Team Oskar Eriksson bounced back immediately after losing in the semifinals. The Swedish men won the bronze medal match against hosts the Czech Republic, 6–4.
SportsThe European Commission, the Council president, the European Parliament and scores of member states are pushing for new EU revenue to secure agreement on a new long-term budget. Sweden is firmly resisting - but for how long?
BusinessItaly was marked by demonstrations and a nationwide general strike on Friday.
World politicsSweden’s men’s curling team is through to the European Championship semifinals in Ostrava. Sweden won a thrilling group final against the Czech Republic 8–7 in an extra end.
SportsWhat does “associate membership” in the EU actually mean? The Commission’s choice of words about Canada is causing irritation among member states, as the EU and Canada hold a summit.
World politicsA total of 71 million Danish kroner intended for grenades for Ukraine instead went to an Italian company that has never manufactured them, Danwatch writes.
ConflictsSardinian restaurants are banning families from using their phones at the dinner table, The Guardian reports.
WorldFlávio Bolsonaro, who lost Brazil’s presidential election, has fled the country while claiming he won. Bolsonaro is in the United States, thanking Donald Trump for welcoming him.
World politicsTeam Isabella Wranå started the European Curling Championships with an expected 8–4 win over Estonia. But the ice in Ostrava, Czech Republic, has raised questions. “Something must have gone a little wrong when they prepared the ice today,” Isabella Wranå tells SVT.
SportsChina, the Netherlands and Switzerland are the teams Sweden’s women’s national team will face in the group stage of next year’s Volleyball World Championship in the USA and Canada.
SportsNorwegian-born Brazilian Lucas Pinheiro Braathen dominated the Alpine World Cup season opener, winning the giant slalom in Sölden by almost half a second. The Olympic champion took the title.
SportsProtests in France over rising living costs have spread across Europe this weekend, with demonstrations in Italy, Albania, Portugal and Spain. At least 128 people, more than half of them minors, have been arrested by police after violent riots in central Barcelona.
WorldShe went from hidden gem to Olympic hero, social media phenomenon and TV celebrity. Winning gold in Cortina changed Isabella Wranå’s life. “It was absolutely crazy. Even groups of teenage boys have stopped me and asked to take pictures,” she says ahead of next week’s European Championships.
SportsLarge demonstrations are taking place in several European cities on Saturday. In the Albanian capital, Tirana, riot police have once again used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets against demonstrators.
WorldAs looting and arson at town halls add to the turmoil, an already divided France risks becoming even more polarized. The violence could bring the far right to power. “Violence strengthens the ‘party of order’,” political scientist Jérôme Fourquet told the newspaper Le Soir.
WorldManchester United's crisis is deepening. The big club was humiliated in a 4-1 away defeat to Como in the Champions League. “I have to apologise for the performance,” said under-fire coach Michael Carrick.
FootballThe Italian government is sending 500 soldiers to Milan and introducing several other measures following the violence at demonstrations this weekend.
WorldItaly and Spain have agreed to end the extra controls they imposed on each other. Nevertheless, migration was the subject of a long and heated debate at the EU summit in Brussels.
World politicsEmissions trading is under fire as high energy and fuel prices across Europe spark conflict at the EU summit in Brussels.
BusinessThe injury setbacks continue for Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. The Norwegian alpine skiing star has now torn an Achilles tendon.
SportsGerman ski star Victoria Carl has broken her silence about the doping conviction that forced her to miss the Olympics in Italy. “It was a huge shock for me,” she tells SVT.
SportsA 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.
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