I live in the municipality of Taeby (Täby), which is one of the northern municipalities in the Stockholm region. Around Taeby, there are several publically organised several art sculptures, statues and monuments. One of them is based in the area… Read More »Knutte and Gzim
Photo: Michael Schaffler via Unsplash TLDR General elections in Sweden are taking place in 2022, and immigration will be one of the main topics. The government consisting of Social-Democrats and Greens has been negotiating a new migration policy with its… Read More »Sweden and labour immigration debate
The first time I noticed that the BRDM military vehicles, an armoured reconnaissance car, is used in PUBG, I thought about it as something positive for PUBG-gaming. To be honest, the first time I saw the BRDM was when I… Read More »PUBG BRDM problems
Two weeks ago, it was confirmed that musician and anti-war activist Đorđe Balašević died from the Coronavirus. In general, Balašević was known and popular across former Yugoslavia. He was born and grew up in Vojvodina, the northern part of Serbia,… Read More »Good humans in the time of evil – Đorđe Balašević
In 2009, a report was published by think-tank Global Utmaning (Global Challenge) concerning remittances send by immigrants and migrants in Sweden to other parts of the world. The report “Remitteringar från Sverige” (Remittances from Sweden) was written by Lisa Pelling,… Read More »Sweden, immigration and remittances
In 2014, during the European Parliament elections period, a publication was made in Sweden under the name “Vad har EU gjort för Sverige – och vad har Sverige gjort för EU?” meaning “What has the EU done for Sweden –… Read More »What has the EU done for Sweden? (and vice-versa)
In 1995, Sweden became an EU-member state after a popular referendum in 1994 (52,3 % voted in favour, 46,8 % voted against, and 0,8 % voted blank, while the voting participation was around 83%). During 1994, the third European Parliament… Read More »Sarajevo Party
Here is a commercial from 1973 showing canned food made by NNP, an abbreviation for Nedre Norrlands Producentförening (Lower Norrland Manufacturing Union). NNP was cooperatively owned by farmers in the Norrland region (northern Sweden), who in many cases already had… Read More »Canned food commercial from 1973
Events as demonstrations, violence and controversies during the World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle during November-December 1999 came to be known as “the Battle for Seattle”. Relevant data as official documents, photos, notes and other stuff can be read and… Read More »“Battle for Seattle” files
During the war in Bosnia, the Danish state participated with its military units initially in the UN-led UNPROFOR and later within the NATO-led IFOR and SFOR peacekeeping missions. One more famous aspect of the Danish military participation in Bosnia was… Read More »Danish armour recognition military card during the war in Bosnia