Lower unemployment benefits and worse food in the country's prisons are among the measures being proposed. The Moderates are now presenting how they want to finance their reforms in the next term without raising taxes. In total, this involves savings of 70 billion kronor, according to Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M).
SwedenThe World Cup is complex in terms of security. Swedish police will be on site in the United States at a center for international police cooperation.
SportsBy noon on Thursday, it will be too late. You can no longer sign up to participate in space company SpaceX's new share offering, which looks to be the largest stock market listing of all time.
BusinessSocial Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson could consider governing Sweden in a minority government. But that requires having a majority in parliament behind her, she says in an interview with TT.
SwedenThe Center Party no longer sees Ulf Kristersson as a possible candidate for prime minister. The reason is, among other things, that he has promised to cede important ministerial posts to the Sweden Democrats (SD). With the choices he has made, he has disqualified himself as a candidate for prime minister for the Center Party, says party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist.
SwedenUkraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy is participating in a summit of Nordic and Baltic leaders in Estonia on Tuesday. "As one of our partners said today during our meeting, Europe cannot protect itself without Ukraine," the president said in Tallinn.
SwedenParties in the Riksdag have been unable to reach an agreement in the Constitutional Committee (KU), TT learns. This means the joint press conference planned for Tuesday has been cancelled.
SwedenThrough Sida, Sweden is contributing SEK 120 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) in efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak.
SwedenSwedish small savers will have the opportunity to subscribe to shares in Elon Musk's company SpaceX. According to Nordnet, this is the first time Swedes will be able to take part in a U.S. stock market listing.
BusinessThe Insane roller coaster at Gröna Lund remains closed after a man was hit in the head by one of its carriages on Friday.
SwedenA new Hungary must win back the trust of the EU and Sweden - but it needs to happen quickly. In that situation, the country remains in a quandary over billions of dollars that Sweden stands to receive. "There is intensive dialogue about it and I hope for good news," said Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) on a visit to Budapest.
WorldAfter several dropouts and strong criticism of the program "IFS - Immigrants for Swedes" - for booking right-wing activist Nick Alinia as a panel member, SVT now admits that there was a "breakdown in procedures".
EntertainmentS leader Magdalena Andersson has said that a number of people who ran for the Left Party in municipal and regional elections ahead of this autumn's elections have expressed support for groups labeled as terrorists. "I take it very seriously," Andersson told TT.
SwedenThe ship Caffa, which was boarded by Swedish authorities on March 6, may be handed over to Ukraine, the Ystad District Court has ruled.
SwedenHundreds of thousands of Russian tourists receive visas to Europe every year - despite the ongoing war in Ukraine. Now Sweden is calling on the EU to tighten controls.
WorldFormer minister Paulina Brandberg is returning to politics and taking a seat in the Riksdag for the Liberals. She says it feels important and meaningful to be involved in democratic work in the final stages of this mandate.
SwedenThe Left Party has removed several candidates from its municipal election lists. Several of them have praised Hamas, which is designated a terrorist organization, Expressen reports.
SwedenLinn Grant is chasing her first major title at the US Open. At the same time, she suffers from the chronic disease endometriosis. "It affects my mood, it definitely affects my patience, and it's clear that it affects my game," she says.
SportsMette Frederiksen's third Danish government consists of eleven women and ten men. The fact that Peter Hummelgaard will be the new Minister of Finance is interpreted as making him Frederiksen's "crown prince". We have waited a long time, but it has been worth it; the party's youth leader rejoices.
WorldForeign Trade Minister Benjamin Dousa (M) downplays the Trump administration's new tariff game. "My impression is that there doesn't seem to be any drama for Sweden and Europe," he tells TT.
BusinessTwo men in their upper teens have been arrested after shots were fired at a home in Hässelby, Stockholm, on Tuesday evening. "No one has been physically injured, but we are on the scene and have spoken to witnesses," police spokesperson Carina Skagerlind told TT on Wednesday night.
SwedenWhen should compensation be given for flight delays - and should it be automatic? Final negotiations are underway on new EU rules, but they may come to nothing.
BusinessA member of parliament from the Social Democratic Party (SD) is being suspended from the party after resigning from all his duties earlier in the day, party secretary Mattias Bäckström Johansson told Expressen. According to SVT, he is suspected of child pornography offences.
SwedenRobyn is canceling her shows at Avicii Arena in Stockholm this summer. Instead, there will be a concert at 3Arena this fall - an announcement that has angered fans.
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