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<strong>that authorities are taking seriously<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The number of fatal shootings, in particular, has increased steeply since 2013, even as the number went down in other European countries, taking Swedish <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////fof.se//artikel//2018//2//laget-ar-javligt-allvarligt///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>criminologists by surprise<\/strong>. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most violence is carried out by criminal gangs driven by turf wars and drug trade, with the perpetrators and victims often young men recruited for such tasks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//10//22//where-in-europe-do-people-feel-least-safe-walking-alone-at-night/">Where in Europe do people feel least safe walking alone at night?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//21//whats-the-safest-country-in-the-world-for-travellers-americans-say-half-of-top-10-are-in-e/">What/u2019s the safest country in the world for travellers? Americans say half of top 10 are in Europe<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//09//22//fact-check-which-country-is-the-safest-in-europe/">Fact check: Which country is the safest in Europe?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention has highlighted the growing role of social media platforms such as TikTok, where perpetrators often glorify their crimes. <\/p>\n<p>In response to the trend, in October, the Swedish government <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.regeringen.se//pressmeddelanden//2025//10//komplettering-av-uppdrag-till-kriminalvarden-om-att-forbereda-for-ungdomsfangelser///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>unveiled a proposal to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13<\/strong><\/a>, in a bid to tackle what it says is the growing problem of criminal gangs recruiting minors to carry out violence. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.svt.se//nyheter//inrikes//carvalho-s-nyrekryteringen-av-unga-regeringens-blinda-flack/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>announced recently that the number of active gang criminals in the country has remained stable<\/strong> <\/a>in 2025, with numbers showing neither an increase nor a decrease. <\/p>\n<p>Still, compared to the US, Sweden is safer than the safest state: New Hampshire's homicide rate was 1.9 in 2023, according to the NCHS.<\/p>\n<p>The District of Columbia comes in at 33.1, topping the US list and far higher than Sweden, with all the other states in between.<\/p>\n<p>It's also significantly higher than every other European country, according to the same Eurostat data: Latvia (4.20), Turkey (2.54) and Lithuania (2.41) have the steepest rates, before dropping off slightly to Belgium (1.38).<\/p>\n<p>The lowest homicide rates in Europe in 2023 were seen in Liechtenstein (0.0), Malta (0.37) and Italy (0.57), Eurostat said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765531708,"updatedAt":1765813424,"publishedAt":1765797315,"firstPublishedAt":1765797315,"lastPublishedAt":1765797315,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/07\/13\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c45f3760-62ca-587d-b365-64265b828a4f-9580713.jpg","altText":"Donald Trump salutes during the National Anthem before the start of the 126th Army-Navy NCAA college football game, 13 December 2025","caption":"Donald Trump salutes during the National Anthem before the start of the 126th Army-Navy NCAA college football game, 13 December 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/Copyright 2025 The AP. 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Here\u2019s what I learned","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Why Sweden is offering free stays in a silent forest cabin","titleListing2":"I spent a nearly silent weekend in a forest cabin in Sweden. Here\u2019s what I learned","leadin":"Visit Sk\u00e5ne launched its Stay Quiet campaign as a response to noise pollution.","summary":"Visit Sk\u00e5ne launched its Stay Quiet campaign as a response to noise pollution.","keySentence":"","url":"i-spent-a-nearly-silent-weekend-in-a-forest-cabin-in-sweden-heres-what-i-learned","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/07\/i-spent-a-nearly-silent-weekend-in-a-forest-cabin-in-sweden-heres-what-i-learned","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In October, Sk\u00e5ne in Sweden launched an unusual tourism campaign. The southern county was looking for travellers interested in staying in a cabin in the woods for a few days.\u00a0\n\nThe experience was offered for free, but there was one catch. Participants had to keep all noise below a certain level; any sounds too loud meant the stay came to an abrupt end.\u00a0\n\nJohanna Holm, who is from the south of Germany and studying to become a teacher, was one of the participants of the \u2018Stay Quiet\u2019 challenge. Here\u2019s what she learnt from a hushed weekend in a cabin in the woods.\u00a0\n\nSweden offers a free stay in a forest cabin - with a catch\n\nVisit Sk\u00e5ne launched its Stay Quiet campaign as a response to noise pollution, which project manager Josefine Nordgren calls one of the most underestimated environmental problems of our time.\u00a0\n\n\u201cStudies show that constant exposure to noise increases stress, disturbs sleep, and affects both physical and mental health,\u201d she says.\u00a0\n\n\u201cNature, on the other hand, has proven restorative effects. It lowers the heart rate, improves focus, and helps the body recover from stress.\u201d\n\nThe team wanted to offer people the chance to experience what happens when everyday noise disappears.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThe initiative became a kind of living experiment to see how participants would feel after spending a few days surrounded by nature, without screens, without distractions, and without noise,\u201d Nordgren adds.\u00a0\n\nVisit Sk\u00e5ne also wanted to show that modern travel doesn\u2019t have to mean doing more.\n\n\u201cSweden, and Sk\u00e5ne in particular, offers something increasingly rare in the world: access to true stillness,\u201d says Nordgren. \u201cWe wanted to highlight that silence is not emptiness but a resource, one that supports both human wellbeing and sustainable tourism.\u201d\n\nShe also points out that in Sweden, nature is easily accessible thanks to \u2018Allemansr\u00e4tten\u2019, a public right that allows people to roam freely (and respectfully) in nature, including on private land.\n\n\u2018Who wouldn\u2019t love to spend time in a little cabin in the woods?\u2019\n\nVisit Sk\u00e5ne launched an international open call in October and received over 200 applications from 30 countries.\u00a0\n\nThree pairs of applicants were selected to take part, from Denmark, Germany and the UK.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nHolm applied with her sister. \u201cEveryday life can be really fast and loud, so I thought this challenge could bring us back more to ourselves and to nature,\u201d she says.\n\nThe two spent childhood holidays at campsites and continue to explore Europe with vans and tents, so Stay Quiet was exactly the kind of challenge they wanted to level up their leisure time.\u00a0\n\nA cabin with the noise levels of a library\u00a0\n\nThe only real rule for the cabin stay was to keep sounds below 45 decibels - roughly the noise level of a library or quiet office.\u00a0\n\nHolm says sticking to that limit wasn\u2019t too hard, other than occasional communication difficulties with her sister because they had to talk in whispers.\u00a0\n\n\u201cFor us, staying quiet in this peaceful part of nature just felt like the only right thing to do,\u201d she says.\u00a0\n\nThe only really loud noise she wanted to make was when she was \u201cso fulfilled with pure happiness that I could have screamed that out to show the whole world.\u201d\u00a0\n\nCooking over a fire, writing letters, reflecting\n\nHolm says there was plenty to keep the sisters occupied without noise - and without screens. They built fires to cook over, gazed at autumn foliage and spent time reflecting.\u00a0\n\nThere were creative activities provided in the cabin, including writing a letter to your future self.\u00a0\n\n\u201cIt was full of new adventures and experiences, like going deep into the forest in the middle of the night without lights, cooking our food over the fire, feeling so connected with the nature around us, and becoming so calm and rested within ourselves, because of the silence,\u201d she says.\u00a0\n\n\u201cStaying silent as well made me feel so imbalanced and calm, which I haven\u2019t felt like in a while.\u201d\u00a0\n\n\u2018Staying silent empowers you to hear your inner voice\u2019\n\nHolm\u2019s stay was a success for both her and for Visit Sk\u00e5ne.\n\nAs Nordgren explains, \u201cThe idea was never about strict silence but about awareness, helping guests understand how their own sounds interact with nature\u2019s, and how stillness feels when it\u2019s real.\u201d\n\nHolm says she wants to replicate the joy and tranquillity she felt in the cabin in her day-to-day life.\u00a0\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve felt so incredibly calm, happy, empowered and fulfilled during those days in the cabin, that I now want to find a place like this for myself and my friends and family as well,\u201d she says.\u00a0\n\n\u201cAnd above all, I want to stay silent more often, because it empowers you to hear your inner voice even more.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>In October, Sk\u00e5ne in Sweden launched an unusual tourism campaign. The southern county was looking for travellers interested in staying in a cabin in the woods for a few days. <\/p>\n<p>The experience was offered for free, but there was one catch. Participants had to keep all noise below a certain level; any sounds too loud meant the stay came to an abrupt end. <\/p>\n<p>Johanna Holm, who is from the south of Germany and studying to become a teacher, was one of the participants of the \u2018Stay Quiet\u2019 challenge. Here\u2019s what she learnt from a hushed weekend in a cabin in the woods. <\/p>\n<h2>Sweden offers a free stay in a forest cabin - with a catch<\/h2>\n<p>Visit Sk\u00e5ne launched its Stay Quiet campaign as a response to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//06//24//france-germany-luxembourg-where-do-people-experience-the-worst-noise-pollution-in-europe/">noise pollution<\/strong><\/a>, which project manager Josefine Nordgren calls one of the most underestimated environmental problems of our time. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudies show that constant exposure to noise increases stress, disturbs sleep, and affects both physical and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2020//08//19//the-invisible-threat-of-noise-pollution-how-do-we-protect-quiet/">mental health<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNature, on the other hand, has proven restorative effects. It lowers the heart rate, improves focus, and helps the body recover from stress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team wanted to offer people the chance to experience what happens when everyday noise disappears. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//31//you-might-soon-be-able-to-travel-from-switzerland-to-sweden-on-this-new-sleeper-train/">You might soon be able to travel from Switzerland to Sweden on this new sleeper train<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//11//26//dark-skies-and-empty-itineraries-why-sweden-wants-travellers-to-embrace-boredom/">Dark skies and empty itineraries: Why Sweden wants travellers to embrace \u2018boredom\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cThe initiative became a kind of living experiment to see how participants would feel after spending a few days surrounded by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//10//well-managed-solar-farms-could-help-boost-declining-bumblebee-populations-in-the-uk-new-st/">nature, without screens, without distractions, and without noise,\u201d Nordgren adds. <\/p>\n<p>Visit Sk\u00e5ne also wanted to show that modern travel doesn\u2019t have to mean doing more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSweden, and Sk\u00e5ne in particular, offers something increasingly rare in the world: access to true stillness,\u201d says Nordgren. \u201cWe wanted to highlight that silence is not emptiness but a resource, one that supports both human wellbeing and sustainable tourism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also points out that in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//11//26//dark-skies-and-empty-itineraries-why-sweden-wants-travellers-to-embrace-boredom/">Sweden, nature is easily accessible thanks to \u2018Allemansr\u00e4tten\u2019, a public right that allows people to roam freely (and respectfully) in nature, including on private land.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Who wouldn\u2019t love to spend time in a little cabin in the woods?\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Visit Sk\u00e5ne launched an international open call in October and received over 200 applications from 30 countries. <\/p>\n<p>Three pairs of applicants were selected to take part, from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//11//24//fact-check-are-cows-in-denmark-dying-over-bovaer-additive/">Denmark, Germany and the UK. <\/p>\n<p>Holm applied with her sister. \u201cEveryday life can be really fast and loud, so I thought this challenge could bring us back more to ourselves and to nature,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>The two spent childhood holidays at campsites and continue to explore Europe with vans and tents, so Stay Quiet was exactly the kind of challenge they wanted to level up their leisure time. <\/p>\n<h2>A cabin with the noise levels of a library<\/h2>\n<p>The only real rule for the cabin stay was to keep sounds below 45 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//06//10//the-city-that-is-trying-to-sleep-paris-seeks-to-cut-noise-pollution-by-four-decibels/">decibels - roughly the noise level of a library or quiet office. <\/p>\n<p>Holm says sticking to that limit wasn\u2019t too hard, other than occasional communication difficulties with her sister because they had to talk in whispers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//02//11//small-talk-free-walks-and-silent-meals-where-to-find-peace-and-quiet-on-your-next-trip/">staying quiet<\/strong><\/a> in this peaceful part of nature just felt like the only right thing to do,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n<p>The only really loud noise she wanted to make was when she was \u201cso fulfilled with pure happiness that I could have screamed that out to show the whole world.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>Cooking over a fire, writing letters, reflecting<\/h2>\n<p>Holm says there was plenty to keep the sisters occupied <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//04//07//silent-walking-quiet-parks-and-getting-lost-inside-the-hushed-trend-gripping-modern-travel/">without noise<\/strong><\/a> - and without screens. They built fires to cook over, gazed at autumn foliage and spent time reflecting. <\/p>\n<p>There were creative activities provided in the cabin, including writing a letter to your future self. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.569331983805668\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//56//95//99//808x459_cmsv2_52d2130e-f256-523a-8845-0b0f96a4d77a-9569599.jpg/" alt=\"Holm says there was plenty to keep the sisters occupied without noise.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/95\/99\/384x219_cmsv2_52d2130e-f256-523a-8845-0b0f96a4d77a-9569599.jpg 384w, 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<span class=\"widget__captionText\">Holm says there was plenty to keep the sisters occupied without noise.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Johanna Holm<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cIt was full of new adventures and experiences, like going deep into the forest in the middle of the night without lights, cooking our food over the fire, feeling so connected with the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//12//31//what-is-nature-positive-travel-and-should-it-be-on-your-radar-in-2023/">nature around us, and becoming so calm and rested within ourselves, because of the silence,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaying silent as well made me feel so imbalanced and calm, which I haven\u2019t felt like in a while.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Staying silent empowers you to hear your inner voice\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Holm\u2019s stay was a success for both her and for Visit Sk\u00e5ne.<\/p>\n<p>As Nordgren explains, \u201cThe idea was never about strict silence but about awareness, helping guests understand how their own sounds interact with nature\u2019s, and how stillness feels when it\u2019s real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holm says she wants to replicate the joy and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//08//08//fairytale-castles-and-unspoiled-nature-where-should-you-go-to-escape-overtourism-in-europe/">tranquillity she felt in the cabin in her day-to-day life. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve felt so incredibly calm, happy, empowered and fulfilled during those days in the cabin, that I now want to find a place like this for myself and my friends and family as well,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd above all, I want to stay silent more often, because it empowers you to hear your inner voice even 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Sweden might have the antidote for you.\n\nThe Scandinavian nation is inviting travellers to come and get bored this winter.\n\nIn a new marketing campaign, Sweden is encouraging visitors to slow down, switch off and spend time in nature with no fixed plan. The end-of-year campaign from Visit Sweden highlights activities that are deliberately low-key, from stargazing while sitting by a fire to watching wildlife or waiting hours for a fish to bite on a frozen lake.\n\nWhy boredom is the point\n\nAccording to Visit Sweden, the goal is to give people permission to do less at the end of a busy year.\u00a0\n\nInstead of spotlighting well-known winter activities, the campaign steers travellers towards quieter corners of the country, where very little competes for attention.\n\nIn S\u00f6rmland, cabins next to forest trails beckon travellers with blissful solitude. H\u00e4lsingland encourages digital detox stays in places with limited WiFi and even fewer distractions, while Lapland offers a serious slowdown, with long hours of darkness around Kiruna and Abisko that naturally limit how much you can pack into a day.\n\nLighting a fire, going for a walk, stargazing, and watching the Northern Lights: the campaign frames these moments of stillness as the appeal rather than the absence of activity.\u00a0\n\nEven long drives along the so-called Wilderness Road (Vildmarksv\u00e4gen) \u2013 Sweden\u2019s highest paved road, running through forests and mountains where reindeer roam \u2013 are enough to fill a day\u2019s itinerary.\n\nA shift towards quieter travel\n\nIn an era defined by the ceaseless cycle of news and entertainment, slow travel represents a sweeping change in what many travellers seek from their trips.\n\nNature-based holidays, dark-sky travel and detour destinations have gained traction recently, helped by people wanting more space and fewer fixed plans. The rise of digital detox retreats and off-grid cabins reflects the same move toward slower routines.\n\nLast year, the term JOMO \u2013 the joy of missing out \u2013 encouraged precisely the kinds of activities Sweden is promoting now.\n\nThat might mean putting on snowshoes for a short loop in J\u00e4mtland or joining locals ice fishing on a lake outside \u00d6stersund. None of these activities requires complex equipment, long transfers or even itineraries scheduled for every hour of every day.\u00a0\n\nSweden isn\u2019t the only country in Europe seeking to capture tourists who prefer a less hectic holiday, though. Croatia has been encouraging visitors to explore its quieter coves and smaller coastal towns rather than crowding its most famous islands.\n\nEven Italy \u2013 a country dealing with overtourism in several popular destinations \u2013 has done something similar with parts of its coastline, inviting travellers to experience the same scenery as its marquee destinations but slowly and without the pressure of heavy footfall.\n\nThis season, Sweden is betting that the same message will resonate with weary travellers. At the end of 2025, the absence of activity could be enough to justify a winter trip to Scandinavia.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Have too many distractions in your life? Sweden might have the antidote for you.<\/p>\n<p>The Scandinavian nation is inviting travellers to come and get bored this winter.<\/p>\n<p>In a new marketing campaign, Sweden is encouraging visitors to slow down, switch off and spend time in nature with no fixed plan. The end-of-year campaign from Visit Sweden highlights activities that are deliberately low-key, from stargazing while sitting by a fire to watching wildlife or waiting hours for a fish to bite on a frozen lake.<\/p>\n<h2>Why boredom is the point<\/h2>\n<p>According to Visit Sweden, the goal is to give people permission to do less at the end of a busy year. <\/p>\n<p>Instead of spotlighting well-known winter activities, the campaign steers travellers towards quieter corners of the country, where very little competes for attention.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//08//21//estonias-remote-islands-may-be-europes-best-kept-travel-secret-heres-why/">Estonia/u2019s remote islands may be Europe\u2019s best-kept travel secret. Here\u2019s why<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//09//11//a-village-in-swedish-lapland-with-a-dwindling-population-is-paying-families-900-to-move-th/">Want to move to Sweden? This village in Lapland is paying families nearly \u20ac900 to move there<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In S\u00f6rmland, cabins next to forest trails beckon travellers with blissful solitude. H\u00e4lsingland encourages digital detox stays in places with limited WiFi and even fewer distractions, while <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//09//01//cheap-flights-costly-choices-how-extreme-day-trips-are-fuelling-overtourism-and-climate-da/">Lapland offers a serious slowdown, with long hours of darkness around Kiruna and Abisko that naturally limit how much you can pack into a day.<\/p>\n<p>Lighting a fire, going for a walk, stargazing, and watching the Northern Lights: the campaign frames these moments of stillness as the appeal rather than the absence of activity. <\/p>\n<p>Even long drives along the so-called Wilderness Road (Vildmarksv\u00e4gen) \u2013 Sweden\u2019s highest paved road, running through forests and mountains where reindeer roam \u2013 are enough to fill a day\u2019s itinerary.<\/p>\n<h2>A shift towards quieter travel<\/h2>\n<p>In an era defined by the ceaseless cycle of news and entertainment, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//08//11//looking-for-a-slow-travel-holiday-this-year-head-to-these-top-destinations-for-a-mindful-b/">slow travel<\/strong><\/a> represents a sweeping change in what many travellers seek from their trips.<\/p>\n<p>Nature-based holidays, dark-sky travel and detour destinations have gained traction recently, helped by people wanting more space and fewer fixed plans. The rise of digital detox retreats and off-grid cabins reflects the same move toward slower routines.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the term <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//10//29//2025s-top-travel-trends-include-visiting-detour-destinations-and-seeing-natural-phenomena/">JOMO \u2013 the joy of missing out \u2013 encouraged precisely the kinds of activities Sweden is promoting now.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//31//you-might-soon-be-able-to-travel-from-switzerland-to-sweden-on-this-new-sleeper-train/">You might soon be able to travel from Switzerland to Sweden on this new sleeper train<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//11//slow-paced-and-low-cost-why-you-should-do-a-bus-and-train-odyssey-around-scandinavia-this-/">Slow-paced and low-cost: Why you should do a bus and train odyssey around Scandinavia this winter<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>That might mean putting on snowshoes for a short loop in J\u00e4mtland or joining locals ice fishing on a lake outside \u00d6stersund. None of these activities requires complex equipment, long transfers or even itineraries scheduled for every hour of every day. <\/p>\n<p>Sweden isn\u2019t the only country in Europe seeking to capture tourists who prefer a less hectic holiday, though.<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//07//11//find-your-pomalo-croatia-is-encouraging-travellers-to-seek-out-its-quieter-corners-and-cov/"> <strong>Croatia<\/strong><\/a> has been encouraging visitors to explore its quieter coves and smaller coastal towns rather than crowding its most famous islands.<\/p>\n<p>Even Italy \u2013 a country dealing with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//09//italian-ski-resort-caps-visitor-numbers-for-the-first-time-as-dolomites-continue-overtouri/">overtourism in several popular destinations \u2013 has done something similar with parts of its<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//06//28//this-italian-coastline-has-all-the-beauty-of-the-amalfi-coast-and-none-of-the-crowds/"> <strong>coastline<\/strong><\/a>, inviting travellers to experience the same scenery as its marquee destinations but slowly and without the pressure of heavy footfall.<\/p>\n<p>This season, Sweden is betting that the same message will resonate with weary travellers. At the end of 2025, the absence of activity could be enough to justify a winter trip to Scandinavia.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764087937,"updatedAt":1764140532,"publishedAt":1764140476,"firstPublishedAt":1764140476,"lastPublishedAt":1764140531,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/13\/97\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_802f37a3-0363-56e6-8301-3e2ff09f2b82-9561397.jpg","altText":"Feeling overwhelmed? Opt for boredom in Sweden this winter","caption":"Feeling overwhelmed? 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It wasn't immediately clear what the cause was.\n\nSwedish news agency TT said police confirmed that the driver had been detained and would be questioned to determine what happened.\n\nThe bus involved in the crash was a double-decker belonging to the company Transdev, SVT said.\n\nPrime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote on X he had \"received the tragic news that several people have been killed and injured at a bus stop...People who were perhaps on their way home to family, friends, or a quiet evening at home.