Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister and Sweden's FMV Director General signed a SEK 24.6 billion contract for 16 Gripen E multirole fighters financed via EU loans, with deliveries starting early 2029; Sweden separately donates 16 Gripen C/D jets as military assistance from 2027
Ukraine formally contracted 16 new-build Saab Gripen E multirole aircraft on 30 June 2026 in a SEK 24.6bn deal financed through an EU loan facility, with deliveries due 2029-2030, and Sweden simultaneously pledged 16 used Gripen C/D jets from its active air force for earlier handover
Data-center developers and European utilities lock in small modular reactors years before first concrete, betting on factory-built nuclear to feed compute and grids
Sweden recorded 84 homicides in 2025, the lowest total since 2012, and saw criminal-network shootings drop from 39 in Q1 2025 to 15 in Q1 2026; the Tidö Agreement's doubled sentences for gang crime and the February 2026 proposal to criminalise gang membership are credited; explosion offences hit a record 621 in 2025, signalling a shift in violence form
From Algeria in July to South Sudan's long-delayed vote in December, who votes, when, and where power actually turns over