SMHI is warning of high temperatures in several parts of the country this weekend. The warnings are primarily for at-risk groups, including the elderly. Avoid the sun, says professor of geriatrics Sölve Elmståhl.
SwedenThe heat has taken its toll on Sweden - and with it comes a high to extremely high risk of wildfires across large parts of the country.
SwedenA man in his 30s on Gotland has been convicted of numerous serious sex crimes against children, local media report.
CrimeThe President of Finland thinks ÖB Michael Claesson should take a sauna instead of worrying about Russia testing NATO's Article 5. ÖB says it would be misconduct not to think about Russia testing NATO's Article 5.
SwedenThe Social Democrats are going into the election on higher pensions. It will particularly benefit people who started working early in life and people with physically demanding jobs who are unable to work until retirement. "Basically, this is about what kind of country Sweden should be," says party leader Magdalena Andersson in Visby.
Swedish politicsNordkalk has been granted the right to quarry stone in Klinthagen on northern Gotland for another 30 years, the Land and Environmental Court of Appeal ruled. "The current activity meets an overriding public interest," the court wrote.
BusinessThe Green Party's spokesman, Daniel Helldén, promises a systemic change in rail policy. The Swedish people want to travel by train, and they want the trains to run on time. Politics will deliver that, he says in his speech on the Almedal stage.
SwedenA man who was standing behind Jimmie Åkesson (SD) at Almedalen Week in Visby was wrestled to the ground on Wednesday. Stockholm police officers handcuffed him and took him away from the scene, said Ola Österling, the police press spokesperson in Almedalen.
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