Skistar raises dividend as winter bookings improve
The booking situation for the winter season looks better this year than at the same time last year, according to ski resort group Skistar.
BusinessThe booking situation for the winter season looks better this year than at the same time last year, according to ski resort group Skistar.
BusinessWhen this year's seal hunt begins on Monday, 1,350 grey seals, 200 harbour seals, and 200 ringed seals will be shot. This is more than last year, and the increase has angered the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, which believes that the seal population is threatened in the long term.
SwedenA man in his 60s died after a snowmobile accident in Sälen earlier Tuesday, police said.
SwedenThe snow chaos caused problems for the skiers at Vasaloppet - and resulted in a new record. Then we had to take buses with police escorts in the one-way direction, said Vasaloppet's sports director Tommy Höglund to TT.
SportsNearly 20 centimeters of snow fell in Sälen overnight, according to SVT. The weather has forced the Vasaloppet organizer to resort to an emergency solution.
SportsRecord-breaking winner last year - favorite this year. Norwegian Kasper Stadaas doesn't know how he's going to defeat Alvar Myhlback in Vasaloppet. He won't. He'll be second at best, says Myhlback.
SportsRussia's now four-year invasion of Ukraine has also exposed Sweden's vulnerabilities. To withstand rocket attacks that violate international law, physical protection is required and administrative "drainage thinking" must be scrapped, according to the Swedish Civil Defence Agency.
SwedenJulia Franzén will be this year's celebrity whom viewers can follow during SVT's coverage of the Vasaloppet.
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