When food prices rose two years ago, the government summoned the food giants. Now, a new crisis meeting is being planned for next week. We applied pressure then and it did its job, says Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (The Moderate Party).
BusinessThe Government will present a plan forward for the financing of the defense in the spring budget, according to Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. He also announces that The Moderate Party wants to increase the daily allowance for conscripts – but only as compensation for inflation.
Swedish politicsThere will be no Putte in the park this summer. The economic situation is stopping the plans for a festival this year. There are not the same big opportunities for free festivals today as there were ten years ago, says festival manager Patrik Ekman to NWT.
EntertainmentHenrik Larsson had to eat his bold words before the European Championship final on 60 meters and finished second behind the Brit Jeremiah Azu. I honestly don't care what people think. I run my race and obviously I'm standing here with a European Championship silver, so I'm doing something right, says the Swede.
SportsA magpie caused trouble in the train traffic on Friday. For several hours, there was a complete stop to and from Gothenburg's central station due to a power failure. From 2:30 pm, parts of the train traffic have started rolling again.
SwedenAn earthquake with a magnitude of 3.3 occurred in Lake Vänern at 16.16 on Wednesday. "A larger earthquake by Swedish standards", writes the Swedish Seismic Network.
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