Radio Sweden 2010-08-05

In Thursdays program:

No plans for more Swedish troops in Afghanistan ///

Liberal leader Jan Björklund defends plan for tougher burka ban in the classroom ///

Can you make money with artful photography?

Swedens Liberal Party wants a legal ban of burkas and face-covering niqabs from the countrys schools.

There is a controversy over safety aspects of the planned final storage of nuclear waste from the countrys power plants

Is the unique and strange art form of text-sound dying out in Sweden?

Swedens Liberal Party wants a legal ban of burkas and face-covering niqabs from the countrys schools.

There is a controversy over safety aspects of the planned final storage of nuclear waste from the countrys power plants

Is the unique and strange art form of text-sound dying out in Sweden?

In the effort to keep hospitals smoke free, some are calling on a ban of the sale of tobacco in hospital stores and kiosks.

What changes are in store for Volvo after being acquired by Chinese auto-maker Geely?

The conviction of a cartoonist has created a debate about what should be considered child pornography.

More and more young people are being drawn to an ugly side of soccer, hooliganism.

In the effort to keep hospitals smoke free, some are calling on a ban of the sale of tobacco in hospital stores and kiosks.

What changes are in store for Volvo after being acquired by Chinese auto-maker Geely?

The conviction of a cartoonist has created a debate about what should be considered child pornography.

More and more young people are being drawn to an ugly side of soccer, hooliganism.

Swedens involvement in the war in Afghanistan becomes an election issue.

More and more Swedes are getting into debt thanks to sms-loans.

And.is there more to Swedish food than meetballs and herring?

Swedens involvement in the war in Afghanistan becomes an election issue.

More and more Swedes are getting into debt thanks to sms-loans.

And.is there more to Swedish food than meetballs and herring?

Sweden`s GDP rockets in the second quarter of 2010, surprising economists.

This country needs a Truth Commission to look at how Roma have been treated over the centuries, according to a new government study.

It`s soon time for Sweden`s kids to head back to daycare and schools, if they can get a place.

And as Pride week nears its end here in Stockholm, we ask is the festival for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered really needed?

Sweden`s GDP rockets in the second quarter of 2010, surprising economists.

This country needs a Truth Commission to look at how Roma have been treated over the centuries, according to a new government study.

It`s soon time for Sweden`s kids to head back to daycare and schools, if they can get a place.

And as Pride week nears its end here in Stockholm, we ask is the festival for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered really needed?

Could a new law change against bank card charges have the opposite effect and mean shops here stop accepting cards?

A leading defence analyst says that Sweden needs to get real about Russia.

Could swearing and bad language soon be banned at the Swedish Church`s Synod?

And does Sweden need to do more to protect the fragile Arctic environment?