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Swedish prime minister: 'Sweden needs a new, more intrusive, social policy'

Sweden's prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has called for a new, more aggressive social policy to prevent children being drawn into gang crime in deprived areas of Sweden's cities in his speech to the Almedalen political festival.

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Politics in Sweden: Security at Almedalen Week one year after murder

This week Sweden’s top politicians will travel to the Baltic Sea island of Gotland for the biggest event in the country’s political calendar.

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'Sweden will never let anti-democratic forces take advantage of democracy,' vows PM Stefan Löfven

Prime Minister Stefan Löfven spoke about democracy and his own upbringing as a foster child in his speech on the island of Gotland during Sweden's annual political festival Almedalen.

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'Almedalen Week has the makings of a global event. Give it ten years'

Almedalen Week could become a sought-after global platform to share new ideas. It has everything going for it, writes senior Indian journalist Rupali Mehra.