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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden’s 42 Billion Kronor in Teacher Pay Raises Have Not Made Teaching More Attractive, Audit Finds]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The state has so far paid out 42 billion kronor to raise teachers’ salaries. But the money has not achieved the desired results, according to sharp criticism from the Swedish National Audit Office. “We see no clear signs that the teaching profession has become more attractive,” says project manager Vivika Halapuu.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 07:01:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden scraps payment system after nearly SEK 200 million spent, drawing criticism over taxpayers’ money]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Up to 200 million kronor has been spent on consolidating all payments in a new authority, but after strong criticism, the government is halting the project. The red-greens call it an “enormous waste of taxpayers’ money.”]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:38:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inactive Distance-Learning Students Cost Sweden Nearly SEK 800 Million in 2024, Audit Finds]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[More Swedes are enrolling in distance-learning courses, but many are not studying. This is costing the state a lot of money, according to a review by the Swedish National Audit Office.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:57:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Courts Say Jurors’ Conduct Has Hurt Public Confidence in the Judiciary]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Almost one in three courts believes that the conduct of lay judges has negatively affected the courts’ credibility, according to a review by the National Audit Office (Sweden’s public audit agency).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:06:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Audit Finds SEK 1.5 Billion in Annual Electricity Tax Rebates Go to Wrong Companies]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Billions of kronor (about billions of dollars) in tax rebates for industry go to the wrong companies every year, according to a review by the Swedish National Audit Office (the national government audit body). The agency wants stricter controls and a review of how the support system is designed.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Academy Calls for Review of Rental Model as Cultural Institutions Face Rising Rents]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities “sees strong reasons” for reconsidering the rental model for cultural properties.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:11:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Audit Office Calls for Stricter Student Loan Rules as Thousands Fall Into Debt]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Thousands of people are referred to the Swedish Enforcement Authority (the government’s debt collection agency) every year because they cannot repay their student loans. The requirements for receiving student aid should now be tightened, the Swedish National Audit Office believes.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:01:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[National Audit Office criticizes Armed Forces’ billion-dollar spending as documentation falls short]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Armed Forces are facing serious criticism from the National Audit Office over how the growing billions are being spent.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:31:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[National Audit Office criticizes police and Customs for weak action against illegal firearms]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The police and Swedish Customs have been sharply criticized by the National Audit Office for their lack of action against illegal firearms.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:16:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[National Audit Office flags shortcomings in handling security threats]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Missed security threats and poor follow-up. The National Audit Office has examined how cooperation between the Migration Board and the Security Service works.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:25:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Estonia’s defense minister resigns after faulty ammunition deal for Ukraine]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Estonia paid around 780 million kronor for ammunition to Ukraine, which turned out to be unusable. Now Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur is resigning.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:24:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Heat and drought strain Europe’s nuclear power plants, forcing shutdowns in Hungary, Romania and France]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Extreme heat and dried-up rivers in Europe are forcing several countries to shut down nuclear reactors and reduce electricity production. Nuclear power plants are not designed for this kind of heat, according to an expert.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:15:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Enforcement Authority criticized for long processing times]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Enforcement Authority may miss property that could have been seized because of a lack of competence, according to the National Audit Office.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 06:36:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The government rejects the Swedish National Agency for Education's work on developing new curricula]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government is rejecting the Swedish National Agency for Education's work on developing new curricula. The government now intends to control the agency's work much more strictly. Now we are tightening the requirements on the Swedish National Agency for Education, says Minister of Education Simona Mohamsson (L).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:04:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Criticism: University entrance exam sets too low standards]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The university entrance exam is not a surefire way to select the best prospective civil engineers. Therefore, the Swedish Association of Engineers suggests allowing universities and colleges to shrink the group admitted that way.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:07:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish authorities criticized for ethnic discrimination]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Swedish authorities are poor at combating ethnic discrimination within their own ranks. The National Audit Office confirms this in a new review. This can undermine trust in the state, says Dorian Francis of the National Audit Office.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:02:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Demanded support for children's gambling problems is being developed]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The National Board of Health and Welfare has been tasked by the government with compiling and disseminating knowledge about detecting and preventing gambling problems among children and young people.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:23:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Withdrawn report in Sweden contained fabricated studies]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Last week, the Ministry of Health and Welfare withdrew a memorandum about child and youth care in Sweden. Dagens Nyheter reports that the references were, in several cases, fabricated and incorrect.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:30:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish National Audit Office review finds unequal support for people with disabilities]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Municipalities interpret the LSS legislation differently, and support for people with disabilities is unequal, according to a review by the Swedish National Audit Office.]]></description>
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