Low groundwater levels have caused many wells to dry up. Concern about water supplies is keeping well-drilling companies busy. “There is significantly more work than usual,” says Mattias Gustafsson, CEO of the industry organization Borrföretagen.
SwedenMaya, 19, is concerned about the climate and dissatisfied with the government. Anton, 18, wants better healthcare. This year, more people will be able to vote for the first time - and on one point they stand out.
Swedish politicsThe performance "Violetta takes the bus" is going on a major tour of Sweden this fall in collaboration with the National Theatre and the opera platform Sad Girls.
MusicMaya, 19, is concerned about the climate and dissatisfied with the government. Anton, 18, wants better healthcare. This year, more people will be able to vote for the first time - and in one respect they stand out.
Swedish politicsTens of thousands of Swedes suffer from type 1 diabetes, which requires lifelong treatment. Now there is concrete hope that the disease can be cured. For the first time, a patient with type 1 diabetes has received genetically modified insulin-producing cells that can produce insulin, transplanted without simultaneously receiving immunosuppressive drugs.
SwedenRivers that have shrunk to puddles and endangered freshwater pearl mussels that have become stranded and urgently need to be moved - water levels in large parts of Sweden are currently very low. The entire ecosystem has to start over when it dries out, says limnologist Andreas Holmberg.
SwedenIt took until the 17th round of the Allsvenskan before Sirius lost a football match. Now the league leader has lost two matches in a row. Against Häcken, it was a 0-3 defeat.
FootballA woman in her 80s has died after an apartment fire in Uppsala, the police wrote on their website.
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