Radio Sweden
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Unions call for 4.2% pay rise, wind farm plans scrapped, conviction for hateful social media posts, Swedes set table tennis world record
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on November 4th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Michael WalshProducer: Kris Boswell
Unemployment funds criticised, fewer work permits after new salary requirements, uterine cancer review, stormy weather across Sweden
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on November 1st 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Babak ParhamProducer: Kris Boswell
Radio Sweden Weekly: Swedish eyes on the US as election approaches
With only days left till the presidential elections in the US, many of the Swedish politicians are looking as well as heading west, to see if they can learn something about political campaigning. We hear from some of them in this week's programme. It's been one year since the income requirement for work permit holders was more than doubled - what effect has it had so far? We look at some of the figures and speak to an employer who was very concerned before the changes.And Mike Loshak has won the Teacher of the Year award for 2024. He has experience from teaching in Sweden as well as the UK and tells us about how the two educational systems compare.Presenters: Ulla Engberg and Michael WalshProducer: Kris Boswell
Electric vehicle ban in Stockholm metro, weather warning for southern Sweden, Halloween celebrations, AI-generated song tops Swedish chart
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 31th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Babak ParhamProducer: Sujay Dutt
Botkyrka slammed in new report, Volvo to buy out Northvolt, grenade found in Gamla Stan, photographer Elisabeth Ohlson has passed away
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 30th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Babak ParhamProducer: Kris Boswell
Historic conviction, Sweden halts ties with Georgia, sharp objects found in Halloween candy, Malmö FF triumph
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 29th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Babak ParhamProducer: Dave Russell
Malmö imam suspended, Oxfam criticises Sweden on climate aid, 40 cars destroyed in garage blaze, life imprisonment for gang leader
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 28th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Babak ParhamProducer: Kris Boswell
Radio Sweden Weekly: EU 'playing Russian roulette' with Baltic Sea herring?
The EU's decision to dramatically increase fishing quotas for Baltic herring has caused an uproar in Sweden, which had lobbied against them but was overruled. We hear from environmental groups, experts and the fishing industry. And: Up to 850 blue collar workers are to lose their jobs at troubled battery manufacturer Northvolt's plant in Skellefteå.Also: The youth wing of the Sweden Democrats are calling for it to be possible to revoke the citizenships of people who don't integrate into Swedish society.Presenters: Michael Walsh and Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
Cheaper dental care, nuclear waste burial site permit, incidents force Malmö library closure, wind back the clocks
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 25th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
Foreign aid plan to reduce migration, 100 kids fall ill at school, 9th graders committing crimes, volleyball star coach leaves Sweden team
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 24th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Roza BicerProducer: Dave Russell
Long winter for jobs, peak months for wildlife road accidents, Northvolt latest, Akalla murder
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 23rd 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
More job losses at Northvolt, Hospital admits unnecessary hysterectomies, fish catch quotas finalised, Sweden to honour Blinken
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 22nd 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Sujay Dutt
EU approves Swedish state aid to decarbonise steelmaker, pensions hike, football derby replayed after fireworks
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 21st 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
Radio Sweden Weekly: Sadness mixed with hope as Northvolt cuts jobs
It's confirmed that more than 300 white collar workers and engineers will be made redundant at Northvolt's plant in Skellefteå. We hear from Shaneika Jeffrey, vice co-chair of the local branch of the Unionen trade union at the battery manufacturer. And: The government released its plan to grow Sweden's military by almost 30,000 people by 2030. Jacob Westberg, senior lecturer at the Swedish Defence University, shares his analysis.Also: More than 30 million cubic metres of untreated wastewater — including raw sewage — was released into Swedish waterways last year. Erik Karlsson at Svenskt Vatten explains what might be behind this.
Jewish council bars Left Party, health care interpreter fees unlawful, compensation for disabled bus passenger, Kent back on stage
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 18th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
Wolf cull, net set up in Riksdag after tomato attack, hackers behind 35,000 attacks, children poisoned by biscuits – man arrested
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 17th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Sujay Dutt
Northvolt layoffs, fan victims of terror attack honoured in Brussels, fear of crime survey, Nobel win creates sensation in south Korea
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 16th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
Mbappé slams media rape allegations, asylum seeker limits, more academics jobless, green light for Nordic cross border police
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 15th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Sujay Dutt
Water contamination fears, widened scope for police use of biometrics, doctor struck off, economics prize
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 14th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Sujay Dutt
Police hunt accomplices in Gothenburg shooting, Åkesson's wedding guest, survey of immigrants' values, Nobel Peace Prize
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 11th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Ulla EngbergProducer: Michael Walsh
Radio Sweden Weekly: AI makes a splash at the Nobels
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences this week recognised the development and application of artificial intelligence when awarding the Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry but what should we make of this year's awards, which traditionally honour human intelligence? Also, we review this year's recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.And outside of the Nobels, we visit a 'women only' shooting night at a hunting club to look at the growing popularity of hunting among women.Presenters: Dave Russell and Ulla EngbergProducer: Michael Walsh
Israeli company targeted in shooting, Northvolt told to remove barracks, PFAS compensation demand, Nobel literature prize
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 10th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Michael WalshProducer: Ulla Engberg
Northvolt Ett CEO resigns, Sollentuna restaurant shooting, more rain on the way, Nobel prize winner's early morning call
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 9th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Michael WalshProducer: Kris Boswell
Northvolt payment deadline, inquiry backs ban on cousin marriages, property sales rise
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 8th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Babak ParhamProducer: Michael Walsh
Sweden's Nato contribution, IS returnee on trial, one year since October 7 attacks, Nobel Prize in Medicine
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 7th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Michael WalshProducer: Kris Boswell
Radio Sweden Weekly: Where does the Swedish government stand on the Middle-East conflict?
