What else is happening in Sweden?
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Blood donations : Party leaders call for an end to the discrimination against gay men donating blood in Sweden. The government tasks the National Board of Health and Welfare with investigating the possibility of implementing individual risk assessments for blood donations. The new assessment details will be proposed by September 29, 2024.
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Sweden considers returning stolen sculptures from Benin : A discussion is underway in Sweden about whether the country should return the plundered sculptures from Benin City collected in the early 1900s, highlighting the issue of unclear origin of objects in Swedish museums. A recent inventory estimates that at least one-fourth of the 500,000 objects held by the National Museums of World Culture have a "problematic origin."
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Daniel Ek sells Spotify shares : Spotify CEO, Daniel Ek, has sold 675,000 shares in the company, according to documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. This comes after the streaming service's second-quarter report, which showed an increase in paying users but underperformance in revenue, leading to a 10% drop in Spotify's stock value.