Europe Sweden According to Ticket – the largest private travel agency in the Nordics – the US is the only top-ten country where travel bookings are declining for 2026, -21% on 2025; figures could change ahead of this summer's planned World Cup in the country
Europe Sweden Camera surveillance is being introduced on fishing boats over 24 meters to help declining fish stocks in the Baltic Sea, affected by eutrophication and oxygen deficiency; The initiative comes from both the Swedish and the Danish fishing industries
Europe Sweden A new species has been discovered in Swedish forests, a fungus that parasitizes lichens; it has been recognized by researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Europe Sweden Kumla prison has begun accepting children and young people convicted of serious violent crimes, opening new challenges at all levels of operations, from guidelines to everyday management
Europe Sweden To lower the minimum age to 18 for purchasing beer, wine and alcoholic beverages with an alcohol content under 22% from Systembolaget has been proposed by Moderates, who would leave 20 as age limit for all other drinks sold at Systembolaget