As the world's attention is on the escalating conflict in the Middle-East, we take a look at the Swedish government's position on the conflict, and some of the incidents following in its tracks. We also meet international students in Stockholm, who hope to find ways to continue their careers in the country after they have finished their studies here. And from Gotland, we hear stories from the people who were there when thousands of refugees came over the Baltic Sea, 80 years ago.Presenters: Ulla Engberg and Michael WalshProducer: Kris Boswell
EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, Swedish rents increase, Social Democrat shadow budget, betting on the Nobels
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 4th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Michael WalshProducer: Kris Boswell
Vegetables thrown in the Riksdag, Säpo on Israeli embassy incidents, Left and Green parties' shadow budgets, divorce season in Sweden
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 3rd 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Michael WalshProducer: Dave Russell
Swedes arrested in Copenhagen, shots fired near Israeli embassy in Stockholm, Centre Party's shadow budget, baby sturgeon swims to Norway
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 2nd 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Michael WalshProducer: Kris Boswell
More bankruptcies in Sweden, suicide prevention proposal, new grading sytem talks, TikTok to attract Gen Z farmers
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 1st 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Roza BicerProducer: Michael Walsh
Begging ban inquiry, Moroccan embassy incident, stop and search zone criticised, call for more live music venues
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 30th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Michael WalshProducer: Kris Boswell
Radio Sweden Weekly: What happens if foreign workers lose their job in Sweden?
Battery manufacturer Northvolt is cutting around 1,600 jobs across Sweden we go through what happens when you lose your job in Sweden, and what work permit holders need to do if they want to keep living here. Also: The Swedish island of Gotland has this month been remembering the many Estonian refugees that made perilous journeys there from across the Baltic Sea 80 years ago.And: This Saturday marks 30 years since the sinking of the MS Estonia, Sweden's worst ever maritime disaster which claimed the lives of 852 people.Presenters: Michael Walsh and Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
Stockholm county governor fired, anonymous witness bill finalised, cause of Oceana fire revealed, rain chaos at Stockholm theatre
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 27th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
Stockholm governor criticised for hiring friends, criminal run HVB homes closed, children tested for tuberculosis, Hammarby joy
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 26th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Sujay Dutt
Hate crime probe against leading Sweden Democrat dismissed, food agency red meat warning, interest rate cut, new Ryanair routes from Sweden
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 25th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
Iran behind cyber attack in Sweden, fatal accident at nuclear power plant, missing girls found, lobster auction
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 24th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Sujay Dutt
Northvolt announces layoffs, train hits tractor, grey seal hunt over, snow forecast for north
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 23rd 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell
Radio Sweden Weekly: Right of access to nature celebrated – and under threat
Today is Allemansrättens Dag, the Day of the Right of Public Access. What does the age-old law mean today? We also look into the government's autumn budget proposal, presented in full this week. Also, there is trouble at Northvolt, the battery producer which the town of Skellefteå has pinned high hopes on for creating jobs. Presenters: Sujay Dutt and Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
Northvolt cuts, court rules media don't need to hand over riot images, dangerous cargo ship, melting glacier
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 20th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
Swedish woman prosecuted for Yezidi genocide, life sentences for subway shooting upheld, e-commerce up from last year, Sweden's Oscar entry
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 19th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play Presenter: Roza BicerProducer: Sujay Dutt
Another case of bluetongue, Turkey talks cancelled as Swedish plane turns back, criminal Ghost app dismantled, warm weather returns
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 18th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
Swedish EU commissioner post, Stockholm Bromma airport in doubt, school changes flagged, defence spending boost
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 17th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Michael Walsh
Swedes could lead new Nato base in Finland, several charged with rioting at festival, benefits agency delays, Swede eyes top Olympics job
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 16th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
Radio Sweden Weekly: 'The Doping Hunter' on catching out the cheats
We meet Professor Arne Ljungqvist, a living legend in the fight against doping in sports - he's been honoured with a special sculpture unveiled by royalty this week. It's two years to the next election. As politicians returned to parliament this week, we look at the challenges ahead for the government. Also, why is chess dominated by men? And Sven Göran Eriksson is laid to rest.Presenters: Dave Russell and Ulla EngbergProducer: Kris Boswell
Justice committee chair steps down, man remanded over murder of two Brits, 'Svennis' farewelled in Torsby, blue tongue disease detected
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 13th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play Presenter: Michael WalshProducer: Kris Boswell
More money for voluntary repatriation, unemployment rising, Paludan may evade prosecution, high interest in solar parks
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 12th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play Presenter: Sophie Ankarcrona MartinezProducer: Sujay Dutt
Drone sightings not confirmed, extra funding for justice system, more Swedes prepping, cranes return to Falköping on way south
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 11th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play Presenter: Sophie Ankarcrona MartinezProducer: Kris Boswell
Cabinet reshuffle, Swedish language proposal, prison for Swedbank CEO, Arabic 9th century coins found on Gotland
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 10th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play Presenter: Sophie Ankarcrona MartinezProducer: Sujay Dutt
Northvolt flags cutbacks, Ukraine military assistance, suspected gang leader arrested, Sweden's Paralympians come home
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 9th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play Presenter: Michael WalshProducer: Kris Boswell
Terrorism suspect released, dental care reform, fake passports, Swedes told to buy max 5 garments per year
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 6th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play Presenter: Sujay DuttProducer: Kris Boswell