Tag: Dagens Nyheter
Mia Khalifa – The Repentant Porn Star
Mia Khalifa (born 1993) is an influencer, webcam model and former porn star Shortly after her family leaves conflict-torn Lebanon for the United States, the 9/11 attacks occur. The terrorist attack will be the start of a period of increased xenophobia and mistrust towards people with roots in the Middle East. For young Mia Khalifa, […]
The Swedish Academy’s tactics for ducking new crises
Sveriges Radio’s cultural editorial office Gunnar Bolin tells the story of how the Swedish Academy is trying to modernize itself out of the crisis without losing its historical flair. The news podcast Today’s Eco brings you a story every weekday morning. With the presenter Robin Olin and Sveriges Radio’s sharpest journalists. Host: Robin Olin Guest: […]
The Swedish Academy’s tactics for ducking new crises
Sveriges Radio’s cultural editorial office Gunnar Bolin tells the story of how the Swedish Academy is trying to modernize itself out of the crisis without losing its historical flair. The news podcast Today’s Eco brings you a story every weekday morning. With the presenter Robin Olin and Sveriges Radio’s sharpest journalists. Host: Robin Olin Guest: […]
The construction industry in Stockholm is hit hard by economic headwinds
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — Rising construction costs combined with interest rate hikes would worsen the housing shortage in the Swedish capital, while the construction industry expected an increase in the number of bankruptcies and layoffs, Swedish media reported Friday. – The housing shortage will worsen, says Stefan Westerberg, chief economist at the Stockholm Chamber […]
458: New bottom note for the NATO process
Rasmus Paludan’s burning of the Koran angered Turkish President Erdogan so much that he now says that NATO membership is out of the question as long as Sweden allows the burning of the holy book. At the same time, the Social Democrats attack the Sweden Democrats and say that Prime Minister Kristersson’s cooperation with Jimmie […]
Ebba Busch (KD): I never promised money before Christmas
On the second of September, Ulf Kristersson (M) told and signed facebook about a joint election promise from all the party leaders in his political team. Household finances would be saved in good time before Christmas. “Everyone should know that before Christmas, you will get relief for the high electricity prices that the government has […]
Sweden, Turkey are not expected to back down in the tug of war for NATO accession
Sweden said on Sunday that Turkey is asking too much in return for being allowed to join NATO, as Ankara is effectively demanding the impossible – that Stockholm override a ruling by its own supreme court. But analysts say Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unlikely to withdraw his permit, at least not before the […]
Swedes oppose Turkey’s NATO demand investigation
Almost 80% are against changing a law to speed up membership of the bloc, a DN/Ipsos poll has shown An overwhelming majority of Swedes believe their country should not betray its legal principles to meet Turkey’s conditions for ratifying Stockholm’s NATO bid, according to a new Ipsos poll commissioned by Dagens Nyheter and released on […]
Swedes are adamant about Turkey’s NATO demand investigation
Almost 80% oppose a change in the law to speed up the process of joining the bloc, a DN/Ipsos poll has shown An overwhelming majority of Swedes believe their country should not betray its legal principles to meet Turkey’s conditions for ratifying Stockholm’s NATO bid, according to a new Ipsos poll commissioned by Dagens Nyheter […]
Patrick Lundberg
Won the Great Journalist Prize together with colleagues at Dagens Nyheter in the Disclosure of the Year category for the review “Children at every price” which deals with international adoptions to Sweden. Patrik Lundberg often portrays class and exclusion. For many years he was a columnist in Aftonbladet and Expressen. Has written several books, including […]
The Story of Mao Zedong – The Dictator Who Remains
Between 40 and 70 million people are estimated to have died under Mao Zedong’s rule, making him one of the worst dictators of the last century. Yet Mao continues to be worshiped by many in China. As the proclaimer of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, he has been given the role of liberator […]
Seasonal flu passes the epidemic threshold in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) — The flu season is in full force in Sweden and the number of new cases has increased dramatically in a week, local media reported on Friday. Influenza cases doubled between November 21 and 28, and the Public Health Agency now classifies it as a national epidemic, Dagens Nyheter (DN) reported. […]
Extensive disruptions to train traffic in Sweden continue
