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Sweden Tightens Requirements for SVT and SR Public Service

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.

Sweden Tightens Requirements for SVT and SR Public Service

The Culture Year 2024 – Poetry, Canon, and Crisis

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.

The Culture Year 2024 – Poetry, Canon, and Crisis

No Ban - but Tax Awaits Party Lotteries

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).

No Ban - but Tax Awaits Party Lotteries

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

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.

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

A Swedish Cultural Canon - This is How it Happened

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. .

A Swedish Cultural Canon - This is How it Happened