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Three dead in Israeli attack on university in Gaza

Redaktionen · Oct 26, 2026 · 3 min read

Three members of the administrative staff were killed when a university in Gaza City was attacked by an Israeli drone on Sunday. Eight students are being treate...

Violence shakes southern Stockholm – and opens the door to suspicion

Redaktionen · Oct 25, 2026 · 3 min read

Two fatal shootings have shaken southern Stockholm in less than a week. While residents are forced to live in fear, suburban inhabitants risk once again being c...

Netanyahu's election offensive in the West Bank: Collective punishment as vote fishing

Redaktionen · Oct 25, 2026 · 3 min read

The Israeli military has launched an extensive siege and demolition of homes in Hebron following a deadly shooting. The escalation comes just days before the Is...

Centerpartiet sticks to its line against Sverigedemokraterna

Redaktionen · Oct 25, 2026 · 3 min read

Centerpartiet reiterates that the red line against Sverigedemokraterna stands firm. Meanwhile, traditional media continues to frame the resistance as an interna...

Criminologist demands focus on women's freedom as gang violence decreases

Redaktionen · Oct 25, 2026 · 3 min read

As gang shootings decrease, general concern about crime in Sweden is falling, but young women's fear of sexual assault remains high. In Sydsvenskan, criminologi...

Report shows election pressure in suburbs – but the picture is bigger

Oct 23, 2026 · 2 min read

A new survey shows that more residents in vulnerable areas experience pressure to vote in a certain way compared to the rest of the country. At the same time, a...

Danderyd's leadership promises top class – but does not build for those who carry welfare

Redaktionen · Oct 23, 2026 · 3 min read

The Moderates, the Liberals, and the Christian Democrats continue to govern Danderyd in a majority. The parties promise investments in schools, elderly care, an...

New administration in Region Stockholm: Tax cut and frozen SL card

Redaktionen · Oct 23, 2026 · 3 min read

The Social Democrats, the Green Party, the Centre Party, the Liberals, and the Christian Democrats have agreed to govern Region Stockholm. The new administratio...

The demand to throw out Mohamed Ali shows double standards in the Riksdag

Redaktionen · Oct 23, 2026 · 3 min read

In a letter to the editor in Dagens Nyheter, a snap election is demanded to remove Left Party MP Mohamed Ali from the Riksdag. The writer points to previous rep...

Internal SD conflict over biology and Swedishness after Jomshof's statement

Redaktionen · Oct 23, 2026 · 3 min read

Richard Jomshof (SD) faces internal opposition after linking Swedishness to biology on the platform X. Several members of the party board consider the statement...

The media's migration coverage: New Swedes rarely get to speak

Redaktionen · Oct 23, 2026 · 3 min read

Between 2022 and 2026, only a fraction of all articles about migration were about the people who are actually affected. Instead, the media was dominated by poli...

From Herrgården to the Riksdag: Representation is no feel-good story, it is democracy

Redaktionen · Oct 23, 2026 · 3 min read

Left Party member Anfal Mahdi took a seat in the Riksdag after nearly 3 000 preference votes from voters in Malmö. Sydsvenskan portrays her journey from Herrgår...

The election in Israel: When the word peace is erased, insecurity increases in Sweden

Redaktionen · Oct 23, 2026 · 3 min read

Israel is heading to its first election since the attack on October 7, 2023. In the debate, defense and the economy are discussed, but almost never peace. For m...

Top Left Party figure: Media frenzy against Mohamed Ali has elements of racism

Redaktionen · Oct 23, 2026 · 3 min read

The Left Party's parliamentary group leader Samuel Gonzalez Westling criticises the media's coverage of MP Mohamed Ali. The scrutiny has singled him out and has...

L rejects the centre: Prefers to stand close to Sverigedemokraterna

Redaktionen · Oct 22, 2026 · 3 min read

Liberalerna reject a new centre alternative and confirm that they stand closer to Sverigedemokraterna than the opposition. For new Swedes, this announcement mea...

Fake claims about Mohamed Ali met with deportation demands

Oct 17, 2026 · 2 min read

Fake images claim that Left Party MP Mohamed Ali has been arrested for election fraud. The campaign is run by a foreign agency chasing clicks. In Swedish commen...

Swedish prisoners sound the alarm over racism and neglect in the prison in Estonia

Redaktionen · Oct 17, 2026 · 3 min read

Sweden is renting prison spaces in Estonia to resolve the shortage of places in Kriminalvården. Now inmates are sounding the alarm over racism, terrible food, a...

C refuses red-green meetings – opposition divided in the Riksdag

Redaktionen · Oct 17, 2026 · 3 min read

The Center Party does not want to participate in organized meetings with S, V, and MP in the Riksdag. This comes despite the parties having agreed after the ele...

The prison expansion could cost 60 billion more per year

Redaktionen · Oct 16, 2026 · 3 min read

The Prison and Probation Service estimates that Sweden may need 45,000 prison and remand places within 15 years. The annual cost is expected to rise to over 80 ...

New administration in Järfälla promises cheaper housing and smaller school classes

Redaktionen · Oct 16, 2026 · 3 min read

The Social Democrats, Left Party, Green Party, and Centre Party form a new administration in Järfälla following the election. The new coalition intends, among o...

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