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) – Commuter trains in the Swedish capital are still experiencing widespread disruption after the entire train system came to a complete halt on Wednesday, Dagens Nyheter (DN) reports. MTR Nordic AB, which operates commuter trains in Stockholm, told DN on Thursday that the continued service interruptions were due to, among other […]
Sweden reports increase in RSV infections
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) — The current surge in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases in Sweden has already strained the capacity of at least one pediatric ward in the country, local media reported Thursday. – We are in the middle of a steep rise, a wave that has come earlier than it usually does, says […]
Cryptocurrencies have no value: Bernanke
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — Cryptocurrencies have no value whatsoever and therefore cannot shake the financial system, Ben Bernanke, winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics, was quoted as saying by Dagens Nyheter (DN) on Wednesday. . Bernanke dismissed the crash for cryptocurrencies, saying that “I think cryptocurrencies so far have not proven to […]
Technical failure stops all trains in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — All train traffic in Sweden stopped on Wednesday evening, due to a technical fault. Shortly before 18:00 local time, the trains were ordered to move slowly to the next station after the telephone contact between traffic control centers and trains was interrupted, reports Dagens Nyheter (DN). Bengt Olsson, press manager […]
Swedish nuclear reactor will be operated at half capacity this weekend
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — One of Sweden’s nuclear power reactors will operate at a speed of around 50 percent this weekend, at a time when electricity prices are unusually high and some of the country’s other reactors are also off the grid. “Reactor 3 at the Ringhals nuclear power plant will run at half […]
Xinhua World News Roundup at 0030 GMT, 7 December
WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of customers in the US state of North Carolina remained without power on Tuesday after substations in Moore County were attacked and vandalized. Duke Energy said Tuesday it had restored electricity to about 10,000 customers and that most customers should have power by Wednesday evening. (USA-North Carolina-Power Outage) – – […]
Swedish pension funds invest in cryptocurrency: media
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — Swedish public pension funds have invested hundreds of millions of kroner in a cryptocurrency company that has lost 87 percent of its share value, Dagens Nyheter (DN) reported on Saturday. Four public pension funds, which manage the pension money on behalf of the Swedish public, have invested over 200 million […]
Experts warn of tough RSV season in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — Swedish experts have warned of a tough respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season this winter in the country as the number of infections has increased recently. – Right now there are quite a few children being cared for with RSV, says Malin Ryd Rinder, head of the children’s intensive care unit […]
Swedish nuclear reactor is removed from the power grid for repair
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) — The largest nuclear reactor in Sweden will be taken off the grid next week for repairs, as electricity prices rise during the winter season. Reactor 3 at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in the southeastern part of the country will be disconnected on December 9, Sweden’s nuclear power operator OKG […]
Swedish households reduce electricity use during high prices
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — Swedish households reduced their electricity use in September and October, and consumption fell by almost a quarter in areas with the highest prices, Dagens Nyheter (DN) reported on Tuesday. – Electricity use has dropped like a stone, says Jesper Liverod from the electricity company Ellevio to DN. Sweden is divided […]
More delays when restarting damaged Swedish nuclear reactor
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — A Swedish nuclear reactor that was taken off the grid in August will not be restarted until next year, waterfall company Vattenfall said on Friday. Ringhals 4 was to be restarted on January 31 after five months of repair work. But now the relaunch has been postponed until February 23, […]
House prices fall by 15 pct in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — House prices, pressured by rising interest rates and a weak economic situation, continued to fall in Sweden, and since the peak last spring, the price of an average home has fallen by 15 percent, the latest statistics showed. The prices of villas in Sweden have fallen by an average of […]
Jair Bolsonaro – armed with Bible and memes
