The Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch cried when she heard Céline Dion at the Olympic opening ceremony. Then she sang for the Swedish media corps. Whereupon she revealed that her childhood idol is Malin Baryard Johnsson. I'm an old horse girl and rode for almost nine years, mostly show jumping, she says.
SportsEnergy and Trade Minister Ebba Busch (KD) is on site at the OS opening ceremony. She herself got stuck in the train chaos on the way to Paris due to last night's sabotage. Sweden condemns the severe sabotage of the French railway system, she says.
SportsThe S-leader Magdalena Andersson is positive towards Kamala Harris and calls her "warm but tough". From the Left Party, one welcomes Biden's departure after "twelve disappointments".
SwedenSweden is sending 13 diesel-powered reserve power plants to Ukraine to help the country with its electricity supply.
SwedenNew sanctions against Russia are intended to stop Russian fossil gas from reaching Sweden. But how long it will take before it really happens is unclear. The important thing is that the sanctions decision has now been made, says Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (The Moderate Party).
Swedish politicsThe KD leader Ebba Busch believes that Sweden has a superior culture that comes from Christianity. She calls honour oppression "inhuman." This is not a war of religions, this is a battle about which values must apply to everyone.
SwedenThe Government wants to speed up the green transition. In the strategy for northern Sweden that the Government is now presenting, there are investments in, among other things, hydrogen pipelines.
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