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The speaker of parliament, Andreas Norlén, is set to hold a fresh round of talks with party leaders on Wednesday to address the ongoing deadlock over forming a government.
Sweden's Centre Party, which could become the kingmaker after Sweden's tight election result, has announced its willingness to start government talks with the centre-right Social Democrats.
Sweden's parliament speaker held talks with party leaders on Wednesday to determine who should try next to form a government after the country's September 13th election.
Andreas Norlén, the speaker of the Swedish parliament, offered party leaders coffee and a 'sockerkaka' spongecake he had baked himself when he called in seven party leaders to preliminary talks on a new government.
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Food prices have barely had time to stabilise after the government VAT cut – and now food manufacturers are saying costs are rising. They are calling for understanding that food prices may need to be raised once again.
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