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Busch called to committee about shock electricity price hike

Busch called to committee about shock electricity price hike

Thu 27 Nov 2025 10:03 CET

Vattenfall management and Energy Minister Ebba Busch (KD) are being summoned to the Riksdag's Economic Affairs Committee after the announcement of sharply increased electricity network fees. There is a limit somewhere, says the Left Party's Birger Lahti

Swedish Opposition Criticizes Unclear Nuclear Power Proposal

Swedish Opposition Criticizes Unclear Nuclear Power Proposal

Thu 27 Mar 2025 14:00 CET

The opposition, not entirely unexpectedly, gives the government a failing grade for the nuclear power proposal. Even the S, which does not have any principled opposition to new reactors, thinks that one is being offered a pig in a poke – that is, without knowing what one gets

Kiruna on government decision: We see ourselves as a colony

Kiruna on government decision: We see ourselves as a colony

Thu 23 Jan 2025 17:48 CET

The government's decision to override Kiruna Municipality regarding the establishment of a new graphite mine sparks anger. "They still see us as some kind of colony or oil platform, where they just extract everything but don't send anything back," says Mats Taaveniku (S), chairman of the municipal council, to TT

The Wind Power Industry: "Extremely Surprising"

The Wind Power Industry: "Extremely Surprising"

Mon 4 Nov 2024 13:04 CET

A deathblow. Four lost years