The battle over how quickly the government’s full criminal justice reform can be implemented is gaining new momentum. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service says costs could rise from SEK 24 billion to SEK 85 billion by 2045.
SwedenMattias Karlsson (SD) is expected to become the new chairman of the Culture Committee when the new posts are announced on Tuesday.
EntertainmentThe Sweden Democrats (SD) are reshuffling several of their well-known names in the Riksdag (the Swedish parliament). Oscar Sjöstedt, the party’s economic policy spokesperson, has been nominated to the Constitutional Committee.
SwedenParisa Liljestrand (M) will say yes if she gets the chance. But if the Conservatives win the election, the next Minister of Culture could be a Sweden Democrat. That is what Andreas Johansson Heinö, publisher at Timbro, believes.
EntertainmentThe 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.
EntertainmentBruno 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.
EntertainmentThe 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). A ban would potentially take a long time to implement, he says.
SwedenA 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. Now she's going to make cozy TV, says DN's editorial writer Amanda Sokolnicki.
EntertainmentThe 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.
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