sweden
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Swedish Students Are Going Back to School and Getting Analogue Books
In an era of misguided technological innovation, teachers in Sweden are taking things back to basics. A movement in the country’s education system is emphasizing analog technology like actual books and handwriting in a bid to make education more effective. The Guardian reports that Sweden’s minister of schools Lotta Edholm is behind the push. Politicians…
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North Korea Still Owes Sweden for 1,000 Volvos Ordered in the 1970s
Back in the 1970s, North Korea ordered 1,000 vehicles from Swedish automaker Volvo. To this day, the isolated state still hasn’t paid up.
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Midsommar Is A Gorgeous Nightmare Stuffed With Modern Horror And Old-World Dread
Ari Aster’s latest film, Midsommar, is as carefully constructed as his 2018 breakout, Hereditary. There are some shared themes, like families, grief, and cults; the main character is, again, a woman pushed to the edge. And it manages to be just as unsettling, despite the fact that it takes place almost entirely under brilliantly sunny…
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Swedish Prosecutors Reopen Rape Case Against Julian Assange
Swedish prosecutors have reopened their investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on a rape charge made by a woman in 2010. Assange skipped bail in June 2012 while in London and claimed asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy, where he lived for almost seven years.