SR International
SR International is the international and multicultural channel of Sveriges Radio and offers programming in 13 languages:
- Albanian (Radio Suedia)
- Arabic
- Bosnian (Radio Švedska)
- Croatian (Radio Švedska)
- English (Radio Sweden)
- German (Radio Schweden)
- Kurdish (Radio Zayele)
- Persian
- Romani
- Russian (Радио Швеция)
- Serbian (Радио Шведска, Radio Švedska)
- Somali
- Syriac
Programming in the minority languages Sámi and Finnish have dedicated channels, and is not part of SR International. See Other channels above.
On 16 March 2010 Radio Sweden announced the end of broadcasts on shortwave and medium wave as from 31 October 2010. External service programmes will only continue on the internet. Language-services for immigrants to Sweden in Albanian, Syriac, Serbian, Bosnian, and Croat will also be discontinued, while programmes in English (also on the domestic service), German, Russian, Persian, Dari, and Kurdish will remain.
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