Category: English

  • The government lowers the requirements to immigrate with a “blue card”

    Published 24 September 2024 at 12.11 Domestic. The government has today submitted a bill to the Riksdag with new proposals aimed at attracting “highly qualified” immigrants from the third world – by lowering the requirements for what is meant by “highly qualified”. But according to SD, the new proposal will have no effect. Share the…

  • Kebnekaise's southern peak continues to shrink

    Published 26 September 2024 at 10.37 Domestic. The summit glacier on Kebnekaise's south peak continues to shrink. The annual height measurement at the end of summer shows that Sydtoppen – Sweden's former highest point – is now 3.3 meters lower than last year and also 6.9 meters lower than Kebnekaise's north peak. Share the article…

  • Trump threatens to 'blow Iran to smithereens'

    Published 26 September 2024 at 12.18 Foreign. Donald Trump declared during a speech on Wednesday that he, as president, would threaten to blow Iran “to pieces” if the country planned an attack on a presidential candidate. The Hill reports. Share Article TwittraShare The statement came during a campaign event in North Carolina following claims that…

  • Tobias Hübinette sounds the alarm: Fria Tider is the biggest

    Published 27 September 2024 at 07.11 Media. Expo founder and left-wing academic Tobias Hübinette warns that more and more people are reading Fria Tider – which now again tops the lists of the most read alternative media. Share the article TwittraShare< p>According to the compilation that Tobias Hübinette publishes on his blog, Fria Tider had…

  • New unique book about the grammar of Elvdal

    Published 26 September 2024 at 13.47 Cultural news. Today the first Elvdalian grammar in English is released – “A Grammar of Elfdalian”. Share the article TwittraShare The book is the third Elvdalian grammar to be published, but the first in English and the first to use current grammatical tools. In addition, it is the first…

  • Anna Kinberg Batra refuses to resign – despite serious JO criticism

    Published 26 September 2024 at 16.58 Domestic. Stockholm's governor Anna Kinberg Batra is now receiving serious criticism from the Justice Ombudsman (JO) for her three so-called friend recruitments. Nevertheless, she announces that she intends to remain in office. Share the article TwittraShare – It was never my intention to do wrong, but I admit that…

  • Bilan Osman is fired when Ibn Rushd's contribution is withdrawn

    Published 26 September 2024 at 18.43 Foreign. The Somali Expo profiler Bilan Osman is forced to leave his job as press officer at the Muslim study association Ibn Rushd. The reason is that the union will now lose its grants. Share the article TwittraShare Bilan Osman talks about becoming unemployed in a post on X.…

  • The final grades in the ninth grade continue to drop

    Published 26 September 2024 at 19.38 Domestic. The percentage of ninth graders eligible for the high school national program fell by 1.5 percentage points in one year. 83.7 percent of the students who left primary school this spring were qualified, compared to 85.2 percent in 2023, the Swedish National Agency for Education's new statistics show.…

  • The US gives 93 billion to Israel

    Published 26 September 2024 at 20.21 Foreign. Israel has secured another comprehensive aid package from the US to the value of 8.7 billion dollars – equivalent to 93 billion kroner. This is reported by the Times of Israel. Share the article TwittraShare The huge grant package will support Israel in the state's ongoing war against…

  • Czech President: Ukraine must give up territory

    Published 24 September 2024 at 13.48 Foreign. Ukraine must be “realistic” in its view of what it can achieve – and it should prepare to cede territory to Russia. This is stated by Czech President Petr Pavel. Share the article TwittraShare President Pavel is a former NATO general and a strong supporter of Ukraine. In…

  • “We miss you”: AI-Hitler viral among young people on Tiktok

    Published 25 September 2024 at 09.56 Cultural news. AI-generated audio clips of Adolf Hitler's speech in English have gone viral on Tiktok, garnering millions of views among younger users. This is reported by the Jerusalem Post. Share the article TwittraShare These are clips translated from German with the help of AI, so that it sounds…

  • The policy rate is lowered to 3.25 percent

    Published 25 September 2024 at 13.28 Economy. The Riksbank's executive board has decided to lower the key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.25 percent, the authority writes in a press release. Share the article TwittraShare “If the inflation and economic outlook holds, the interest rate can also be lowered at the two remaining…

