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Mining company LKAB won’t pay for earthquake damage to homes in Arctic Sweden

People living in the arctic towns of Kiruna and Malmberget say their homes have been damaged by earthquakes caused by nearby mining, but the company has not paid compensation to any claimants in the last five years.
October 20, 2016

NATO membership not for Sweden, Ministers say

In spite of closer ties and cooperation over recent years, Sweden will not seek NATO membership, the government stated on Friday.
September 12, 2016

Sweden to have 100 percent renewable energy by 2040

A cross-party energy deal has been reached between Sweden’s government and three opposition parties. Sweden will have 100 percent renewable energy by 2040, but there is not yet a deadline for the phase out of nuclear power.
June 14, 2016

Swedish icebreaker to help Canada map Arctic shelf

Sweden’s largest icebreaker will be plowing through the frozen waters of the eastern Arctic Ocean later this summer in part to help a Canadian research team map the limits of their nation’s continental shelf.
May 30, 2016

More Swedes are for joining NATO than against

For the first time more Swedes favor Nato membership than are opposed, according to a survey from the SOM Institute in Gothenburg.
May 10, 2016

Swedish archbishop wants ‘truth commission’ for abuse against indigenous Samis

Archbishop Antje Jackelén wants Sweden to set up an independent commission that will look into the state’s injustices against the country’s indigenous Sami people throughout history.
March 08, 2016

Cross-border Nordic policing

Swedish police units could be dispatched to neighbouring countries in the Nordic region if they happen to be closer to an incident starting next year, according to Sweden’s Minister for Home Affairs Anders Ygeman.
February 22, 2016

Sweden could get new climate law

A report from a cross-party committee calls for a law forcing future governments to set out plans for reaching Sweden’s long-term climate goals.
February 12, 2016

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