Even during his time in the army, Jair Bolsonaro feels that his homeland is about to develop in the wrong direction. Since then, he has spent most of his adult life longing to return to the Brazil of the military dictatorship. P3 ID about Jair Bolsonaro is a story of political and religious beliefs. It […]
Snowstorms paralyze large parts of Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) — A large part of Sweden was paralyzed on Monday after heavy snowfall over the weekend, with the capital Stockholm particularly affected. Motorists, some of whom had not yet switched to winter tires, struggled due to wet and heavy snow on the roads, and several train departures were canceled while flights […]
District heating costs for Swedish households will skyrocket: media
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — Swedish consumers face up to 25 percent higher bills for district heating next year, Dagens Nyheter (DN) reported on Thursday. More than half of the country’s houses and premises are heated in this way and several companies that provide district heating have announced price increases due to inflation and sky-high […]
Sweden will probably refuse to accept Bulgaria in Schengen
The Swedish government’s proposal to accept Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia in the so-called Schengen agreement will likely be rejected by the parliament in Stockholm. The reason is that the Social Democrats and the Sweden Democrats do not agree on the situation in the fight against corruption and organized crime in these countries. This means that […]
The artist Sven-Bertil Taube has died
Participants: Sven Hugo Persson, dramaturg and employee at Sveriges Radio’s cultural editorial office, Björn Wiman, culture manager at Dagens Nyheter and artist Lisa Nilsson. Program manager: Oskar Lodin Producer: Hansjörg Kissel
Sweden’s largest nuclear reactor pulled out of operation due to turbine stoppage
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) — Sweden’s largest nuclear reactor has been taken offline after a turbine shutdown, which experts warn could lead to power supply problems. Reactor 3 at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant was disconnected from the grid on Wednesday, according to local media. “We are troubleshooting and do not yet have a forecast […]
VMA in Unnaryd in Hylte municipality, Halland county •
The documentary was made in November 2022 by Annizeth Åberg and Julia Fredriksson. The sounds are taken from Sveriges Radio, SVT, Aftonbladet, TV4, Dagens Nyheter, Expressen and Youtube.
Trump is aiming for 2024
Former US President Donald Trump describes Democrats as evil people who are out to destroy the United States and current President Joe Biden warns of a democratic collapse. USApodden is in the USA for the 2022 midterm elections and we begin our journey in New York and by discussing the tone of the American political […]
442: A tight autumn budget in difficult times
On Tuesday, the government will hand in the autumn budget. Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) has spoken of a gloomy winter. The economy is shrinking while unemployment is increasing. According to Svantesson, it is a tightening budget of around SEK 30 billion. Several initiatives have already been presented, but not lower petrol prices. Will the […]
Liz Truss resigns as UK Prime Minister | Ekot broadcasts directly
Participants: Stephanie Zakrisson, Sveriges Radio’s correspondent in Great Britain, Patrik Holmström, foreign reporter at Ekot and Katrine Marçal, Dagens Nyheter’s correspondent. Program manager: Olle Wiberg Producer: Isak Krona Technician: Matilda Eriksson
The Role of Racism in American Politics
President Donald Trump has been called to testify under oath about the storming of Congress on January 6, 2021. Now the big question is whether he will stand up and what happens if he refuses. The Impact of Slavery on the United States in 2022 It has been over 150 years since slavery was abolished, […]
Swedish party official suspended after Anne Frank’s post
STOCKHOLM – An official from the Sweden Democrats was suspended by the far-right party for making derogatory comments about the Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank. In an Instagram post that has now been deleted, Rebecka Fallenkvist called Anne, among other things, “immoral”, according to Swedish media. Anne, who wrote a diary while hiding in Amsterdam […]
Urgent: 4 believed dead in private jet crash over Baltic Sea
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — All four on board are believed to have been killed when a private jet crashed into the Baltic Sea on Sunday evening, according to Swedish media reports. “There is no hope that we will find survivors,” Sveriges Television quoted a spokesperson at the Swedish Joint Rescue Coordination Center as saying. […]
Thursday’s papers: Party premiere, survey popularity and floating power plants