\"\n\nHe said that \"we do not yet know the cause of this, but right now my thoughts are primarily with those who have been affected and their families.\"\n\nThis is a developing story and our journalists are working on further updates.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Several people have reportedly been killed after a bus crashed into a bus shelter in the Swedish capital Stockholm. <\/p>\n<p>The incident happened in the Ostermalm area at around 3 pm on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Police have cordoned off Valhallav\u00e4gen, the street near where the crash happened. <\/p>\n<p>Police said in a statement that there have been multiple casualties, but did not give precise numbers.<\/p>\n<p>The bus was apparently not supposed to be in service at the time of the crash, national broadcaster SVT reported.<\/p>\n<p>Mathias H\u00e4glund, the commanding officer of the rescue service, said only the driver was on board.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//54//92//66//808x539_cmsv2_110a0371-42e9-5c2d-b70e-b4f5d9fcbfa6-9549266.jpg/" alt=\"Police stand at the scene where a double-decker bus crashed into a bus shelter in Stockholm, 14 November, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/92\/66\/384x256_cmsv2_110a0371-42e9-5c2d-b70e-b4f5d9fcbfa6-9549266.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/92\/66\/640x427_cmsv2_110a0371-42e9-5c2d-b70e-b4f5d9fcbfa6-9549266.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/92\/66\/750x500_cmsv2_110a0371-42e9-5c2d-b70e-b4f5d9fcbfa6-9549266.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/92\/66\/828x552_cmsv2_110a0371-42e9-5c2d-b70e-b4f5d9fcbfa6-9549266.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/92\/66\/1080x720_cmsv2_110a0371-42e9-5c2d-b70e-b4f5d9fcbfa6-9549266.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/92\/66\/1200x800_cmsv2_110a0371-42e9-5c2d-b70e-b4f5d9fcbfa6-9549266.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/92\/66\/1920x1280_cmsv2_110a0371-42e9-5c2d-b70e-b4f5d9fcbfa6-9549266.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Police stand at the scene where a double-decker bus crashed into a bus shelter in Stockholm, 14 November, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Police are treating the crash as \"involuntary manslaughter\" but are still investigating. It wasn't immediately clear what the cause was.<\/p>\n<p>Swedish news agency TT said police confirmed that the driver had been detained and would be questioned to determine what happened.<\/p>\n<p>The bus involved in the crash was a double-decker belonging to the company Transdev, SVT said.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote on X he had \"received the tragic news that several people have been killed and injured at a bus stop...People who were perhaps on their way home to family, friends, or a quiet evening at home.\"<\/p>\n<p>He said that \"we do not yet know the cause of this, but right now my thoughts are primarily with those who have been affected and their families.\"<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and our journalists are working on further 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But residents say the new town has lost the warmth that defined the old one - both in spirit and temperature.\n\nA study from the University of Gothenburg found that the new Kiruna, relocated to make way for an iron-ore mine, can be up to 10\u00b0C colder in winter than its predecessor. That\u2019s because the city was rebuilt in a depression where cold air gathers, while tall buildings block the low Arctic sun for much of the year.\n\nSome experts say this outcome was clear from the start.\n\n\u201cIt was known that the conditions would be worse than when city planner Per Olof Hallman drew up the city plan for Kiruna in 1900,\u201d says the University of Gothenburg\u2019s Jennie Sj\u00f6holm, a built heritage specialist.\n\n\u201cDecision-makers did not optimise the design for the urban climate.\u201d\n\nA century of Arctic know-how ignored\n\nWhen the mining company LKAB first established Kiruna in 1900, Hallman placed it on a sunny, south-facing slope while streets curved with the landscape to avoid wind tunnels and preserve shelter. The location was the best that could be developed in the climate.\u00a0\n\nFor the new Kiruna, Sweden\u2019s northernmost settlement, located above the Arctic Circle, planners prioritised infrastructure links over microclimate. According to Sj\u00f6holm, this resulted in a colder, windier city where playgrounds and balconies often face north.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve known for decades how to build for Arctic conditions,\u201d she says. \u201cBut that knowledge was not fully used.\u201d\n\nWhile some residents appreciate the new commercial centre and civic buildings constructed after the move, others have described the main square as a \u201cbloody wind tunnel.\u201d\n\nWhy did Kiruna have to move?\n\nKiruna was originally founded more than 100 years ago to house the workers of an iron ore mine.\u00a0\n\nThe mine expanded over the years as increasingly valuable minerals \u2013 including Europe\u2019s largest deposit of rare earth minerals, which are used to make new technologies such as electric car batteries and wind turbines \u2013 were discovered in it.\n\nBut that expansion has made the ground beneath the town weak and unstable. With buildings and streets vulnerable to collapse, Swedish officials elected to move the town, one structure at a time \u2013 a process not expected to be complete until 2035.\u00a0\n\nIndigenous S\u00e1mi communities and their traditions have also been affected.\u00a0\n\nThe mine, the town and infrastructure like roads and railways cut across historic reindeer migration routes. To access the winter grazing lands they have been using for hundreds of years, reindeer herders have to move from one side of Kiruna to the other.\u00a0\n\nDesigning for a displaced future\n\nAcross the Arctic and beyond, relocation is becoming a reality as environments change around communities.\n\nResearchers studying Arctic design say that factors such as street orientation, building height and landscape can make the difference between comfort and cold in extreme climates. In Kiruna, some of these considerations were set aside when the town moved.\n\n\u201cThe new Kiruna is not yet complete, and there are ways to improve comfort with trees and street furniture,\u201d Sj\u00f6holm emphasises. \u201cBut many of the conditions have already been set.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>When mining forced the Swedish town of Kiruna to move in 2014, city planners promised a fresh start. But residents say the new town has lost the warmth that defined the old one - both in spirit and temperature.<\/p>\n<p>A study from the University of Gothenburg found that the new Kiruna, relocated to make way for an iron-ore mine, can be up to 10\u00b0C colder in winter than its predecessor. That\u2019s because the city was rebuilt in a depression where cold air gathers, while tall buildings block the low Arctic sun for much of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Some experts say this outcome was clear from the start.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was known that the conditions would be worse than when city planner Per Olof Hallman drew up the city plan for Kiruna in 1900,\u201d says the University of Gothenburg\u2019s Jennie Sj\u00f6holm, a built heritage specialist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDecision-makers did not optimise the design for the urban climate.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>A century of Arctic know-how ignored<\/h2>\n<p>When the mining company LKAB first established Kiruna in 1900, Hallman placed it on a sunny, south-facing slope while streets curved with the landscape to avoid wind tunnels and preserve shelter. The location was the best that could be developed in the climate. <\/p>\n<p>For the new Kiruna, Sweden\u2019s northernmost settlement, located above the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//04//an-ice-free-arctic-could-happen-by-summer-2027-what-it-means-for-weather-shipping-and-pola/">Arctic Circle<\/strong><\/a>, planners prioritised infrastructure links over microclimate. According to Sj\u00f6holm, this resulted in a colder, windier city where playgrounds and balconies often face north.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//02//26//buy-a-passport-naurus-unique-plan-to-fight-climate-change/">Buy a passport, save a nation? So far, Nauru has just six takers<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//06//27//a-solidarity-success-and-a-climate-failure-thousands-of-tuvaluans-seek-new-visa-to-austral/">A solidarity success and a climate failure: Thousands of Tuvaluans seek new visa to Australia<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve known for decades how to build for Arctic conditions,\u201d she says. \u201cBut that knowledge was not fully used.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While some residents appreciate the new commercial centre and civic buildings constructed after the move, others have described the main square as a \u201cbloody wind tunnel.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Why did Kiruna have to move?<\/h2>\n<p>Kiruna was originally founded more than 100 years ago to house the workers of an iron ore mine. <\/p>\n<p>The mine expanded over the years as increasingly valuable minerals \u2013 including Europe\u2019s largest deposit of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//09//15//in-estonia-a-new-rare-earth-magnet-plant-powers-europes-green-transition/">rare earth minerals<\/strong><\/a>, which are used to make new technologies such as electric car batteries and wind turbines \u2013 were discovered in it.<\/p>\n<p>But that expansion has made the ground beneath the town weak and unstable. With buildings and streets vulnerable to collapse, Swedish officials elected to move the town, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//01//16//swedish-mining-town-sinking-into-the-ground-to-be-relocated-building-by-building/">one structure at a time<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 a process not expected to be complete until 2035. <\/p>\n<p>Indigenous S\u00e1mi communities and their traditions have also been <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//11//mining-europes-biggest-rare-earth-deposit-could-make-life-impossible-for-sami-communities/">affected. <\/p>\n<p>The mine, the town and infrastructure like roads and railways cut across historic reindeer migration routes. To access the winter grazing lands they have been using for hundreds of years, reindeer herders have to move from one side of Kiruna to the other. <\/p>\n<h2>Designing for a displaced future<\/h2>\n<p>Across the Arctic and beyond, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//07//01//we-moved-because-there-was-no-water-climate-change-forces-ancient-himalayan-village-to-rel/">relocation is becoming a reality as environments change around communities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//16//climate-change-in-the-arctic-how-melting-ice-is-causing-greenland-to-shrink/">Climate change in the Arctic: How melting ice is causing Greenland to \u2018shrink\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//08//24//rising-visitor-numbers-are-leaving-a-harmful-human-footprint-on-antarcticas-ecosystems/">Rising visitor numbers are leaving a harmful human footprint on Antarctica\u2019s ecosystems<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Researchers studying Arctic design say that factors such as street orientation, building height and landscape can make the difference between comfort and cold in extreme climates. In Kiruna, some of these considerations were set aside when the town moved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new Kiruna is not yet complete, and there are ways to improve comfort with trees and street furniture,\u201d Sj\u00f6holm emphasises. \u201cBut many of the conditions have already been set.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1761922275,"updatedAt":1762071398,"publishedAt":1762066946,"firstPublishedAt":1762066946,"lastPublishedAt":1762067008,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/26\/40\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c39e44d5-4161-5e44-a950-e09e52c619a4-9532640.jpg","altText":"In the relocated town of Kiruna, some residents feel left out in the cold","caption":"In the relocated town of Kiruna, some residents feel left out in the cold","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Secret Travel Guide\/Unsplash","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1105}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3274,"urlSafeValue":"sauers","title":"Craig Saueurs","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":193,"slug":"mining","urlSafeValue":"mining","title":"Mining","titleRaw":"Mining"},{"id":15386,"slug":"climate-change","urlSafeValue":"climate-change","title":"climate change","titleRaw":"climate change"},{"id":4199,"slug":"arctic","urlSafeValue":"arctic","title":"Arctic","titleRaw":"Arctic"},{"id":24460,"slug":"sami-people","urlSafeValue":"sami-people","title":"S\u00e1mi people","titleRaw":"S\u00e1mi people"},{"id":7812,"slug":"sweden","urlSafeValue":"sweden","title":"Sweden","titleRaw":"Sweden"},{"id":20458,"slug":"environmental-issues","urlSafeValue":"environmental-issues","title":"Environmental issues","titleRaw":"Environmental issues"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[{"id":2842667},{"id":2842474},{"id":2844181}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"climate","urlSafeValue":"climate","title":"Climate","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/climate\/climate"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"green","verticals":[{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"},"themes":[{"id":"climate","urlSafeValue":"climate","title":"Climate","url":"\/green\/climate"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":34,"urlSafeValue":"climate","title":"Climate"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":266,"urlSafeValue":"sweden","title":"Sweden","url":"\/news\/europe\/sweden"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/green\/2025\/11\/02\/moving-a-town-in-the-arctic-why-residents-of-swedens-kiruna-feel-left-out-in-the-cold","lastModified":1762067008},{"id":2841197,"cid":9524798,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"GREEN Food climate impact","daletPyramidId":3099170,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"A shift in food taxes could cut emissions and make diets healthier, researchers say","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Can a food tax help fix diets and the climate crisis? ","titleListing2":"A shift in food taxes could cut emissions and make diets healthier, researchers say","leadin":"Putting a tax on climate-intensive food could reduce impact, new study shows","summary":"Putting a tax on climate-intensive food could reduce impact, new study shows","keySentence":"","url":"a-shift-in-food-taxes-could-cut-emissions-and-make-diets-healthier-researchers-say","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/10\/24\/a-shift-in-food-taxes-could-cut-emissions-and-make-diets-healthier-researchers-say","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Food production can have a large impact on the climate. And certain foods can have more of an impact than others.\u00a0\n\nA new study, published in Ecological Economics, looked at how introducing a tax on foods that take a larger toll on the environment could help curb the climate impact of food production.\n\nFood\u2019s health and climate impact\n\nNot all foods affect the environment equally. In the EU, agriculture accounts for about 11 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions. The meat and dairy industries are major contributors.\n\nA recent report published by the EAT-Lancet Commission found that worldwide, 15 million deaths could be avoided each year if people shift to predominantly plant-based diets. Such a shift could also decrease agricultural emissions by 15 per cent.\u00a0\n\nThis new study builds on their findings, \u00a0looking at the effects of imposing levies on certain foods that have big climate impacts.\u00a0\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s diets are making us sick and negatively impacting the climate,\u201d\u00a0 says study co-author J\u00f6rgen Larsson, researcher at Chalmers University of Technology. \u201cIf we want to do something about this collectively, taxes and subsidies are a good way forward.\u201d\n\nSweden as a case study\n\nThe recent study looked specifically at Sweden, where the negative impact on the climate from food consumption is roughly twice that of the direct emissions from all passenger car traffic, according to the study.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nResearchers looked at the potential effects of what they call a \u201cfood tax shift\u201d \u2013 where value-added tax or VAT is removed from healthy foods to encourage purchase and taxes are added for more climate-intensive foods. It focused on four food groups: fruits, vegetables, and legumes; whole grain products; beef, lamb, pork, and processed meat; and sugar-sweetened beverages.\n\nPrice changes have already been shown to affect consumer behaviour in Sweden. In the 1990s, beef consumption increased by 50 per cent because the price nearly halved.\u00a0\n\nReduced consumption and climate impact\n\nIn the current study, the greatest difference would be in the prices of beef and lamb. The tax changes would cause an increase of\u00a0 25 per cent, or almost \u20ac3 per kilo. Researchers say this could reduce meat consumption in the country by 19 per cent.\u00a0\n\nThey also found that the food tax shift would have both environmental and human health benefits. Such reform could reduce the climate footprint of Swedes\u2019 food consumption by an equivalent of about 700,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. That is the same as an 8 per cent reduction in emissions from passenger cars or nearly one in ten cars disappearing from Sweden\u2019s roads.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nThe authors see this \u201cfood tax shift\u201d as an ideal way forward, especially because it is \u201ccost neutral\u201d. Making some foods more expensive and others cheaper can help with public acceptance.\u00a0\n\n\u201cNot everyone needs to become vegetarian for the sake of the climate, but with more moderate consumption, a lot stands to be gained,\u201d says Larsson.\u00a0\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Food production can have a large impact on the climate. And certain foods can have more of an impact than others. <\/p>\n<p>A new <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.sciencedirect.com//science//article//pii//S0921800925003052?via%3Dihub\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>study<\/strong><\/a>, published in Ecological Economics, looked at how introducing a tax on foods that take a larger toll on the environment could help curb the climate impact of food production.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Food\u2019s health and climate impact<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Not all foods <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//09//19//the-environmental-impact-of-cheap-food-prodcution-and-how-we-must-change/">affect the environment<\/strong><\/a>equally. In the EU, agriculture <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////agriculture.ec.europa.eu//cap-my-country//sustainability//environmental-sustainability//climate-change_en?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>accounts<\/strong><\/a>for about 11 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions. The meat and dairy industries are <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//07//meat-diary-and-rice-which-foods-contribute-the-most-to-global-warming/">major contributors.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A recent report published by the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//03//fixing-diets-could-cut-farming-emissions-by-15-and-avoid-15-million-deaths-a-year-report-f/">EAT-Lancet Commission<\/strong><\/a>found that worldwide, 15 million deaths could be avoided each year if people shift to predominantly plant-based diets. Such a shift could also decrease agricultural emissions by 15 per cent. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//03//fixing-diets-could-cut-farming-emissions-by-15-and-avoid-15-million-deaths-a-year-report-f/">Fixing diets could cut farming emissions by 15% and avoid 15 million deaths a year, report finds <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//07//09//too-much-manure-too-little-action-dutch-farming-tests-eu-green-goals/">Too much manure, too little action: Dutch farming tests EU green goals<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//07//redirect-farming-subsidies-from-meat-for-climates-sake-world-banks-says/">Redirect farming subsidies from meat for climate's sake, World Bank says<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>This new study builds on their findings, looking at the effects of imposing levies on certain foods that have big climate impacts. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s diets are making us sick and negatively impacting the climate,\u201d <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.alphagalileo.org//en-gb//Item-Display//ItemId//264426?returnurl=https:\/\/www.alphagalileo.org\/en-gb\/Item-Display\/ItemId\/264426\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>says<\/strong><\/a> study co-author J\u00f6rgen Larsson, researcher at Chalmers University of Technology. \u201cIf we want to do something about this collectively, taxes and subsidies are a good way forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sweden as a case study<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The recent study looked specifically at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//06//01//seaweed-harvesting-and-midsummer-feasting-in-sweden-helped-me-reconnect-with-my-island-roo/">Sweden, where the negative impact on the climate from food consumption is roughly twice that of the direct emissions from all passenger car traffic, according to the study. <\/p>\n<p>Researchers looked at the potential effects of what they call a \u201cfood tax shift\u201d \u2013 where value-added tax or VAT is removed from<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//11//01//keto-paleo-vegan-which-diet-does-the-most-to-cut-your-carbon-footprint/">healthy foods<\/strong><\/a> to encourage purchase and taxes are added for more climate-intensive foods. It focused on four food groups: fruits, vegetables, and legumes; whole grain products; beef, lamb, pork, and processed meat; and sugar-sweetened beverages.<\/p>\n<p>Price changes have already been shown to affect consumer behaviour in Sweden. In the 1990s,<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//03//18//is-grass-fed-beef-better-for-the-planet-new-study-finds-its-not-so-simple/">beef consumption increased by 50 per cent because the price nearly halved. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Reduced consumption and climate impact<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In the current study, the greatest difference would be in the prices of beef and<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//22//how-breeding-low-emissions-sheep-could-bring-down-farmings-methane-footprint/">lamb. The tax changes would cause an increase of 25 per cent, or almost \u20ac3 per kilo. Researchers say this could reduce <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//12//28//climate-impact-food-labels-could-encourage-consumers-to-eat-less-red-meat-study-says/">meat consumption<\/strong><\/a> in the country by 19 per cent. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//12//28//climate-impact-food-labels-could-encourage-consumers-to-eat-less-red-meat-study-says/">/u2018Climate impact\u2019 food labels could encourage consumers to eat less red meat, study says <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//09//15//meet-swegreen-this-swedish-vertical-farm-start-up-grows-vegetables-inside-of-supermarkets/">Meet SweGreen: This Swedish vertical farm start-up grows vegetables inside of supermarkets<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//16//simply-scandalous-report-exposes-how-factory-farming-worsens-world-food-waste/">/u2018Simply scandalous\u2019: Report exposes how factory farming worsens world food waste<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>They also found that the food tax shift would have both environmental and human health benefits. Such reform could reduce the climate footprint of Swedes\u2019 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//09//15//meet-swegreen-this-swedish-vertical-farm-start-up-grows-vegetables-inside-of-supermarkets/">food <\/a>consumption by an equivalent of about 700,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. That is the same as an 8 per cent reduction in emissions from passenger cars or nearly one in ten cars disappearing from Sweden\u2019s roads. <\/p>\n<p>The authors see this \u201cfood tax shift\u201d as an ideal way forward, especially because it is \u201ccost neutral\u201d. Making some foods more expensive and others cheaper can help with public acceptance. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot everyone needs to become vegetarian for the sake of the climate, but with more moderate consumption, a lot stands to be gained,\u201d says Larsson. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1761299282,"updatedAt":1761308052,"publishedAt":1761307241,"firstPublishedAt":1761307241,"lastPublishedAt":1761308051,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/47\/98\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a580055a-5f13-5b2e-a89d-c8c55c88e4ba-9524798.jpg","altText":"A man pushes a shopping cart outside a supermarket. Photo by Martin Meissner.","caption":"A man pushes a shopping cart outside a supermarket. Photo by Martin Meissner.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. 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Therefore, production capacity remains limited.\n\n\u201cA strong and capable Ukraine is a key priority for Sweden, and we will continue to make sure Ukraine can fight back against Russia's aggression\u201d, Kristersson said on X.\n\nKyiv and Stockholm have repeatedly discussed the possibility of supplying the aircraft to Ukraine's Air Force, which already operates Western planes, including the Mirage 2000 and F-16.\n\nZelenskyy said the JAS 39 Gripen aircraft are \u201cone of the most effective elements\u201d when it comes to strengthening Ukraine\u2019s defence capabilities.\n\nSwedish media reported that this Gripen model was used in direct combat for the first time this year, when Thailand deployed fighter jets in confrontations with Cambodia.