Tag: Sweden

Britain to supply Ukraine with AS90 howitzers

“Artillery systems like Archer, combined with armored vehicles and tanks, increase Ukraine’s defense capabilities and allow it to regain its territory,” Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson said. Ukraine has been striving for a modern Archer artillery system for several months. The British government said in a separate statement that the 14 Archer systems will serve […]

Spotify: Hifi offer with better quality is yet to come

Stockholm (dpa) – The music streaming market leader Spotify wants to bring its hifi offer with better sound quality, which it announced more than two years ago, to the market at some point. “We will do it – but in a way that makes sense for us and our customers,” said product manager Gustav Söderström […]

Spotify: Hifi offer with better quality is yet to come

Stockholm (dpa) – The music streaming market leader Spotify wants to bring its hifi offer with better sound quality, which it announced more than two years ago, to the market at some point. “We will do it – but in a way that makes sense for us and our customers,” said product manager Gustav Söderström […]

The Saab factory is closing again. NEVS wants to lay off almost all employees

After Saab’s rather complicated bankruptcy in 2009-2011, despite an attempt by Dutch Spyker to resurrect it, its remains were picked up by NEVS, National Electric Vehicle Sweden, which later became part of China’s Evergrande group. For a short time at the original factory in Trollhättan, Sweden, it produced Saab 9-3s with “SAAB” lettering instead of […]

Singer Loreen returns to the Eurovision Song Contest 11 years after her victory

of flowers — © EPA-EFE Sweden has announced its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. With Loreen, known from the Eurovision classic ‘Euphoria’, they are bringing in an ex-winner. With her new song ‘Tattoo’, the singer is already being put forward as a big favorite for the final victory. Gilles Liesenborghs Yesterday at 09:28 Loreen […]

Sweden Condemned World, Kills Nearly Extinct Lynx Cat

Stockholm – I don’t know what got into you, Sweden. The endangered Lynx cat is not protected, but instead hunted. Quoted from The Guardian, the Swedish government issued a permit to hunt and slaughter 201 lynx cats in the past week. The number of permits issued by Swedish authorities to slaughter lynx cats during March […]

Excess mortality in the Corona years: Lockdown-free and successful

Was Sweden’s way of largely refraining from protective measures against Corona the better? A study on excess mortality in the EU suggests this. Left open when the rest of the world was in lockdown: bar in Sweden’s capital Stockholm Photo: David Keyton/ap STOCKHOLM taz | “I don’t like the word revenge,” Anders Tegnell, a former […]

Alcohol in Sweden: Price increase at Systembolaget

Despite high inflation this year, alcohol prices are increasing only moderately in Sweden, at an average of 3 percent when taxes are included. The prices for alcohol in Sweden have risen comparatively moderately.(Photo: Jacques Palut / depositphotos.com) Systembolaget, Sweden’s state alcohol monopoly, raises its prices twice a year, in September and March. Systembolaget’s price hikes, […]