Videos of the Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin the celebration started spreading on social media on Wednesday, Evening newspaper reports. The newspaper said it would publish clips of the videos under the name "the prime minister appearing in the videos gives them social weight." In the video, the revelers perform at the premiere, sing, […]
The Boston bombings and the hunt for the terrorists
It’s a sunny spring day, April 15, 2013. The Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest marathon still running and runners from all over the world participate. In the sea of spectators, not far from the finish line, stand Celeste Corcoran and her daughter Sydney. When the bombs go off, everything goes white. At first Celeste […]
Henrik Brandão Jonsson
Henrik Brandão Jonsson works as a journalist and writer from Rio de Janeiro, where he has lived for 20 years. He is Dagens Nyheter’s correspondent in Latin America, but also writes for Sydsvenskan and the football magazine Offside. Henrik is a trained workshop mechanic, but switched to journalism and helped start the entertainment supplement Expressen […]
Hana Al-Khamri
Hana Al-Khamri is the daughter of Yemeni migrant workers and raised in Saudi Arabia. She began her journalistic career in a gender-segregated newspaper editorial office in the city of Jidda. Since 2011 she lives in Sweden and works as a freelance writer and lecturer with a focus on politics, culture and women’s rights in the […]
Katrine Marçal
Katrine Marçal is a journalist and author living in the UK. She writes for Dagens Nyheter about economics and politics. Her book “Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?” which deals with women and economics is translated into more than 20 languages. It was nominated for the August Prize and named by The Guardian as one of […]
Emanuel Karlsten
Emanuel Karlsten received the Stora Journalistpriset in the category Innovator of the Year 2020 for his reporting “Corona week that has passed”, where he summarized this week’s news and statistics on the development of the pandemic. He began his career at the newspaper Dagen, has worked at Expressen and as a news columnist in Dagens […]
Sverker Sörlin
Sverker Sörlin is an award-winning author and professor of environmental history at the Royal Institute of Technology. For a long time, Sverker Sörlin has also been part of the Swedish cultural debate as a writer in Dagens Nyheter, among others. He has written a number of books, mainly in the field of the history of […]
Police fear that Western arms shipments to Ukraine may backfire
Swedish law enforcement suggests that some of the weapons delivered to Kyiv may end up in gang arsenals Swedish police have expressed concern that weapons delivered to Ukraine by its Western allies could go to the Scandinavian country and end up in the arsenals of criminal gangs when the conflict is over. Detective Commissioner Gunnar […]
Finland and Sweden should stop "wasting NATO time"a Turkish politician tells a Swedish newspaper
Turkey’s demands for Finland and Sweden to join NATO remain unchanged and not negotiable, Adviser to the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the Swedish Dagens Nyheter email interview. "It is not right that Finland and Sweden are wasting NATO time at this critical moment." Fahrettin Altun wrote in response to questions from […]
President Niinistö will pay a state visit to Sweden
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö makes a state visit to Sweden on Tuesday and Wednesday with his wife Jenni Haukio. The visit began at 11 a.m. (EET) when the royal family welcomed the presidential couple to a ceremony outside Stockholm’s Royal Palace. The visit will come at a crucial time, as Finland and Sweden are expected […]
396: Zelensky impressed in the Riksdag
A historic speech On the day four weeks after Russia’s attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj spoke to Swedish MPs. He announced that Ukraine is currently suffering severely, but that it is resolute in its opposition and that it needs help from the outside world – where he believes that Sweden can also contribute more. Great […]
US warns of Russian chemical weapons
NATO meeting in Brussels This week, the world’s NATO leaders gather for a summit in Brussels. US President Joe Biden will be present and we wonder what message he will have for his European allies and Ukraine. Historical nomination for HD Ketanji Brown Jackson has made history as the first black woman to be nominated […]
Interest in Yle’s Russian-language news has grown; HS offers articles in Russian
Helsingin Sanomat, Finland’s largest newspaper, has begun publishing articles in Russian about Moscow’s attack on Ukraine. The daily is associated with the efforts of Dagens Nyheter of Sweden and Politiken of Denmark. The editors-in-chief of the three magazines wrote in a joint statement on Thursday "The Russian administration has focused on preventing its citizens from […]
