If you've been in Malmö over the past few days you've almost certainly noticed them ? thousands of people dressed up in colourful animal costumes have suddenly appeared in the city. But who are they and why are they here?.
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En turkos hund väntar vid övergångsstället. En tiger promenerar längs med kanalen, och en varg väntar på sin falafel utanför en snabbmatsrestaurang. Den här veckan besöker 6100 furries, människor klädda i djurdräkter, Ma…
6 000 furries – människor i antropomorfa djurdräkter – väntas i veckan inta Malmö. Från polisen till 125 utvalda furries på mingel med kommunfullmäktige på rådhuset – här är förberedelserna inför pälsveckan.
Nordic fuzz con fyller åter Malmös gator med tusentals färgglada furries, alltså människor utklädda till djur. De pälsklädda besökarna som kommer från hela världen hyllar den skånska staden och välkomnas av näringslivet.
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Hästdroskorna har rullat genom Central Park sedan 1800-talet och blivit lika självklara i New York-filmer som gula taxibilar och dåliga dejter. Nu kan den 168-åriga traditionen vara på väg bort. New Yorks stadsfullmäktig…
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Jonas Gahr StøreNorges statsminister 2021–
Alexander StubbFinlands president 2024–
Vladimir PutinRysslands president 2000–2008 och 2012–
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Elisabeth SvantessonSvensk politiker och nationalekonom
Volodymyr ZelenskyjUkrainas president 2019–
Ulf KristerssonSveriges statsminister 2022–
Mette FrederiksenDanmarks statsminister 2019–As Sweden doesn't yet have a new government, outgoing Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson will present a caretaker budget in November. It will be completely devoid of election pledges and fresh policy initiatives – exc…
Sweden is expected to hike its interest rate – and the budget deadline is fast approaching, as well as the deadline for sending Christmas presents outside Europe. Here's that and everything else that changes in November.
This week's Sweden in Focus Extra podcast features an interview with Matilda Molander, head of the green and liberal Fores think tank.
A 60-year-old woman who was rejected for a job because of her age has been awarded 50,000 kronor in compensation.
Speaker to call party leaders after Centre Party fails to forge centrist government – and Swedish security firm pays out 50,000 kronor over age discrimination. Here's the latest news.
When something in a culture becomes so iconic that it's ubiquitous, it can be easy to assume that its status is overblown. But even after all this time and exposure, Pippi Longstocking still lives up to the hype, writes…
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Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist is ending her bid to forge a centrist coalition and has handed her exploratory mandate back to the speaker of parliament.
Fresh weather warnings for Sweden in wake of Storm Boelo – and far more children tied to gang violence in Sweden than previously thought. Here's the latest news.
