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Valmet To Deliver A Biomass Boiler And Flue Gas Handling To Kraftringen Energi In Sweden
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Valmet Oyj's press release, July 7, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. EEST ESPOO, Finland, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Valmet has received an order from Kraftringen Energi for the bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) boiler and flue gas handling...
4 flights diverted at Madeira Airport due to weather issues
Aviation24.be
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July 6, 2025
Flight disruptions returned to Madeira Airport this afternoon, with four flights already diverted and another four still circling between Madeira and Porto Santo. Notably, an easyJet flight from Gatwick was diverted to Faro. Other diversions...
IKEA brings 93 new pieces from its Stockholm collection to Manila
Business World
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July 6, 2025
NATURAL materials, timeless design, and quiet luxury have characterized IKEA’s Stockholm collection for the past 40 years. With 93 newly designed pieces, the Swedish furniture giant aims to continue its goal to make indoor spaces comfortable....
Swedish mother on the population crisis: “Children are seen as troublesome”
The Nordic Times
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July 3, 2025
An unprecedented low number of children are being born in Sweden, and the reasons are said to be numerous – from war, climate alarmism, and economic anxiety to fear of childbirth. Mother of four Anna Björklund argues that rapid digitalization and...
Swedish start-up set to spice up indoor saffron farming
Food Navigator
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With demand for reliable, high-quality saffron expected to rise, start-ups are turning to vertical farming using controlled environment agriculture (CEA) to overcome the limitations of traditional outdoor cultivation of ‘red gold’ or the ‘king of...
Sweden tests new anti-drone systems
Defence Blog
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July 3, 2025
The Swedish Armed Forces, in cooperation with the Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and industry partners, have unveiled a new anti-drone concept designed to counter the growing threat of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) against ground targets....
Board games, bracelets and bike rides - how Sweden avoid boredom at Euros
Channel News Asia
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July 6, 2025
CHAM, Switzerland :Sweden may spend most of their time focusing on football at the Women's Euros but in their downtime defender Magdalena Eriksson and her teammates are doing everything from playing board games and making bracelets to going on...
Sweden’s Arctic Railway Prepares for a More Militarized Future
Mint
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July 3, 2025
(Bloomberg) -- Linda Bjurholt had just gotten Swedish mining giant LKAB’s trains back up and running after a costly derailment north of the Arctic Circle when she got a call from her company’s traffic control center. There had been another...
Swedish government allocates hundreds of millions to World Bank’s aid fund
The Nordic Times
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July 3, 2025
Diesel cars have long been identified as losers in the transition to electric vehicles, but a new study shows that they actually retain their value better than electric cars. Over a three-year period, the value of certain diesel models decreased...
Climate change worries 44% of Greek hoteliers
Tornos News
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July 2, 2025
European and Greek hoteliers express strong concerns about the impact that climate change may have on their businesses in the coming years. According to a survey by Statista and Booking.com entitled “The Titans of Travel”, which also uses data...
Euro 2025: Sweden beats Denmark yet again this year
The Rising Nepal
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Geneva, July 6: Sweden swept past Denmark yet again on Friday, winning 1-0 at the Women’s European Championship for a third victory this year over its near neighbor. One month after a 6-1 rout in Stockholm, Filippa Angeldahl’s smart finish of a...
Sweden: EIB backs DanAds to accelerate advertising technology to compete with tech giants
The European Sting
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July 2, 2025
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. EIB lends Swedish adtech company DanAds €21 million to expand self-serve advertising solution that help publishers with automated ad sales and...
Sweden reverses air travel tax, pushing against ‘flight shaming’ wave it created
Fortune
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Sweden reversed its air travel tax policy that aimed to curb carbon emissions in 2018, during a time when “flight shaming” had been popularized by environmental activists like Greta Thunberg. Since its inception, domestic air travel has...
Latnord gears up for mining sustainability focused conference in Luleå
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 5, 2025
IM is the official Media Partner of the forthcoming international conference The Nordics and Latin America: Sustainable Mining in Luleå, Sweden. This is the second edition of the event, organised by Latnord, the first having been held in 2024 in...
Inspired by Greta Thunberg, Sweden invented flight shaming, now it’s desperately begging airlines to come back
The Economic Times
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July 5, 2025
Sweden Flight Shaming Backfires as Country Drops Air Tax to Revive Economy- Sweden, the birthplace of the “flight shaming” movement, has now reversed course by scrapping its aviation tax in hopes of reviving a struggling economy. The move,...
hee house by studio ellsinger elevates small-scale living on sweden’s coast
Design Boom
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July 5, 2025
A Compact Home on Sweden’s West Coast Hee House, designed by Studio Ellsinger, stands on a flat plot just south of Hamburgsund on Sweden’s West Coast. Framed by pines, weathered rocks, and meadow grass, the vacation home balances a modest...
Climate Science Digest: July 1, 2025
Muser Press
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July 1, 2025
Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 1, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. Hurricane ecology research reveals critical vulnerabilities of coastal ecosystems A...
Sweden invented flight shaming. Now it wants to axe the tax and lure airlines back
The Economic Times
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July 1, 2025
In a major policy shift, Sweden has officially scrapped its air travel tax from July 1, reversing a six-year-old levy that charged passengers up to 517 kronor (approximately $54) per flight. The decision is aimed at reviving the country’s...
Wildlife rescuer arrives just in time to save rare animal from trash compactor: 'I immediately sprung into action'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 1, 2025
"I got so emotional watching this." by Simon SageJuly 1, 2025 A rare cat was rescued from a trash compactor recently, according to The Dodo. Long Island animal rescue professional John Debacker received multiple calls about an animal in distress....
Fjällräven Färden Duffel 50 review: a classy travel pack made with swish Swedish flair and attention to detail
Advnture
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July 5, 2025
Depending on the context, the Swedish word Färden means ‘the journey’ or ‘traveling’, making it the perfect name for Fjällräven's family of durable and functional travel bags. There are six members in this family: two roller bags, a toiletry bag,...