The Palm Investigation from the Inside Part 7/7: The last interview
The government, led by Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson, acts as a mediator. But Hans Holmér and his reconnaissance leadership are fired. At the same time, he remains as county police chief in Stockholm. Criticism of him, and the methods used by the police during the investigation of the PKK trail, are increasing. And after a […]
Tuesday’s newspapers: Niinistö analysis, Swedish mortgages, throat cost
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö has been in the international media recently, and it is a matter of pride for many Finns. Ilta-Sanomat has a convenient whole Niinistö’s interviews in recent days and outlines his position as one of the few Western leaders to have regular discussions with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Niinistö has expressed […]
Monday’s newspapers: Finland’s relations with Russia, rising prices and grocery competition
As the increase in Russian troops continues near Ukraine, the President of Finland Sauli Niinistö has appeared in international publications over the weekend as a person with a special understanding of Russian affairs Vladimir Putinreports Helsingin sanomat newspaper. In addition to Germany Der Spiegel and Sweden Dagens Nyheter, New York Times stated on Sunday that […]
Niinistö, Haavisto demanded a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and the Secretary of State Pekka Haavisto (Greens) have expressed concern about the possible outbreak of war in Europe. In an interview with the Swedish Dagens Nyheter on Saturday, Niinistö said that he was "very worried" that war will break out in Ukraine if tensions are not resolved through diplomatic means. […]
The Palm Investigation from the Inside Part 5/7: The Wedding Talks
Through illegal eavesdropping on the Kurdish book café, the Police have access to a large number of hours of, among other things, telephone calls. Hans Holmér is looking for passwords. Could “wedding” mean “assassination”? But there is a big crux for reconnaissance leader Hans Holmér. He finds no connection to Sveavägen, to the murder scene. […]
Sweden’s charged relationship with NATO
Swedish troop strengthens on Gotland in the midst of the security policy crisis in Europe. It is a sign that Sweden is ready to protect its own territory. But it is clear that we do not expect to do it all on our own, at least not for a long time. – Now we have […]
Hundreds of conscripts were sent home due to abuse
About 500 conscripts have been sent home to Sweden after it emerged that many were exposed to serious misconduct, including food and lack of sleep, and were forced to train despite injuries and illnesses. On Tuesday, the Swedish Conscription Council, an organization that represents conscripted troops, told local media that there had been serious irregularities […]
Espionage and great power struggle on the seabed
Cast: Fabrice Coquio, Interxion, Aurélien Vigano, Orange Marine, Camille Morel, security researcher at the University of Lyon, Pierre Gastineau, journalist at Onlinemagasinet Intelligence Online, Motolani Agbebi, researcher at the University of Tampere, Mahamoud Djama, exile journalist from Djibouti, Richard Ghiasy, researcher at the University of Leiden, Tayyab Safdar, researcher at Virginia University, Patrik Fältström, internet […]
5,400 more can die of covid in Sweden by next summer, the study says
STOCKHOLM, November 11 (Xinhua) – As many as 5,400 Swedes can give in to covid-19 at the end of June next year, according to a new study released on Thursday. The study from the Stockholm Region aimed to estimate the risk of mortality in covid-19 when the restrictions have been lifted and the spread of […]
Agatha Christie – with a trend-setting look for murder, mysteries and fashion
With characters such as the carefully dressed Hercule Poirot and the more modest Miss Marple, Agatha Christie captured a wide audience. Her books are estimated to have sold about two billion copies. Only the Bible and Shakespeare beat those numbers. But despite, or perhaps because of, her great commercial success, Agatha Christie was often dismissed […]
The Social Democrats’ nomination committee proposes Magdalena Andersson as the new party chairman
The Social Democrats’ nomination committee proposes Magdalena Andersson as the new party leader, says Elvy Söderström, convener of the nomination committee at a press conference. – I am very honored to be proposed as party leader, says Magdalena Andersson. Listen to Ekot’s political commentator Fredrik Furtenbach, Kalle Sundin from the think tank Katalys, PM Nilsson, […]
The Helsinki Biennale attracted 145,000 visitors to Vallisaari
The works were placed on Vallisaari and around Helsinki, for example on Senate Square, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Vuosaari, Helsinki Central Library in Oodi and Töölönlahti Bay. The events and exhibitions of the program inspired by the Helsinki Biennale also attracted visitors. The program included art and cultural events inspired by the Biennale, organized by […]
