Tag: Ulf

  • 503: Åkesson must always be the worst

    503: Åkesson must always be the worst

    Sweden Democrats party leader Jimmie Åkesson wants to put an end to the construction of new mosques in Sweden. He also wants to demolish existing mosques which, among other things, spread what he calls “anti-democratic propaganda”. The move has received a lot of attention and is criticized by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. We also talk…

  • Wish – Sambíóin invites you to a fairy tale with Polish dubbing!

    Wish – Sambíóin invites you to a fairy tale with Polish dubbing!

    Wish (Ósk/Wish) – Sambíóin invites you to a fairy tale with Polish dubbing! The story focuses on 17-year-old Asha, who lives in Rosas; the place is known as the wishing kingdom. People from all over the world come here to give King Magnifico a wish, and only he can decide which one will come true.…

  • Hear the latest news in Lunchekot

    Hear the latest news in Lunchekot

    Several young men have been indicted on suspicion of an unusually large explosion in Hässelby in Stockholm in March this year. Around 800 asylum seekers have come from Russia to Finland in recent weeks. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has held a press conference.

  • Finland, Sweden promise cooperation on security, immigration, NATO roles

    Finland, Sweden promise cooperation on security, immigration, NATO roles

    Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (L), and Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo during a joint press conference in Helsinki, Finland, November 27, 2023. /CFP Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, held discussions in Helsinki, Finland on Monday, focusing on bilateral relations, security issues and other current international and EU issues.…

  • Hear about the word mistakes that created political turbulence – Studio Ett

    Hear about the word mistakes that created political turbulence – Studio Ett

    Few have missed Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s misstep during an afterwork in Gothenburg. The Social Democrats’ party leader Magdalena Andersson also made a splash in the party leader debate when she called party colleague Jamal el-Haj Jamal el-Hamas. What consequences can misspellings have in politics? Hear Siri Christiansen from Logically Facts and Aftonbladet columnist Oisín…

  • 502: Ulf Kristersson’s annoying misspelling

    502: Ulf Kristersson’s annoying misspelling

    Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson invited to after work at a pub in Gothenburg in an attempt to meet the voters. It got rowdy when a large group came to protest the government’s stance regarding the war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas. Kristersson said the wrong thing and everyone got angry. This weekend, the…

  • Increased concentrations of sulfur dioxide have been recorded in Grindavik

    Increased concentrations of sulfur dioxide have been recorded in Grindavik

    From the north, 700 tremors were recorded above the magma tunnel, the largest with a magnitude of 3.1 in Hagafell. Earlier, at 9:09 p.m., an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 occurred in Kleifarvatn. However, the vast majority of tremors occur in the magma tunnel, most of them are small and occur at a depth…

  • The poor children and the elite schools

    The poor children and the elite schools

    The prince’s teacher talks about his school days at Lundsberg Prince Carl-Philip attended the boarding school, which over the years has received strong criticism and for a period was also forced to close following accusations of abuse and molestation among students. Ulf Gemsiö is now retired but was both teacher and mentor to Carl-Philip during…

  • On the Road – the birth of the hipster

    On the Road – the birth of the hipster

    On the Road (På Drift / På Väg) is a self-experienced road trip about some friends who chase life’s kicks in everything from music, drugs to how fast you can cross the continent in a stolen car. The book not only made Jack Kerouac a cult figure and spokesperson for the entire Beat movement. His…

  • Trojans on the inside – so the EU’s unity against Russia can be undermined

    Trojans on the inside – so the EU’s unity against Russia can be undermined

    The Ukrainian counter-offensive is stuck in the trenches and another war is now demanding the world’s attention. At the same time, the EU is finding it difficult to fulfill its promises of arms to Ukraine, and in the US, support for Ukraine has become an issue of domestic political contention with a year left until…

  • Helsinki announces the first, contradictory results of the Esplanadi pedestrian test

    Helsinki announces the first, contradictory results of the Esplanadi pedestrian test

    The City of Helsinki was revealed a week ago, 38 percent of the companies in the region reported no change in sales, 35 percent reported a decrease in sales, and 24 percent reported an increase in sales. The experiment was judged to have had a positive effect, especially for cafes and restaurants, and a negative…

  • Russia is repairing the damaged telecommunication cable in the Gulf of Finland

    Russia is repairing the damaged telecommunication cable in the Gulf of Finland

    The Russian telecommunications operator Rostelecom informed Finland of the need for repairs on October 12, because the cable partially passes through Finnish waters.