\n\nBefore that these jets were mainly used for air policing. They were deployed to Poland in 2025 as part of a NATO mission to patrol allied airspace. Gripens were also used to enforce the NATO no-fly zone in Libya in 2014.\u00a0\n\nInterestingly, the Gripen E runs on a US-made engine, the General Electric F414-GE-39E.\n\n\u201cWe count on the first deliveries of Gripens already in 2026,\u201d Zelenskyy said, previously noting that Ukrainian pilots have already begun training on the Swedish planes.\n\n\u201cWe also discussed the situation with air defence and the implementation of the PURL initiative. Special attention was given to Ukraine\u2019s energy sector, with urgent needs arising from Russia\u2019s ongoing attacks on our energy infrastructure,\u201d he added.\n\nUkraine\u2019s president also stated that Kyiv and Stockholm have \u201ccoordinated positions ahead of this week\u2019s meetings in Europe, the European Council session in Brussels and the Coalition of the Willing in London\u201d.\n\n\u201cIt is crucial to remain united in our decisions to achieve the results we aim for\u201d, Zelenskyy said one day before the EU summit, which will focus on the issues of defence and security for Ukraine and also for Europe.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Sweden and Ukraine signed a letter of intent on Wednesday for a potential deal to supply up to 150 Gripen E fighter jets to Kyiv over the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in Link\u00f6ping, home to the defence company Saab, which produces Gripen jets and other weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Kristersson clarified that the memorandum was not aimed at any immediate new supplies.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is the start of a long journey of 10-15 years,\" the Swedish prime minister said, pointing out that the deal concerns the most modern jet variant. Therefore, production capacity remains limited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA strong and capable Ukraine is a key priority for Sweden, and we will continue to make sure Ukraine can fight back against Russia's aggression\u201d, Kristersson said on X.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv and Stockholm have repeatedly discussed the possibility of supplying the aircraft to Ukraine's Air Force, which already operates Western planes, including the Mirage 2000 and F-16.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said the JAS 39 Gripen aircraft are \u201cone of the most effective elements\u201d when it comes to strengthening Ukraine\u2019s defence capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Swedish media reported that this Gripen model was used in direct combat for the first time this year, when Thailand deployed fighter jets in confrontations with Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>Before that these jets were mainly used for air policing. They were deployed to Poland in 2025 as part of a NATO mission to patrol allied airspace. Gripens were also used to enforce the NATO no-fly zone in Libya in 2014. <\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the Gripen E runs on a US-made engine, the General Electric F414-GE-39E.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe count on the first deliveries of Gripens already in 2026,\u201d Zelenskyy said, previously noting that Ukrainian pilots have already begun training on the Swedish planes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also discussed the situation with air defence and the implementation of the PURL initiative. Special attention was given to Ukraine\u2019s energy sector, with urgent needs arising from Russia\u2019s ongoing attacks on our energy infrastructure,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//21//no-trump-putin-meeting-in-foreseeable-future-this-is-why/">No Trump-Putin meeting in foreseeable future \u2014 this is why<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//22//russian-strike-hits-kharkiv-kindergarten-children-evacuated-amid-blaze/">Russian strike hits Kharkiv kindergarten, children evacuated amid blaze<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s president also stated that Kyiv and Stockholm have \u201ccoordinated positions ahead of this week\u2019s meetings in Europe, the European Council session in Brussels and the Coalition of the Willing in London\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is crucial to remain united in our decisions to achieve the results we aim for\u201d, Zelenskyy said one day before the EU summit, which will focus on the issues of defence and security for Ukraine and also for Europe.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1761146664,"updatedAt":1761149521,"publishedAt":1761149494,"firstPublishedAt":1761149494,"lastPublishedAt":1761149494,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/28\/29\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_495d1b45-edaf-51e7-ba3e-40cdd94c02bc-9522829.jpg","altText":"Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Link\u00f6ping, Sweden, Oct. 22, 2025.","caption":"Sweden's Prime 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JEWISH FESTIVAL CANCELED","daletPyramidId":3032400,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Jewish film festival cancelled in Sweden after cinemas refuse to host events","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Sweden cancels Jewish film festival over secuirty concerns","titleListing2":"Jewish film festival cancelled in Sweden after cinemas refuse to host events","leadin":"The Swedish government described the situation as alarming and said it has put in place a number of efforts to increase security for Jewish organisations, institutions and events.","summary":"The Swedish government described the situation as alarming and said it has put in place a number of efforts to increase security for Jewish organisations, institutions and events.","keySentence":"","url":"jewish-film-festival-cancelled-in-sweden-after-cinemas-refuse-to-host-events","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/10\/17\/jewish-film-festival-cancelled-in-sweden-after-cinemas-refuse-to-host-events","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A planned film festival dedicated to new Jewish films has been cancelled in Malm\u00f6, Sweden's third-largest city, after organisers said they were unable to secure a venue following safety concerns.\n\nAccording to organisers of the Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF), both commercial movie theatre owners and the non-profit Panora cinema agreed not to host the event.\n\n\"A couple of them referred specifically to security reasons. There's concern that something might happen,\" said OlaTedin, one of the festival's organisers.\n\nThe news has been met with shock from organisers and Swedish authorities.\n\n\"At first, I was incredibly angry. I actually had a hard time accepting it,\" said Sofia Nerbrand, one of the organisers.\n\n\"Now it has sunk in a little, but it's still completely outrageous. I think it's incredibly tragic that it has come to this.\"\n\nCinemas stand by their decision\n\nMajor movie theatre chain Filmstaden confirmed the choice not to grant their venues for use in the festival. Irene Hernberg, PR manager at Filmstaden Norden, wrote, \"It was not an easy decision, but we prioritise the safety of our staff.\"\n\nFor Panora, their decision was due to workload issues. They said they had already decided not to accept new festivals or larger events.\n\nOrganisers of the JIFF said they also approached Folkets Hus, a local theatre that has previously hosted film screenings, which was available during the festival dates.\n\nHowever, the board also declined on security grounds.\n\nSweden's government calls situation 'a catastrophe'\n\nThe Swedish government described the situation as alarming and said it has put in place \"several efforts\" to increase security for Jewish organisations, institutions and events.\n\nAccording to Parisa Liljestrand, Sweden's Minister for Culture, \"This is an absolute catastrophe for the Swedish society.\"\n\n\"It is, of course, alarming that we have reached this point, that one of our national minorities feels so vulnerable and that organisers believe it is not possible to arrange events and cultural activities with Jewish content.\"\n\n\"What can then be done for the cinema owners in Malm\u00f6 to feel safer?\" Liljestrand saked, saying that the government has made several efforts to increase security.\n\nThe film festival had been planned as part of the events to celebrate the Jewish minority's 250th anniversary in Sweden this year.\n\nThis summer, a letter signed by more than 100 European rabbis and sent to the European Commission warned that \"increased security provisions\" were \"urgently\" needed and that Europe was experiencing \"visceral antisemitic hate\" since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023.\n\nSecurity concerns for vulnerable or minority communities are, however, not unusual for Malm\u00f6, a city that has seen much unrest, violence and anti-Israel agitation over the years.\n\nThe once vibrant Jewish community has dwindled over the years due to safety concerns and a soccer match involving an Israeli team had to be played in an empty, closed-off stadium in 2009.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A planned film festival dedicated to new Jewish films has been cancelled in Malm\u00f6, Sweden's third-largest city, after organisers said they were unable to secure a venue following safety concerns. <\/p>\n<p>According to organisers of the Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF), both commercial movie theatre owners and the non-profit Panora cinema agreed not to host the event.<\/p>\n<p>\"A couple of them referred specifically to security reasons. There's concern that something might happen,\" said OlaTedin, one of the festival's organisers. <\/p>\n<p>The news has been met with shock from organisers and Swedish authorities. <\/p>\n<p>\"At first, I was incredibly angry. I actually had a hard time accepting it,\" said Sofia Nerbrand, one of the organisers. <\/p>\n<p>\"Now it has sunk in a little, but it's still completely outrageous. I think it's incredibly tragic that it has come to this.\" <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//51//60//82//808x539_cmsv2_0d31358e-9159-5b5f-9ca3-acceca37306b-9516082.jpg/" alt=\"Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men celebrate the Jewish festival of Purim in Mea Shearim, ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2025. 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(AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men celebrate the Jewish festival of Purim in Mea Shearim, ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Cinemas stand by their decision<\/h2>\n<p>Major movie theatre chain Filmstaden confirmed the choice not to grant their venues for use in the festival. Irene Hernberg, PR manager at Filmstaden Norden, wrote, \"It was not an easy decision, but we prioritise the safety of our staff.\"<\/p>\n<p>For Panora, their decision was due to workload issues. They said they had already decided not to accept new festivals or larger events. <\/p>\n<p>Organisers of the JIFF said they also approached Folkets Hus, a local theatre that has previously hosted film screenings, which was available during the festival dates. <\/p>\n<p>However, the board also declined on security grounds.<\/p>\n<h2>Sweden's government calls situation 'a catastrophe'<\/h2>\n<p>The Swedish government described the situation as alarming and said it has put in place \"several efforts\" to increase security for Jewish organisations, institutions and events.<\/p>\n<p>According to Parisa Liljestrand, Sweden's Minister for Culture, \"This is an absolute catastrophe for the Swedish society.\" <\/p>\n<p>\"It is, of course, alarming that we have reached this point, that one of our national minorities feels so vulnerable and that organisers believe it is not possible to arrange events and cultural activities with Jewish content.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"What can then be done for the cinema owners in Malm\u00f6 to feel safer?\" Liljestrand saked, saying that the government has made several efforts to increase security.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//15//thousands-protest-in-udine-ahead-of-italyisrael-world-cup-qualifier/">Thousands protest in Udine ahead of Italy\u2013Israel World Cup qualifier<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//09//19//eu-will-step-up-security-of-jews-in-europe-against-troubling-antisemitism/">EU will step up security of Jews in Europe against 'troubling' antisemitism<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The film festival had been planned as part of the events to celebrate the Jewish minority's 250th anniversary in Sweden this year.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, a letter signed by more than 100 European rabbis and sent to the European Commission warned that \"increased security provisions\" were \"urgently\" needed and that Europe was experiencing \"visceral antisemitic hate\" since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Security concerns for vulnerable or minority communities are, however, not unusual for Malm\u00f6, a city that has seen much unrest, violence and anti-Israel agitation over the years. <\/p>\n<p>The once vibrant Jewish community has dwindled over the years due to safety concerns and a soccer match involving an Israeli team had to be played in an empty, closed-off stadium in 2009.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1760700329,"updatedAt":1760716515,"publishedAt":1760716402,"firstPublishedAt":1760716402,"lastPublishedAt":1760716514,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/60\/82\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7b6fe955-4af7-5132-8b3b-ddae93c79666-9516082.jpg","altText":"FILE- First Warsaw Festival of Films on Jewish Themes, billed as first such festival in central Europe, 4 November, 2003","caption":"FILE- First Warsaw Festival of Films on Jewish Themes, billed as first such festival in central Europe, 4 November, 2003","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI\/AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1916,"height":1078},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/60\/82\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0d31358e-9159-5b5f-9ca3-acceca37306b-9516082.jpg","altText":"Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men celebrate the Jewish festival of Purim in Mea Shearim, ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2025. 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parking lot carved into the rock, but it can also serve as a public shelter for 1,200 people in the event of military conflict.\n\nAs tensions with Russia have grown since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, Sweden\u2019s government has pledged to boost spending on civil defence by seven times.\n\nSince last year, it has set aside about \u20ac7.7 million to upgrade the country\u2019s 64,000 shelters built during World War II and the Cold War, to better protect civilians.\n\nThe focus so far has been on modernising several dozen large shelters capable of holding more than 1,000 people.\n\nRenovation work on the wartime Igeldamms shelter in central Stockholm was completed in September, while upgrades to 24 of 80 other large shelters are still ongoing.\n\nAccording to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, the process, which involves replacing diesel generators and updating air filters, can take two to three years to complete.\n\nThe government hopes that higher funding over the next few years will help speed things up.\n\nBut Anders Johannesson, a shelter specialist at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, says the annual budget still isn\u2019t enough to repair all 64,000 shelters, let alone build new ones.\n\nLate last year, Sweden\u2019s Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin warned that the threat of a military attack had increased and could no longer be ruled out.\n\nHe spoke as he unveiled a new version of a Cold War-era emergency advice booklet.\n\nThe guide offers practical advice on everything from cyber and terror attacks to pandemics, environmental crises and conventional warfare. It also covers self-defence, psychological resilience, digital safety and protection against air raids.\n\nThe first edition of the booklet was published during World War II.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Igeldamms car park in Stockholm might look like an ordinary underground parking lot carved into the rock, but it can also serve as a public shelter for 1,200 people in the event of military conflict.<\/p>\n<p>As tensions with Russia have grown since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, Sweden\u2019s government has pledged to boost spending on civil defence by seven times.<\/p>\n<p>Since last year, it has set aside about \u20ac7.7 million to upgrade the country\u2019s 64,000 shelters built during World War II and the Cold War, to better protect civilians.<\/p>\n<p>The focus so far has been on modernising several dozen large shelters capable of holding more than 1,000 people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//07//10//lithuanian-leaders-taken-to-shelters-after-belarus-airspace-violation-alarm/">Lithuanian politicians taken to shelters after Belarus airspace violation alarm<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//11//26//germany-plans-to-turn-buildings-into-bomb-shelters/">Germany plans to turn buildings into bomb shelters <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Renovation work on the wartime Igeldamms shelter in central Stockholm was completed in September, while upgrades to 24 of 80 other large shelters are still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, the process, which involves replacing diesel generators and updating air filters, can take two to three years to complete.<\/p>\n<p>The government hopes that higher funding over the next few years will help speed things up.<\/p>\n<p>But Anders Johannesson, a shelter specialist at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, says the annual budget still isn\u2019t enough to repair all 64,000 shelters, let alone build new ones.<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, Sweden\u2019s Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin warned that the threat of a military attack had increased and could no longer be ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke as he unveiled a new version of a Cold War-era emergency advice booklet.<\/p>\n<p>The guide offers practical advice on everything from cyber and terror attacks to pandemics, environmental crises and conventional warfare. It also covers self-defence, psychological resilience, digital safety and protection against air raids.<\/p>\n<p>The first edition of the booklet was published during World War II.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1760509214,"updatedAt":1760523351,"publishedAt":1760521789,"firstPublishedAt":1760521789,"lastPublishedAt":1760523349,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/14\/81\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_eac78da7-25c5-5bbd-9684-070f33d5a544-9511481.jpg","altText":"A food delivery courier rides a bicycle past a construction site's fence, with the German Church in the background, in Stockholm, 27 July 2023","caption":"A food delivery courier rides a bicycle past a construction site's fence, with the German Church in the background, in Stockholm, 27 July 2023","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1504,"height":846}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":14648,"slug":"bomb","urlSafeValue":"bomb","title":"bomb","titleRaw":"bomb"},{"id":20148,"slug":"war-threat","urlSafeValue":"war-threat","title":"war threat","titleRaw":"war threat"},{"id":27520,"slug":"nuclear-war","urlSafeValue":"nuclear-war","title":"Nuclear war","titleRaw":"Nuclear war"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2838338},{"id":2838531},{"id":2846717}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"nOEXXLvT5dM","dailymotionId":"x9s5zto"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/26\/93\/10\/01\/ED_PYR_2693101_20251015095328.mp4","editor":"","duration":86000,"filesizeBytes":14892181,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/26\/93\/10\/01\/SHD_PYR_2693101_20251015095328.mp4","editor":"","duration":86000,"filesizeBytes":21434764,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/26\/93\/10\/01\/FHD_PYR_2693101_20251015095328.mp4","editor":"","duration":86000,"filesizeBytes":68536768,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":266,"urlSafeValue":"sweden","title":"Sweden","url":"\/news\/europe\/sweden"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/10\/15\/sweden-upgrades-wartime-shelters-amid-rising-tensions-with-russia","lastModified":1760523349},{"id":2837455,"cid":9504230,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"NEXT_EU pay transparency directive","daletPyramidId":2952047,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"The EU wants salary transparency. Which countries are closest to getting there?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"How far along are countries on the EU\u2019s salary transparency rules?","titleListing2":"The EU wants salary transparency. Which countries are closest to getting there?","leadin":"Member states are working to meet the June 2026 deadline for the EU's Pay Transparency Directive.","summary":"Member states are working to meet the June 2026 deadline for the EU's Pay Transparency Directive.","keySentence":"","url":"the-eu-wants-salary-transparency-which-countries-are-closest-to-getting-there","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/10\/09\/the-eu-wants-salary-transparency-which-countries-are-closest-to-getting-there","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Sweden is preparing for a new era where people\u2019s salaries will no longer be a secret.\n\nThe Nordic nation is on track to become one of the first countries in the European Union to be ready to implement the bloc\u2019s 2023 pay transparency directive. Under the new rules, companies operating within the EU will be required to disclose salary information when advertising job vacancies and will be prohibited from asking candidates about their pay history.\n\nEmployees will also have the right to request information from their employers about average salaries for coworkers with similar duties.\n\nThe rules aim to \u201ccombat pay discrimination and help close the gender pay gap in the EU,\u201d according to the Council of the European Union. In 2023, women in the EU earned on average 12 per cent less than men, according to Eurostat. In Sweden, the gap was 11.2 per cent.\n\nLast month, the Swedish government announced it would present a bill to implement the new EU requirements in January 2026.\n\nA government-appointed inquiry in 2024 concluded that Sweden should amend its existing Discrimination Act rather than create a new law to comply with the EU directive.\n\nLegal experts in Sweden say the law already contains regulations on salary audits and other measures aimed at creating equality between men and women.\n\n\u201cBut these are internal documents, so reporting externally will be a novelty for Swedish companies,\u201d Sanna Lindgren, a managing associate at DLA Piper Sweden, a global business law firm, told Euronews Next.\n\nLindgren said Sweden has a history of \"over-implementing\" EU initiatives and is unlikely to settle for the minimum requirements.\n\n\u201cInstead, we expect that Sweden will go beyond minimum requirements and also require, for example, structured cooperation with employee representatives and broader reporting duties for employers with 100 or more employees,\u201d she added.\n\nThe new legislation also reflects a growing trend among Swedes towards openness about pay.\n\nAccording to a survey from the Swedish job search platform Jobbland, 42 percent of Swedes are willing to share their salary information and want all salaries to be publicly disclosed in the workplace.\n\nHowever, as written the new law will not entitle workers to access the individual salaries of their colleagues.\n\nSeveral other EU countries have already presented draft bills as the deadline for member states to transpose the directive into national law approaches in June 2026.\n\nLast month, for example, Slovakia presented its own draft pay transparency law. The government chose to introduce a standalone pay transparency act instead of amending the existing labour code.\n\nThe draft law is pending approval from the Slovak cabinet later this month.\u00a0\n\nMeanwhile, the Finnish government\u2019s working group published draft legislation to amend its equality act in May, and the Dutch government\u2019s bill, presented in March, has been pending parliamentary approval since the government collapsed in June.\n\nRegional governments in countries such as Belgium have also taken steps toward implementing pay transparency rules.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Sweden is preparing for a new era where people\u2019s salaries will no longer be a secret.<\/p>\n<p>The Nordic nation is on track to become one of the first countries in the European Union to be ready to implement the bloc\u2019s 2023 pay transparency directive. Under the new rules, companies operating within the EU will be required to disclose salary information when advertising job vacancies and will be prohibited from asking candidates about their pay history.<\/p>\n<p>Employees will also have the right to request information from their employers about average salaries for coworkers with similar duties.<\/p>\n<p>The rules aim to \u201ccombat pay discrimination and help close the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//12//14//gender-pay-gap-in-europe-how-do-countries-compare-on-narrowing-the-divide/">gender pay gap<\/a> in the EU,\u201d according to the Council of the European Union. In 2023, women in the EU earned on average 12 per cent less than men, according to Eurostat. In Sweden, the gap was 11.2 per cent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8286122,9131056\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//12//14//gender-pay-gap-in-europe-how-do-countries-compare-on-narrowing-the-divide/">Gender pay gap: There is only one country in Europe that pays women more than men<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//03//26//being-transparent-about-pay-could-save-eu-women-700-per-year/">Being transparent about pay could save EU women \u20ac700 per year<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Last month, the Swedish government <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.regeringen.se//contentassets//d8255e5137424ca29a977aee734fac3f//propositionsforteckning-hosten-2025.pdf/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">announced<\/a> it would present a bill to implement the new EU requirements in January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>A government-appointed <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.regeringen.se//contentassets//23c9dac352834019998a08b31c8c1b94//sou-2024_40_inlaga_pdf-a.pdf/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">inquiry<\/a> in 2024 concluded that Sweden should amend its existing Discrimination Act rather than create a new law to comply with the EU directive.