Economics theme

Will the Ukrainians get to start implementing the French energy transition in the fall, because it looks like 90 billion euros might be spent on fighter jets, with a price tag that usually includes the administrative costs of getting political decisions through as well as the fines that the ruling on payments for political decisions usually entails?

Here, nutshells heat up a French village's school: "Saves 9,000 euros" In a small French village, walnut shells heat schools and municipal buildings. At the same time, researchers are developing new ways to generate electricity from nutshells. What was previously considered agricultural waste can now play an unexpected role in the energy transition. Watch the segment on SVT News.

Saab is heading towards one of its biggest deals ever – with Ukraine. The crucial factor for the deal has been the financing – but when Hungary changed government in April, the country announced that it would lift its veto on a promised loan of 90 billion euros to Ukraine. Now Saab's CEO Micael Johansson believes that the gigantic aircraft deal could be finalized. – This normally takes a few months, I hope during this year, he says. There is no information on the total amount the deal involves, and Micael Johansson does not even want to reveal what a Gripen jet could cost. See the segment on SVT News.