  • Pharmacies and beauty care products will lead to a modest growth in e-commerce in 2023

    Pharmacies and beauty care products will lead to a modest growth in e-commerce in 2023

    This result index of Posti’s continuous monitoring of e-commerce deliveries and consumer activity brings out the nuanced changes in the industry. Posti’s Deputy CEO Kaj Kulp points out: “The year 2023 has been a time of adjustment for e-commerce, which reflects a broader economic ambivalence that affects the spending habits of Finns. Despite the collective…

  • Norway's nightmare: Johaug, Sundby and the doping cases

    Norway's nightmare: Johaug, Sundby and the doping cases

    At the same time, Norway was accused of treating its healthy skiers with asthma medicine. The Norwegian national team was heavily suspected and criticized. The tumultuous year had major consequences – and a turn that few remember. A program by Alexander Lundholm, 2023. Cast: Ulf Morten Aune, Norway's national team coordinator in 2016 and 2023.Per…

  • Magdalena Andersson (S): We should have done more to break new recruitment

    Magdalena Andersson (S): We should have done more to break new recruitment

    Magdalena Andersson, who was finance minister in Stefan Löfven’s governments 2014-2021 and prime minister between 2021-2022, says they should have done more to break new recruitment to the criminal gangs. “We would need to invest more in social services, more in field assistants. Maybe looked more at Denmark. Ulf Kristersson talks a lot about us…

  • The NATO summit and the prime minister hold a press conference in Stockholm

    The NATO summit and the prime minister hold a press conference in Stockholm

    Hear NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. President Erdogan announced yesterday that he submitted Sweden’s NATO application to the country’s parliament.

  • Turkey ready to approve new NATO expansion

    Turkey ready to approve new NATO expansion

    Sweden’s accession must still be ratified by the Turkish parliament and then approved by Hungary Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed Sweden’s NATO accession protocol and sent it to Turkey’s Grand National Assembly for ratification, his office confirmed in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday. Sweden’s protocol must first be approved by…

  • KRP: The Chinese ship is currently undergoing a gas pipeline sabotage investigation

    KRP: The Chinese ship is currently undergoing a gas pipeline sabotage investigation

    Further investigations of the ship’s background and movements are carried out in cooperation with international partners. KRP on Thursday reported that it has completed its investigation of the scene and found a “very heavy object” made of clay in a “huge piece of land” on the seabed. “The investigation has confirmed that the damage was…

  • Kristersson speaks at the Moderatstämman

    Kristersson speaks at the Moderatstämman

    The moderate party meeting is underway in Umeå and party leader Ulf Kristersson is speaking. Among other things, it will be about NATO membership, gang crime and European cooperation. Hear analysis and commentary with Helen Gissén in Ekot’s broadcast.

  • China’s ships are the focus of the pipeline damage probe, says Finland

    China’s ships are the focus of the pipeline damage probe, says Finland

    HELSINGFORS/VILNIUS – An investigation into the damage to the Balticconnector gas pipeline is currently focusing on the role of the Chinese container ship NewNew Polar Bear, Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, or NBI, said on Friday. Early on October 8, a gas pipeline and a telecoms cable connecting Finland and Estonia were severed in what…

  • 497: No room for unnecessary fuss

    497: No room for unnecessary fuss

    Two Swedish football supporters were murdered in Brussels by an Islamist terrorist precisely because they were Swedes. How does the attack affect the government? And what does that mean for the dynamic between government and opposition? At the same time, the Tidö Agreement celebrates one year and the Moderates gather for a party meeting in…

  • Britain to prosecute Greta Thunberg – WaPo

    Britain to prosecute Greta Thunberg – WaPo

    The police have charged the Swedish climate activist after she protested outside an oil and gas conference Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has been ordered to appear in a British court after being arrested at a climate protest outside an oil and gas conference in London on Wednesday, the Washington Post reports. Thunberg, 20, was…

