Tag: Sweden
Sweden launches probe into handling of pandemic
The Nordic country has decided to hasten a probe into its handling of the coronavirus crisis amid mounting pressure from both left and right parties….
International students call for postponed and reduced tuition fees
Fee-paying students from outside the EU are calling on the Swedish government to help postpone and reduce their tuition fees to take the effects of…
Europe is getting off coal even faster than expected
Across Europe, countries are making strides toward a fossil-free future. In April, Austria and Sweden closed their last coal plants—the latter nearly two years ahead…
Covid-19: ‘We don’t have a strategy of herd immunity,’ Swedish FM tells FRANCE 24
Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde spoke to FRANCE 24 about the Covid-19 pandemic and the specific approach put in place in her country – avoiding…
Worth the risk? Sweden bets on herd immunity
Just how big a gamble did Sweden take when it bucked the trend in Scandinavia and opted never to lock down the country? Its death…
Sweden exits coal two years ahead of schedule, Austria closes last coal plant
Europe’s steady march towards decarbonisation and the retirement of all coal-fired generating capacity continues apace this month, as both Austria and Sweden announced the closure…
Sweden eyes benefits of spurning lockdown in the face of pandemic
While much of Europe remained in lockdown, students played table tennis and made weekend plans at Kunskapsskolan, one of many Swedish schools kept open in…
Swedish coronavirus model under fire as deaths rise
Sweden’s softer approach to containing the new coronavirus was already an outlier in Europe and is coming under even more scrutiny as death rates leap…
Swedish firms flex to survive coronavirus crisis
Sweden may hold lessons for other economies on how to flex in a crisis, experts say, with firms that prosper in the coronavirus lockdown taking…
Sweden: Europe’s lockdown exception
With billions across the world under lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, one country stands almost alone. In Sweden, daily life has been continuing largely as…
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