The European Commission confirms that it has withdrawn 2 million euros in funding for the Venice Biennale for the years 2025-2028, according to a press release. This year’s art biennial has been criticized for allowing both Israel and Russia to exhibit. The international prize jury resigned in protest in April. Now the European Commission is…
Croatia didn’t have to look long for a new national team coach. Just a week after Zlatko Dalic resigned, the Croatian Football Federation has announced that Slaven Bilic will take over the role. The loss in the round of 16 of the World Cup against Portugal was the end point for Zlatko Dalic’s successful spell…
Around 10 hectares of forest have burned south of Hultsfred. The fire is under control, but the rescue service is still on site to secure the area. The fire started in the Stora Hammarsjö area on Sunday and by late evening, firefighters had brought the spread under control, with the help of helicopters that water-bombed…
The man in his 20s who was shot in Gävle on Friday is being treated for life-threatening injuries, according to prosecutor Mattias Wilhelmsson to P4 Gävleborg.It was last Friday evening that a man in his 20s was shot in the Sätra district of Gävle. A few hours after the shooting, a man in his 20s…
The New York Stock Exchange begins the trading week with mainly falling prices. The indices are weighed down by rising oil prices and falling chip companies. After 40 minutes of trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.1 percent, while the broad S&P 500 index and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index were down 0.3…
The Swedish defense company Mildef has won a major deal with a NATO country. This is a large amount of hardware ordered since Mildef signed a 20-year framework agreement with an unnamed NATO country in 2022. The deal concerns the digitalisation of the country’s army and is the largest single deal Mildef has received to…
The airport in Yemen’s capital Sanaa was attacked on Monday, several international media outlets reported. Yemen’s internationally recognized government says it was behind the attack. The aim was to prevent an Iranian plane from landing in the country. Meanwhile, the Iran-backed Houthis, who have controlled the airport since 2014, accuse Saudi Arabia of being behind…
SMHI is drastically expanding its alert regarding the risk of forest and land fires. Starting Tuesday, almost the entire Norrland coast will be affected, and during the week the fire risk area may cover an even larger area in the north. Viktor Bergman, meteorologist on duty at SMHI, points out that the country is facing…
A five-year-old girl is seriously injured after a violent incident in Helsingborg, Region Skåne states on its website. The police are on site with several patrols and have cordoned off a large area adjacent to Furutorpsparken but do not want to say whether anyone has been detained. “I cannot say anything about the incident itself…
48 signatories from children’s rights organizations, trade unions and researchers urge members of parliament to vote no to the proposal to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years. In a debate article in Aftonbladet, they write that lowering the age of criminal responsibility, so that 14-year-olds can receive prison sentences, does not solve the problem…