Tag: World
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King Harald hospitalized – is he leaving the throne?
Hear the crown prince's own words about the state of father the king's health King Harald is in Malaysia to celebrate his birthday when he falls ill and is hospitalized. The alarm quickly goes off and his Norwegian doctor is called in a flash to the sick bed on the other side of the world.…
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The battle for the green transition
The climate crisis worsens with each passing year and the main culprit in the drama is the continued dependence on fossil fuels. To solve this, the global energy supply must be switched to renewables – to sun, wind and water. Some believe that this one the green transition will not only solve the climate crisis…
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Hear the expert ahead of Monday's NATO vote
Good morning world February 25 Hour 1 Hungary's parliament opens tomorrow – will the last obstacle to Sweden's NATO entry now be cleared away? Grief work with the Swedish self-image as a neutral and moral great power Report from the eastern parts of Ukraine now that the war has entered its second year The EU…
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Part 1 of 5. The legacy
About the drama series Arvet IN The legacy we get to follow 23-year-old Emma as she returns to the village of Hällero to collect an inheritance. There she is confronted with her traumatic upbringing in a mystical sect that worships wolves. Soon she is drawn into a dangerous world of sacrificial ceremonies, power struggles and…
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Putin's silence after Navalny's death
Alexei Navalny was called Putin's biggest threat. The circumstances surrounding his death in a Russian prison are being discussed worldwide, while Putin is facing the incident with complete silence. In the past, Putin has refused to even mention Navalny by name to signal his low importance. The question is how long Putin can withstand the…
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Experts question the arguments of Finnish ministers to curb political strikes
“When we use Sweden as an example, which we follow in many respects, political strikes have practically been limited to two or three hours,” he comment For YLE in February. Minister of Economy Will Rydman (PS), on the other hand, is one of several members of the government who have argued that the industrial peace…
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The Finnwatch probe follows wealthy Finns around the world
According to Finnwatch, a few hundred wealthy Finns, who received more than 50,000 euros in earned income, moved from the country to avoid or reduce their capital gains tax burden.
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The surgery trips – Buttock augmentation in Turkey | Part 1/2
It has been called the world's most dangerous cosmetic surgery. Even so, the BBL is exploding in popularity. The ideal of a big butt is spreading worldwide with role models like Kim Kardashian. BBL involves liposuction of body parts such as stomach and thighs and injecting the same fat into the hips and buttocks. Surgeons…
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Norway's government will take care of world heritage abroad, but not in Norway.
Through the Oil Fund, Norway has taken action to preserve 40,000-year-old rock art in Indonesia. At home, however, the government has given the green light for development in an area with rock carvings. In 2022, Indonesian mining company Semen Tonasa was placed on a three-year watch list due to the risk of damaging prehistoric cultural…
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Stubbs: "If the West had not been able to support Ukraine, it would no longer exist"
The future president of Finland spoke to the press at the Munich Security Conference, which is an annual gathering of world leaders.
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Finnish children are less myopic than their Asian peers
According to new studies, children's myopia has increased in many parts of the world, but not in Finland.
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Start your Sunday with Good Morning World
Sveriges Radio's weekly magazine about the past week and the week to come with reports, interviews, comments and satire.
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The exhibition in Helsinki honors Kremlin critic Navalny
In Helsinki, as in many capitals of the world, the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a distant penal colony, has been monitored.
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Sherlock Holmes – the detective who changed the world
The first story about the complicated but clever detective Sherlock Holmes was published in 1887. His eye for detail has inspired criminology and forensic investigations in the police. But where is the greatness of this particular fictional detective? Host: Emelie Rosenqvist Guest: Hasse Aro, presenter and podcaster Producer: Sukran Kavak
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Hear the Minister of Defense about the biggest threat to Swedish security
Today begins the security conference in Munich. Ahead of the meeting, citizens of twelve of the world's most powerful countries have given their view of the biggest threats. The French are mainly afraid of Islamist terrorism, the Germans what they call mass migration and the Italians climate-related disasters. Concerns about Russia, which used to top…
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Finnish pond hockey on thin ice as the climate crisis approaches
Climate change threatens the hockey hobby around the world and in Finland.
