Tag: Wiberg

  • Hear Janne Andersson’s press conference |  Ekot broadcasts directly

    Hear Janne Andersson’s press conference | Ekot broadcasts directly

    Cast: Janne Andersson, Sweden’s national team captain. Radiosport’s reporter Selma Jennervall and football expert Jon Persson. Program manager: Olle Wiberg Producer: Mary Grandin Aired March 28, 2023

  • Liz Truss resigns as UK Prime Minister |  Ekot broadcasts directly

    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 women who revolutionized power in the Middle East

    The women who revolutionized power in the Middle East

    Middle Eastern societies are characterized by patriarchal structures and men have traditionally had the formal power in most countries in the region. But there are women who have revolutionized and protested against power at various levels. The girls on Revolutionsgatan took off their shawls in Iran In Iran, Vida Movahed stood on an electrical cabinet […]

  • Historical crises where Turkey has been seen as NATO’s black sheep

    Historical crises where Turkey has been seen as NATO’s black sheep

    Turkey joined NATO in 1952 and has the second largest army in the Defense Alliance. Over the years, there have been several occasions where Turkey has ended up on a collision course with other countries in the alliance. When Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974, it triggered one of the worst crises in NATO history and […]

  • VMA at Hisingen in Gothenburg municipality

    VMA at Hisingen in Gothenburg municipality

    Since 1984, the Kurdish PKK guerrillas have waged an armed struggle in Turkey for greater autonomy and increased rights for Kurds, a conflict that has led to tens of thousands of deaths. The guerrilla leader Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned on the island of Imrali outside Istanbul in Turkey since he was arrested by the […]

  • Iran’s threat to execute sentenced the Swede Ahmadreza Djalali to death

    Iran’s threat to execute sentenced the Swede Ahmadreza Djalali to death

    Swedish researcher Ahmadreza Djalali was arrested in Iran in 2016 and has been sentenced to death accused of espionage. According to the Iranian news agency Isna, Iran has intended to execute him by May 21, but that date may now change, according to sources in Iran’s Foreign Ministry. Djalali has been imprisoned in the infamous […]

  • To burn the Koran – that’s why it’s so sensitive

    To burn the Koran – that’s why it’s so sensitive

    The American pastor Terry Jones tweeted in 2010 that he intended to hold a demonstration entitled “burn a Koran day” nine years after the terrorist attacks on September 11th. At the last moment, that action was canceled, but later the pastor burned a copy of the Koran, which led to protests in Afghanistan. The then […]

  • It happened during the war in Ukraine

    It happened during the war in Ukraine

    Participants: Magnus Gimåsmajor and exercise planner at the Swedish Armed Forces’ ground combat school. David Carlqvistforeign reporter at Ekot Host: Olle Wiberg Producer: Tomas Eriksson Technician: Maria Stockhaus

  • It happened during the war in Ukraine

    It happened during the war in Ukraine

    Participants: Antti Kuronen, Yle’s envoy in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. David Carlqvist, Ekot’s foreign affairs reporter. Host: Olle Wiberg Producer: Isak Krona Technician: Christer Tjernell

  • Putin’s Syrian tactics are now being used against Ukraine

    Putin’s Syrian tactics are now being used against Ukraine

    In Ukraine, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have repeatedly agreed to open so-called humanitarian corridors so that civilians can leave besieged cities such as Mariupol where the fighting has been intense. But Ukrainian leaders have claimed that the Russian military has shelled these corridors and killed people on the run. Using temporary ceasefires to allow civilians […]

  • Morgan Johansson: “I have full confidence in the police”

    Morgan Johansson: “I have full confidence in the police”

    The clip is a live broadcast from Ekot which was broadcast on April 16, 2022.Host: Olle WibergResponsible publisher for Live broadcast from Ekot: Klas Wolf-Watz

  • * NEW * The hunt for the church thief

    * NEW * The hunt for the church thief

    The few clues the police have are strange and point to, among other things, that Satanists could be behind the thefts. The parishioners are shocked – who has the guts to steal the most sacred treasures of the churches? The hunt for the church thief will continue for several decades, even outside Sweden’s borders. Participants: […]

  • Nyamko Sabuni resigns as Liberal party leader – hear the entire press conference

    Nyamko Sabuni resigns as Liberal party leader – hear the entire press conference

    Nyamko Sabuni was elected Liberal Party leader in June 2019. Internal strife over how the party stands to cooperate with the Sweden Democrats and low opinion figures have characterized the party for almost all the time since then. Sabuni resigns as party leader for the Liberals According to Nyamko Sabuni, she herself has stood in […]