Coalition Poker in Berlin
The podcast was recorded the night before Monday before the election result was completely clear. The SPD was declared the largest party at 05 on Monday morning with 25.7 percent against the Christian Democratic CDU / CSU’s 24.1 percent. Cast: Caroline Salzinger, Germany correspondent, Daniela Marquardt, former Germany correspondent, Patrik Ahlqvist, TT’s envoy in Berlin, […]
Ann Linde (S) on the relationship between Sweden and Afghanistan
What should the Swedish government’s relationship with the Taliban look like? And how will Sweden take home those it did not manage to evacuate? Minister of Foreign Affairs Ann Linde is a guest in Ekot’s Saturday interview. Comment: Ewa Stenberg, political commentator on Dagens Nyheter. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ann Linde is a guest in […]
Lethal gun violence is gaining currency in Sweden
Stockholm was again a place for deadly gun violence at the end of August when four separate shootings in the capital left one person dead and another seriously injured – incidents so common that Swedish media talk about a “new normal”. In mid-August this year, a total of 26 fatal shootings were reported in Sweden, […]
Anna-Lena Laurén
Anna-Lena Laurén är Dagens Nyheters och Hufvudstadbladets korrespondent i Ryssland. I år kom hon ut med sin sjätte bok, ”Sammetsdiktaturen. Motstånd och medlöpare i dagens Ryssland”. Anna-Lena Laurén tilldelades 2021 det finska Stora Journalistpriset i klassen Årets journalist. Hon har tidigare fått svenska Publicistklubbens pris Guldpennan. Anna-Lena Lauréns Sommarprogram innehåller sisu, nåd och Gud. – […]
Breakfastgate, emission reductions and smoking: Finland in the world press
Marin has been at the center of the media storm since the Finnish tabloid Iltalehti told the news that the Prime Minister’s Office has used taxpayers’ money to provide his family with subsidized breakfasts. Police are currently investigating the activities of officials. The prime minister, who is not currently suspected of abuse, has announced that […]
The after-talk – Jimmie Åkesson in Ekot’s Saturday interview
Participants: Anders Lindberg, Aftonbladet, Susanne Nyström, Dagens Nyheter and Per Gudmundsson, Swedish daily newspaper. Host: Lasse Johansson Producer: Peter Bjurbo Technician: Heinz Wennin / Johanna Carell
Eco-manager Klas Wolf-Watz: We are making a comeback
Today came new information concerning the former Ekoreporter, who reported on the suspected Islamists who are considered a security threat and should be deported from the country, and who had a relationship with one of them. It’s about when the reporter started the relationship. She has said that it did not happen until she finished […]
DN’s editor-in-chief criticizes SR: “This is a tangle”
Dagens Nyheter’s editor-in-chief Peter Wolodarski has this weekend criticized Swedish radio for the handling of the former reporter at Ekot who had connections to a suspected Islamist after she investigated the case. He writes, among other things, about how Säpo kept registers of employees on Swedish radio during the post-war period. But Swedish Radio’s CEO […]
The pandemic has stopped treatments for obesity
The pandemic has led to patients with obesity or overweight having their treatment paused or greatly reduced in several parts of the country, reports Dagens Nyheter. In Malmö, the business has had to cut back, group treatments have been interrupted and many who had started to lose weight have now gone up again, the newspaper […]
Sjöström’s message: “We are ahead of schedule”
Swimming star Sarah Sjöström is approaching a comeback after the elbow fracture. The 27-year-old hopes to be ready for competition in French Canet 1-2 June. “We are ahead of schedule,” Sjöström told Dagens Nyheter. Then an international competition awaits in Rome June 25-27. Sjöström hopes that the two competitions will be enough to recharge for […]
How sustainable is bioenergy from the forest?
Biofuels are an important part of Sweden’s climate policy but are now being questioned from several quarters, including by the European Commission. Dagens Nyheter’s climate reporter Alexandra Urisman Otto and investigative reporter Lisa Röstlund have in a article series examined biofuels from the forest. Markku Rummukainen, professor of climatology, member of the Climate Policy Council […]
Important message to the public in Malå in Malå municipality, Västerbotten county
In its spring bill, the government proposes SEK 45 billion to go to measures against the pandemic and to build a more sustainable society. This is what Minister of Finance Magdalena Andersson and Deputy Minister of Finance Åsa Lindhagen write on Dagens Nyheter’s debate page. The spring bill will be presented on Thursday.
