, you must submit the cross either via Melodikrysset’s app, by post or via the form here on our site according to instructions. We want your answer by Wednesday at the latest so that you can enter the draw. You […]

  • Melodikrysset 40 – A musical crossword with Annika Jankell

    Melodikrysset 40 – A musical crossword with Annika Jankell

    In the family program Melodikrysset, you have to be a music detective! In Melodikrysset, various questions are asked about music and artists. Complete the cross-plan to win the honor and the great prizes presented in the program. Take part in the competition for Melodikrysset’s prizes For your solution to be counted, you must submit the […]

  • Saarikko denies Marini’s obvious criticism of the central bank as unfounded

    Saarikko denies Marini’s obvious criticism of the central bank as unfounded

    the Treasury minister Annika Saarikko (Centre) on Monday denied the criticism leveled at the central bank as groundless, reports YLE. He felt that central banks would face even more criticism if they had decided not to take action to curb inflation, which is one of their core tasks. The ECB’s task is to keep inflation […]

  • Melodikrysset 39 – A musical crossword with Anna Charlotta Gunnarson

    Melodikrysset 39 – A musical crossword with Anna Charlotta Gunnarson

    Take part in the competition for Melodikrysset’s prizes In order for your solution to be counted, you must submit the cross either via Melodikrysset’s app, by post or via the form here on our site according to instructions. We want your answer by Wednesday at the latest so that you can enter the draw. You […]

  • The budget plan for 2023 offers a wide range of subsidies, the deficit will increase to more than 8 billion euros

    The budget plan for 2023 offers a wide range of subsidies, the deficit will increase to more than 8 billion euros

    Finance Minister Annika Saarikko (Cen) warned that Finland could be forced into a recession next year.

  • Melodikrysset week 32 – A musical crossword with Micke Cederberg

    Melodikrysset week 32 – A musical crossword with Micke Cederberg

    Take part in the competition for Melodikrysset’s prizes For your solution to be counted, you must submit the cross either via Melodikrysset’s app, by mail or via the form here on our site according to instructions. We want your answer by Wednesday at the latest so that you can enter the draw. You have an […]

  • Saarikko: Valtiovarainministeriön budjettiesitys panostaa kasvuun, turvallisuuteen ja omavaraisuuteen

    Saarikko: Valtiovarainministeriön budjettiesitys panostaa kasvuun, turvallisuuteen ja omavaraisuuteen

    Matkakuluvähennyksen enimmäismäärä on nostettu tänä vuonna 7 000 eurosta 8 400 euroon ja biopolttoaineiden jakeluvelvoite alennettu 7,5 prosenttiin tänä ja ensi vuonna. Valtiovarainministeriö esittää, että poliisin määrärahoja korotetaan 18 miljoonalla eurolla tämän kevään puiteistunnossa päätettyyn verrattuna ja 780 miljoonalla eurolla varataan Ukrainan sotaa pakenevien ihmisten kotoutumisen auttamiseksi ja edistämiseksi. Puhtaiden teknologioiden, toimitusvarmuuden ja energiaomavaraisuuden edistämiseen […]

  • VMA in Timrå, Västernorrland county

    VMA in Timrå, Västernorrland county

    Take part in the competition for Melodikrysset’s prizes For your solution to be counted, you must submit the cross either via Melodikrysset’s app, by mail or via the form here on our site according to instructions. We want your answer by Wednesday at the latest so that you can enter the draw. You have an […]

  • Melodikrysset week 27 – A musical crossword with Micke Cederberg

    Melodikrysset week 27 – A musical crossword with Micke Cederberg

    Join and compete for Melodikrysset’s prizes In order for your solution to be counted, you must send in the cross either via Melodikrysset’s app, by post or via the form here on our site according to instructions. By Wednesday, we want your answer so that you can join the draw. You have an equal chance […]

  • Defense Minister Kaikkonen celebrates the birth of a baby boy

    Defense Minister Kaikkonen celebrates the birth of a baby boy

    Minister of Defense of Finland Antti Kaikkonen (Cen) announced the birth of her baby boy through an Instagram release on Friday. The child is the second member of the downtown MP with his wife Jannika Rantaafter the birth of the eldest in July 2020. "The miracle of life," Kaikkonen wrote in an Instagram post. "Alvar […]

