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Moderates propose ADHD tests for all kids in vulnerable areas
The Moderate Party in Stockholm wants to rapid test all children in "vulnerable areas" for ADHD so that more can get diagnosed and given medication.
The party stresses that the tests would be voluntary and would be carried out at primary care centres from the age of five onwards.
"The quicker you can put in place measures, the better the outcomes," says Irene Svenonius, the party's leader in the municipality, claiming that children in Sweden with an immigrant background are less likely to be medicated for ADHD than other children in Sweden, and that there is a link between childhood ADHD and violent crime later in life.
"We need to find these children, and that is going to help prevent crime," said the party's justice spokesman Johan Forsell.
Swedish vocab: brottsförebyggande – preventative of crime
Sweden extradites first Turk since striking Nato deal
Sweden's government said on Thursday that it would hand over a Turkish citizen convicted of credit card fraud to Ankara, the first known extradition since Sweden struck a deal with Turkey promising to deal with extraditions "expeditiously and thoroughly".
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to block both Sweden and Finland from NATO membership unless they meet several demands, including the extradition of people Ankara considers “terrorists”.
Erdogan accuses the two countries of being havens for Kurdish militants, specifically highlighting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
The man facing extradition was identified in Swedish court documents as Okan Kale, and was convicted in Turkey of credit card fraud in 2013 and 2016.
Swedish vocab: att utlämna – to deport
Train problems to continue into autumn
The Swedish Transport Administration is still facing problems with its new time table system, which, in combination with track work, will mean continuing train delays into the autumn," Sweden's state broadcaster SR has reported.
The administration is supposed to draw up a plan on how trains should travel when there is track work 18 weeks in advance, but it is currently only able to do so two to four weeks in advance, which is making it difficult for train companies to sell train tickets.
"This is something we are of course working intensively to improve," Mikael Eriksson, the agency's marketing chief, said, adding that most trains were not impacted by the track work, and that the planning system should be working properly by the end of the year.
Swedish vocab: framförhållning – long-term planning
Centre Party wants to remove tax from savings accounts
Sweden's Centre Party has proposed scrapping tax on the first 30,000 kronor held by people in Sweden in Individual Savings Accounts, in order to encourage saving among Swedes,
"A lot of people have only a small amount of extra money," she says. "It would be simple to start saving and we want to especially benefit small savers, those who save a few hundred kronor every month for their pension, or a first apartment, or to build up a buffer for the future."
Swedish vocab: en buffert – a buffer
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Moderates propose ADHD tests for all kids in vulnerable areas
The Moderate Party in Stockholm wants to rapid test all children in "vulnerable areas" for ADHD so that more can get diagnosed and given medication.
The party stresses that the tests would be voluntary and would be carried out at primary care centres from the age of five onwards.
"The quicker you can put in place measures, the better the outcomes," says Irene Svenonius, the party's leader in the municipality, claiming that children in Sweden with an immigrant background are less likely to be medicated for ADHD than other children in Sweden, and that there is a link between childhood ADHD and violent crime later in life.
"We need to find these children, and that is going to help prevent crime," said the party's justice spokesman Johan Forsell.
Swedish vocab: brottsförebyggande – preventative of crime
Sweden extradites first Turk since striking Nato deal
Sweden's government said on Thursday that it would hand over a Turkish citizen convicted of credit card fraud to Ankara, the first known extradition since Sweden struck a deal with Turkey promising to deal with extraditions "expeditiously and thoroughly".
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to block both Sweden and Finland from NATO membership unless they meet several demands, including the extradition of people Ankara considers “terrorists”.
Erdogan accuses the two countries of being havens for Kurdish militants, specifically highlighting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
The man facing extradition was identified in Swedish court documents as Okan Kale, and was convicted in Turkey of credit card fraud in 2013 and 2016.
Swedish vocab: att utlämna – to deport
Train problems to continue into autumn
The Swedish Transport Administration is still facing problems with its new time table system, which, in combination with track work, will mean continuing train delays into the autumn," Sweden's state broadcaster SR has reported.
The administration is supposed to draw up a plan on how trains should travel when there is track work 18 weeks in advance, but it is currently only able to do so two to four weeks in advance, which is making it difficult for train companies to sell train tickets.
"This is something we are of course working intensively to improve," Mikael Eriksson, the agency's marketing chief, said, adding that most trains were not impacted by the track work, and that the planning system should be working properly by the end of the year.
Swedish vocab: framförhållning – long-term planning
Centre Party wants to remove tax from savings accounts
Sweden's Centre Party has proposed scrapping tax on the first 30,000 kronor held by people in Sweden in Individual Savings Accounts, in order to encourage saving among Swedes,
"A lot of people have only a small amount of extra money," she says. "It would be simple to start saving and we want to especially benefit small savers, those who save a few hundred kronor every month for their pension, or a first apartment, or to build up a buffer for the future."
Swedish vocab: en buffert – a buffer
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