Newspaper publishers want to abolish press support
The newspaper publishers want to remove the press support and replace it with a technology-neutral support that suits digital news consumption, the organization writes on DN Debatt. “It is time for a more modern technology and business model-neutral support, which does not have the same focus on paper newspapers,” says Tidningsutgivaren’s acting CEO Thomas Mattsson […]
Hansson’s super race – Swedish record
Sophie Hansson was responsible for a cannon race in the 100 meter breaststroke at the trials in the Swim Open in Stockholm. The 22-year-old passed the tough Olympic qualifying limit for the Tokyo Olympics – and also set a new Swedish record with a victory time of 1.06.17. “I really wanted to swim during the […]
Negotiation of a new vaccine agreement
The vaccine agreement, which is worth billions, is needed to be able to vaccinate all EU citizens twice a year in 2022 and 2023 if necessary, Dagens Nyheter writes. The European Commission has received permission from the member states to start negotiations on more than one billion doses. Sweden’s vaccine coordinator, Richard Bergström, tells DN […]
Martina Montelius: I was overwhelmed with panic disorder
– I walked around with my hands on the carotid artery to feel that my heart was beating. I thought that every breath was the last, that I would die. Martina Montelius also tells, in the conversation about power, what it was like to be one of the 18 women who in Dagens Nyheter told […]
Corona cheating doctors are fired
The doctor got a job at Sahlgrenska University Hospital despite the risk of prosecution. Now he is being fired from SU, writes Dagens Nyheter. A police investigation is underway against the doctor, the suspicions concern several cases of fraud and grossly false testimony. He is suspected of cheating with corona certificates at his former workplace […]
Finland will become negative after the winds have lowered electricity prices
Strong winds dragged Nordic wind farms to generate electricity at full capacity on Monday from 3:00 to 7:00, pushing electricity prices into negative territory. Swedish energy company Tibber told Dagens Nyheter that favorable wind conditions brought electricity prices into negative territory. The same phenomenon occurred in Finland, according to the Nordic power exchange Nord Pool. […]
Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.
Low-income earners, low-educated and foreign-born from certain countries are, in addition to the elderly, strongly overrepresented among those who died in covid-19. It shows a survey made by Dagens Nyheter. For example, the survey shows that those between the ages of 60 and 79 who have died have a foreign birth rate of 253 deaths […]
Increased child COVID-19 cases in Sweden are due to virus variants
STOCKHOLM, March 17 (Xinhua) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among children is increasing in Sweden. Two weeks ago, almost one in five new infections was found in people aged 19 or younger, Dagens Nyheter reported on Wednesday. In comparison, less than 13 percent of the infections confirmed since the pandemic began involving people […]
Competition stop in ten countries after virus outbreak
A new contagious abortion virus has affected equestrian sports. The spread of the infection was confirmed last week during an international jumping tour in Valencia, Spain. “The eruption is probably the most serious we have had in Europe in many decades,” Sabrina Ibáñez, secretary general of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), told the equestrian magazine. […]
Lethal overdoses of cocaine are increasing
In recent years, more Swedes have died from cocaine overdoses. In 2018 and 2019, it was about 20 people per year. From 2012 to 2014, one person died a year from an overdose of cocaine, reports Dagens Nyheter. Despite the pandemic ser Robert Kronstrand, professor of toxicology at the National Board of Forensic Medicine, no […]
Ygeman rejects criticism of the heating plant: “Not true”
Dagens Nyheter reported this week that Minister of Energy and Digitization Anders Ygeman has allocated billions of kroner in national electricity contingency money to solve electricity problems in Stockholm In Ekot’s Saturday interview, he was asked about the information. “That is not true, there is no agreement.”
