A new long-term budget proposal is to be drawn up within a few weeks, ahead of an extraordinary EU summit in November, EU sources say. This follows significant disagreement among EU leaders over an Irish proposal at a summit in Brussels.
World politicsFormer Swedish football coach Bo “Bosse” Johansson has died. His family confirmed the news to Danish broadcaster TV 2 Sport, Ritzau reports. He was 83.
FootballMuch more needs to happen before Sweden can accept the EU’s next long-term budget. “Sweden is not the EU’s ATM,” says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M).
Swedish politics“It has been just over four years since the Nord Stream gas pipelines were blown up off the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. The trial has now begun in Hamburg. It is being held in a special security department,” Marayke Frantzen, a spokesperson for the court, told German public broadcaster NDR.
WorldDespite attempts at compromise, the parties remain deeply divided over the EU’s major budget dispute. Sweden is demanding cuts of another “several hundred” billion euros.
BusinessTraditional wine-growing countries are being squeezed by heat, drought and fires. At the same time, improved cultivation techniques, hybrid grapes and a warmer climate mean wine can be produced in more and more places. “We may have saved wine for humanity,” says Mike Juergens, who has started growing grapes in the Himalayas.
BusinessA new compromise proposal in the EU’s major budget battle includes a cut - but “only” by 8 percent. “Still unreasonable,” Sweden says.
BusinessThe Chinese electric car giant BYD is making a splash in Europe, and in a few weeks, it will open a showroom in central Stockholm. But many Europeans are turning a blind eye. “People have preconceived ideas, even in Sweden,” says Niklas Gustafson, BYD’s country manager in Sweden.
CarsThe father of the Swedish police officer who was killed in Copenhagen this summer has asked to meet Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in an open letter. He has now received a response from her.
Swedish politicsAn anonymous hacker who claims to be behind the massive breach of millions of Danish social security numbers gained access using the password “123456,” Danish newspaper Politiken reports.
WorldThe qualifiers were a fiasco. Now Sweden’s women’s soccer team must win a playoff to avoid missing the World Cup for the first time. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Friday’s match against Lithuania.
FootballRussia has carried out sabotage against several Danish companies that supply Ukraine, Denmark’s Security and Intelligence Service (PET) said, according to Reuters.
ConflictsA man who fatally punched a Swedish police officer in Copenhagen has been sentenced to one year in prison. Danish politicians are furious about the sentence, which they say is unacceptably lenient.
CrimeJulia Zigiotti Olme goes into the World Cup playoff matches against Lithuania as one of Sweden's most important players. But the midfielder will be without one of her closest friends, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, who has a cruciate ligament injury. “It's a part of yourself that disappears,” she says.
SportsThis year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry could recognize work on molecularly thin, smart surface layers that protect electronics from corrosion or serve as highly accurate disease tests. The prize could also recognize skeletal editing. Here are some of the researchers tipped to win.
SwedenSuperstar Cristiano Ronaldo left Portugal’s squad midway through the Nations League campaign. He is now criticizing national team coach Jorge Jesus, but remains open to continuing with the national team.
SportsDanish pharmacies are tightening controls when dispensing medication after a huge leak of Danish personal data. Until now, a person’s CPR number has been enough - now companies are being urged to use alternative identification systems. Experts warn that the leak could be a gold mine for criminals.
WorldSoon, you will have to log in to watch SVT Play, Dagens Media reports.
TV & filmIt would be harder for everyone to veto decisions, and new members would have less power. That is how the European Commission wants to make it easier to expand the union. But the proposal is already facing significant resistance.
WorldSeveral Danish players have raised concerns about the tight Nations League schedule. But the Swedish players are taking it all in stride. “I’m used to it,” says national team captain Victor Nilsson Lindelöf.
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