The government is giving the regions the opportunity to halve the price of monthly public transport passes. The reduction will apply from 1 July to the end of the year. "We are trying to get the Swedish people through a fairly complicated time in terms of security and finances," says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M).
Swedish politicsThe government and the Sweden Democrats will halve the price of monthly public transport passes, Aftonbladet and Expressen report, citing sources.
Swedish politicsThe Sweden Democrats in Klippan will be left without a local party group. The party was the largest in the last election, but all its seats in the municipal council are now held by independents.
Swedish politicsIf the Tidö parties form a government, Sweden Democrats' leader Jimmie Åkesson said the party should receive close to half of the ministerial posts in an interview with Ekot on Saturday.
Swedish politicsThe government's list of exemptions from the stricter requirements for labor immigration is significantly shorter than the Migration Board's more generous proposal. 27 professions are exempt from the wage floor of SEK 33,390, compared with the Migration Board's 81.
BusinessThe government and the Social Democrats are contributing more than one billion kronor to Swedish agriculture as part of a crisis package, Minister of Rural Affairs Peter Kullgren (KD) and Minister of Finance Elisabeth Svantesson (M) write in Expressen.
Swedish politicsThere is great anger over the upcoming meeting between the European Commission, Sweden and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The European Parliament "regrets" the invitation in a critical statement.
WorldTwo civil servants in Färgelanda municipality have been forced to leave their jobs after, among other things, adding a mustache to a painting of Jimmie Åkesson, reports Dalslänningen.
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