<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts in Sweden say the law already contains regulations on salary audits and other measures aimed at creating equality between men and women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut these are internal documents, so reporting externally will be a novelty for Swedish companies,\u201d Sanna Lindgren, a managing associate at DLA Piper Sweden, a global business law firm, told Euronews Next.<\/p>\n<p>Lindgren said Sweden has a history of \"over-implementing\" EU initiatives and is unlikely to settle for the minimum requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, we expect that Sweden will go beyond minimum requirements and also require, for example, structured cooperation with employee representatives and broader reporting duties for employers with 100 or more employees,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The new legislation also reflects a growing trend among Swedes towards openness about pay.<\/p>\n<p>According to a survey from the Swedish job search platform Jobbland, 42 percent of Swedes are willing to share their salary information and want all salaries to be publicly disclosed in the workplace.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9462736\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//09//12//sweden-is-tracking-job-seekers-online-to-crack-down-on-public-benefits-fraud/">Sweden is tracking job-seekers online to crack down on public benefits fraud<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>However, as written the new law will not entitle workers to access the individual salaries of their colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Several other EU countries have already presented draft bills as the deadline for member states to transpose the directive into national law approaches in June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, for example, Slovakia presented <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.slov-lex.sk//elegislativa//legislativne-procesy//SK//LP//2025//475/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">its own draft pay transparency law<\/a>. The government chose to introduce a standalone pay transparency act instead of amending the existing labour code.<\/p>\n<p>The draft law is pending approval from the Slovak cabinet later this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Finnish government\u2019s working group published <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////stm.fi//documents//1271139//231157712//16.5.2025 Työryhmän esitys palkka-avoimuusdirektiivin täytäntöönpanemiseksi 15.5.2025.pdf//0ccd434e-d8e8-35ad-70eb-7295e1d880b6//16.5.2025 Työryhmän esitys palkka-avoimuusdirektiivin täytäntöönpanemiseksi 15.5.2025.pdf?t=1747382711518\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">draft legislation<\/a> to amend its equality act in May, and the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.rijksoverheid.nl//actueel//nieuws//2025//03//26//internetconsultatie-wetsvoorstel-om-loonverschillen-tussen-mannen-en-vrouwen-tegen-te-gaan/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Dutch government\u2019s bill<\/a>, presented in March, has been pending parliamentary approval since the government collapsed in June.<\/p>\n<p>Regional governments in countries such as Belgium have also taken steps toward implementing pay transparency rules.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1760017669,"updatedAt":1760022426,"publishedAt":1760018412,"firstPublishedAt":1760018412,"lastPublishedAt":1760018412,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/50\/42\/30\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f7258cb8-411c-5111-b7e0-874505cc27ee-9504230.jpg","altText":"Member states must incorporate the EU's Pay Transparency Directive into their national laws by June 2026.","caption":"Member states must incorporate the EU's Pay Transparency Directive into their national laws by June 2026.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Canva","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2612,"urlSafeValue":"min","title":"Roselyne 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NOBEL CHEMISTRY","daletPyramidId":2925498,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Three scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for creating new molecular structure","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for molecular structure work","titleListing2":"Three scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for creating new molecular structure","leadin":"The chemistry award is the third 2025 Nobel Prize to be announced this week.","summary":"The chemistry award is the third 2025 Nobel Prize to be announced this week.","keySentence":"","url":"three-scientists-win-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-for-work-on-metal-organic-frameworks","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/10\/08\/three-scientists-win-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-for-work-on-metal-organic-frameworks","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating a new type of molecular structure that has been used to extract carbon dioxide from the air and separate pollutants from water.\n\nThe winners are Susumu Kitagawa from Kyoto University in Japan, Richard Robson from the University of Melbourne in Australia, and Omar M. Yaghi from the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States.\n\nTheir constructions, known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), consist of metal nodes and polydentate organic ligands, or molecules that can form multiple bonds, which serve as links between the nodes.\n\nThey contain \u201clarge cavities in which molecules can flow in and out,\u201d according to the Nobel Prize.\n\n\u201cThe small amount of material is like Hermione\u2019s handbag in Harry Potter\u201d in that it is a small compartment that can store a lot, said Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.\n\nIn the decades since the trio began their work, chemists have designed tens of thousands of MOFs. They can be used to separate so-called forever chemicals from water, break down tiny traces of pharmaceutical drugs in the environment, and extract carbon dioxide from the air, according to the Nobel Prize.\n\nOn a call with journalists during the announcement, Kitagawa said he was \u201cdeeply honoured and delighted\u201d by the award.\n\nHe said his \u201cdream\u201d is to pull elements from the air and use them to help power renewable energy sources, saying this is \u201cquite important for our society and also our planet\u201d.\n\nPrevious Nobel Prizes in Chemistry\n\nFrom 1901 to 2024, 116 Nobel Prizes were awarded in chemistry. Eight of the 197 chemistry winners have been women, including Marie Curie in 1911.\n\nLast year\u2019s chemistry award was split between David Baker, a biochemist at the University of Washington in the United States, and Demis Hassabis and John Jumper from Google DeepMind, the tech giant\u2019s artificial intelligence (AI) unit.\n\nHassabis and Jumper created AI models that can predict protein structures, while Baker pioneered a method to design new proteins that can be used in medicines, vaccines, nanomaterials, and tiny sensors.\n\nThe Nobel Prizes were created by the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896. It comes with a cash award of 11 million Swedish kroner, which is more than \u20ac997,000.\n\nThe rest of the 2025 Nobel Prizes, awarded for advancements in literature and economics and toward peace, will be awarded in the coming days. The awards for medicine and physics were announced earlier this week.\n\nThe Nobel laureates will receive their prizes at an awards ceremony in Sweden in December.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating a new type of molecular structure that has been used to extract carbon dioxide from the air and separate pollutants from water.<\/p>\n<p>The winners are Susumu Kitagawa from Kyoto University in Japan, Richard Robson from the University of Melbourne in Australia, and Omar M. Yaghi from the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Their constructions, known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), consist of metal nodes and polydentate organic ligands, or molecules that can form multiple bonds, which serve as links between the nodes.<\/p>\n<p>They contain \u201clarge cavities in which molecules can flow in and out,\u201d according to the Nobel Prize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe small amount of material is like Hermione\u2019s handbag in Harry Potter\u201d in that it is a small compartment that can store a lot, said Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>In the decades since the trio began their work, chemists have designed tens of thousands of MOFs. They can be used to separate so-called forever chemicals from water, break down tiny traces of pharmaceutical drugs in the environment, and extract carbon dioxide from the air, according to the Nobel Prize.<\/p>\n<p>On a call with journalists during the announcement, Kitagawa said he was \u201cdeeply honoured and delighted\u201d by the award.<\/p>\n<p>He said his \u201cdream\u201d is to pull elements from the air and use them to help power renewable energy sources, saying this is \u201cquite important for our society and also our planet\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Previous Nobel Prizes in Chemistry<\/h2>\n<p>From 1901 to 2024, 116 Nobel Prizes were awarded in chemistry. Eight of the 197 chemistry winners have been women, including Marie Curie in 1911.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//10//09//nobel-prize-in-chemistry-awarded-to-david-baker-demis-hassabis-and-john-jumper-for-work-on/">Last year\u2019s chemistry award<\/strong><\/a> was split between David Baker, a biochemist at the University of Washington in the United States, and Demis Hassabis and John Jumper from Google DeepMind, the tech giant\u2019s artificial intelligence (AI) unit.<\/p>\n<p>Hassabis and Jumper created AI models that can predict protein structures, while Baker pioneered a method to design new proteins that can be used in medicines, vaccines, nanomaterials, and tiny sensors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9499605\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//10//07//three-scientists-win-nobel-prize-in-physics-for-work-on-quantum-mechanics/">Three US-based scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for work on quantum mechanics<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The rest of the 2025 Nobel Prizes, awarded for advancements in literature and economics and toward peace, will be awarded in the coming days. The awards for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//10//06//us-and-japanese-scientists-win-nobel-prize-for-immune-tolerance-research/">medicine and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//10//07//three-scientists-win-nobel-prize-in-physics-for-work-on-quantum-mechanics/">physics were announced earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Nobel laureates will receive their prizes at an awards ceremony in Sweden in December.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1759839383,"updatedAt":1760013132,"publishedAt":1759917068,"firstPublishedAt":1759917068,"lastPublishedAt":1759935427,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/50\/02\/08\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d815500d-8393-5a68-bcc6-9eeec277ec21-9500208.jpg","altText":"A close-up view of a Nobel Prize medal is shown in the U.S. on Dec. 8, 2020.","caption":"A close-up view of a Nobel Prize medal is shown in the U.S. on Dec. 8, 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are John Clarke, a UK-born physicist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as Michel H. Devoret, who is from France and is now a professor emeritus of applied physics at Yale University, and John M. Martinis, an American professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara.\n\nQuantum mechanics is the science of how matter and light behave on the atomic and subatomic scale, and is used to power everything from smartphones and computers to lasers and MRI scanners.\n\nClarke, Devoret, and Martinis earned the award for their discoveries on \u201cmacroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit,\u201d according to the Nobel Prize.\n\nThe trio conducted experiments in the 1980s that showed how quantum\u2019s properties can be made tangible, using an electrical system built from superconductors.\n\nThe team was able to control and explore what happened when they passed a current through the system, showing that it could \u201ctunnel from one state to another, as if it were passing straight through a wall,\u201d the Nobel Prize said.\n\nThe system also absorbed and emitted energy in specifically sized doses, in line with quantum mechanics predictions.\n\n\u201cIt is wonderful to be able to celebrate the way that century-old quantum mechanics continually offers new surprises,\u201d said Olle Eriksson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics.\n\n\u201cIt is also enormously useful, as quantum mechanics is the foundation of all digital technology,\u201d Eriksson added.\n\nClarke spoke with journalists on a call during the announcement in Sweden. He said he was \u201ccompletely stunned\u201d by the award and that he had not anticipated that the work would one day lead to a Nobel Prize.\n\nPrevious Nobel Prizes in Physics\n\nThe Nobel Prizes were created by the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896. It comes with a cash award of 11 million Swedish kroner, which is more than \u20ac997,000.\n\nFrom 1901 to 2024, 118 Nobel Prizes were awarded in physics. Five of the 227 physics winners have been women, including Marie Curie in 1903.\n\nLast year\u2019s physics award went to physicist John Hopfield and computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, who is considered one of the\u00a0godfathers of artificial intelligence (AI).\n\nTheir discoveries in the 1980s enabled machine learning with artificial neural networks and paved the way for modern breakthroughs in AI.\n\nThe rest of the 2025 Nobel Prizes, awarded for advancements in chemistry, literature, and toward peace, will be announced throughout the week. The economics prize will be granted on 13 October.\n\nThe Nobel laureates will receive their prizes at an awards ceremony in Sweden in December.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Three scientists from American universities won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on quantum mechanics.<\/p>\n<p>The winners are John Clarke, a UK-born physicist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as Michel H. Devoret, who is from France and is now a professor emeritus of applied physics at Yale University, and John M. Martinis, an American professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n<p>Quantum mechanics is the science of how matter and light behave on the atomic and subatomic scale, and is used to power everything from smartphones and computers to lasers and MRI scanners.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke, Devoret, and Martinis earned the award for their discoveries on \u201cmacroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit,\u201d according to the Nobel Prize.<\/p>\n<p>The trio conducted experiments <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nobelprize.org//prizes//physics//2025//press-release///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>in the 1980s<\/strong><\/a> that showed how quantum\u2019s properties can be made tangible, using an electrical system built from superconductors.<\/p>\n<p>The team was able to control and explore what happened when they passed a current through the system, showing that it could \u201ctunnel from one state to another, as if it were passing straight through a wall,\u201d the Nobel Prize said.<\/p>\n<p>The system also absorbed and emitted energy in specifically sized doses, in line with quantum mechanics predictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is wonderful to be able to celebrate the way that century-old quantum mechanics continually offers new surprises,\u201d said Olle Eriksson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also enormously useful, as quantum mechanics is the foundation of all digital technology,\u201d Eriksson added.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke spoke with journalists on a call during the announcement in Sweden. He said he was \u201ccompletely stunned\u201d by the award and that he had not anticipated that the work would one day lead to a Nobel Prize.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Previous Nobel Prizes in Physics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Nobel Prizes were created by the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896. It comes with a cash award of 11 million Swedish kroner, which is more than \u20ac997,000.<\/p>\n<p>From 1901 to 2024, 118 Nobel Prizes were awarded in physics. Five of the 227 physics winners have been women, including Marie Curie in 1903.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2023//10//02//katalin-kariko-and-drew-weissman-win-nobel-in-medicine-for-enabling-development-of-mrna-va/">Last year\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> physics award went to physicist John Hopfield and computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, who is considered one of the\u00a0godfathers of artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>Their discoveries in the 1980s enabled machine learning with artificial neural networks and paved the way for modern breakthroughs in AI.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9498049\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//10//06//us-and-japanese-scientists-win-nobel-prize-for-immune-tolerance-research/">US and Japanese scientists win 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine for immune tolerance research<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The rest of the 2025 Nobel Prizes, awarded for advancements in chemistry, literature, and toward peace, will be announced throughout the week. The economics prize will be granted on 13 October.<\/p>\n<p>The Nobel laureates will receive their prizes at an awards ceremony in Sweden in December.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1759823573,"updatedAt":1759842348,"publishedAt":1759830613,"firstPublishedAt":1759830613,"lastPublishedAt":1759839930,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/49\/96\/05\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4a7f652d-bd65-5e44-a6a5-f077fb38651c-9499605.jpg","altText":"A Nobel Prize award is displayed in New York on Dec. 8, 2020.","caption":"A Nobel Prize award is displayed in New York on Dec. 8, 2020.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Angela Weiss\/Pool Photo via AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1125}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3108,"urlSafeValue":"galvin","title":"Gabriela Galvin","twitter":"@mg_galvin"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":21508,"slug":"nobel-prize-in-physics","urlSafeValue":"nobel-prize-in-physics","title":"Nobel Prize in Physics","titleRaw":"Nobel Prize in Physics"},{"id":4353,"slug":"nobel-prize","urlSafeValue":"nobel-prize","title":"Nobel Prize","titleRaw":"Nobel Prize"},{"id":389,"slug":"technology","urlSafeValue":"technology","title":"Technology","titleRaw":"Technology"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"kDhpE3SS8y4","dailymotionId":"x9rsh28"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/26\/23\/30\/03\/ED_PYR_2623303_20251007130525.mp4","editor":"","duration":55000,"filesizeBytes":11595811,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/26\/23\/30\/03\/SHD_PYR_2623303_20251007130525.mp4","editor":"","duration":55000,"filesizeBytes":16036240,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/26\/23\/30\/03\/FHD_PYR_2623303_20251007130525.mp4","editor":"","duration":55000,"filesizeBytes":45909582,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"tech-news","urlSafeValue":"tech-news","title":"Tech News","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/tech-news\/tech-news"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"next","verticals":[{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"},"themes":[{"id":"tech-news","urlSafeValue":"tech-news","title":"Tech News","url":"\/next\/tech-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":40,"urlSafeValue":"tech-news","title":"Tech News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":266,"urlSafeValue":"sweden","title":"Sweden","url":"\/news\/europe\/sweden"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/next\/2025\/10\/07\/three-scientists-win-nobel-prize-in-physics-for-work-on-quantum-mechanics","lastModified":1759839930},{"id":2836600,"cid":9498562,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Sweden happy","daletPyramidId":2914117,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"One of Europe\u2019s \u2018happiest\u2019 countries \u2018prescribed\u2019 by doctors in new tourist campaign","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Feeling blue? This European country is now \u2018prescribed\u2019 by doctors","titleListing2":"One of Europe\u2019s \u2018happiest\u2019 countries \u2018prescribed\u2019 by doctors in new tourist campaign","leadin":"Leave your troubles behind in one of the world\u2019s \u2018happiest countries\u2019. It may be just what the doctor orders.","summary":"Leave your troubles behind in one of the world\u2019s \u2018happiest countries\u2019. It may be just what the doctor orders.","keySentence":"","url":"one-of-europes-happiest-countries-prescribed-by-doctors-in-new-tourist-campaign","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2025\/10\/07\/one-of-europes-happiest-countries-prescribed-by-doctors-in-new-tourist-campaign","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"One of the EU\u2019s cheeriest nations has become the first country in the world to be prescribed by doctors. Well, kind of.\n\nIn a satirical new campaign, Sweden\u2019s tourist board has leaned into its holistic culture and way of life, arguing it offers a whole host of unique activities that can support both mental and physical health.\n\nThe country, which ranks as a global leader in quality of life and is consistently crowned one of the world\u2019s happiest countries, has joined forces with senior professor Yvonne Forsell to create the \u2018Swedish Prescription\u2019.\u00a0\n\n\u2018The Swedish Prescription\u2019\n\nThe tongue-in-cheek Swedish Prescription campaign promotes activities designed to boost one\u2019s well-being, and can be adapted to suit an individual's \u201cgoals, needs, and length of stay\u201d.\n\nRecommendations include \u201crecharging in the Swedish forest\u201d to help ease stress and improve focus, getting a restorative night\u2019s sleep thanks to the country\u2019s cool temperatures, clean air, and lack of noise pollution, as well as trying the Swedish habit of \u2018Fika\u2019.\n\n\u2018A chance to slow down\u2019\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a moment to enjoy something small to eat and drink,\u201d explains Visit Sweden. \u201cIt\u2019s a chance to slow down and enjoy your company - without fuss or expectation.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s about taking a real break, even from your phone. Linked to lower stress and better focus, a fika can be enjoyed anywhere.\u201d\n\nOther \u2018prescriptions\u2019 include raising your spirit with Swedish music, boosting your energy on a bike ride, or visiting one of the many museums and public outdoor art across the country.\n\n\u201cSweden is filled with activities that make you feel good,\u201d Forsell says in the campaign\u2019s promotional video.\n\n\u201cHere in Sweden, the sun won\u2019t go down for 100 days. Just imagine what 24\/7 light therapy could do for you. So get your doctor to prescribe Sweden and see what we can do for your wellness\u201d.\n\nCan visiting Sweden actually improve your health?\n\nWhile Visit Sweden\u2019s campaign is supposed to be lighthearted, it has been endorsed by a slew of professionals, including board-certified paediatrician Dr Stacy Beller Stryer, Vice President of the British Medical Association Dr Sam Everington, researcher PD Dr Michael Jeitler, and physical and rehabilitation medicine specialist Dr Maaike ten Thije-de Boer.\n\nThe campaign also backs its health claims with a series of studies from groups including the American Psychological Association, the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and the European Environment Agency.\n\nFor example, saunas have been found to promote deeper rest and better sleep quality, while one study published in National Institutes of Health (NIH) claims regular sauna bathing is associated with a 65 per cent lower risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease and dementia.\n\nPractising \u2018Fika\u2019 and reducing your smartphone use has been linked to improvements in mental health, focus, and overall wellbeing - while regularly participating in social rituals has been found to \u201cprotect against emotional distress\u201d.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>One of the EU\u2019s cheeriest nations has become the first country in the world to be prescribed by doctors. Well, kind of.<\/p>\n<p>In a satirical new campaign, Sweden\u2019s tourist board has leaned into its holistic culture and way of life, arguing it offers a whole host of unique activities that can support both mental and physical health.<\/p>\n<p>The country, which ranks as a global leader in quality of life and is consistently crowned one of the world\u2019s happiest countries, has joined forces with senior professor Yvonne Forsell to create the \u2018Swedish Prescription\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018The Swedish Prescription\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The tongue-in-cheek Swedish Prescription campaign promotes activities designed to boost one\u2019s <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//wellbeing/">well-being, and can be adapted to suit an individual's \u201cgoals, needs, and length of stay\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Recommendations include \u201crecharging in the<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//tag//sweden/"> <strong>Swedish<\/strong><\/a> forest\u201d to help ease stress and improve focus, getting a restorative night\u2019s sleep thanks to the country\u2019s cool temperatures, clean air, and lack of noise pollution, as well as trying the Swedish habit of \u2018Fika\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//hqo3PZwOZhk/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Swedish Prescription campaign.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>\u2018A chance to slow down\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a moment to enjoy something small to eat and drink,\u201d <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////visitsweden.com//the-swedish-prescription//?