Swedish Prime Minister announces resignation

This is a turning point for Sweden, which was organizing its legislative elections on Sunday, September 11. Outgoing Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has acknowledged the narrow victory of the right-wing and far-right bloc, which won 176 seats, against 173. As a result, the Social Democratic leader announced her resignation, which will be officially submitted on Thursday 15 september. The elections were so tight that it was necessary to wait for a count of a few tens of thousands of missing votes, Wednesday, September 14, to validate the complete results.

For his part, Pope Francis is visiting Kazakhstan for three days. This is the thirty-eighth trip abroad since his election in 2013. The sovereign pontiff came to promote dialogue, despite the reality of war, in a country allied with Russia. He celebrated an open-air mass on Wednesday, September 14, in front of around 3,000 people. On the program of his visit, an inter-religious summit which brought together some fifty countries.