  • That is why Putin needs Syrian mercenaries

    That is why Putin needs Syrian mercenaries

    Russian TV has shown clips of Syrian fighters in camouflage clothing and weapons. They stand in front of banners with pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The Russian Defense Minister has claimed that 16,000 volunteers from the Middle East have already signed up. Sources interviewed by P1’s Middle East podcast […]

  • It happened during the war in Ukraine

    It happened during the war in Ukraine

    There are reports of progress in the talks between Ukraine and Russia. According to Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister, the Russian military presence will be drastically reduced around, among other places, Kyiv. “The ones who are making the most money on a temporary local ceasefire north of Kyiv right now are Russia,” said Ekot’s foreign correspondent. […]

  • It happened during the war in Ukraine

    It happened during the war in Ukraine

    For the first time since the start of the war, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, the Prime Minister of Poland and the Deputy Prime Minister will travel to Ukraine together with the Prime Minister of Slovenia. – The intention is certainly to show support for Ukraine and solidarity from the EU countries, says […]

  • It happened during the war in Ukraine

    It happened during the war in Ukraine

    At least two people must have died in a bombing of the residential building, and many must have been injured. – But Ukraine’s negotiators have said that they may have seen a more constructive attitude among the Russians, says Ekot’s Ivan Garcia. Featuring: Ivan Garcia, Foreign Reporter, and Katja Magnusson, former Middle East correspondent. Host: […]

  • It happened during the war in Ukraine

    It happened during the war in Ukraine

    – Last night it has been quite calm, but there have been flight alarms, says Kate, who is in the city of Ivano-Frankivisk in western Ukraine. She is worried about her father, who is a soldier and is in Mariupol in the southern part of the country. Also hear Martin Kragh, Deputy Head of the […]

  • It happened during the war in Ukraine

    It happened during the war in Ukraine

    Participants: Jan Eliasson, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and longtime diplomat, now Chairman of the Board of the Stockholm Peace Research Institute, SIPRI, and Ekot’s former Russia correspondent Sten Sjöström. Host: Olle Wiberg.

  • Energy prices continue to rise

    Energy prices continue to rise

    Host:Olle Wiberg Participants:Pär Ivarsson, Head of FinanceKristian Åström, financial commentator Ekot

  • No change of power in the Sami Parliament

    No change of power in the Sami Parliament

    The results of the Sami parliamentary election are now presented. There will be no change of power, the hunting and fishing Sami will be the largest party, but that is not enough to get its own majority. Instead, Samelandspartiet and Guovssonásti remain in power. Hear Jörgen Heikki, reporter at Sameradion, discuss the results with host […]

  • Works against domestic violence – trains tenants in civil courage

    Works against domestic violence – trains tenants in civil courage

    To reduce domestic violence, the municipal housing company in Umeå, Bostaden, sends out books to train its tenants in civil courage. According to Anna Wiberg, communicator at Bostaden, one of the most important things is to knock. “The knowledge that there are neighbors in the house who care, who act, also means that the perpetrators […]

  • Investment in Uppsala’s outlying areas before Valborg

    Investment in Uppsala’s outlying areas before Valborg

    Uppsala Youth Shelter will be on site in the outskirts of Uppsala during both Thursday and at Valborg. Although last April is set for the second year in a row, they have seen indications that young people will party. “We have to be where it happens, before it happens”, says Hilde Wiberg at the youth […]

  • Sweden tightens border controls when COVID-19 cases increase

    STOCKHOLM, December 29 (Xinhua) – Almost 3,000 people have been deported at the Swedish-Danish border during the first week after Sweden introduced an entry ban from neighboring Denmark, Swedish TV reported on Tuesday. Most were stopped when they tried to cross the Öresund Bridge by car from Denmark to southern Sweden and long queues have […]

  • Swedish police have rejected 2900 travelers from Denmark

    During the first week of the entry ban at the Swedish border, 2,900 people from Denmark have been rejected. Swedish police inform Ritzau. The statement is made by the police in Region South. – We appeal to travelers not to try to go to Sweden if it is not absolutely necessary, says Anders Wiberg, who […]

  • FACTS: Here are the recipients of this year’s Reumert Awards

    FACTS: Here are the recipients of this year’s Reumert Awards

    On Monday, this year’s Reumert, the award ceremony for performing arts, was held. And as tradition dictates, a large number of actors, directors and dancers were hailed. Here are the winners of the 18 categories: * This year’s honorary award: Tommy Kenter. * Female Lead of the Year: Johanne Louise Schmidt for “Cyrano de Bergerac […]