  • The hunt for the man behind Sweden’s largest drug market on Darknet

    The hunt for the man behind Sweden’s largest drug market on Darknet

    The police spent several years chasing the administrator behind the most iconic Swedish marketplace on Darknet, Flugsvamp 2.0. For about three years (2015–2018), more than 300,000 transfers of various types of drugs were made there, for a value of hundreds of millions of kronor. How they managed to catch the suspected administrator was an exciting […]

  • Thank you for everything Anders Eldeman!  Now Mr Melodikrysset is doing his last program on Swedish Radio

    Thank you for everything Anders Eldeman! Now Mr Melodikrysset is doing his last program on Swedish Radio

    The melody cross week 25 is thus Anders Eldeman’s last cross. But of course we will continue with the cross as usual and in the autumn of week 33, Annika Jankell and Anna Charlotta Gunnarson will take over as hosts for Melodikrysset. Until then, it is Micke Cederberg who will act as program manager for […]

  • Right now: The European Parliament is voting on new climate laws

    Right now: The European Parliament is voting on new climate laws

    The European Parliament today voted against the plans to change emission rights. Later today, Parliament also votes on a controversial proposal on how to sequester carbon dioxide in forests and land, something that affects Sweden, as well as a carbon dioxide tariff on certain imported goods outside the EU. Listen to climate reporter Annika Digréus’ […]

  • The finance minister hints at tax cuts to compensate for rising prices

    The finance minister hints at tax cuts to compensate for rising prices

    The decline in living standards will not make the campaign theme very popular in next spring’s parliamentary elections, which the parties of the current center-left coalition are well aware of. With prices rising as much as six per cent, wages just a couple of per cent this year and mortgage rates rising, the finance minister […]

  • Here is Melodikrysset’s new host

    Here is Melodikrysset’s new host

    Annika Jankell and Anna Charlotta Gunnarsson take over as hosts for Melodikrysset. “This is a dream come true,” says Anna Charlotta Gunnarsson. The new presenters begin on August 20. The first Melodikrysset they lead together, after that they will lead each program every other week. They take over from Melodikrysset’s current host Anders Eldeman, who […]

  • NCC is the first construction machine in the world to be made of fossil-free steel

    NCC is the first construction machine in the world to be made of fossil-free steel

    The president of Volvo CE handed over the construction machine, the articulated tractor Melker JernbergTo the President of the NCC Tomas Carlsson at a ceremony in the context of the UN Environment Conference in Stockholm +50. Other participants were the Swedish Minister for Climate and Environment Annika Strandhäll and the U.S. Climate Ambassador John Kerrywhose […]

  • The story behind NATO’s expansion after the Cold War

    The story behind NATO’s expansion after the Cold War

    “A perfect storm” after the end of the Cold War where all conditions worked together gave the United States and NATO the opportunity to expand into Central and Eastern Europe, says Joshua Shifrinson, one of three American political scientists we hear about NATO’s development, and who in part provides a a different perspective on what […]

  • Archipelago: "With your support, I am ready for NATO membership"

    Archipelago: "With your support, I am ready for NATO membership"

    Chairman of the Center and Minister of Finance Annika Saarikko on Saturday asked his party for support before a possible NATO application. Saarikko spoke at the Center Assembly in Vaasa. He said the party must decide on membership of the military alliance at the Downtown Congress in June. However, Saarikko said that the Center could […]

  • Seven things to remember about the government budget agreement

    Seven things to remember about the government budget agreement

    prime minister Sanna Marin (SDP) got its government to approve the framework budget agreement within 24 hours. The leaders of the five governing parties negotiated the treasury spending and revenue guidelines for the coming years – and these are the most important things you need to know. 1. Inflation increases social benefits The government decided […]

  • Right now: This is how the government wants to develop wind power

    Right now: This is how the government wants to develop wind power

    Wind power will be expanded. Minister of Climate and Environment Annika Strandhäll is now presenting a wind power package.

