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Sweden’s northernmost county among regions to introduce stricter COVID-19 recommendations

More than half of Sweden’s regions are now applying stricter local covid-recommendations to try to stop the spread of the virus.
November 11, 2020

Earthquake rattles workers inside Kiruna iron mine

An iron ore mine in Sweden’s Arctic north was evacuated early Monday morning after an earthquake struck the area.
May 20, 2020

Swedish Public Health Agency says border closures ‘won’t work’ against coronavirus spread

Sweden’s chief epidemiologist at the public health agency, and who is leading the work against the coronavirus says closing borders, like those carried out by Denmark and Norway, is not a solution.
March 16, 2020

Social Democrats lose Arctic stronghold over healthcare in Sweden’s regional elections

An independent party campaigning against the closure of hospitals has come first in the county council elections in Norrbotten in the far north of Sweden, ending an age of Social Democrat dominance.
September 11, 2018

Sweden issues first brochure on war and crisis preparedness since Cold War

A brochure titled If Crisis or War Comes will soon be sent out to all Swedish households. The Civil Contingencies Agency is behind the initiative – the first of its kind since the Cold War.
May 22, 2018

Roads deadly for reindeer in Arctic Sweden

Twice as many reindeer have been killed on the roads in northern Sweden this month compared to the same period last year. And one of the main factors is climate change, according to the Swedish Sami Association.
January 25, 2018

Sweden may start fracking to make mines safer

Swedish mining group, LKAB, is testing hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, at two sites in northern Sweden.
October 09, 2017

Treatment of Sami people among Swedish shortcomings, Amnesty International report

Sweden is once again criticised by Amnesty International for its treatment of Romani and Sami peoples and its tightening of its asylum laws.
February 23, 2017

Sami National Day celebrates 100 year anniversary

The indigenous Sami are celebrating their National Day, Monday, beginning a week of events to mark the 100th anniversary of the first Sami congress in 1917.
February 06, 2017

Sweden’s climate minister worried about Trump’s stance on global warming

Isabella Lövin says the EU will take a more prominent role when it comes to climate change in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as US president
November 15, 2016

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