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Sweden has reached its target of fewer than five percent of the population smoking regularly – and is consequently considered "smoke-free".
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EU chief Ursula von der Leyen raised the prospect on Wednesday of Canada becoming the 27-nation bloc's first "associate member', as she pitched closer cooperation on tech, defence and energy to Canadian leader Mark Carney.
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DIGITAL COMMUNITIES AND ONLINE PLATFORMS
The European Union will ban social media for children under 13 and allow only limited, supervised access until the age of 15 under plans unveiled Wednesday by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.
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ELECTIONS AND VOTING
The votes are still being counted after a tense election campaign. We asked The Local's readers how they feel about the results so far.
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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Sweden's Centre Party, which could become the kingmaker after Sweden's tight election result, has announced its willingness to start government talks with the centre-left Social Democrats.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
One of the most high-profile MP's for the far-right Sweden Democrats has blamed his party's election setback on the other right-wing parties' refusal to impose a total halt to new citizenship awards when they took power in 2022
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