With Sweden still waiting for a new government almost two months after the election, negotiations continue behind closed doors.Lyssna: 1111 ENG Behind closed doors: Sweden's government talks enter critical stageWith Sweden still waiting for a new government almost two months after the election, negotiations continue behind closed doors.Political reporter Max Karlsson of Expressen confirms the picture that there are internal disagreements within the Centre Party about whether to support Ulf Kristersson and a centre-right government, or Magdalena Andersson to the left.With two prime minister candidates already rejected by parliament, the possibility of an extra election remains, although Karlsson believes parties are reluctant to take that step.Babak Parham babak. Läs mer på SR
The so-called 'red-green' parties of Sweden's left and centre-left wing have been keeping silent about any meetings about forming a government that may or may not be happening. But an unnamed Left Party source says the C…
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.
The Moderates and the Social Democrats have been holding behind-the-scenes talks for weeks to resolve parliament's pairing dispute. But when an agreement was about to be signed, everything collapsed. Now both sides are b…
Sweden's Centre Party is facing difficult choices as negotiations over the country's next government continue.Lyssna: 1110 ENG Centre Party faces difficult choices as Sweden's government talks contThe Centre Party is wei…
Energy prices are soaring in Southern Sweden.Lyssna: Power prices spike in the south: what’s behind Sweden’s electricity divideEnergy prices in Sweden are soaring today — especially in Southern Sweden.The reasons behind…
Will the Centre Party's Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist go to the left or the right?Lyssna: NEW 1109 ENG Sweden’s government battle heats up as kingmakerA flurry of press conferences over the past few days has reshaped Sweden’…
Caretaker Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says forming a new government will be "very difficult".Lyssna: Kristersson's turn for new government talksModerate Party leader Ulf Kristersson has accepted the Speaker's mandate…
The voting board following Thursday’s vote for Prime Minister in the Riksdag chamber.Lyssna: 1019 ENG Centre Party takes centre stage in Sweden’s government deadlockCentre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist has been…
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.
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.
The book, called The New Normal, draws on fieldwork at three workplaces in Sweden, from a department store to an office and a workplace with highly educated employees.Lyssna: 1112 ENG New book challenges Sweden's narrati…
Defence ministers from the five Nordic countries have been meeting in Oslo this week.Lyssna: Nordic countries aiming for new defence agreementThe five Nordic countries are working towards a new defence agreement that wil…
Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson presented the caretaker government's budget on Thursday morning.Lyssna: Caretaker government's budget presented — free of election promisesFinance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson of th…
Vivika Halapuu from the National Audit Office says the reforms were expensive and ineffective.Lyssna: Higher teacher salaries didn't lead to more people taking up the professionThe Swedish state has spent SEK 42 billion…
Between 50 and 80 centimetres of snow could fall in Skellefteå.Lyssna: Red weather warning for snowfall in SkellefteåSweden's weather bureau SMHI has issued a red weather warning for heavy snow in Skellefteå in Sweden's…
Only Swedish-speakers have been able to give blood in Skåne in the past.Lyssna: English speakers now able to donate blood in SkåneSkåne regional health authority will from this week start welcoming English-speaking blood…
Amalia Rud Stenlöf represents the Social Democrats in the Constitutional Committee.Lyssna: Swedish parliament votes to allow revoking citizenship in certain casesThe Swedish Parliament has voted today on a constitutional…
Left Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar leaving Wednesday's meeting between the parties.Lyssna: Red-Green parties meet in central StockholmThe leaders of the Social Democrats, the Left Party, the Greens and the Centre Party h…
Just over half of employees in the public sector don't check the answers they get from AI.Lyssna: High AI use at work — but only half double-check the answers70 percent of Swedes use AI every week or more often. A majori…
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