Lars Werner, a veteran politician from the Swedish Left Party, has died at the age of 77. Born in Stockholm, Werner took his initial seat in Swedish parliament in 1965, before acting as the Left Party’s top official from the mid-1970s until 1993.
Sweden s parliament on Monday elected conservative leader Ulf Kristersson as prime minister at the head of a center-right coalition that has promised to crack down on crime and curtail immigration in partnership with a populist party with far-right roots.
Tough talks and trade-offs await the winning side in Sweden’s parliamentary elections with the governing centre-left and their right-wing challengers facing weeks of uncertainty should they come out on top. Opinion polls ahead of the Sept. 11 vote show Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson and her allies running neck