  • New report from the IPCC – breakthrough for solar and wind technology

    New report from the IPCC – breakthrough for solar and wind technology

    The IPCC today releases a new report on the scenarios for limiting climate change. According to the UN’s climate panel, IPCC, emissions have not decreased but continued to increase, with a small dip during the pandemic. This makes it even more urgent to limit emissions. Listen to our environmental reporter Annika Digréus in Ekot’s live […]

  • Logistiikkasektori saa 95 miljoonaa euroa polttoainekustannuksiin ja vihreään siirtymiseen

    Logistiikkasektori saa 95 miljoonaa euroa polttoainekustannuksiin ja vihreään siirtymiseen

    Perjantaina valtiovarainministerin johtama ministerivaliokunta Annika Saarikko (Cen) päätti toimenpiteistä kuljetus- ja logistiikka-alan toiminnan turvaamiseksi. Ministeriön valmiustyöryhmä perustettiin maaliskuun alussa käsittelemään Venäjän hyökkäyksen vaikutuksia Ukrainaan. Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö valmistelee kuljetusyrityksille tilapäistä jopa 75 miljoonan euron tukipakettia. Taloudellinen tuki kattaa tämän vuoden tammikuun ja maaliskuun välisen ajanjakson, josta tiedotetaan myöhemmin. Lisäksi hallitus valmistelee 20 miljoonan euron tukipakettia […]

  • The President of Ukraine “gives up” – so the truth is bent by fake videos

    The President of Ukraine “gives up” – so the truth is bent by fake videos

    Around the first of April, many media outlets usually sneak an April Fool’s joke into their reporting, something that has begun to feel increasingly difficult to do in view of accusations of fake news in recent years. And not least now during the propaganda war that goes hand in hand with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. […]

  • Tordyveln flies in the twilight of Maria Gripe

    Tordyveln flies in the twilight of Maria Gripe

    When Jonas, Annika and David water flowers on the Selander farm, they find old letters, sent to an Emelie who lived in the 18th century. The letters say about a three-thousand-year-old Egyptian statue in Ringaryd, where they live. Is it still there, and if so, where? David has dreamed of a flower with heart-shaped leaves, […]

  • Minister: Finland has been weaned from its dependence on Russian energy

    Minister: Finland has been weaned from its dependence on Russian energy

    Finland must work to end its dependence on Russian fossil fuels, Minister of Finance Annika Saarikko (Cen) said Tuesday. The archipelago is leading a special ministerial working group set up to deal with issues caused by the Russian occupation of Ukraine. Finland needs to move closer to renewable energy in order to end its dependence […]

  • The Ministry of Finance is proposing to cancel the planned cuts in funding for science

    The Ministry of Finance is proposing to cancel the planned cuts in funding for science

    The Ministry of Finance has a proposal to cancel the planned budget cuts in research and development funding, Minister of Finance Annika Saarikko (Cen) announced Monday. The Finnish ruling parties are due to start budget framework negotiations at the beginning of next month. According to figures provided by the Ministry of Finance, the proposal would […]

  • Finland announces a EUR 300 million package to support agri-food production

    Finland announces a EUR 300 million package to support agri-food production

    The government’s ministerial preparedness working group has drawn up a € 300 million support package for the agricultural sector to prevent food supply disruptions caused by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Minister of Finance Annika Saarikko said Thursday. Speaking to the press, Saarikko stated that the purpose of the package is to combat the effects […]

  • The virus variants and waves in the corona pandemic are eluding researchers

    The virus variants and waves in the corona pandemic are eluding researchers

    The corona mystery continues to elude the research world. There are various hypotheses as to where the virus variants come from, but nothing has been proven yet. Omikron seems to come from the original variant, although it is almost impossible to find. How does that work? Intermediate wave periods in the corona pandemic In South […]

  • The Ministerial Working Group will take responsibility for cyber security and public administration preparedness

    The Ministerial Working Group will take responsibility for cyber security and public administration preparedness

    The Ministerial Working Group makes policy decisions on measures to safeguard the functioning of society and the digital operating environment in the event of cyber accidents and cyber-impact activities. It will also make decisions on the readiness of the public administration for the situation caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The composition of the […]

  • Uniting enemies, At lightning speed & We solve the Kremlin code.

    Uniting enemies, At lightning speed & We solve the Kremlin code.

