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Sweden Tightens Requirements for SVT and SR Public Service

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Sweden Tightens Requirements for SVT and SR Public Service

Thu 22 May 2025 12:06 CEST

The Tidö parties are moving forward with a new model for how public service is to be financed - despite SVT and SR having warned of extensive cutbacks. Moreover, the public service companies are to be scrutinized more closely

The Culture Year 2024 – Poetry, Canon, and Crisis

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The Culture Year 2024 – Poetry, Canon, and Crisis

Thu 19 Dec 2024 12:01 CET

Bruno K Öijer fans experienced ecstasy at the same time as the young poets stepped forward. But the cultural year 2024 was marked by economic crisis and the debate about a Swedish cultural canon that dragged on

No Ban - but Tax Awaits Party Lotteries

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No Ban - but Tax Awaits Party Lotteries

Thu 12 Dec 2024 13:34 CET

The government chooses not to ban party lotteries, despite criticism against them. Instead, they will be subject to gaming tax, says Financial Markets Minister Niklas Wykman (M)

Wollter criticized ahead of TV program: "Jew-hater"

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Wollter criticized ahead of TV program: "Jew-hater"

Sat 19 Oct 2024 10:15 CEST

A storm is brewing around the artist Stina Wollter, who is to host a new program on SVT. Wollter has been criticized for spreading anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

A Swedish Cultural Canon - This is How it Happened

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A Swedish Cultural Canon - This is How it Happened

Wed 19 Jun 2024 11:55 CEST

The question of a Swedish cultural canon has been driven by the Christian Democrats and the Sweden Democrats, and in the Tidö Agreement, the government and the Sweden Democrats decided that expert groups within different areas should develop one.