We grew up idolising the
exploits of Bjorn Borg who ruled the Tennis World in late 1970s. Between 1974 and 1981- Björn Rune Borg, became
the first man in the Open Era to win 11 Grand Slam singles titles with six at
the French Open and five consecutively at Wimbledon… .. and Sweden dominated
Tennis – it has won the Davis Cup seven times ( 1975, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1994,
1997, 1998) and made seven finals in a row from 1983 to 1989. The one pictured is not a Tennis player though
!
As I gleaned the web read
that a Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ)-linked fugitive wanted by Türkiye
was spotted in the Swedish capital Stockholm. After intense field work, Sabah
daily found Bülent Keneş, former editor-in-chief and columnist at the
now-defunct English-language daily Today's Zaman in the Akersberga area. Keneş,
who fled Türkiye shortly after the July 15 failed coup attempt in 2016, had
been living in Stockholm's Skarholmen area since 2020. Pictured walking on the
streets, Keneş seemed frightened and roamed the streets in paranoia, always
checking his back while running errands. Frequently posting provocative
anti-Türkiye posts on social media, Keneş had signaled that there would be a
coup in the country nine days before the deadly attempt, which left at least
250 people dead. He faces three
different cases in Türkiye for the coup attempt and is one of the several
suspects wanted by Türkiye from Sweden.
The Nordic countries are a
geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It
includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden;
the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the
autonomous region of Åland. The Nordic countries have much in common in their
way of life, history, religion and social structure. They have a long history
of political unions and other close relations but do not form a singular entity
today. The Scandinavist movement sought to unite Denmark, Norway and Sweden
into one country in the 19th century. With the dissolution of the union between
Norway and Sweden (Norwegian independence), the independence of Finland in the
early 20th century and the 1944 Icelandic constitutional referendum, this
movement expanded into the modern organised Nordic cooperation. Since 1962,
this cooperation has been based on the Helsinki Treaty that sets the framework
for the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Sweden, a Kingdom, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe in
Scandinavia. It borders Norway, Finland, and is connected to Denmark in the
southwest by a bridge–tunnel across the Öresund. At 450,295 square kilometres
(173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest
country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The
capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5
million .. .. about 20% of its residents are foreign-born, many of them
refugees from war-torn countries including Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and
Somalia. Sweden has a nature dominated
by forests and a lot of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Plenty
of long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily
emptying into the northern tributaries of the Baltic Sea. It has an extensive
coastline and most of the population lives near a major body of water.
General elections were held
in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in
turn will elect the Prime Minister of Sweden. The preliminary results presented
on 15 September 2022 showed the government parties lost their majority, which
were confirmed by the final results published on 17 September 2022. On 17
October 2022, Moderate Party (M) leader Ulf Kristersson
was elected prime minister.
Ulf Hjalmar Ed Kristersson
(born 29 December 1963) set to serve as Prime Minister of Sweden is the leader of the Moderate Party. He has been a
member of the Riksdag for Södermanland County since 2014 and previously from
1991 to 2000 for Stockholm County. He
previously served as Minister for Social Security from 2010 to 2014. In Dec 2014, he was appointed Shadow Finance Minister of
the Moderate Party and economic policy spokesperson. After the 2022 Swedish
general election, the right-wing bloc obtained a majority in the Riksdag,
leading to Kristersson's election as Prime Minister.
Sweden's new
government under Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson which was announced on Tuesday
includes the country's youngest-ever cabinet minister. The one featured at the
start is - 26-year-old Romina Pourmokhtari who has been appointed as the nation's climate
minister, making her the youngest person ever to lead the ministry.
Previously the accolade was
held by Aida Hadzialic who in 2014 became Sweden's Minister for Upper Secondary School, Adult Education
and Training when she was 27 years old. Hadzialic was forced to resign just two
years after taking up the post after controversy ensued over her getting caught
driving under influence. The newly appointed Minister for Climate and the
Environment has previously served as the head of the Liberal Party's youth wing
and had in 2020 proposed a meat tax to fight climate change.
Pourmokhtari who was born
into an Iranian origin family in the suburbs of Stockholm, has in the past been
an outspoken critic of Kristersson's
move to shift his party closer to the anti-immigration and nationalist Sweden
Democrats (SD), reports AFP. Ulf
Kristersson has been confirmed prime minister after more than a month of
negotiations with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, who have agreed to
support the coalition in parliament reports Reuters. With the nation's
inflation at nearly 10 per cent, and the economy headed into a recession, the
new government faces a number of challenges.
19th Oct 2022.
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