    This week’s panel and surveys: Cultural journalist Göran Everdahl, TV producer Annika Sundberg and screenwriter Calle Norlén. The scouts – community reconnaissance with humor The Scouts is a program that has been around for a long time! The clever thing is that the Scouts are as much a live program as an appreciated podcast for […]

  • Russia victims of its own war history

    Russia victims of its own war history

    Vetenskapsradion Historia takes the tempo of Russia’s tactics during the invasion of Ukraine and discusses Russian war history with the defense historian Lars Ericson Wolke at the Swedish National Defense College. “Russian warfare has deep roots in World War II and the Cold War, but it has not worked in Ukraine,” he said. The experiences […]

  • The Russian ruling party is proposing the expropriation of outgoing companies

    The Russian ruling party is proposing the expropriation of outgoing companies

    He said the Kremlin should take strong retaliation and consider expropriating the activities of companies withdrawing from the market as a means of protecting local workers and national production potential. “In all cases, the decisions have been strictly political. Their price is a large number of Russian workers who will be laid off overnight, ”Turtshak […]

  • Ylen Gallup: NCP stretches lead over SDP, Greens’ support drops further

    Ylen Gallup: NCP stretches lead over SDP, Greens’ support drops further

    The Coalition Party (NKP) once again rose to number one in Yle’s latest monthly poll and strengthens the NCP’s position as Finland’s most popular party. The Petteri Orpoparty has now stretched its lead over the second-placed SDP led by the prime minister Sanna Marinto four percentage points. NCP support rose 1.4 percentage points from the […]

  • The risks of Putin’s nuclear threat

    The risks of Putin’s nuclear threat

    The clip comes from Good Morning World on February 27. Participants: Peter Wallensteenpeace and conflict researcher at Uppsala University and Erik Melanderdirector of Alva Myrdal Center for nuclear disarmament. Reporter: Annika Olsson Host: Katarina von Arndt

  • Saarikko, Orpo: Russia’s retaliation is the price we have to pay

    Saarikko, Orpo: Russia’s retaliation is the price we have to pay

    the Treasury minister Annika Saarikko (Cen) and former Minister of Finance, Chairman of the Coalition Party (NCP) Petteri Orpoagree that Russia’s attack on Ukraine will have a detrimental effect on the Finnish economy. The scale of the impact will become apparent as Russia responds to Western economic sanctions resulting from Russia’s military offensive against Ukraine. […]

  • Therefore, prolonged stress can lead to a heart attack

    Therefore, prolonged stress can lead to a heart attack

    Hear researchers talk about how stress affects the heart, why you often tone down the risk of having a heart attack yourself and how you can bring more recovery into life. In the program is heard Peter Karlsson, who had a heart attack at 55 after prolonged stress. Fredrika Norlund, psychologist and researcher at Uppsala […]

  • The Finnish government intends to ease the rise in energy prices

    The Finnish government intends to ease the rise in energy prices

    The Finnish government has outlined a number of temporary measures due to rising energy prices. the Treasury minister Annika Saarikko (Cen) said at a news conference that the most effective measure is to increase the maximum deduction that taxpayers can apply for on business trips and back. The maximum reduction for travel expenses between home […]

  • Shaurya, Arshvant, birdie machine Ojaswini shines in the 7th stage of the US Kids Golf India North series

    Shaurya, Arshvant, birdie machine Ojaswini shines in the 7th stage of the US Kids Golf India North series

    Gurugram (Haryana) [India], February 17 (ANI): Ojaswini Saraswat, the young pint-sized champion, remained undefeated when she won her fifth straight title in the US Kids India North Series here at Classic Golf and Country Club. Ojaswini played in the category girls under 8 and under. Saraswat shot one round under par for each of his […]

  • The Palm Investigation from the inside part 6/7: Win or lose

    The Palm Investigation from the inside part 6/7: Win or lose

    As early as March 6, 1986, six days after the murder of Palme, an anonymous SÄPO commissioner spoke in Svenska Dagbladet and said that “the police are chasing Kurds with a blowtorch”. That flame has since gotten hotter and hotter and getting closer and closer. Operation Alfa is the biggest crackdown in the investigation into […]

  • The Convoy Finland demonstration will continue until Sunday

    The Convoy Finland demonstration will continue until Sunday

    The Convoy Finland 2022 movement brought protesters to Helsinki on Friday, demanding the termination of Covid mandates, cheaper petrol and diesel fuel, and the resignation of the government. The number of hundreds of people who blocked traffic in front of Parliament on Friday and Saturday had shrunk to a few dozen protesters by Wednesday, which […]

  • Basic Finns leave a motion of censure on fuel and electricity prices

    Basic Finns leave a motion of censure on fuel and electricity prices

    The opposition Basic Finns announced that they were leaving an interpellation, which is the first step towards a motion of censure on the Prime Minister’s government. Sanna Marin (SDP) on the issue of fuel and electricity prices and its view of the government’s inability to respond to the situation. According to the chairman of Basic […]

