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            <title><![CDATA[Riksdag re-elects Andreas Norlén as Speaker after Left Party backs Moderate candidate]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Riksdag once again elects the Moderate Andreas Norlén as Speaker. Norlén is re-elected after the Left Party supported the Moderates' candidate.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:48:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[V MP Mohamed Abdukardir Ali will keep his Riksdag seat during election fraud probe]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Left Party's newly elected MP Mohamed Abdukardir Ali will not be leaving his parliamentary seat at this time, according to Left Party secretary Maria Forsberg.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:25:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Former Hov1 member Noel Flike makes acting debut in comedy Flaggan]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Two young Sweden Democrats get lost in Rinkeby in the comedy "Flaggan". It's a funny but also rather warm film, promises former Hov1 member Noel Flike, who makes his acting debut here.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Åkesson: If Liberals are below 3.5 percent, don't vote for L]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[If the Liberals do not reach 3.5 percent with ten days left until the election, no Tidö voters should vote for them, says SD party leader Jimmie Åkesson. If you are that far below the threshold ten days before an election, it is a wasted vote, Åkesson says when questioned on SVT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:04:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Svantesson Dismisses Inflation Fears Over Costly Election Promises]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) downplays warnings that costly election promises risk fuelling inflation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:32:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Åkesson: It is not our responsibility to save the Liberals]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[SD leader Jimmie Åkesson does not want to offer the Liberals any support votes. It is not in the Sweden Democrats' interest to vote for other parties, he tells TV4 Nyheterna.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:39:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mohamsson: It’s over for the Moderates if the Liberals don’t enter parliament]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Liberals promise to introduce a maximum limit of 20 students per school class in the next term, provided that the party enters parliament. "It's all over for the Moderates if the Liberals don't get in," says party leader Simona Mohamsson.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 03:50:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Interest rate hikes threaten households as SBAB sees two more this year]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A significant interest rate hike threatens to drain households’ wallets in the coming year. Generous election promises combined with the effects of the Iran war could force the Swedish Central Bank to tighten. State-owned SBAB now believes in two interest rate hikes already this year.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 03:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SD's Richard Jomshof tells peaceful Muslims they can stop being Muslims]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sweden Democrats MP Richard Jomshof tells Dagens Nyheter that Muslims “can stop being Muslims.” The comment is met with criticism.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:39:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Riksdag group wants social media monitoring for threats against politicians]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Riksdag's gender equality working group wants the Riksdag to set up a function that monitors members' social media accounts for offensive and threatening posts, SR Ekot reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 02:04:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Social Democrats seek KD backing for indexing healthcare funding to inflation]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Social Democrats promise to increase central government grants to municipalities and regions in line with inflation. S leader Magdalena Andersson hopes to get KD involved in a broad agreement on this, but receives a lukewarm response from KD leader Ebba Busch.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:29:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Riksdag approves prison sentences for 14-year-olds in serious crimes]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On Thursday, the Riksdag voted in favor of a proposal to lower the age of criminal responsibility. This means that 14-year-olds will be able to be sentenced to prison.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:28:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Parliament backs tougher sentencing for multiple crimes in 176-171 vote]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government and the SD won a vote to abolish today's volume discount for multiple crimes. “This is a day of joy for all crime victims,” says Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M).]]></description>
            <link>https://swedenherald.com/article/swedens-tido-bloc-wins-vote-to-scrap-volume-discount-for-multiple-offences</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:56:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Government wins Riksdag vote on stricter family immigration rules]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government and the Sweden Democrats won the vote on stricter requirements for family immigration.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:06:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Heated Riksdag debate over stricter family immigration rules: abortion or deportation?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The parliamentary debate on the government's stricter requirements for family immigration was heated from the start. People will end up in abortion or deportation, said MP Tony Haddou (V).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:56:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Government and opposition clash over reduced sentence discount bill]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The opposition has agreed to reject the government's proposal to reduce the quantity discount. Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M) believes the criticism of the proposal is unjustified.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:06:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Strömmer warns preventive coercive powers could expire under an S-led government]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Moderates promise to extend the law on preventive coercive measures if the Tidö parties win the election. Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (M) warns that the law may end up with an S-led government.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:59:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Red-Greens hope to block tougher family immigration rules]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The opposition hopes to vote down the government's proposal to tighten requirements for family immigration. This is about fundamental issues of conscience, says the Green Party's migration spokesperson Annika Hirvonen.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:41:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden says full criminal justice reform could be in place by 2029 or 2030]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government assesses that it is financially feasible to allow the entire criminal justice reform, including the current volume discount, to come into force in 2029 or 2030. It is estimated to cost SEK 3-7 billion.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:50:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Election coverage turns playful with Mauri Hermundsson and party leaders]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Entertainment profiles are taking an increasingly larger place in election coverage. The latest is Mauri Hermundsson, in a quiz with the party leaders. But election entertainment is not a new phenomenon.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Government wants Prison Service to speed up prison expansion by 2030]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government wants the Swedish Prison and Probation Service to accelerate the expansion of prison places so that the penalty discount for multiple crimes can be abolished by 2030 at the latest. It is a major challenge, says Director General Rikard Jermsten.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:45:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Social Democrats want to scrap sentence discounts for serious violent and sexual crimes]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Social Democrats are going to the polls on abolishing the discount on sentences for serious violent and sexual crimes, in a first step for sexual crimes. The party also wants to see targeted tougher penalties.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:24:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dadgostar calls Left Party support letter to terrorist a mistake]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Left Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar calls her party colleague's letter of support to a terrorist "a mistake". We should have handled this better here, she says. The party's group leader in the Riksdag has also written a letter of support to a convicted Palestinian, reports Kvartal.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:49:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Social Democrats say they can cut waste and save up to 95 billion kronor in tax money]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Social Democrats say it is possible to save up to 95 billion kronor in tax money over eight years. This would mainly be done through more efficient public procurement and by cracking down on the criminal economy.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:57:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish election campaign heats up as Kristersson and Andersson hit the road]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The two prime ministerial rivals are picking up the pace in the election campaign. The red-greens have a clear lead in the polls, but Moderate leader Ulf Kristersson hopes that the government question will give him victory in the election.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:26:38 GMT</pubDate>
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