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1. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · Lara Jäkel

   The real reason Iceland rejected the EU (opens the original)

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   REYKJAVÍK, Iceland — The mood at the Icelandic ‘no’ camp’s election-night gathering is buoyant. Even before the first results come in, they are already confident of winning the referendum on resuming accession talks with Brussels. “We’re going to win,” says Salma Björk Önnudóttir, one of the managers of the No campaign. She would ultimately be proven right. When the first partial results are announced, cheers and chants erupt. The official result — confirmed around 9:30 a.m. local time on Sunday

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2. Article · Jul 6, 2026 · Lara Jäkel

   Inside Stockholm’s fight to keep children out of gangs (opens the original)

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   STOCKHOLM — At first glance, Fryshuset in Stockholm looks like any ordinary school. A group of girls sit together during recess, laughing, while the rhythmic bounce of a basketball echoes from the gym next door. Only the social workers and monitors discreetly making their rounds hint that something else is happening inside. The sprawling building is at once a school, a social hub and a drop-in center for young people at risk of being drawn into crime. That mission has become increasingly urgent

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