_gl=1*6qd5gk*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0Y3HBhCxARIsAN7931XgSBoog4M5cnNNd4dJDgJOGxcbGSnreB1u16kdGyJ0vf-e4APn878aAshgEALw_wcB&gbraid=0AAAAABVc5rm-cBD-LjE4LAff0g-Lj4vEE\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>explains Visit Sweden<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a chance to slow down and enjoy your company - without fuss or expectation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about taking a real break, even from your phone. Linked to lower stress and better focus, a fika can be enjoyed anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other \u2018prescriptions\u2019 include raising your spirit with Swedish music, boosting your energy on a bike ride, or visiting one of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//07//01//the-secrets-out-meet-the-artists-behind-swedens-whimsical-mouse-size-miniature-worlds/">many museums<\/strong> <\/a>and public outdoor art across the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9490749,9495578\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//04//a-lifeline-for-conservation-and-community-projects-why-voluntourism-is-growing-again/">/u2018A lifeline for conservation and community projects\u2019: Why voluntourism is growing again<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//05//air-canada-offers-free-booze-in-economy-will-it-be-comfort-or-chaos-at-10000-metres/">Air Canada offers free booze in economy. Will it be comfort or chaos at 10,000 metres?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cSweden is filled with activities that make you feel good,\u201d Forsell says in the campaign\u2019s promotional video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere in Sweden, the sun won\u2019t go down for 100 days. Just imagine what 24\/7 light therapy could do for you. So get your doctor to prescribe Sweden and see what we can do for your wellness\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Can visiting Sweden actually improve your health?<\/h2>\n<p>While Visit Sweden\u2019s campaign is supposed to be lighthearted, it has been endorsed by a slew of professionals, including board-certified paediatrician Dr Stacy Beller Stryer, Vice President of the British Medical Association Dr Sam Everington, researcher PD Dr Michael Jeitler, and physical and rehabilitation medicine specialist Dr Maaike ten Thije-de Boer.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign also backs its health claims with a series of studies from groups including the American Psychological Association, the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and the European Environment Agency.<\/p>\n<p>For example, saunas have been found to promote deeper rest and better sleep quality, while one study published in National Institutes of Health (NIH) claims regular sauna bathing is associated with a 65 per cent lower <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov//27932366///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/strong><\/a> and dementia.<\/p>\n<p>Practising \u2018Fika\u2019 and reducing your smartphone use has been linked to improvements in mental health, focus, and overall wellbeing - while regularly participating in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////visitsweden.com//wt//document-proxy//215//?source=The+Swedish+Prescription&_gl=1*qniymv*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0Y3HBhCxARIsAN7931XgSBoog4M5cnNNd4dJDgJOGxcbGSnreB1u16kdGyJ0vf-e4APn878aAshgEALw_wcB&gbraid=0AAAAABVc5rm-cBD-LjE4LAff0g-Lj4vEE\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>social rituals<\/strong><\/a> has been found to \u201cprotect against emotional distress\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1759758404,"updatedAt":1759820803,"publishedAt":1759816843,"firstPublishedAt":1759816843,"lastPublishedAt":1759816879,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/49\/85\/62\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_50a70197-0e77-5ea4-b132-8bc06f98264b-9498562.jpg","altText":"Tourists looking at a view of Stockholm on 2 July, 2015.","caption":"Tourists looking at a view of Stockholm on 2 July, 2015.","captionUrl":"https:\/\/newsroom.ap.org\/home\/search?query=Sweden%20tourism&mediaType=photo","captionCredit":"Jessica Gow\/ TT News Agency \/ AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1125}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3531,"urlSafeValue":"liam.gilliver@ext.euronews.com","title":"Liam 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Monday.","keySentence":"","url":"us-and-japanese-scientists-win-nobel-prize-for-immune-tolerance-research","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2025\/10\/06\/us-and-japanese-scientists-win-nobel-prize-for-immune-tolerance-research","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Two US-based scientists and their Japanese peer, Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi, won the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced on Monday.\n\nThe three were awarded for \"their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body,\" the institute said in a statement.\n\nBrunkow, 64, is a senior programme manager at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle. Ramsdell, 64, is a scientific adviser for Sonoma Biotherapeutics in San Francisco. Sakaguchi, 74, is a distinguished professor at the Immunology Frontier Research Centre at Osaka University in Japan.\n\nThe immune system has many overlapping systems to detect and fight bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens.\n\nKey immune warriors, such as T cells, are trained to recognise and target harmful agents. If some instead go awry in a way that might trigger autoimmune diseases, they are supposed to be eliminated in the thymus \u2014 a process called central tolerance.\n\nThis year's Nobel winners unravelled an additional way the body keeps the system in check.\n\nOfficially known as the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the honour has been awarded 115 times to 229 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2024.\n\nLast year's prize was shared by two US scientists, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches inside cells that help control what the cells do and when they do it.\n\nNobel Prize announcements continue with physics on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday, and literature on Thursday.\n\nThe Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics next Monday.\n\nThe award ceremony will be held on 10 December, the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, a wealthy Swedish industrialist and the inventor of dynamite who founded the prizes. He died in 1896.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Two US-based scientists and their Japanese peer, Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi, won the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The three were awarded for \"their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body,\" the institute said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Brunkow, 64, is a senior programme manager at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle. Ramsdell, 64, is a scientific adviser for Sonoma Biotherapeutics in San Francisco. Sakaguchi, 74, is a distinguished professor at the Immunology Frontier Research Centre at Osaka University in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The immune system has many overlapping systems to detect and fight bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens. <\/p>\n<p>Key immune warriors, such as T cells, are trained to recognise and target harmful agents. If some instead go awry in a way that might trigger autoimmune diseases, they are supposed to be eliminated in the thymus \u2014 a process called central tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>This year's Nobel winners unravelled an additional way the body keeps the system in check.<\/p>\n<p>Officially known as the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the honour has been awarded 115 times to 229 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Last year's prize was shared by two US scientists, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches inside cells that help control what the cells do and when they do it.<\/p>\n<p>Nobel Prize announcements continue with physics on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday, and literature on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics next Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The award ceremony will be held on 10 December, the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, a wealthy Swedish industrialist and the inventor of dynamite who founded the prizes. He died in 1896.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1759743020,"updatedAt":1759756374,"publishedAt":1759743805,"firstPublishedAt":1759743805,"lastPublishedAt":1759747913,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/49\/80\/49\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_72533a4b-a3e8-52e3-b31d-4caa3ab5480b-9498049.jpg","altText":"FILE - A visitor reads a book written by South Korean author Han Kang, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, in Seoul, 10 December 2024","caption":"FILE - A visitor reads a book written by South Korean author Han Kang, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, in Seoul, 10 December 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS","daletPyramidId":2814253,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Women are at higher risk of two mental health problems in the weeks after childbirth, study finds","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Risk of psychosis is higher in the weeks after childbirth, study finds","titleListing2":"Women are at higher risk of two mental health problems in the weeks after childbirth, study finds","leadin":"Poor mental health linked to pregnancy and childbirth can affect women\u2019s health in the long term.","summary":"Poor mental health linked to pregnancy and childbirth can affect women\u2019s health in the long term.","keySentence":"","url":"women-are-at-higher-risk-of-two-mental-health-problems-in-the-weeks-after-childbirth-study","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2025\/09\/26\/women-are-at-higher-risk-of-two-mental-health-problems-in-the-weeks-after-childbirth-study","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Postpartum women are at higher risk of depression and psychosis in the weeks after childbirth, a major new analysis shows.\n\nCompared to the year before pregnancy, the risk of depression is about 20 per cent higher in the five to 15 weeks after childbirth, according to the study, which was published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.\n\nMeanwhile, the risk of psychosis is six to seven times higher in the first five weeks postpartum, and twice as high through week 20, the analysis found.\n\nUnlike the \u201cbaby blues\u201d \u2013 mild and temporary mood changes after childbirth \u2013 postpartum psychosis is a serious mental health condition. Symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, mania, low mood, and confusion, but women can make a full recovery if they get the right treatment.\n\n\u201cThe drastic peak observed postpartum clearly highlights the vulnerability\u201d of new mothers, the researchers wrote.\n\nThe findings were based on data from nearly 1.8 million births in Sweden between 2003 and 2019. They indicate that the number of new mental health diagnoses tends to fall during pregnancy, but then rise again after childbirth \u2013 particularly for depression and psychosis.\n\nNotably, women were less likely to be diagnosed with anxiety, stress, or substance abuse during or after pregnancy than they were beforehand, which the researchers said could be due to a combination of biological and lifestyle changes.\n\nWomen also see their doctors more often during pregnancy, meaning there could be more opportunities to identify mental health issues before they spiral into bigger problems.\n\n\u201cWe don't see that more people are being diagnosed, but screening could mean that women are identified earlier and don't have to suffer as long before they can get the support and help they need,\u201d Emma Br\u00e4nn, one of the study\u2019s authors and a researcher at the Karolinska Institutet, said in a statement.\n\nAcross the globe, about 10 per cent of pregnant women and 13 per cent of postpartum women have a mental disorder, usually depression, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).\n\nYet despite the risk of poor mental health in the postpartum period, new parents in Sweden are less likely to attempt suicide in the weeks after their babies are born, according to another recent study from the institute.\n\nMothers, in particular, are less likely to attempt suicide during or after pregnancy compared to fathers \u2013 which is notable given that in the overall Swedish population, women are more likely to attempt suicide than men.\n\nYihui Yang, who worked on both studies as a researcher at Karolinska Institutet, said the findings indicate doctors should monitor patients during pregnancy for signs that they may be at risk of suicide.\n\n\u201cAlthough suicide attempts during and after pregnancy are rare, they can have devastating consequences and are often preventable,\u201d Yang said.\n\nIf you are contemplating suicide and need to talk, please reach out to Befrienders Worldwide, an international organisation with helplines in 32 countries. Visit befrienders.org to find the telephone number for your location.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Postpartum women are at higher risk of depression and psychosis in the weeks after childbirth, a major new analysis shows.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the year before pregnancy, the risk of depression is about 20 per cent higher in the five to 15 weeks after childbirth, according to the study, which was published in the journal <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nature.com//articles//s41380-025-03212-9/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Molecular Psychiatry.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the risk of psychosis is six to seven times higher in the first five weeks postpartum, and twice as high through week 20, the analysis found.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the \u201cbaby blues\u201d \u2013 mild and temporary mood changes after childbirth \u2013 postpartum psychosis is a serious mental health condition. Symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, mania, low mood, and confusion, but women can make a full recovery if they get the right treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe drastic peak observed postpartum clearly highlights the vulnerability\u201d of new mothers, the researchers wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9424646\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//08//18//why-having-your-first-child-later-in-life-raises-the-risk-of-postpartum-breast-cancer/">Why having your first child later in life raises the risk of postpartum breast cancer<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The findings were based on data from nearly 1.8 million births in Sweden between 2003 and 2019. They indicate that the number of new mental health diagnoses tends to fall during pregnancy, but then rise again after childbirth \u2013 particularly for depression and psychosis.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, women were less likely to be diagnosed with anxiety, stress, or substance abuse during or after pregnancy than they were beforehand, which the researchers said could be due to a combination of biological and lifestyle changes.<\/p>\n<p>Women also see their doctors more often during pregnancy, meaning there could be more opportunities to identify mental health issues before they spiral into bigger problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don't see that more people are being diagnosed, but screening could mean that women are identified earlier and don't have to suffer as long before they can get the support and help they need,\u201d Emma Br\u00e4nn, one of the study\u2019s authors and a researcher at the Karolinska Institutet, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Across the globe, about 10 per cent of pregnant women and 13 per cent of postpartum women have a mental disorder, usually depression, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8377368\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//04//17//ketamine-injection-after-childbirth-can-reduce-postpartum-depression-in-new-mothers-by-75/">Ketamine injection after childbirth can reduce postpartum depression in new mothers by 75%<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Yet despite the risk of poor mental health in the postpartum period, new parents in Sweden are less likely to attempt suicide in the weeks after their babies are born, according to another recent study from the institute.<\/p>\n<p>Mothers, in particular, are less likely to attempt suicide during or after pregnancy compared to fathers \u2013 which is notable given that in the overall Swedish population, women are more likely to attempt suicide than men.<\/p>\n<p>Yihui Yang, who worked on both studies as a researcher at Karolinska Institutet, said the findings indicate doctors should monitor patients during pregnancy for signs that they may be at risk of suicide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough suicide attempts during and after pregnancy are rare, they can have devastating consequences and are often preventable,\u201d Yang said.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you are contemplating suicide and need to talk, please reach out to Befrienders Worldwide, an international organisation with helplines in 32 countries. Visit <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////befrienders.org//what-we-do/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">befrienders.org<\/a> to find the telephone number for your location.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1758803364,"updatedAt":1758867694,"publishedAt":1758862802,"firstPublishedAt":1758862802,"lastPublishedAt":1758862878,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/48\/34\/52\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ac6c0352-d9a5-53e1-a9cc-e494a7a7c072-9483452.jpg","altText":"A woman holds her baby.","caption":"A woman holds her baby.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Canva","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1614,"height":908}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3108,"urlSafeValue":"galvin","title":"Gabriela 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tracks IP addresses to catch benefit cheats","daletPyramidId":2686213,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Sweden is tracking job-seekers online to crack down on public benefits fraud","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"Sweden is tracking job-seekers online to crack down on public benefits fraud","leadin":"The agency will soon begin contacting the 4,000 people identified by the tracking system, who are at risk of losing public benefits.","summary":"The agency will soon begin contacting the 4,000 people identified by the tracking system, who are at risk of losing public benefits.","keySentence":"","url":"sweden-is-tracking-job-seekers-online-to-crack-down-on-public-benefits-fraud","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/09\/12\/sweden-is-tracking-job-seekers-online-to-crack-down-on-public-benefits-fraud","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Sweden\u2019s employment agency has been tracking the online locations of thousands of citizens claiming unemployment benefits in an effort to crack down on welfare fraud.\n\nAccording to Swedish unemployment legislation, people who receive unemployment support must live in Sweden and actively seek work from within the country.\u00a0\n\nThey are also required to report their holidays, during which they are not eligible for unemployment benefits. Travelling abroad for job-seeking purposes needs a special permit in advance.\n\nRecipients typically use the agency\u2019s online portal to confirm they are applying for jobs and communicate with government advisers who support their job search.\n\nBut Sweden\u2019s Public Employment Service (Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingen) has been tracking citizens online to detect if they are actually in the country. It is checking their Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, which are unique strings of numbers that are assigned to every device and can be used to identify its physical location.\n\nSwedish residents who are found to be abroad without permission risk losing their benefits or being asked to pay back the money, which can be a maximum of nearly \u20ac2,500 per month before taxes.\n\nThe employment service\u2019s decision to monitor IP addresses was made public in June, and around 4,000 people have already been flagged for logging in with a foreign IP address, according to the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter.\n\n\u201cIt is a way to counteract the risk of incorrect payments,\u201d Andreas Malmgren, operations controller at the Public Employment Service, told the newspaper.\n\n\u201cWe are talking about people who are abroad even though they should be in Sweden and looking for work or participating in labour market policy programmes,\u201d Malmgren added.\n\nStarting this autumn, the agency will begin contacting the 4,000 people, giving them a chance to explain their absences before it withdraws benefits or takes other action.\n\n\u201cThe consequence may be that they are not deemed to meet the right to compensation,\u201d Malmgren said.\n\nDutch backlash\n\nThe Swedish approach comes after controversy in the Netherlands, where the state benefits agency (the Employee Insurance Agency, or UWV) was forced to scrap a similar system last year after government lawyers warned it breached privacy laws.\n\nUnder the European Union\u2019s data privacy rules, IP addresses are classified as personal data. They are also not conclusive proof of a person\u2019s location, as tools like virtual private networks (VPNs) can mask or change an IP address.\n\nIn 2023, Dutch broadcaster NOS and Nieuwsuur reported that UWV collected IP addresses, planted hidden cookies, and used algorithms to flag unemployment benefits recipients who were suspected of being abroad.\n\nThe system led to 3,600 investigations and benefits being adjusted in 460 cases, though the Dutch agency said no one lost payments solely due to the algorithm.\n\nAt the time, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) called the method \"worrying\u201d and called for an investigation.\n\n\"People must be able to trust that their privacy is in safe hands, especially with large organisations that implement government policy and on which many people depend,\" the authority told local media.\n\nThe Dutch tracking programme ran for nine months before eventually being shut down after a government review concluded that it lacked a legal basis. The UWV later apologised, saying it \u201cregrets not having acted with sufficient care,\u201d in a statement.\u00a0\n\nNo similar concerns have been raised in Sweden. On its website, the Swedish Public Employment Service says that personal data, including IP addresses, are processed legally \u201cin order to fulfil our mission to provide jobs but also to comply with our role as an authority and employer\u201d.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Sweden\u2019s employment agency has been tracking the online locations of thousands of citizens claiming <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//07//27//educated-but-still-unemployed-how-does-unemployment-vary-among-university-graduates-across/">unemployment benefits in an effort to crack down on welfare fraud.<\/p>\n<p>According to Swedish unemployment legislation, people who receive unemployment support must live in Sweden and actively seek work from within the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They are also required to report their holidays, during which they are not eligible for unemployment benefits. Travelling abroad for job-seeking purposes needs a special permit in advance.<\/p>\n<p>Recipients typically use the agency\u2019s online portal to confirm they are applying for jobs and communicate with government advisers who support their job search.<\/p>\n<p>But Sweden\u2019s Public Employment Service (Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingen) has been tracking citizens online to detect if they are actually in the country. It is checking their Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, which are unique strings of numbers that are assigned to every device and can be used to identify its physical location.<\/p>\n<p>Swedish residents who are found to be abroad without permission risk losing their benefits or being asked to pay back the money, which can be a maximum of nearly \u20ac2,500 per month before taxes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7542700,8791770,9405256\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//09//27//paid-sick-leave-in-the-eu-which-countries-are-the-most-generous/">Paid sick leave: Which countries in Europe have the most generous benefits for ill workers?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//08//05//the-cyber-gulag-how-russia-tracks-censors-and-controls-its-citizens-online/">The cyber gulag: How Russia tracks, censors, and controls its citizens online<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//12//08//companies-are-firing-gen-z-workers-soon-after-hiring-them-whats-behind-their-job-market-st/">Companies are firing Gen Z employees soon after hiring them. What's behind their job struggles?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The employment service\u2019s decision to monitor IP addresses was made public in June, and around 4,000 people have already been flagged for logging in with a foreign IP address, according to the Swedish newspaper <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.dn.se//sverige//tusentals-arbetslosa-har-sparats-via-sina-ip-adresser///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Dagens Nyheter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a way to counteract the risk of incorrect payments,\u201d Andreas Malmgren, operations controller at the Public Employment Service, told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are talking about people who are abroad even though they should be in Sweden and looking for work or participating in labour market policy programmes,\u201d Malmgren added.<\/p>\n<p>Starting this autumn, the agency will begin contacting the 4,000 people, giving them a chance to explain their absences before it withdraws benefits or takes other action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consequence may be that they are not deemed to meet the right to compensation,\u201d Malmgren said.