https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The surface of the Baltic Sea is about to get turned into something akin to the floor of a movie theatre, as 32 countries prepare for a catastrophic scenario. https://www.thelocal.se/20180823/why-40000-litres-of-popcorn-is-being-dumped-in-the-baltic-sea Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:53:14 +0200 why-40000-litres-of-popcorn-is-being-dumped-in-the-baltic-sea The Swedish parliament was to debate Russian plans to lay an additional gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, the Nord Stream 2, on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20160908/riksdag-to-debate-new-russian-gas-pipeline Thu, 08 Sep 2016 10:57:23 +0200 riksdag-to-debate-new-russian-gas-pipeline Sweden is not meeting its targets for restoring the Baltic sea, and neither are any of the other eight countries bordering the sea, according to a report published on Monday by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). https://www.thelocal.se/20130701/48786 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:23:00 +0200 48786 Gas pipeline firm Nord Stream will hold an information meeting on the Baltic island of Gotland on Monday to introduce a proposal to extend its controversial gas pipeline project. https://www.thelocal.se/20130519/48000 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:30:00 +0200 48000 Swedish Environmental Minister Lena Ek has said that the Baltic Sea nations' failure to protect the region's environment is "worrying". https://www.thelocal.se/20130406/47172 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:51:00 +0200 47172 Swedish divers famous for finding an object on the Baltic Sea floor resembling a well-known spaceship from the Star Wars films are celebrating the recovery of drinkable wine from a nearly century-old Swedish shipwreck. https://www.thelocal.se/20121002/43576 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:47:00 +0200 43576 The plot thickens around the Baltic mystery "ship", as a first dive has been made down to the object which made headlines around the globe when it was discovered a year ago. https://www.thelocal.se/20120617/41494 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:43:00 +0200 41494 A growing seal population in the Baltic sea has brought with it an unwanted consequence - the cod worm (anisakis), which can cause vomiting, diarrhea, and intense stomach aches if ingested, is steadily becoming more common in the Baltic area. https://www.thelocal.se/20110703/34708 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:39:00 +0200 34708 Half a century has passed since the sunken 17th century royal warship Vasa was brought to the surface, but the story of how one of Sweden's biggest failures became a national treasure still fascinates. https://www.thelocal.se/20110424/33378 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:02:00 +0200 33378 Sweden will decrease its herring and salmon catch quota in the Baltic Sea next year, a departure from years of wrangling over cod fishing. https://www.thelocal.se/20101027/29842 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:45:00 +0200 29842 The Baltic Sea faces the threat of uncontrolled growth of freight traffic and wind energy over the next 20 years, the World Wildlife Fund has warned in a new report, calling on governments to work together to avert a Baltic 'Wild West'. https://www.thelocal.se/20100826/28600 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:02:00 +0200 28600 Unsure of their actual number, authorities will now count how many porpoises there are in the Baltic Sea with the help of porpoise detectors that collect data from cetaecean sonar. https://www.thelocal.se/20100727/28014 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:53:00 +0200 28014 The first signs of this year's cyanobacteria - also known as blue-green algae - blooms are now visible in the Baltic Sea on satellite images. https://www.thelocal.se/20100702/27578 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:31:00 +0200 27578 A dozen previously unknown shipwrecks have been found on the bed of the Baltic Sea; some of them are thought to up to 1,000 years old, the Swedish National Heritage Board said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100309/25416 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:49:00 +0100 25416 A diplomatic thaw between Sweden and Russia appears to be imminent. On Tuesday Fredrik Reinfeldt and Carl Bildt will head to Moscow to meet prime minister Vladimir Putin and president Dmitrij Medvedev. https://www.thelocal.se/20100303/25312 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:33:00 +0100 25312 The former commander of the Russian navy's Baltic fleet denied on Friday that Russia dumped radioactive and chemical waste into Swedish waters in the Baltic Sea in the early 1990s. https://www.thelocal.se/20100205/24822 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:02:00 +0100 24822 Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has asked for an explanation from the previous Social Democrat government over Russia's release of toxic waste into Swedish waters in the Baltic Sea. https://www.thelocal.se/20100205/24800 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:55:00 +0100 24800 The Russian military is suspected of having dumped chemical weapons and radioactive waste off the Swedish island of Gotland in the beginning of the 1990s, according to Sveriges Television (SVT). https://www.thelocal.se/20100204/24776 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:44:00 +0100 24776 The Swedish government on Thursday gave its permission for German firm Nord Stream AG to lay down pipelines for transporting natural gas from Russia to Germany through the Swedish economic zone of the Baltic Sea. https://www.thelocal.se/20091105/23090 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:32:00 +0100 23090 A British submarine which disappeared in the Baltic Sea during the First World War has been discovered by a Swedish expedition near an island off the Estonian coast. https://www.thelocal.se/20091023/22834 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:31:00 +0200 22834