  • That’s why you should sleep

    That’s why you should sleep

    Tove Lindgren: “Hide the will, but not too smart” Lawyer Tove Lindgren and Ulf Lernéus, Sveriges Burial Offices find out where, when, how and why you should be cremated. In addition, we answer listeners’ questions about how to proceed when a loved one passes away. How does a probate process take place and which papers…

  • The grayest places in Finland: Foreca reveals the 100 cloudiest cities

    The grayest places in Finland: Foreca reveals the 100 cloudiest cities

    This is developed based on factors such as average cloud cover, humidity, rainfall and daylight in November. It is remarkable that three of the five grayest cities are located in Northern Finland. Foreca meteorologist, Markus Mäntykannasexplained “In the vicinity of the Pärämere, the duration of daylight is limited, so the average cloudiness and relative humidity…

  • Right now: Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) is holding a press conference in Brussels

    Right now: Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) is holding a press conference in Brussels

    Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) holds a press conference together with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo. The reason for the Prime Minister’s visit is the terrorist attack on Monday evening when two Swedish football supporters in national team shirts were shot dead in connection with the European Championship qualifying match between Belgium and Sweden.…

  • That’s how Swedes became the terrorists’ target

    That’s how Swedes became the terrorists’ target

    On October 16, Sweden meets Belgium in the qualifiers for the European Football Championship. Hundreds of Swedish supporters in blue and yellow shirts are on site in Brussels. Just before kick-off, two Swedes are shot dead and a third Swede is seriously injured. A police hunt begins and the fleeing perpetrator, Abdeslam Lassoued, posts a…

  • Ulf Kristersson comments on the terrorist attack in Belgium

    Ulf Kristersson comments on the terrorist attack in Belgium

    Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson holds a press conference after the terrorist attack in Brussels where two Swedes were killed. Security around Swedish interests in Brussels has been increased after the terrorist act. Two Swedes were killed last night in central Brussels in connection with the international match between Belgium and Sweden. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander…

  • Shooter who killed 2 Swedes in Brussels releases video, claims to be ISIS member

    Shooter who killed 2 Swedes in Brussels releases video, claims to be ISIS member

    Brussels [Belgium]October 17 (ANI): The gunman, who killed two Swedish nationals and injured a third person in a lone wolf attack in Brussels, identified himself as a member of the terror group ISIS group and claimed responsibility for the attack in a video posted online, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday. According to Al Jazeera, the…

  • EU chief Ursula von der Leyen condemns the murders in Brussels and offers condolences to Sweden’s prime minister

    EU chief Ursula von der Leyen condemns the murders in Brussels and offers condolences to Sweden’s prime minister

    Brussels [Belgium]October 17 (ANI): European Commission Chairperson Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday expressed her condolences to Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson regarding the murders of two Swedish nationals that took place in Brussels. Ursula von der Leyen took to social media platform X and called the attack cowardly, writing: “I want to express my…

  • Sweden’s Prime Minister: “We have done our part” to secure NATO membership

    Sweden’s Prime Minister: “We have done our part” to secure NATO membership

    Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told reporters on Friday that Sweden has done everything it can to fulfill an agreement with Turkey that will secure Sweden’s path to NATO membership, and the issue is in the hands of Turkey’s parliament. Kristersson made the comments a day after the NATO defense ministers’ meeting ended in Brussels…

  • Sweden’s Prime Minister: “We have done our part” to secure NATO membership

    Sweden’s Prime Minister: “We have done our part” to secure NATO membership

    Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told reporters on Friday that Sweden has done everything it can to fulfill an agreement with Turkey that will secure Sweden’s path to NATO membership, and the issue is in the hands of Turkey’s parliament. Kristersson made the comments a day after the NATO defense ministers’ meeting ended in Brussels…

  • NBI establishes the Balticconnector investigation team with Estonia

    NBI establishes the Balticconnector investigation team with Estonia

    According to Yle’s sources, Finland has a good picture of which ships were in the Gulf of Finland at the time of the pipeline accident.

  • The government holds a press conference after the meeting about the wave of violence

    The government holds a press conference after the meeting about the wave of violence

    The government holds a press conference after the National Security Council meeting, where all party leaders in the Riksdag participated. Participants include Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M), Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch (KD), Labor Market and Integration Minister Johan Pehrson (L) and Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (M).