<\/p>\n<h2>Dutch backlash<\/h2>\n<p>The Swedish approach comes after controversy in the Netherlands, where the state benefits agency (the Employee Insurance Agency, or UWV) was forced to scrap a similar system last year after government lawyers warned it breached privacy laws.<\/p>\n<p>Under the European Union\u2019s data privacy rules, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.europarl.europa.eu//doceo//document//E-10-2024-002546_EN.html/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">IP addresses are classified as personal data.<\/a> They are also not conclusive proof of a person\u2019s location, as tools like virtual private networks (VPNs) can mask or change an IP address.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////nos.nl//artikel//2482915-uwv-verzamelde-illegaal-gegevens-van-uitkeringsgerechtigden/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Dutch broadcaster NOS and Nieuwsuur reported<\/a> that UWV collected IP addresses, planted hidden cookies, and used algorithms to flag unemployment benefits recipients who were suspected of being abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The system led to 3,600 investigations and benefits being adjusted in 460 cases, though the Dutch agency said no one lost payments solely due to the algorithm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9013264,8286122\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//29//more-than-3-out-of-4-workers-have-already-used-ai-in-their-job-search-new-survey-finds/">More than 3 out of 4 workers have already used AI in their job search, new survey finds<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//12//14//gender-pay-gap-in-europe-how-do-countries-compare-on-narrowing-the-divide/">Gender pay gap: There is only one country in Europe that pays women more than men<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>At the time, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) called the method \"worrying\u201d and called for an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\"People must be able to trust that their privacy is in safe hands, especially with large organisations that implement government policy and on which many people depend,\" the authority told local media.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch tracking programme ran for nine months before eventually being shut down after a government review concluded that it lacked a legal basis. The UWV later apologised, saying it \u201cregrets not having acted with sufficient care,\u201d in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No similar concerns have been raised in Sweden. On its <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////arbetsformedlingen.se//om-webbplatsen//juridisk-information//sa-hanterar-vi-dina-personuppgifter?\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">website<\/a>, the Swedish Public Employment Service says that personal data, including IP addresses, are processed legally \u201cin order to fulfil our mission to provide jobs but also to comply with our role as an authority and employer\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1757598814,"updatedAt":1757682088,"publishedAt":1757682000,"firstPublishedAt":1757653200,"lastPublishedAt":1757682004,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/46\/27\/36\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_904bb603-19a2-5680-9e5d-c41cff52bf81-9462736.jpg","altText":"Unemployment benefits recipients typically use the agency\u2019s online portal to confirm they are applying for jobs.","caption":"Unemployment benefits recipients typically use the agency\u2019s online portal to confirm they are 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SWEDEN AI MUSIC LICENSING","daletPyramidId":2660162,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Swedish music rights group signs licensing agreement with AI company in \u2018world first\u2019","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Sweden says artists to be paid for AI-generated music in \u2018world first'","titleListing2":"Swedish music rights group signs licensing agreement with AI company in \u2018world first\u2019","leadin":"The Swedish Performing Rights Society says it\u2019s signed the \u201cworld\u2019s first\u201d licensing agreement with an artificial intelligence company that generates music.","summary":"The Swedish Performing Rights Society says it\u2019s signed the \u201cworld\u2019s first\u201d licensing agreement with an artificial intelligence company that generates music.","keySentence":"","url":"swedish-music-rights-company-signs-licensing-agreement-with-ai-company-in-world-first","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/09\/09\/swedish-music-rights-company-signs-licensing-agreement-with-ai-company-in-world-first","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A Swedish music rights society says it has signed the world\u2019s first licensing agreement with an artificial intelligence company (AI).\u00a0\n\nThe Swedish Performing Rights Society (STIM) said it signed the agreement with Songfox, a Stockholm-based start-up that lets fans and creators legally produce AI-generated compositions, on behalf of the group\u2019s 100,000 artists.\u00a0\n\nUnder the deal, Songfox will use a third-party attribution technology called Sureel to trace any AI outputs back to the original human-created work so the artists can get revenue from it.\n\nThis agreement \u201cmakes revenues auditable in real time and addresses one of the greatest trust gaps in AI music: the lack of transparency over what data is used and how creators are compensated,\u201d STIM said in a statement.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nSimon Gozzi, STIM's Head of Business Development and Industry Insight, told Euronews Next that AI firms will pay through a \"mix of licensing fees and revenue shares\". Artists will also receive an \"upfront value\" when works are used for training.\n\nThe idea is \"the more demand an AI service creates, the larger the returns for rights holders,\" Gozzi said.\n\nThis first agreement is a \u201cstress-test\u201d for what the association said should eventually be a market-based model that \u201csecures fair compensation and equal terms of competition.\u201d\u00a0\n\n\"We definitely believe this is the start of something bigger,\" Gozzi said. \"By showing attribution and ring-fencing of AI revenues in practice, we aim to give Europe a blueprint that others can adopt\u2014making this a global standard over time\".\n\nAI could strip away almost a quarter of music creators\u2019 revenue in the next three years, according to a study.\n\nWhat is going on elsewhere in Europe for artists affected by AI?\u00a0\n\nThe news comes a few weeks after groups representing artists told Euronews Next that EU legislation under the EU AI Act does not go far enough to protect artists from copyright infringement.\n\nThe law says that artists should opt out if they do not want AI to be trained on their creations, but organisations including the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) and the European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers (GESAC) say their members have been unable to do so.\u00a0\n\nThe gaps in the legislation also don\u2019t give artists a way to be remunerated for the work that\u2019s already been scraped by AI, experts said.\u00a0\n\nGozzi said he couldn't disclose whether there are any other agreements underway but said the framework is \"collective in nature\" and not built around one start-up.\n\nHe also wouldn't comment on whether the licensing agreement would provide compensation for work that's already been scraped, saying that the \"focus is now to bring future use into a rule-based system\".\n\nThe advocates said the Commission could also mandate that AI companies negotiate blanket or collective licenses with the respective artist groups.\n\nMeanwhile, ECSA and GESAC are waiting for the verdicts of two copyright lawsuits filed by Germany\u2019s Society for Musical Performing and Mechanical Reproduction Rights (GEMA) against OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, and Suno AI, an AI music generation app.\u00a0\n\nMarc du Moulin, ECSA\u2019s secretary general, previously told Euronews Next that the verdict could determine to what extent AI companies could be bound to copyright laws.\n\nUniversal Music Group is also pursuing a copyright lawsuit against AI company Anthropic.\u00a0\n\nThis article has been updated with comment from STIM. The headline has also been updated.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A Swedish music rights society says it has signed the world\u2019s first licensing agreement with an artificial intelligence company (AI).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish Performing Rights Society (STIM) said it signed the agreement with Songfox, a Stockholm-based start-up that lets fans and creators legally produce AI-generated compositions, on behalf of the group\u2019s 100,000 artists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under the deal, Songfox will use a third-party attribution technology called Sureel to trace any AI outputs back to the original human-created work so the artists can get revenue from it.<\/p>\n<p>This agreement \u201cmakes revenues auditable in real time and addresses one of the greatest trust gaps in AI music: the lack of transparency over what data is used and how creators are compensated,\u201d STIM said in a statement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Simon Gozzi, STIM's Head of Business Development and Industry Insight, told Euronews Next that AI firms will pay through a \"mix of licensing fees and revenue shares\". Artists will also receive an \"upfront value\" when works are used for training. <\/p>\n<p>The idea is \"the more demand an AI service creates, the larger the returns for rights holders,\" Gozzi said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9398348\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//07//31//was-that-song-made-by-ai-or-a-human-here-are-some-signs-to-check/">Was that song made by AI or a human? Here are some signs to check<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>This first agreement is a \u201cstress-test\u201d for what the association said should eventually be a market-based model that \u201csecures fair compensation and equal terms of competition.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We definitely believe this is the start of something bigger,\" Gozzi said. \"By showing attribution and ring-fencing of AI revenues in practice, we aim to give Europe a blueprint that others can adopt\u2014making this a global standard over time\". <\/p>\n<p>AI could strip away almost a quarter of music creators\u2019 revenue in the next three years, according to a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.cisac.org//Newsroom//news-releases//global-economic-study-shows-human-creators-future-risk-generative-ai/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>study<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What is going on elsewhere in Europe for artists affected by AI?<\/h2>\n<p>The news comes a few weeks after groups representing artists <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//08//02//eus-ai-act-doesnt-do-enough-to-protect-artists-copyright-creative-groups-say/">told Euronews Next that EU legislation under the EU AI Act does not go far enough to protect artists from copyright infringement.<\/p>\n<p>The law says that artists should opt out if they do not want AI to be trained on their creations, but organisations including the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) and the European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers (GESAC) say their members have been unable to do so.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The gaps in the legislation also don\u2019t give artists a way to be remunerated for the work that\u2019s already been scraped by AI, experts said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9400308\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//08//02//eus-ai-act-doesnt-do-enough-to-protect-artists-copyright-creative-groups-say/">EU/u2019s AI Act doesn\u2019t do enough to protect artists\u2019 copyright, creative groups say<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Gozzi said he couldn't disclose whether there are any other agreements underway but said the framework is \"collective in nature\" and not built around one start-up. <\/p>\n<p>He also wouldn't comment on whether the licensing agreement would provide compensation for work that's already been scraped, saying that the \"focus is now to bring future use into a rule-based system\". <\/p>\n<p>The advocates said the Commission could also mandate that AI companies negotiate blanket or collective licenses with the respective artist groups.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, ECSA and GESAC are waiting for the verdicts of two copyright lawsuits filed by Germany\u2019s Society for Musical Performing and Mechanical Reproduction Rights (GEMA) against OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, and Suno AI, an AI music generation app.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marc du Moulin, ECSA\u2019s secretary general, previously told Euronews Next that the verdict could determine to what extent AI companies could be bound to copyright laws.<\/p>\n<p>Universal Music Group is also pursuing a copyright lawsuit against AI company Anthropic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This article has been updated with comment from STIM. The headline has also been updated.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1757412703,"updatedAt":1757579340,"publishedAt":1757415619,"firstPublishedAt":1757415619,"lastPublishedAt":1757579340,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Canva","altText":"Artists in Sweden will receive some compensation for their work that is repurposed by AI. ","callToActionText":null,"width":1080,"caption":"Artists in Sweden will receive some compensation for their work that is repurposed by AI. ","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/79\/14\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_78cc0076-9539-560e-b3d6-655183b5e706-9457914.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":718}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"desmarais","twitter":"anna_desmarais","id":2860,"title":"Anna Desmarais"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"artificial-intelligence","titleRaw":"Artificial intelligence","id":12661,"title":"Artificial intelligence","slug":"artificial-intelligence"},{"urlSafeValue":"copyright","titleRaw":"copyright","id":12238,"title":"copyright","slug":"copyright"},{"urlSafeValue":"music-industry","titleRaw":"Music industry","id":10065,"title":"Music 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Sweden Rare earth mining","daletPyramidId":2648651,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Sami reindeer herders in Sweden face cultural collapse amid mining and climate threats","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Sweden\u2019s Sami warn of cultural erasure from mining and climate change","titleListing2":"Sami reindeer herders in Sweden face cultural collapse amid mining and climate threats","leadin":"Europe\u2019s largest rare earth deposit could cut off Sami reindeer migration routes.","summary":"Europe\u2019s largest rare earth deposit could cut off Sami reindeer migration routes.","keySentence":"","url":"sami-reindeer-herders-in-sweden-face-cultural-collapse-amid-mining-and-climate-threats","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/09\/08\/sami-reindeer-herders-in-sweden-face-cultural-collapse-amid-mining-and-climate-threats","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people whose reindeer have roamed this land for thousands of years.\n\nAn expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth minerals are fragmenting the land and altering ancient reindeer migration routes.\n\nBut with the Arctic warming four times faster than the rest of the planet, herders say they need more geographic flexibility, not less, to ensure the animals' survival.\n\nIf a mine is established at the deposit of rare-earth minerals called Per Geijer, which Sweden heralds as Europe\u2019s largest, Kuhmunen said it could completely cut off the migration routes used by the Sami village of Gabna.\n\nThat would be the end of the Indigenous way of life for Kuhmunen, his children and their fellow Sami reindeer herders, he said, in this far-north corner of Sweden, some 200 kilometres above the Arctic Circle.\n\n\u201cThe reindeer is the fundamental base of the Sami culture in Sweden,\u201d Kuhmunen said. \u201cEverything is founded around the reindeers: The food, the language, the knowledge of mountains. Everything is founded around the reindeer herding.\n\n\"If that ceases to exist, the Sami culture will also cease to exist.\u201d\n\nSami reindeer herders follow generations of tradition\n\nSami herders are descended from a once-nomadic people scattered across a region spanning the far north of Sweden, Norway, Finland and the northwestern corner of Russia. Until the 1960s, members of this Indigenous minority were discouraged from reindeer herding, and the church and state suppressed their language and culture.\n\nIn Sweden alone, there are at least 20,000 people with Sami heritage, though an official count does not exist because an ethnicity-based census is against the law. Today, a Sami village called a sameby is a business entity dictated by the state, which determines how many semi-domesticated reindeer each village can have and where they can roam.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s getting more and more a problem to have a sort of sustainable reindeer husbandry and to be able to have the reindeers to survive the Arctic winter and into the next year,\u201d said Stefan Mikaelsson, a member of the Sami Parliament.\n\nIn the Gabna village, Kuhmunen oversees about 2,500 to 3,000 reindeer and 15 to 20 herders. Their families, some 150 people in total, depend on the bottom line of the business.\n\nEven before the discovery of the Per Geijer deposit, they had to contend with the expanding footprint of Kiirunavaara. The world\u2019s largest underground iron-ore mine has forced the village's herders to lead their reindeer through a longer and harder migration route.\n\nMining could reduce dependence on China but hurt Sami herders\n\nSwedish officials and LKAB, the state-owned mining company, say the proposed Per Geijer mine could reduce Europe's reliance on China for rare-earth minerals. LKAB hopes to begin mining there in the 2030s.\n\nBesides being essential to many kinds of consumer technology, including cellphones, hard drives and electric and hybrid vehicles, rare-earth minerals are also considered crucial to shifting the economy away from fossil fuels toward electricity and renewable energy.\n\nBut if work on Per Geijer goes forward, Kuhmunen said there will be no other routes for the Gabna herders to take the reindeer east from the mountains in the summer to the grazing pastures full of nutrient-rich lichen in the winter.\n\nThe village will contest the mine in court, but Kuhmunen said he is not optimistic.\n\n\u201cIt's really difficult to fight a mine. They have all the resources, they have all the means. They have the money. We don\u2019t have that,\" Kuhmunen said. \u201cWe only have our will to exist. To pass these grazing lands to our children.\"\n\nDarren Wilson, LKAB\u2019s senior vice president of special products, said the mining company is seeking solutions to assist the Sami herders, though he would not speculate on what they might be.\n\n\u201cThere are potential things that we can do and we can explore and we have to keep engaging,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I\u2019m not underestimating the challenge of doing that.\u201d\n\nClimate change's impact on reindeer husbandry\n\nClimate change is wreaking havoc on traditional Sami reindeer husbandry.\n\nGlobal warming has brought rain instead of snow during the winter in Swedish Lapland. The freezing rain then traps lichen under a thick layer of ice where hungry reindeer can\u2019t reach the food, according to Anna Skarin, a reindeer husbandry expert and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences professor.\n\nIn the summer, mountain temperatures have risen to 30\u00b0C and left reindeer overheated and unable to graze enough to gain the weight needed to sustain them in winter.\n\nSome in Sweden suggest putting the reindeer onto trucks to ferry them between grazing lands if the Per Geijer mine is built. But Skarin said that isn't feasible because the animals eat on the move, and the relocation would deny them food to graze on while walking from one area to another.\n\n\u201cSo you\u2019re kind of both taking away the migration route that they have used traditionally over hundreds and thousands of years,\" she said, \"and you would also take away that forage resource that they should have used during that time.\u201d\n\nFor Kuhmunen, it would also mean the end of Sami traditions passed down by generations of reindeer herders on this land.\n\n\u201cHow can you tell your people that what we\u2019re doing now, it will cease to exist in the near future?\u201d he said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people whose reindeer have roamed this land for thousands of years.<\/p>\n<p>An expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth minerals are fragmenting the land and altering ancient reindeer migration routes. <\/p>\n<p>But with the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//05//21//why-climate-models-are-getting-arctic-warming-wrong-and-how-scientists-are-fixing-them/">Arctic warming<\/strong><\/a> four times faster than the rest of the planet, herders say they need more geographic flexibility, not less, to ensure the animals' survival.<\/p>\n<p>If a mine is established at the deposit of rare-earth minerals called Per Geijer, which Sweden heralds as Europe\u2019s largest, Kuhmunen said it could completely cut off the migration routes used by the Sami village of Gabna.<\/p>\n<p>That would be the end of the Indigenous way of life for Kuhmunen, his children and their fellow Sami reindeer herders, he said, in this far-north corner of Sweden, some 200 kilometres above the Arctic Circle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//45//59//44//808x539_cmsv2_ad3b769e-2637-5d99-bf10-1f40b19baf29-9455944.jpg/" alt=\"Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen, a Sami reindeer herder and chairman of Sami village of Gabna, grimaces in Kiruna, Sweden.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_ad3b769e-2637-5d99-bf10-1f40b19baf29-9455944.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_ad3b769e-2637-5d99-bf10-1f40b19baf29-9455944.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_ad3b769e-2637-5d99-bf10-1f40b19baf29-9455944.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_ad3b769e-2637-5d99-bf10-1f40b19baf29-9455944.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_ad3b769e-2637-5d99-bf10-1f40b19baf29-9455944.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_ad3b769e-2637-5d99-bf10-1f40b19baf29-9455944.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/1920x1280_cmsv2_ad3b769e-2637-5d99-bf10-1f40b19baf29-9455944.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen, a Sami reindeer herder and chairman of Sami village of Gabna, grimaces in Kiruna, Sweden.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Malin Haarala<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cThe reindeer is the fundamental base of the Sami culture in Sweden,\u201d Kuhmunen said. \u201cEverything is founded around the reindeers: The food, the language, the knowledge of mountains. Everything is founded around the reindeer herding. <\/p>\n<p>\"If that ceases to exist, the Sami culture will also cease to exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Sami reindeer herders follow generations of tradition<\/h2>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//03//29//people-are-not-props-the-sami-reindeer-herders-fighting-stereotypes-to-build-ethical-touri/">Sami herders<\/strong><\/a> are descended from a once-nomadic people scattered across a region spanning the far north of Sweden, Norway, Finland and the northwestern corner of Russia. Until the 1960s, members of this Indigenous minority were discouraged from reindeer herding, and the church and state suppressed their language and culture.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9452665,9452419\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//09//06//cloud-seeding-flash-floods-and-a-thirsty-city-the-uaes-fragile-relationship-with-rain/">Cloud seeding, flash floods, and a thirsty city: The UAE\u2019s fragile relationship with rain<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//09//05//worst-drought-in-decades-threatens-syrias-fragile-recovery-from-years-of-civil-war/">Worst drought in decades threatens Syria's fragile recovery from years of civil war<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In Sweden alone, there are at least 20,000 people with Sami heritage, though an official count does not exist because an ethnicity-based census is against the law. Today, a Sami village called a sameby is a business entity dictated by the state, which determines how many semi-domesticated reindeer each village can have and where they can roam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s getting more and more a problem to have a sort of sustainable reindeer husbandry and to be able to have the reindeers to survive the Arctic winter and into the next year,\u201d said Stefan Mikaelsson, a member of the Sami Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>In the Gabna village, Kuhmunen oversees about 2,500 to 3,000 reindeer and 15 to 20 herders. Their families, some 150 people in total, depend on the bottom line of the business.<\/p>\n<p>Even before the discovery of the Per Geijer deposit, they had to contend with the expanding footprint of Kiirunavaara. The world\u2019s largest underground iron-ore mine has forced the village's herders to lead their reindeer through a longer and harder migration route.<\/p>\n<h2>Mining could reduce dependence on China but hurt Sami herders<\/h2>\n<p>Swedish officials and LKAB, the state-owned mining company, say the proposed Per Geijer mine could reduce Europe's reliance on China for rare-earth minerals. LKAB hopes to begin mining there in the 2030s.<\/p>\n<p>Besides being essential to many kinds of consumer technology, including cellphones, hard drives and electric and hybrid vehicles, rare-earth minerals are also considered crucial to shifting the economy away from fossil fuels toward electricity and renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p>But if work on Per Geijer goes forward, Kuhmunen said there will be no other routes for the Gabna herders to take the reindeer east from the mountains in the summer to the grazing pastures full of nutrient-rich lichen in the winter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//45//59//44//808x539_cmsv2_49313810-1bb0-56da-9295-2711682d551b-9455944.jpg/" alt=\"The mining area where a proposed mine would cut off ancient reindeer migration routes in Kiruna, Sweden.