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Hunt for new Swedish podium places – follow the sprint finals in Canmore
Follow the Swedish cross-country women's and men's sprint in the World Cup in Canmore, Canada. Commentators are Sigge Sanner and Torgny Mogren.
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This is how the world tries to stop a ground offensive in Rafah
The eyes of the world are currently focused on Rafah – Gaza's border town with Egypt – where over a million Palestinians have taken refuge, escaping fighting and airstrikes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that a ground offensive against Rafah is next in line in the war against Hamas – something that voluntary…
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Eighty years ago, 150 Soviet bombers tried to destroy Kotka – but failed
During World War II, Kotka was one of the worst bombed cities in Finland.
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Fiddler on the Roof in Ísafjörður
The world-famous musical was written in 1964 by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick. A lot has changed since then, but not everything… It is the story of the milkman Tevye, his wife and their five daughters. They live in the small village of Anatevka in Tsarist Russia. There were changes in society regarding marriage customs…
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Charlotte Gyllenhammar – up and down the world
Charlotte Gyllenhammar is one of Sweden's most prominent artists, with notable sculptures and installations. Several of them can be seen in the public space. Like the Child and Mother fountains in Malmö or the memorials to Raoul Wallenberg and Dag Hammarskjöld in Gothenburg and Uppsala. In autumn 2023, she returned to her big breakthrough, the…
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Chinese mafia from the inside – join us inside the “world's worst” casino
Behind a golden facade set in the Mekong River hides one of the area's most criminal dens, where Chinese owner Zhao Wei is said to operate illegal animal smuggling, drug trafficking and human trafficking. Hear Sweden Radio's correspondent in Southeast Asia, Axel Kronholm, about his journey to the casino, about the contractor who built it…
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This is how Zuckerberg's company will survive AI
It has been 20 years since Mark Zuckerberg invented “The Facebook” to impress Harvard students. Now one of the world's richest men is busy with something completely different – namely Ai. But will Zuckerberg's company win the AI journey and survive another 20 years? That's what we're going to ask our tech reporter Effie Karabuda!
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Six Finnish cities rank in the top 100 of the global happiness list
The British research company Institute for Quality of Life estimates Helsinki to be the 11th happiest city in the world in 2023.
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Military power play on the world's oceans is putting pressure on Sweden
– When merchant shipping cannot move freely at sea, then I actually think we are threatened, says Ewa Skoog Haslum, Sweden's head of the navy. Now, this time, it is in the Red Sea that Huthir rebels are attacking merchant ships that they link to Israel. But the navy chief believes that one must be…
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Stora Enso is cutting a thousand jobs to restore profitability
The redundancies are planned to take place primarily in the first half of this year, following a series of local negotiations that will be launched as soon as the country-specific plans are drawn up. The cost savings, on the other hand, will be realized during the next year. The program is expected to improve long-term…
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New: The hunt for the pedophile network Lost boy
When the police in Bergen start surveying the man, they discover that he is a policeman himself. He is found to have child abuse images on his computer. And he also turns out to be the key to an international pedophile network that exploits children all over the world. Participating Martin Krossnes, who first alerted…
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OP: The pieces of the Finnish economy are falling into place
“Finland's economy is hardly on a stable footing yet, but the conditions for improvement are emerging,” he analyzed. The Finnish financial services company has appropriately raised its growth forecast for next year from 1.2 percent to 1.4 percent. OP Financial Group also estimates that the slowdown in inflation and the drop in interest rates will…
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Aino Bergius as Slush's new CEO: From a volunteer to a director for a decade
including COO and CFO before rising to CEO. His tenure at Slush has been marked by an unwavering belief in the transformative power of startups and a commitment to promoting a culture of innovation and learning. Under Bergius' leadership, Slush is ready to continue its mission to be the world's most founder-focused event that prioritizes…
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Hector in the lead after his first race: “Smooth and fine”
At 10.30–11.30 and 13.30–14.30 in SR Play AlpineWorld Cup10.30/13.30 Women's giant slalom (Linn Nenzén and Tobias Hellman)