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Weekend: Sweden and Finland to support energy producers

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Sweden and Finland to support energy producers

04/09/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Sweden and Finland to support energy producers

Sweden says Europe is facing a "war winter" after Russia's decision to cut gas supplies

The Swedish government has said it will provide Nordic electricity producers with liquidity guarantees worth billions of dollars to try to ensure that the energy crunch does not trigger a financial crisis. The Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson, said Sweden was facing a "war winter" as a result of Russia's decision to cut gas supplies to the EU.

Also in the programme: The lack of clean, safe water in certain parts of the US city of Jackson, Mississippi; and how France used artificial intelligence to spot secret swimming pools. 


Joining Paul Henley to discuss these and other issues are Mily Taylor, chief executive of Oxford Information Labs, a UK-based cyber intelligence company, and Han Dorussen, professor of government at the University of Essex in southern England.


(Photo: Sweden's Finance Minister Mikael Damberg, Governor of Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden, Stefan Ingves, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Director General of Finansinspektionen, Sweden's financial supervisory authority, Erik Thedeen attend a news conference in Stockholm, Sweden, 03 September 2022. Credit: EPA)

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