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_49313810-1bb0-56da-9295-2711682d551b-9455944.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_49313810-1bb0-56da-9295-2711682d551b-9455944.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_49313810-1bb0-56da-9295-2711682d551b-9455944.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_49313810-1bb0-56da-9295-2711682d551b-9455944.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_49313810-1bb0-56da-9295-2711682d551b-9455944.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_49313810-1bb0-56da-9295-2711682d551b-9455944.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/1920x1280_cmsv2_49313810-1bb0-56da-9295-2711682d551b-9455944.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The mining area where a proposed mine would cut off ancient reindeer migration routes in Kiruna, Sweden.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Malin Haarala<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The village will contest the mine in court, but Kuhmunen said he is not optimistic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt's really difficult to fight a mine. They have all the resources, they have all the means. They have the money. We don\u2019t have that,\" Kuhmunen said. \u201cWe only have our will to exist. To pass these grazing lands to our children.\"<\/p>\n<p>Darren Wilson, LKAB\u2019s senior vice president of special products, said the mining company is seeking solutions to assist the Sami herders, though he would not speculate on what they might be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are potential things that we can do and we can explore and we have to keep engaging,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I\u2019m not underestimating the challenge of doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Climate change's impact on reindeer husbandry<\/h2>\n<p>Climate change is wreaking havoc on traditional Sami reindeer husbandry.<\/p>\n<p>Global warming has brought rain instead of snow during the winter in Swedish Lapland. The freezing rain then traps lichen under a thick layer of ice where hungry reindeer can\u2019t reach the food, according to Anna Skarin, a reindeer husbandry expert and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences professor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9440345,9441237\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//09//01//meet-the-experts-sailing-to-26-greek-islands-to-protect-endangered-mediterranean-monk-seal/">Meet the experts sailing to 26 Greek islands to protect endangered Mediterranean monk seals<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//08//29//how-flash-droughts-driven-by-climate-change-sparked-record-wildfires-in-spain/">How flash droughts driven by climate change sparked record wildfires in Spain<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In the summer, mountain <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//08//14//norway-sweden-and-finland-climate-change-made-july-heatwave-10-times-more-likely-study-say/">temperatures have risen to 30\u00b0C<\/strong><\/a> and left reindeer overheated and unable to graze enough to gain the weight needed to sustain them in winter.<\/p>\n<p>Some in Sweden suggest putting the reindeer onto trucks to ferry them between grazing lands if the Per Geijer mine is built. But Skarin said that isn't feasible because the animals eat on the move, and the relocation would deny them food to graze on while walking from one area to another.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//45//59//44//808x539_cmsv2_a03220c0-f156-524d-a054-cbaa9f83175b-9455944.jpg/" alt=\"Reindeer stand at a farm in Lulea, Sweden\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_a03220c0-f156-524d-a054-cbaa9f83175b-9455944.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_a03220c0-f156-524d-a054-cbaa9f83175b-9455944.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_a03220c0-f156-524d-a054-cbaa9f83175b-9455944.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_a03220c0-f156-524d-a054-cbaa9f83175b-9455944.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_a03220c0-f156-524d-a054-cbaa9f83175b-9455944.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_a03220c0-f156-524d-a054-cbaa9f83175b-9455944.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/59\/44\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a03220c0-f156-524d-a054-cbaa9f83175b-9455944.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Reindeer stand at a farm in Lulea, Sweden<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP 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as a luminary in vibe coding, or artificial intelligence-powered software building.\n\nStockholm\u2011based Lovable chalked up over $100 million (approximately \u20ac85 million) in revenue in its first year, and raised one of Europe\u2019s biggest early-stage funding rounds of $200 million (\u20ac170 million), valuing the company at about \u20ac1.5 billion.\n\n\u201cLovable is basically any language to [build] your software,\u201d Lovable\u2019s CEO Anton Osika told Euronews Next.\n\n\u201cAnd it lets you explain what you want to build and then iterate together with AI until you get some application or a website or internal tool that you want to create,\u201d Osika added.\n\nLovable\u2019s users write prompts to build program prototypes and real products and they don\u2019t have to know how to code.\u00a0\n\nIts user base is spreading rapidly, with even distribution across Europe, the United States, Asia, and South America.\n\n\u201cIt accelerates how quickly you can communicate ideas,\u201d Osika said.\n\n\u201cIf you have an idea, you should just build it and then show your colleagues and show your customers, \u2018is this something you would like?\u2019, rather than talking about it, writing documents and then over a few months maybe roll out the first version, which was the case in the past,\u201d he added.\n\nOsika mentions a case where a Brazilian ed-tech company, Qconcursos, built a new application using Lovable and generated $3 million (approximately \u20ac2.6\u202fmillion) in revenue in just 48 hours.\n\nWhat is vibe coding?\n\nVibe coding is a technique where a developer phrases a concept in text and an AI crafts an app, website or software in return.\u00a0\n\nThe term was coined by OpenAI\u2019s co-founder Andrej Karpathy earlier this year.\n\nOnce fully developed, Lovable hopes, the AI agent can even aid non\u2011specialists in debugging, effectively taking over work previously done by engineers or analysts.\n\nHowever, Osika believes the role of developers will expand.\n\n\u201cWe're going to have much, much more people working as developers because now I think it's possible for anyone to quickly become a developer. That means that the number of people who can work on improving all the poor software experiences that we have around the world is going to change,\u201d he said.\n\nEuropean unicorn\n\nThe company now aims to become the first trillion-dollar company from Europe.\n\n\u201cThe vision we have for Lovable is to be the last piece of software, which means that once Lovable is fully built out, humans don't have to write software code anymore,\u201d Osika said.\n\n\u201cYou will see maybe most of the world's companies having their entire technology stack built on top of Lovable, which lets anyone in the team go in and talk to an intuitive interface, the lovable AI,\u201d he added.\n\nMore than 10,000 new companies started by building their product with Lovable in Europe alone this year, according to Lovable.\n\n\u201cEurope is actually a good place to build a software company. There are a lot of people who really care about \u2018What does a good product look like? What is it? What are the constituents of a really great product?\u2019 And there's a certain long-term thinking that is part of the European culture,\u201d Osika said.\n\nRecently, European venture capital firm Project Europe hosted a hackathon, \u2018Project Lovable,\u2019 where 20 European start-ups gathered in Stockholm and used Lovable to build AI-powered prototypes overnight.\n\nLovable says that, while they are not involved in hosting these events, it is seeing teams gathering globally to build with Lovable almost every week.\n\nIt\u2019s a new era where anyone is empowered to build software, Osika said.\n\nIn a world where \u201conly 1 per cent of the population knows how to code\u201d, Lovable is confident that vibe coding is the future.\u00a0\n\n\u201cWe're still growing very rapidly, because the 99 per cent who don't code are an infinitely large market,\u201d Osika said.\n\nBut the race is on. Tech titans such as\u00a0 Google and OpenAI are also selling\u00a0 vibe coding tools.\n\nLovable's reliance on other tools can be an issue, too. Lovable is built on several large language models, including OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, Google\u2019s Gemini and Anthropic\u2019s Claude, which poses challenges for reliability and coherence.\n\n\u201cIt's generally difficult to make an AI product be very reliable because of the infinite number of ways that it can be used,\u201d Osika said.\n\n\u201cIt's a lot of hard work from our engineering team to make sure that there are no cases where the AI does something stupid,\u201d he added.\n\nOsika believes the company\u2019s edge lies in top-tier talent and speed.\n\n\u201cIt's all about moving fast and iterating fast with high quality, and we do that by assembling the best team in the world to build this product specifically\u201d.\n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>In an age where images and texts can be whipped up by a few clicks, a Swedish start-up has swiftly risen as a luminary in vibe coding, or artificial intelligence-powered software building.<\/p>\n<p>Stockholm\u2011based Lovable chalked up over $100 million (approximately \u20ac85 million) in revenue in its first year, and raised one of Europe\u2019s biggest early-stage funding rounds of $200 million (\u20ac170 million), valuing the company at about \u20ac1.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLovable is basically any language to [build] your software,\u201d Lovable\u2019s CEO Anton Osika told Euronews Next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it lets you explain what you want to build and then iterate together with AI until you get some application or a website or internal tool that you want to create,\u201d Osika added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//45//26//07//808x454_cmsv2_639dc312-f76b-5532-aebc-3b4b8a08af52-9452607.jpg/" alt=\"Lovable interface\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/26\/07\/384x216_cmsv2_639dc312-f76b-5532-aebc-3b4b8a08af52-9452607.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/26\/07\/640x360_cmsv2_639dc312-f76b-5532-aebc-3b4b8a08af52-9452607.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/26\/07\/750x422_cmsv2_639dc312-f76b-5532-aebc-3b4b8a08af52-9452607.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/26\/07\/828x466_cmsv2_639dc312-f76b-5532-aebc-3b4b8a08af52-9452607.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/26\/07\/1080x608_cmsv2_639dc312-f76b-5532-aebc-3b4b8a08af52-9452607.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/26\/07\/1200x675_cmsv2_639dc312-f76b-5532-aebc-3b4b8a08af52-9452607.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/26\/07\/1920x1080_cmsv2_639dc312-f76b-5532-aebc-3b4b8a08af52-9452607.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Lovable interface<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Lovable<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Lovable\u2019s users write prompts to build program prototypes and real products and they don\u2019t have to know how to code.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Its user base is spreading rapidly, with even distribution across Europe, the United States, Asia, and South America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt accelerates how quickly you can communicate ideas,\u201d Osika said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have an idea, you should just build it and then show your colleagues and show your customers, \u2018is this something you would like?\u2019, rather than talking about it, writing documents and then over a few months maybe roll out the first version, which was the case in the past,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Osika mentions a case where a Brazilian ed-tech company, Qconcursos, built a new application using Lovable and generated $3 million (approximately \u20ac2.6\u202fmillion) in revenue in just 48 hours.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9193704,8742500\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//04//13//what-does-it-mean-to-raise-a-child-in-the-age-of-ai-one-father-is-finding-out-through-play/">What does it mean to raise a child in the age of AI? One father is finding out through play<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//09//22//prison-inmates-in-finland-are-being-employed-as-data-labellers-to-improve-accuracy-of-ai-m/">Prisoners in Finland are being employed as data labellers to improve accuracy of AI models<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3>What is vibe coding?<\/h3>\n<p>Vibe coding is a technique where a developer phrases a concept in text and an AI crafts an app, website or software in return.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The term was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////x.com//karpathy//status//1886192184808149383?\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">coined<\/a> by OpenAI\u2019s co-founder Andrej Karpathy earlier this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1886192184808149383\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Once fully developed, Lovable hopes, the AI agent can even aid non\u2011specialists in debugging, effectively taking over work previously done by engineers or analysts.<\/p>\n<p>However, Osika believes the role of developers will expand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe're going to have much, much more people working as developers because now I think it's possible for anyone to quickly become a developer. That means that the number of people who can work on improving all the poor software experiences that we have around the world is going to change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2>European unicorn<\/h2>\n<p>The company now aims to become the first trillion-dollar company from Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vision we have for Lovable is to be the last piece of software, which means that once Lovable is fully built out, humans don't have to write software code anymore,\u201d Osika said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will see maybe most of the world's companies having their entire technology stack built on top of Lovable, which lets anyone in the team go in and talk to an intuitive interface, the lovable AI,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>More than 10,000 new companies started by building their product with Lovable in Europe alone this year, according to Lovable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurope is actually a good place to build a software company. There are a lot of people who really care about \u2018What does a good product look like? What is it? What are the constituents of a really great product?\u2019 And there's a certain long-term thinking that is part of the European culture,\u201d Osika said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9379098\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//07//22//humanity-has-won-so-far-meet-the-worlds-best-programmer-who-beat-ai-and-chatgpt/">'Humanity has prevailed (for now!)' - Meet the world's best programmer who beat ChatGPT's AI <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Recently, European venture capital firm Project Europe hosted a hackathon, \u2018Project Lovable,\u2019 where 20 European start-ups gathered in Stockholm and used Lovable to build AI-powered prototypes overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Lovable says that, while they are not involved in hosting these events, it is seeing teams gathering globally to build with Lovable almost every week.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a new era where anyone is empowered to build software, Osika said.<\/p>\n<p>In a world where \u201conly 1 per cent of the population knows how to code\u201d, Lovable is confident that vibe coding is the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe're still growing very rapidly, because the 99 per cent who don't code are an infinitely large market,\u201d Osika said.<\/p>\n<p>But the race is on. Tech titans such as\u00a0 Google and OpenAI are also selling\u00a0 vibe coding tools.<\/p>\n<p>Lovable's reliance on other tools can be an issue, too. Lovable is built on several large language models, including OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, Google\u2019s Gemini and Anthropic\u2019s Claude, which poses challenges for reliability and coherence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt's generally difficult to make an AI product be very reliable because of the infinite number of ways that it can be used,\u201d Osika said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt's a lot of hard work from our engineering team to make sure that there are no cases where the AI does something stupid,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Osika believes the company\u2019s edge lies in top-tier talent and speed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt's all about moving fast and iterating fast with high quality, and we do that by assembling the best team in the world to build this product specifically\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on this story, watch the video in the media player 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Outcry as Sweden publishes controversial cultural heritage list","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"IKEA but no ABBA? Sweden publishes polemical cultural heritage list","titleListing2":"IKEA but no ABBA? Outcry as Sweden publishes controversial cultural heritage list","leadin":"Critics argue that the \u201cshared map\u201d of Swedish culture, which snubs anything since 1975, is \u201cexclusionary\u201d and a \u201cnationalist education project\u201d. Here's why.","summary":"Critics argue that the \u201cshared map\u201d of Swedish culture, which snubs anything since 1975, is \u201cexclusionary\u201d and a \u201cnationalist education project\u201d. Here's why.","keySentence":"","url":"ikea-but-no-abba-outcry-as-sweden-publishes-controversial-cultural-heritage-list","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2025\/09\/03\/ikea-but-no-abba-outcry-as-sweden-publishes-controversial-cultural-heritage-list","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Imagine the ambitious but foolhardy endeavour of trying to summarize an entire culture to only\u00a0100 works, brands and ideas.\u00a0\n\nWell, that\u2019s exactly what the Swedish government has undertaken and unveiled. After several years of work and a whopping eight million kronor (approx. \u20ac727,000 - according to the Sweden Herald), historian Lars Tr\u00e4g\u00e5rdh handed over the Swedish cultural canon to the Minister of Culture at a press conference held yesterday in Uppsala.\u00a0\n\nThe list, which purports to define what it means to be Swedish and establish a \u201cshared map and compass\u201d for Swedish citizens and new arrivals to the country,\u00a0has been something of a pet project for nationalist, anti-immigration Swedish Democrats. It was even\u00a0part of the election manifesto of the right-wing ruling coalition.\u00a0\n\nSo, what made the final cut? \u00a0\n\nThe Nobel prize, Pippi Longstocking, IKEA, paternity leave and the Gustav Vasa 1541 bible all made it into Sweden\u2019s \u201ccultural canon\u201d list. \u00a0\n\nOther additions include Ingmar Bergman's iconic 1957 movie\u00a0The Seventh Seal; Hilma af Klint\u2019s M\u00e5lningar till templet; Stockholm city hall, designed by Ragnar \u00d6stberg; the practice of Allemansr\u00e4tt (the freedom to roam), Kakelungnen (an 18th\u00a0century heating stove) and songs by author and\u00a0troubadour Evert Taube.\u00a0\n\nAny alarm bells ringing? \u00a0\n\nABBA, arguably Sweden\u2019s most popular cultural export, didn\u2019t make the cut. \u00a0\n\nThe reasoning behind this? Apparently, all items in the canon must be at least 50 years old, making the band ineligible. On top of excluding contemporary experiences.\u00a0\n\nHowever, anyone with even the\u00a0loosest grip on cultural history or who has the capacity to type a four-letter word into a search engine knows that ABBA were formed in 1972, won Eurovision in 1974 and released their seminal self-titled third album featuring \u2018SOS\u2019 and \u2018Mamma Mia\u2019 in 1975.\u00a0\n\nBasic mathematics would dictate that ABBA more than qualifies within the reductive 50-year rule. And we\u2019re not the only ones to have noticed this glaring and credibility straining exclusion. \u00a0\n\nSwedish parliamentarian Jan Ericson\u00a0said ABBA is\u00a0\"one of the absolutely most important symbols of Swedish culture\" internationally. He posted online: \" So, here a bunch of knowledgeable PR experts are sitting and selecting various parts of Swedish culture and society that are supposed to symbolize Sweden. And then they don't include ABBA. Which abroad is one of the absolutely most important symbols of Swedish culture. What the hell were they thinking there?\u201d\u00a0\n\nThe timeline for eligibility also ruled\u00a0out most contributions made by the roughly one in five Swedes born abroad. Most of these immigrants arrived in Sweden after 1975.\n\nIt\u2019s also worth pointing out that Christian entries dominate on the religion front, with the exception of one of Sweden\u2019s first synagogues, Marstrand. No mention of Sweden\u2019s Muslim population \u2013 the faith being the largest non-Christian religious group in the country. \u00a0\n\nMany have spoken out to condemn the list as discriminatory, with the Swedish Academy that awards Nobel literature prize and representatives of the indigenous\u00a0S\u00e1mi\u00a0group population both criticising the initiative as too narrow and exclusionist.\u00a0\n\nThe association representing the indigenous people of Tornedalen in northern Sweden shared that it was not allowed to be part of the project, which it described as \"continued oppression\".\u00a0\n\nAs for Iranian-born Swedish author Shora Esmailian, she told the Sydsvenskan newspaper that state-imposed canons of what it means to be Swedish would not help to create \"a welcoming and equal society.\"\n\nSwedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (pictured in X post above with Culture Minister Parisa Liljestrand) defended the initiative by saying: \"Understanding the culture that has shaped our country is important for everyone. But perhaps most important for those who have come to Sweden and for those growing up in homes where there are many missing Swedish references.\"\n\nAs for Liljestrand, she clapped back at critics by saying the canon has been misunderstood.\u00a0\n\n\"Our approach to this has always been that a Swedish cultural canon should be a living and useful tool for education, community and inclusion,\" she said at a press conference yesterday.\u00a0\n\nLists are great, and congrats on all that Nattvardsg\u00e4sterna (Winter Light \u2013 which did make the cut), but if you don\u2019t want critics accusing the expensive canon of being a \u201cnationalist education project\u201d that only galvanises anti-immigrant sentiment, maybe consider that internationalism and multiculturalism\u00a0are concepts that do not threaten cultural history. They\u00a0enrich it and deserve more than to be brushed aside by arbitrary deadlines.\n\nOh, and happy 50th anniversary to the album \u2018ABBA\u2019 -\u00a0Tr\u00e4g\u00e5rdh and\u00a0Liljestrand should really check it out. It\u2019s a doozy.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Imagine the ambitious but foolhardy endeavour of trying to summarize an entire culture to only\u00a0100 works, brands and ideas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Well, that\u2019s exactly what the Swedish government has undertaken and unveiled. After several years of work and a whopping eight million kronor (approx. \u20ac727,000 - according to the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////swedenherald.com//article//sweden-introduces-cultural-canon-after-years-of-debate/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Sweden Herald<\/strong><\/a>), historian Lars Tr\u00e4g\u00e5rdh handed over the Swedish cultural canon to the Minister of Culture at a press conference held yesterday in Uppsala.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The list, which purports to define what it means to be Swedish and establish a \u201cshared map and compass\u201d for Swedish citizens and new arrivals to the country,\u00a0has been something of a pet project for nationalist, anti-immigration Swedish Democrats. It was even\u00a0part of the election manifesto of the right-wing ruling coalition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, what made the final cut? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Nobel prize, Pippi Longstocking, IKEA, paternity leave and the Gustav Vasa 1541 bible all made it into Sweden\u2019s \u201ccultural canon\u201d list. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other additions include Ingmar Bergman's iconic 1957 movie\u00a0<em>The Seventh Seal<\/em>; Hilma af Klint\u2019s M\u00e5lningar till templet; Stockholm city hall, designed by Ragnar \u00d6stberg; the practice of Allemansr\u00e4tt (the freedom to roam), Kakelungnen (an 18th\u00a0century heating stove) and songs by author and\u00a0troubadour Evert Taube.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Any alarm bells ringing? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//tag//abba/">ABBA, arguably Sweden\u2019s most popular cultural export, didn\u2019t make the cut. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The reasoning behind this? Apparently, all items in the canon must be at least 50 years old, making the band ineligible. On top of excluding contemporary experiences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, anyone with even the\u00a0loosest grip on cultural history or who has the capacity to type a four-letter word into a search engine knows that ABBA were formed in 1972, won Eurovision in 1974 and released their seminal self-titled third album featuring \u2018SOS\u2019 and \u2018Mamma Mia\u2019 in 1975.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Basic mathematics would dictate that ABBA more than qualifies within the reductive 50-year rule. And we\u2019re not the only ones to have noticed this glaring and credibility straining exclusion. