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            <title><![CDATA[Climate Change Is Reshaping the Wine Industry, From Sweden to the Himalayas]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Traditional wine-producing countries are being squeezed by heat, drought and fires. At the same time, improved growing techniques, hybrid grapes and a warmer climate mean wine can be produced in more and more places. “We may have saved wine for humanity,” says Mike Juergens, who has started growing grapes in the Himalayas.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:23:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Climate change is reshaping wine regions, from Sweden to the Himalayas]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Traditional wine-growing countries are being squeezed by heat, drought and fires. At the same time, improved cultivation techniques, hybrid grapes and a warmer climate mean wine can be produced in more and more places. “We may have saved wine for humanity,” says Mike Juergens, who has started growing grapes in the Himalayas.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:55:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Norwegian cross-border trade in Strömstad up 10% this summer, Nets says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Norwegians' cross-border trade in the Strömstad area increased by 10 percent this summer compared with the same period last year, according to figures from the payment company Nets.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 06:43:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Moderates promise to fully fund election pledges in new manifesto]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Moderates present their 226-point election manifesto. The party promises to finance its election pledges.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:13:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish confidence improves as growth beats expectations, price hikes loom]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sentiment is stronger than normal among Swedish households, according to a barometer from the National Institute of Economic Research (KI). And more companies than normal expect to be able to raise prices. At the same time, Swedish growth in the second quarter was clearly greater than expected, according to recent figures from Statistics Sweden (SCB).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:03:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kristersson says he has not given up despite poll lead for the opposition]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) has not given up despite the opposition's lead in the opinion polls. He hopes the government issue will lead to an election victory. It is a very strong card, Kristersson tells TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:30:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Systembolaget sees falling wine and spirits sales as demand for non-alcoholic drinks rises]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sales of wine and spirits are declining at Systembolaget. At the same time, beer, cider and non-alcoholic beverages are selling better. "We are developing our range based on customer demand," CEO Ann Carlsson Meyer tells TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:33:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Systembolaget profit more than doubles in second quarter to SEK 96 million]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Systembolaget's profit in the second quarter more than doubled compared with the same quarter last year, an interim report shows.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:24:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Systembolaget CEO aims for efficiency improvements]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Systembolaget reports a pre-tax loss of SEK 172 million for the first quarter of the year. This compares with a loss of SEK 185 million in the same period last year.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:50:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Adults who drink too much? How to deal with it]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Do you have an elderly relative who drinks too much? The new "dad talker" helps with conversations about alcohol - and turns the classic perspective on its head. "We hope that young adults will take up the caring conversation," says Karolina Dahlbeck Nobel, public health expert at Systembolaget.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:02:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Systembolaget closes on Maundy Thursday to keep drunk Norwegians away]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The municipality and the police in Strömstad want to keep drunk Norwegians away on Maundy Thursday, which is why the Systembolaget in the border town is closed.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:25:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Systembolaget wants to extend home delivery hours]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Systembolaget wants to see extended hours for home delivery of alcohol - a proposal that is welcomed by the minister responsible. "I would like to see a solution found," Elisabet Lann (KD) tells SVT Nyheter.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:09:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedes' boycott is growing - US wines are being rejected]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The boycott of American wines by Swedes is increasing. Last year's decline was 23 percent, according to statistics from Systembolaget. It will continue into January, says Ulf Sjödin, assortment manager.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:17:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Unexpected big Black Week boost for retail]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Retail sales volume increased by 1.1 percent in November compared to the previous month in calendar-adjusted and seasonally adjusted figures, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 07:07:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Here wine corks will get a new life – first in Sweden]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The mulled wine is drunk and the champagne bottle is popped – but what happens to the cork? Until now, they have ended up in the trash, but now Karlstad is the first in Sweden to recycle wine corks. We want others to be able to follow suit, says Christoffer Henriksson at Karlstads Energi.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:23:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Reduced sales at Systembolaget]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Systembolaget's sales fell slightly in the last quarter compared to last year, the company's latest quarterly report shows.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 08:46:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Internet trouble on the way to being solved]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Microsoft's cloud service Azure, whose infrastructure powers many websites and internet services, suffered major problems on Wednesday.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:14:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden's Alcohol Consumption Declines in 2024 Report]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Consumption of alcohol is decreasing in Sweden. This is shown by a new report from the Central Organisation for Alcohol and Drug Information, Can.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 04:01:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Systembolaget Sees Continued Decline in American Product Sales]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedes continue to choose American products off at Systembolaget. The summer's decline is clear. If this keeps up it can have an effect on our purchases, says Marie Hultin, category manager at Systembolaget.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:01:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Retail Sales Rise 0.9 Percent in April 2025]]></title>
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