Sweden is facing growing regional disparities in electricity prices, with southern regions experiencing dramatic price increases compared to their northern counterparts. This stark contrast has led to public frustration and calls for government intervention.

As one of Europe's biggest suppliers of electricity, Sweden is seeing red over Germany's energy policy, which it says ends up punishing Swedish consumers.

China said on Monday it had provided information and documents for an open investigation into the severing of two Baltic Sea undersea cables, though it and Sweden disagreed over how transparent Beijing had been in the case.

Record electricity prices, which are experienced by neighboring countries due to windlessness in Germany, have angered them considerably. Sweden demands that the German market be divided into price zones so that the country can avoid price rallies in the future.

Sweden has gestured its willingness to approve the Hansa PowerBridge project, a 700-megawatt power cable connecting southern Sweden to Germany.

Swedish energy minister Ebba Busch prepared to move on Hansa PowerBridge project if Berlin overhauls electricity market

"It's one thing for the Germans not to want nuclear power for themselves, but it's another to prevent other countries from accessing these funds", Ebba Busch said.

The 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship will be played in Ottawa from Dec. 26-Jan. 5. Group A for the preliminary round is Canada, Finland, Germany, Latvia and the United States, which won the tournament in 2024. Group B is Czechia, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland.

As one of Europe's biggest suppliers of electricity, Sweden is seeing red over Germany's energy policy, which it says ends up punishing Swedish consumers. Putting diplomatic manners aside ...

Representatives from Sweden, Finland, Germany accompanied Chinese officials to board a China-registered ship that was potentially involved in undersea cable sabotage in the Baltic Sea last month.

The final day of pre-tournament actions gets underway on Monday, Dec 23. Check out the four games that will occur throughout the day.