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Swedish parliamentarian Jan Ericson\u00a0said ABBA is\u00a0\"one of the absolutely most important symbols of Swedish culture\" internationally. He posted online: \" So, here a bunch of knowledgeable PR experts are sitting and selecting various parts of Swedish culture and society that are supposed to symbolize Sweden. And then they don't include ABBA. Which abroad is one of the absolutely most important symbols of Swedish culture. What the hell were they thinking there?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1962881601253118241\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The timeline for eligibility also ruled\u00a0out most contributions made by the roughly one in five Swedes born abroad. Most of these immigrants arrived in Sweden after 1975.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also worth pointing out that Christian entries dominate on the religion front, with the exception of one of Sweden\u2019s first synagogues, Marstrand. No mention of Sweden\u2019s Muslim population \u2013 the faith being the largest non-Christian religious group in the country. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many have spoken out to condemn the list as discriminatory, with the Swedish Academy that awards Nobel literature prize and representatives of the indigenous\u00a0S\u00e1mi\u00a0group population both criticising the initiative as too narrow and exclusionist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The association representing the indigenous people of Tornedalen in northern Sweden shared that it was not allowed to be part of the project, which it described as \"continued oppression\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As for Iranian-born Swedish author Shora Esmailian, she told the Sydsvenskan newspaper that state-imposed canons of what it means to be Swedish would not help to create \"a welcoming and equal society.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1962865019063791770\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (pictured in X post above with Culture Minister Parisa Liljestrand) defended the initiative by saying: \"Understanding the culture that has shaped our country is important for everyone. But perhaps most important for those who have come to Sweden and for those growing up in homes where there are many missing Swedish references.\"<\/p>\n<p>As for Liljestrand, she clapped back at critics by saying the canon has been misunderstood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Our approach to this has always been that a Swedish cultural canon should be a living and useful tool for education, community and inclusion,\" she said at a press conference yesterday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lists are great, and congrats on all that Nattvardsg\u00e4sterna (Winter Light \u2013 which did make the cut), but if you don\u2019t want critics accusing the expensive canon of being a \u201cnationalist education project\u201d that only galvanises anti-immigrant sentiment, maybe consider that internationalism and multiculturalism\u00a0are concepts that do not threaten cultural history. They\u00a0enrich it and deserve more than to be brushed aside by arbitrary deadlines.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and happy 50th anniversary to the album \u2018ABBA\u2019 -\u00a0Tr\u00e4g\u00e5rdh and\u00a0Liljestrand should really check it out. It\u2019s a doozy.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1756891688,"updatedAt":1756892889,"publishedAt":1756892691,"firstPublishedAt":1756892691,"lastPublishedAt":1756892691,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/44\/87\/26\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0e59b863-7844-51cf-a77d-72fe31f53812-9448726.jpg","altText":"IKEA but no ABBA? Outcry as Sweden publishes controversial cultural heritage list ","caption":"IKEA but no ABBA? 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The caption, however, is not, because the church was actually transported to two different sites in Sweden, not Norway.\n\nThe 113-year-old Kiruna Church was moved closer to the centre of the city of Kiruna between 19 and 20 August, according to the municipality's website.\n\nIt's described as one of the municipality's most famous buildings and was moved to protect it from potentially being swallowed up by the expansion of a nearby underground mine.\n\nThe plan to move the church and other buildings has been in the pipeline since 2004.\n\nTrailers transported the church to its new destination 5km away, travelling at a maximum speed of 500 metres per hour, according to reports.\n\nThe church's vicar, Lena Tj\u00e4rnberg, and \u00c5sa Nystr\u00f6m, Bishop of the Diocese of Lule\u00e5, blessed the church before sending it on its way.\n\nThe event was highly publicised in Sweden and beyond \u2014 it was broadcast both on TV and online.\n\nAccording to the municipality of Kiruna, the church was inaugurated in 1912 and is a cultural building protected by Sweden\u2019s Cultural Environment Act.\n\nIt is about 40 metres wide and weighs 600 tonnes, and was voted \"The best building of all time built before 1950\" and the Swedish people's favourite building in 2001, the municipality said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Social media users are sharing a video online that they claim shows a historic church being transported via trailer in Norway.<\/p>\n<p>One particularly viral post on X simply says that the church is being relocated in Norway, and attaches the video of the impressive feat below.<\/p>\n<p>It's been seen hundreds of thousands of times and shared hundreds of times too, with many users questioning whether the footage has been AI-generated, and some others making xenophobic comments that the church was being moved to make way for mosques.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//43//57//09//808x454_cmsv2_188598a0-684b-5128-85f2-9cb235b2733b-9435709.jpg/" alt=\"The video has been miscaptioned\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/43\/57\/09\/384x216_cmsv2_188598a0-684b-5128-85f2-9cb235b2733b-9435709.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/43\/57\/09\/640x360_cmsv2_188598a0-684b-5128-85f2-9cb235b2733b-9435709.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/43\/57\/09\/750x422_cmsv2_188598a0-684b-5128-85f2-9cb235b2733b-9435709.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/43\/57\/09\/828x466_cmsv2_188598a0-684b-5128-85f2-9cb235b2733b-9435709.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/43\/57\/09\/1080x608_cmsv2_188598a0-684b-5128-85f2-9cb235b2733b-9435709.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/43\/57\/09\/1200x675_cmsv2_188598a0-684b-5128-85f2-9cb235b2733b-9435709.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/43\/57\/09\/1920x1080_cmsv2_188598a0-684b-5128-85f2-9cb235b2733b-9435709.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The video has been miscaptioned<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>However, the video is totally authentic, if a bit sped up. The caption, however, is not, because the church was actually transported to two different sites in Sweden, not Norway.<\/p>\n<p>The 113-year-old Kiruna Church was moved closer to the centre of the city of Kiruna between 19 and 20 August, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////kiruna.se//stadsomvandling//startsida//besokare//gamla-centrum//kiruna-kyrka.html/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>according to the municipality's website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It's described as one of the municipality's most famous buildings and was moved to protect it from potentially being swallowed up by the expansion of a nearby underground mine.<\/p>\n<p>The plan to move the church and other buildings has been in the pipeline since 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Trailers transported the church to its new destination 5km away, travelling at a maximum speed of 500 metres per hour, according to reports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9425804\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//08//19//historic-swedish-church-transported-on-trailers-to-avoid-being-swallowed-by-mine/">Historic Swedish church transported on trailers to avoid being swallowed by mine<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//cGVujH1LCvQ/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The church's vicar, Lena Tj\u00e4rnberg, and \u00c5sa Nystr\u00f6m, Bishop of the Diocese of Lule\u00e5, blessed the church before sending it on its way.<\/p>\n<p>The event was highly publicised in Sweden and beyond \u2014 it was broadcast both on TV and online.<\/p>\n<p>According to the municipality of Kiruna, the church was inaugurated in 1912 and is a cultural building protected by Sweden\u2019s Cultural Environment Act.<\/p>\n<p>It is about 40 metres wide and weighs 600 tonnes, and was voted \"The best building of all time built before 1950\" and the Swedish people's favourite building in 2001, the municipality said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1756191635,"updatedAt":1756291828,"publishedAt":1756291823,"firstPublishedAt":1756291823,"lastPublishedAt":1756291823,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/43\/57\/09\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_57222b7c-ded0-5565-ad7b-686abb39bb32-9435709.jpg","altText":"Construction machinery is parked next to the Kiruna Church in Kiruna, Sweden, 20 August 2025","caption":"Construction machinery is parked next to the Kiruna Church in Kiruna, Sweden, 20 August 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Malin Haarala\/Copyright 2025 The AP. 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scene.<\/p>\n<p>The police are now investigating murder, attempted murder and aggravated weapons offences, according to the Swedish news agency TT, and said they suspect the crime is tied to local gangs.<\/p>\n<p>For years, Sweden has grappled with gang violence and criminal gangs\u00a0often recruit teenagers in socially disadvantaged immigrant neighbourhoods to carry out hits.<\/p>\n<p>Local TV news channel TV4 said there has been tension between two rival gangs in \u00d6rebro recently.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1755265741,"updatedAt":1755284626,"publishedAt":1755266262,"firstPublishedAt":1755266262,"lastPublishedAt":1755284626,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/21\/07\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_22ee0ae8-ea98-5d92-a94b-733ab1d82ed2-9422107.jpg","altText":"Police on scene outside a mosque after a shooting in \u00d6rebro, 15 August, 2025","caption":"Police on scene outside a mosque after a shooting in \u00d6rebro, 15 August, 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ADHD MEDICINE","daletPyramidId":2398611,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Study finds ADHD drugs lower risk of suicidal behaviour, car accidents, and crime","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"ADHD drugs lower risk of suicidal behaviour, car accidents, and crime","titleListing2":"Study finds ADHD drugs lower risk of suicidal behaviour, car accidents, and crime","leadin":"Researchers identified consequences of ADHD medication that usually are not discussed in the doctor\u2019s office.","summary":"Researchers identified consequences of ADHD medication that usually are not discussed in the doctor\u2019s office.","keySentence":"","url":"study-finds-adhd-drugs-lower-risk-of-suicidal-behaviour-car-accidents-and-crime","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2025\/08\/14\/study-finds-adhd-drugs-lower-risk-of-suicidal-behaviour-car-accidents-and-crime","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"People with attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are often well aware of the side effects of medication, including difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, and irritability.\n\nBut a new study has identified other, longer term consequences. For people newly diagnosed with ADHD, the drugs are tied to a significantly lower risk of suicidal behaviour, alcohol or drug abuse, car accidents, and criminal activity.\n\nThe findings could be reassuring for the roughly 5 per cent of children and 2.5 per cent of adults who have ADHD, which can cause distraction, forgetfulness, high energy levels, restlessness, and other issues. Symptoms usually start before the age of 12.\n\nThe results \u201care extremely important from a public health perspective and a clinical perspective,\u201d Dr Samuele Cortese, one of the study\u2019s authors and a professor at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, said during a press briefing.\n\nThe study, published in the BMJ, included nearly 149,000 people ages 6 to 64 who were diagnosed with ADHD in Sweden from 2007 to 2020. Researchers compared people who started ADHD medication within three months of diagnosis with those who did not start treatment, and followed them for an average of two years.\n\nTheir goal was to mimic the design of a randomised controlled trial, where some people receive the intervention being tested \u2013 such as a new medicine \u2013 and others get a placebo or dummy treatment.\n\nThese trials are considered the gold standard in medical research, allowing scientists to home in on the effect of the new drug or intervention.\n\nOther research has pointed to a link between untreated ADHD and job instability, anxiety, addiction, and other problems.\n\nBut the lack of randomised trials made it hard to prove that ADHD drugs actually lowered the risks. The latest study does not quite establish causation, but it comes closer.\n\nADHD medication was tied to a 17 per cent lower risk of suicide, attempted suicide, and suicidal thoughts, as well as a 15 per cent reduction in substance misuse, a 12 per cent reduction in transportation accidents, and a 13 per cent reduction in criminality.\n\nThe researchers said the lower risks could be because the drugs reduce impulsivity \u2013 which could curb criminality by reducing aggressive behaviour \u2013 and improve attention, which might minimise distractions and lower the risk of car accidents.\n\nThe study has some limitations, notably the fact that people could have collected their ADHD medications and then not taken them. The analysis also does not include incidents \u2013 for example, minor accidents \u2013 that were not serious enough to be captured in medical or legal records.\n\nEven so, Cortese said doctors should consider the findings when they discuss possible ADHD treatment with their patients.\n\n\u201cWhen doctors discuss the potential use [of drugs] they focus on the type of medication and the side effects \u2013 which we don't need to underestimate, but oftentimes there is not information on what are the risks if you don't take\u201d medication, he said.\n\n\u201cI think this is important to consider [that] if left untreated, there [could] be some unfortunate risks, and now we have evidence that medication can help reduce these risks\u201d.\n\nIf you are contemplating suicide and need to talk, please reach out to Befrienders Worldwide, an international organisation with helplines in 32 countries. Visit befrienders.org to find the telephone number for your location.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>People with attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are often well aware of the side effects of medication, including difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, and irritability.<\/p>\n<p>But a new study has identified other, longer term consequences. For people newly diagnosed with ADHD, the drugs are tied to a significantly lower risk of suicidal behaviour, alcohol or drug abuse, car accidents, and criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>The findings could be reassuring for the roughly 5 per cent of children and 2.5 per cent of adults who have ADHD, which can cause distraction, forgetfulness, high energy levels, restlessness, and other issues. Symptoms usually start before the age of 12.<\/p>\n<p>The results \u201care extremely important from a public health perspective and a clinical perspective,\u201d Dr Samuele Cortese, one of the study\u2019s authors and a professor at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, said during a press briefing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9315617\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//06//05//is-adhd-still-skyrocketing-among-young-people-experts-crunching-the-data-suggest-its-not/">Is ADHD still skyrocketing among young people? Experts crunching the data suggest it\u2019s not<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The study, published in the BMJ, included nearly 149,000 people ages 6 to 64 who were diagnosed with ADHD in Sweden from 2007 to 2020. Researchers compared people who started ADHD medication within three months of diagnosis with those who did not start treatment, and followed them for an average of two years.<\/p>\n<p>Their goal was to mimic the design of a randomised controlled trial, where some people receive the intervention being tested \u2013 such as a new medicine \u2013 and others get a placebo or dummy treatment.<\/p>\n<p>These trials are considered the gold standard in medical research, allowing scientists to home in on the effect of the new drug or intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Other research has pointed to a link between untreated ADHD and job instability, anxiety, addiction, and other problems.<\/p>\n<p>But the lack of randomised trials made it hard to prove that ADHD drugs actually lowered the risks. The latest study does not quite establish causation, but it comes closer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8998830\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//01//23//deeply-concerning-adults-with-adhd-may-have-shorter-life-expectancies/">/u2018Deeply concerning\u2019: Adults with ADHD may have shorter life expectancies<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>ADHD medication was tied to a 17 per cent lower risk of suicide, attempted suicide, and suicidal thoughts, as well as a 15 per cent reduction in substance misuse, a 12 per cent reduction in transportation accidents, and a 13 per cent reduction in criminality.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers said the lower risks could be because the drugs reduce impulsivity \u2013 which could curb criminality by reducing aggressive behaviour \u2013 and improve attention, which might minimise distractions and lower the risk of car accidents.<\/p>\n<p>The study has some limitations, notably the fact that people could have collected their ADHD medications and then not taken them. The analysis also does not include incidents \u2013 for example, minor accidents \u2013 that were not serious enough to be captured in medical or legal records.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9126240\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//03//19//popular-adhd-tiktok-videos-often-do-not-accurately-reflect-symptoms-experts-say/">Popular ADHD TikTok videos often do not accurately reflect symptoms, experts say<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Even so, Cortese said doctors should consider the findings when they discuss possible ADHD treatment with their patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen doctors discuss the potential use [of drugs] they focus on the type of medication and the side effects \u2013 which we don't need to underestimate, but oftentimes there is not information on what are the risks if you don't take\u201d medication, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is important to consider [that] if left untreated, there [could] be some unfortunate risks, and now we have evidence that medication can help reduce these risks\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you are contemplating suicide and need to talk, please reach out to Befrienders Worldwide, an international organisation with helplines in 32 countries. Visit <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////befrienders.org///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">befrienders.org<\/a> to find the telephone number for your location.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1754999611,"updatedAt":1755150852,"publishedAt":1755147609,"firstPublishedAt":1755147609,"lastPublishedAt":1755147679,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/41\/69\/46\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_13559384-5b51-51d9-aedf-65a0618f8bab-9416946.jpg","altText":"A person prepares to take medication.","caption":"A person prepares to take medication.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Canva","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1621,"height":912}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3108,"urlSafeValue":"galvin","title":"Gabriela 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SWEDEN","daletPyramidId":2366514,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Fact check: Sweden is not deporting immigrants for 'not adhering to Western values'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Fact check: Sweden is not deporting immigrants over different values","titleListing2":"The Swedish government has made cracking down on migration one of its key goals, however online claims are misleading.","leadin":"The Swedish government has made cracking down on migration one of its key goals, however online claims are misleading.","summary":"The Swedish government has made cracking down on migration one of its key goals, however online claims are misleading.","keySentence":"","url":"verifying-claims-sweden-is-deporting-immigrants-for-not-adhering-to-western-values","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/08\/11\/verifying-claims-sweden-is-deporting-immigrants-for-not-adhering-to-western-values","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In a series of online posts, internet users have claimed that Sweden is \"seeking to deport immigrants who have acquired Swedish citizenship\" for having allegedly failed to \"integrate into Western society.\"\n\nThese posts have been doing the rounds on social media for months, with one shared in December amassing more than 4 million views. \n\nHowever, the claim is misleading and does not fully align with the Swedish government's position.\n\nWhat is Swedish government's stance on migration?\n\nThe Swedish government \u2014 composed of a centre-right coalition, propped up by the far-right Swedish Democrats (ECR) \u2014 has made cracking down on migration one of its key goals.\n\nAlthough Sweden has been looking into changing its constitution to allow authorities to remove citizenship from dual nationals, this measure would target individuals who obtain their passports fraudulently or those who commit crimes which are considered a threat to national security. \n\nAs it stands, a vote is set to take place on the proposal in Sweden's parliament next year. \n\nThe Swedish government has also backed a plan to introduce a compulsory course on knowledge of Swedish society and culture in citizenship tests.\u00a0\n\nAccording to Swedish officials, the test's aim would be to exclude immigrants who are not integrated into Western society from obtaining citizenship. \n\nStockholm has also been developing financial repatriation incentives for individuals on a voluntary basis, as Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told Euronews earlier this year.\u00a0\n\n\"If people who have the legal right to stay in Sweden but basically do not integrate, basically do not appreciate the Swedish way of life, at least people would think about returning to their country of origin,\" Kristersson said in a May interview. \n\nAs part of this plan, Sweden wants to increase the amount of money offered to migrants as a financial incentive to leave the country from \u20ac900 to \u20ac32,000 from 1 January. \n\nHowever this does not amount to forced deportations on grounds of not adhering to Western values, as social media users have suggested. \n\nThe Nordic nation began revamping its asylum policy in 2015, moving to a much stricter stance on application processing. \n\nThis policy shift came after Sweden hosted record numbers of asylum seekers in 2015 \u2014 more than 160,000 people \u2014 from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.\n\nThe government's policies have sparked criticism from migration organisations, who argue that they increase the risk of migrants facing discrimination, of heightening social tensions, as well as making integration more difficult for migrants. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>In a series of online posts, internet users have claimed that Sweden is \"seeking to deport immigrants who have acquired Swedish citizenship\" for having allegedly failed to \"integrate into Western society.\"<\/p>\n<p>These posts have been doing the rounds on social media for months, with one shared in December amassing more than 4 million views. <\/p>\n<p>However, the claim is misleading and does not fully align with the Swedish government's position.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Swedish government's stance on migration?<\/h2>\n<p>The Swedish government \u2014 composed of a centre-right coalition, propped up by the far-right Swedish Democrats (ECR) \u2014 has made cracking down on migration one of its key goals.<\/p>\n<p>Although Sweden has been looking into changing its constitution to allow authorities to remove citizenship from dual nationals, this measure would target individuals who obtain their passports fraudulently or those who commit crimes which are considered a threat to national security. <\/p>\n<p>As it stands, a vote is set to take place on the proposal in Sweden's parliament next year. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6627697841726619\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//41//18//55//808x535_cmsv2_f46b531a-f8e2-5d4f-9120-ed65e20a08f7-9411855.jpg/" alt=\"Screenshot of misleading online posts\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/41\/18\/55\/384x255_cmsv2_f46b531a-f8e2-5d4f-9120-ed65e20a08f7-9411855.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/41\/18\/55\/640x424_cmsv2_f46b531a-f8e2-5d4f-9120-ed65e20a08f7-9411855.jpg 640w, 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Facebook<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Swedish government has also backed a plan to introduce a compulsory course on knowledge of Swedish society and culture in citizenship tests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Swedish officials, the test's aim would be to exclude immigrants who are not integrated into Western society from obtaining citizenship. <\/p>\n<p>Stockholm has also been developing financial repatriation incentives for individuals on a voluntary basis, as Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told Euronews earlier this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"If people who have the legal right to stay in Sweden but basically do not integrate, basically do not appreciate the Swedish way of life, at least people would think about returning to their country of origin,\" Kristersson said in a May interview. <\/p>\n<p>As part of this plan, Sweden wants to increase the amount of money offered to migrants as a financial incentive to 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