March 13, 2026: Sweden Drops Power Tariff Mandate, Hackers Target E-Gov, and Political Shifts

In today's bulletin, we discuss the Swedish government's decision to scrap the controversial mandatory electricity pricing tariffs, making them optional instead due to widespread public confusion and political backlash. We also cover a major cyberattack on the IT consulting firm CGI Sweden that compromised sensitive e-government data, though the company insists only test servers were affected. Finally, we look at the brewing political drama as the Liberal Party reconsiders its stance on working with the Sweden Democrats in exchange for a national vote on adopting the Euro.Keywords:• elregel: [ehl-ree-ghel] electricity rule. Refers to the controversial power tariffs.• e-förvaltningssystem: [eh-fur-valt-nings-sis-tem] e-government systems. Targeted in the cyberattack on CGI Sweden.• omprövar: [om-pruh-var] reconsiders. Describes the Liberal Party rethinking its political boundaries.Download the full episode transcript here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bksHbiH4yFpl91KxCLqmS90ihtDHe_db/view?usp=sharing