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Do not miss the day’s news from August 31

From Dagens Nyheter · () Swedish

Translated from Swedish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

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  • Sweden signed its largest defense agreement in decades in the presence of France’s president and expanded cooperation with France, including on the protection of French nuclear weapons.
  • A DN/Ipsos poll identified household finances and health care as voters’ most important issues ahead of Sweden’s parliamentary election.
  • Sweden reached the European volleyball championship quarterfinals with a 3-0 win over host Czechia, while a Sida-funded program in southern Ethiopia ended without a replacement and local leaders said children had died.

Sweden’s biggest defense agreement in decades, the national team’s progress at the European volleyball championship and voters’ priorities were among the day’s leading stories highlighted by Dagens Nyheter.

It is clearly a different agenda in this election campaign compared with the previous one.

— Nicklas KällebringThe Ipsos representative described the issues dominating Sweden’s election campaign.

The defense deal was signed in the presence of the French president. Sweden and France also deepened cooperation in other areas, including the protection of French nuclear weapons.

A DN/Ipsos poll found that household finances and health care ranked as the most important issues for voters deciding how to vote in Sweden’s parliamentary election. Nicklas Källebring of Ipsos said the campaign agenda clearly differs from that of the previous election.

Send a signal.

— Nooshi DadgostarThe Vänsterpartiet leader urged dissatisfied Social Democratic voters to support her party.

Vänsterpartiet leader Nooshi Dadgostar urged dissatisfied Social Democratic voters to give her party a chance. She plans to govern with the Social Democrats, although the Social Democrats have said Vänsterpartiet is not ready to govern. Dadgostar criticized the Social Democratic leadership as being far to the right of its grassroots supporters.

The Social Democratic leadership has been far to the right compared with the grassroots.

— Nooshi DadgostarDadgostar criticized the Social Democratic leadership while appealing to its voters.

Sweden also secured a place in the European volleyball championship quarterfinals by beating host Czechia 3-0 in sets. Italy, the world champion, awaits in Wednesday’s quarterfinal. Another highlighted story concerned a Sida-funded program in southern Ethiopia that ended under the government’s new precautionary policy. Local leaders said children had died after no replacement took over.

Children have died.

— Local leaders in southern EthiopiaThey described the reported consequences after a Sida-funded program ended without a replacement.
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Originally published by Dagens Nyheter in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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