Hatred of science journalists has increased during the pandemic
The public health authority has received hatred and threats during the pandemic. Pressure and hatred have also been directed at science journalists for their corona reporting. Maria Gunther, Uppsalabo and science editor at Dagens Nyheter and Ulrika Björkstén, head of Vetenskapsradion, have both been exposed. “I get sad, badly affected and it affects my work,” […]
Sweden promises to implement coronavirus vaccination plan according to schedule
STOCKHOLM, 11 February (Xinhua) – On Thursday, the Swedish government promised to implement its vaccination plans according to plan after concerns raised by the country’s state epidemiologist earlier this week. “There is nothing today that indicates that we could not handle this, provided we receive the (vaccine) deliveries we have an agreement on,” Lena Hallengren, […]
Criticism of the Modern Museum’s art purchases is growing
The modern museum is criticized from more and more quarters for almost completely benefiting Stockholm’s art life in its purchases for the museum’s collections. Now that the Modern Museum, as part of the pandemic initiatives, has received an extra 25 million for the purchase of contemporary art, questions have been raised about the museum’s purchasing […]
Right now
Nurses and assistant nurses at Karolinska University Hospital will start working according to the crisis agreement, Dagens Nyheter reports. The agreement has been activated in the Stockholm Region since before Christmas, but until now none of the hospitals have had to use it. The crisis situation agreement means that the staff can work more hours […]
Caspar Opitz is the Media Ombudsman
Caspar Opitz becomes new Media Ombudsman (MO). Opitz will take office on April 1 this year, leaving his current position as editor-in-chief of Dagens Nyheter. Opitz becomes the second Public Media Ombudsman – a system that helps individuals in Sweden who report that they have suffered unjustifiable publicity damage from a publication or broadcast. – […]
Jenny Fransson’s case is not addressed – her career is over
The doping-suspended Swedish wrestler Jenny Fransson’s appeal to the sports arbitration court, Cas, came a day late, and now Cas has announced that they will not deal with the case, it reports Dagens Nyheter. Fransson appealed to the International Arbitration Court after his appeal against the four-year suspension by the National Sports Board was rejected, […]
Xinhua world news overview at 0530 GMT, 3 January
LOS ANGELE – Nine people, including seven youths, lost their lives in a serious collision between an SUV and a pickup truck on State Route 33 in Fresno County, California on Friday, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said Saturday. The crash occurred around 8pm local time (0400 GMT on Saturday) when the driver of the […]
Ericsson’s CEO opposes the Swedish government’s ban on Huawei, ZTE: media
A guest tests a Huawei product during an event marking the 15th anniversary of Huawei Technologies Hungary Kft in Budapest, Hungary on October 20, 2020. (Xinhua / Attila Volgyi) In the announcements presented by the local newspaper Dagens Nyheter, Ericsson’s CEO said that Ericsson would leave Sweden if the authorities continue to keep the ban […]
The Foreign Chronicle
Stockholm Thursday morning. I am fourteen years old and in England to teach me a new language. We are sitting at the dining table and I try to say no, the sausage is not that good. But what I’m actually saying is: I do not eat intestines. They laugh at me. The pocket dictionary has […]
Crisis manager: “May expect the pandemic throughout 2021”
Both authorities and Swedes need to agree that the work of dealing with the corona pandemic may need to continue throughout next year – including the precautionary measures we are now using to prevent the spread of infection. This is what State Secretary Elisabeth Backteman, who is the Government Offices’ crisis coordinator, says. It is […]
Huddinge municipality wants to close down the home care service – does not make a profit
Huddinge municipality wants to close down its home service because the business is not profitable. The issue will now be decided in the care and welfare committee. Fredrik Björklund is vice chairman of the trade union Kommunal in Huddinge and is employed in the municipal home care service. – Should this decision go through, it […]
Swedish daily newspaper – US special forces in exercises in Estonia – ERR
The personnel were transported from Sweden to Tallinn and fly over the Swedish island of Gotland before reaching Tallinn, Dagens Nyheter reported (link in Swedish). Once there, they were instructed to pass on observation data for a hypothetical air attack where the F-15 Strike Eagles fly from bases in Great Britain and Sweden. Saab JAS […]
Subject grades must replace the upper secondary school’s course grades
The government and the co-operation parties have agreed that the course grades at the upper secondary school should be abolished and replaced by subject grades. The course grades have been debated and considered to reflect the students’ actual knowledge in a subject too poorly. – It is important that you can assess the entire students’ […]
