Josefine Mindus is predicted a bright future – and makes her first opera role at home, when Drottningholmsteatern performs George Philipp Telemann's "Orpheus". I really want to sing more in Sweden, it's a dream, she says.
MusicFrom a big film with Alicia Vikander to sweaty explicit sex in the Brazilian countryside. A few years ago, Karim Ainouz made the historical drama "Firebrand" with Vikander and Jude Law. Now he is back in his home country with a drama that takes place at a desolate located sex-motel.
TV & filmWashington and Brussels are close to an agreement where goods with certain exceptions from the EU will be subject to 15-percent import duties in the US from August 1, sources tell the Financial Times.
BusinessGermany has approved the delivery of 40 fighter jets of the Eurofighter Typhoon model to the NATO country Turkey, reports Bloomberg with reference to a source.
BusinessAfter South Africa, Australia and Germany, the world tour "Roxette in concert" has landed in Sweden. Here at home people know who I am, says Lena Philipsson.
MusicFrance's president Emmanuel Macron is expected to Berlin on Wednesday, for a meeting with Germany's federal chancellor Friedrich Merz. The Trump administration's tariff threats – 30-percent tariffs on all EU goods on August 1 – is the main issue for the meeting.
BusinessGermany's Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz expresses hope for a rapid ceasefire in Gaza in a conversation with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At the same time, he opposes an annexation of the West Bank and emphasizes the need for Palestinian self-government.
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