  • V-top is closed after the incident with Lamotte

    Published 26 September 2024 at 07.03 Domestic. Kristofer Lundberg, chairman of the Left Party's party association in Angered in Gothenburg, has been temporarily suspended from his post. The decision comes after a rewritten incident that occurred during a Palestine demonstration last month, reports Göteborgs-Posten. Share the article TwittraShare During the current demonstration, a tumult arose…

  • The US gives new billions in aid to Ukraine

    Published 26 September 2024 at 08.47 Foreign. The United States has decided to provide an additional 375 million dollars in military support to Ukraine, which corresponds to around 4 billion Swedish kronor. Share the article TwitterShare The new support includes, among other things, missiles for the Himar system, armored vehicles and anti-tank robots. The news…

  • The preliminary investigation against Richard Jomshof is closed

    Published 25 September 2024 at 13.35 Domestic. Joakim Zander, chief prosecutor at the special prosecution chamber, closes the preliminary investigation against the chairman of the justice committee Richard Jomshof (SD). Share the article TwittraShare After the questioning of the politician, the prosecutor assesses no longer that the shared images constitute incitement against a group of…

  • Telegram begins releasing user data to authorities

    Published 25 September 2024 at 14.37 Foreign. Messaging app Telegram will from now on release users' phone numbers and IP addresses to authorities upon valid requests. This is announced by CEO Pavel Durov, who was recently arrested in France. Share the article TwittraShare In a post on Telegram, Pavel Durov explains that the new policy…

  • Erdogan: Netanyahu must be stopped 'just like Hitler'

    Published 25 September 2024 at 16.23 Foreign. With between 40,000 and 186,000 civilian casualties in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has drawn criticism and been accused of crimes against humanity from a number of quarters. Now Turkey wants the international community to step in and stop him, writes Politico. Share the article TwittraShare In…

  • Israel's army chief: Bombing Lebanon ahead of possible ground invasion

    Published 25 September 2024 at 17.48 Foreign. According to a statement by Israel's military chief, General Herzi Halevi, Israel may launch a ground invasion of Lebanon. Share the article TwitterShare Israel Defense Forces (IDF) throughout Wednesday carried out airstrikes against targets in Lebanon. According to a statement from military chief Herzi Halevi, the attacks are…

  • Voters want to ban party lotteries

    Published 25 September 2024 at 19.35 Domestic. A new poll from Aftonbladet/Demoskop shows that support for banning party lotteries is strong. Share the article TwittraShare A whopping 66 percent of those surveyed believe that a ban is a good proposal, while only 17 percent oppose the idea. Among Social Democrats (S) voters, 40 percent say…

  • Tetris alleviates traumatic memories

    Published 24 September 2024 at 15.35 Domestic. A single treatment session with the classic computer game Tetris can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This is shown by a new study conducted on health care personnel who worked during the corona pandemic Share the article TwittraShare The study is led by researchers at Uppsala…

  • Joakim Lamotte challenges Aschberg to a debate

    Published 24 September 2024 at 16.53 Media. Joakim Lamotte challenges Robert Aschberg to a debate to discuss “the issue of threats and hatred against journalists”. Share the article TwittraShare “Robert Aschberg is currently running the issue of threats and hatred against journalists, but is totally blind to the violence from the left and the hatred…

  • Gigantic pink boulder for 26 million on site in Gothenburg

    Published 24 September 2024 at 18.38 Domestic. Last Friday, a pink stone block, as big as a three-story house, was placed on the Västlänken railway bridge at Olskroken in Gothenburg. The cost of the artistic decoration of the Västlänken has exceeded the budget by as much as 118 percent, the Taxpayers write. Share the article…

  • SD: Lowered requirements do not lead to increased immigration

    Published 24 September 2024 at 19.44 Domestic. SD and the government have agreed to lower the requirements to be counted as a “highly qualified” labor immigrant and receive a so-called blue card that gives the right to settle in Sweden. But according to SD's immigration policy spokesperson Ludvig Aspling, the proposal will not increase immigration.…

  • Reinfeldt bust unveiled in the Riksdag

    Published 25 September 2024 at 08.13 Domestic. The former Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (M) has now had a bust placed outside the Riksdag's second chamber in the Eastern Parliament. This is reported by TV4 Nyheterna. Share the article TwittraShare – I have modeled for the artist and think he captured my subtlety in a very…