  • Former Prime Minister Vanhanen was elected Speaker of Parliament

    Former Prime Minister Vanhanen was elected Speaker of Parliament

    Ex-PM Matti Vanhanen (Cen) has been elected Speaker of Parliament when the MPs return to the spring session of the Finnish Parliament on their Christmas holidays. The former leader of the Center received 157 votes in the election. Movement Now’s only Member of Parliament Harri Harkimo received one vote, as did the NCP MP Ilkka […]

  • Marin: Finland should lift coronavirus restrictions in February

    Marin: Finland should lift coronavirus restrictions in February

    “That’s why I want us to give them up as soon as possible,” he said quoted as saying At an event organized by STT’s Editorial Board. The Finnish government will meet to discuss the easing and lifting of restrictions on Wednesday. Decisions to ease some restrictions have already been taken. Last week, the Finnish government […]

  • This is how self-testing works with the omikron variant

    This is how self-testing works with the omikron variant

    According to the Swedish Public Health Agency’s recommendations, schoolchildren, those in elderly care and medical care and anyone who needs to be on site at work and who develops symptoms of covid-19, should be tested with PCR tests. So everyone else can test themselves with quick tests. But antigen tests work differently with the omicron […]

  • 387: A 50-year conflict is buried

    387: A 50-year conflict is buried

    It has been a long journey but now the decision on the final repository has been made. Is the debate dead now or will it be rekindled? And will people be able to read Annika Strandhäll’s handwriting in 100,000 years? We also talk about which parties hate – and love – each other the most […]

  • Sweden approves plan for final repository for nuclear waste

    STOCKHOLM, January 27 (Xinhua) – On Thursday, the Swedish government approved the construction of the final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Sweden, for safe and long-term storage of the country’s nuclear waste. The site is located near an existing nuclear power plant in Forsmark, about 140 km north of the capital Stockholm. According to […]

  • The national coalition, the center and the Social Democrats rule the provincial elections

    The national coalition, the center and the Social Democrats rule the provincial elections

    In Järvenpää, Central Uusimaa, the counting of votes is still in progress. “This is great,” he rejoiced Petteri Orpo, Chairman of the National Coalition Party. “It simply came to our notice then [service] a system that needs a dose of economic realism and elements that guarantee better services for people. “ “Even such a massive […]

  • Three economists: This is how the Swedish economy will be after the pandemic

    Three economists: This is how the Swedish economy will be after the pandemic

    What will be the consequences of rising inflation? And does the division of roles between monetary policy and fiscal policy need to change? Listen to Laura Hartman, Chief Economist LO, Annika Winsth, Chief Economist Nordea and John Hassler, Professor of Economics at Stockholm University. Also in Saturday’s interview: Ekot’s financial commentator Kristian Åström.

  • He will live his life with a pig heart in his body

    He will live his life with a pig heart in his body

    The first time has gone well for David Bennett but the danger is not over – there is still a risk that the pig’s heart will be rejected by his body. In order for this not to happen, the pig was genetically modified so that the heart lacks some molecules that the human body would […]

  • Omikron creates a new situation in the pandemic

    Omikron creates a new situation in the pandemic

    Ann Lindstrand, unit manager for vaccine programs at the World Health Organization, WHO, believes that omicrons create an exceptional situation in the pandemic because so many people are infected. This means that entire societies are affected globally at the same time. Those who are infected with the omicron variant do not get clear symptoms in […]

  • Then we get vaccines updated for omicron

    Then we get vaccines updated for omicron

    It was at the end of November that the new variant omicron of the coronavirus was discovered. Now a new Danish study has come out which shows that omicron gets along quite well with the current vaccines. When can the omicron vaccines be here? Richard Bergström, Sweden’s vaccine coordinator and Helena Hervius Askling, chief physician […]

  • Yle’s poll: SDP’s jumping Finns, NCP is still the most popular party

    Yle’s poll: SDP’s jumping Finns, NCP is still the most popular party

    The Opposition Party (NKP) is still Finland’s most popular party, according to Yle’s latest monthly voter survey, but Petteri Orpoled by the party has fallen since last month. NCP voter support fell 1.2 percentage points from the December poll, leaving the party at 20.6 percent. A recent study also supported the prime minister Sanna MarinThe […]