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The Local (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has announced that Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy will be the first permanent President of the European Council following negotiations in Brussels on Thursday evening.
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The Swedish EU Presidency has formally proposed Belgium's Prime Minister, Herman Van Rompuy, for the position of EU President. This has been announced by a Spokesperson of Rompuy while the special EU summit to elect the first President of the EU is still going on, BGNES reported. A Spokesperson of the Czech government has confirmed the news about Rompuy's nomination by the Swedish Presidency. ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Brussels - The European Union's Swedish presidency on Thursday tried to clarify what the bloc's first-ever full-time president should do as EU leaders arrived in Brussels to nominate the new top official. EU member states are torn over whether the pr...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Stockholm - Two Egyptian nationals who were handed over to the CIA in 2001 and deported to Egypt in a much-criticized decision were Thursday denied permission to settle in Sweden. The Swedish government rejected appeals from Mohammed al-Zari and Ahme...
The Local (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Unemployment in Sweden shrunk unexpectedly in October, dropping to 8.1 percent of the workforce, according to new statistics. Nevertheless, one in four Swedes under age 25 remain out of work.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Stockholm - The Swedish parliament Thursday voted overwhelmingly to keep Sweden's military contingent in Afghanistan for another year. Sweden has some 430 troops in northern Afghanistan, and the contingent was likely to increase to some 500 next year...
The Local (Free subscription) | yesterday
Swedish Airports and Air Navigation Services (LFV) is to sell off six of its airports to municipalities or other local parties in connection with a reorganisation of the company in 2010.
The Local (Free subscription) | yesterday
A male high school teacher in Skövde, western Sweden, has been arrested and charged with a string of sexual offences including child rape.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pay no attention to the Eurosceptics. Cathy Ashton's posting as EU 'foreign secretary' is a major post-Lisbon development The chorus of ill-informed and patronising calls of "Who?" that have greeted the appointments of the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy , as the new long-term president (really chairman) of the European Council, and Baroness Cathy Ashton, as the new EU foreign...
The Local (Free subscription) | yesterday
Liberal party leader Jan Björklund has rallied members during a speech at the party conference in Växjö calling for lower taxes, developments in nuclear power production and for Sweden to adopt the euro as its currency.
The Local (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two sisters are claiming damages from a firm of funeral directors after their father's coffin was plunged ungracefully into a grave by undertakers unsteady on their feet.
The Local (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two North Korean diplomats are being held on suspicion of trying to smuggle 230,000 cigarettes from Russia into Sweden.
The Local (Free subscription) | yesterday
Local politicians who previously voiced their disapproval a move to house asylum children in Vellinge look set to sign an agreement to invite more children to reside in the municipality in the future.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
British peer says she will show she is the best person for the job of European foreign minister over the next few months and years Europe's eight-year quest to establish a simpler and more democratic regime came to a dramatic climax last night when the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, and British peer Cathy Ashton were appointed as the two top officials embodying the new system. In a surprise...
The Local (Free subscription) | yesterday
Earnings of the bosses of Sweden's ten biggest state-run companies rose an average of 36 percent between 2004 and 2008, while employees had to settle with a 15 percent increase during the same period.
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crompt | 11/09/2009
The suspension of direct flights between Stockholm and Kuala Lumpur due to the global economic downturn, will not have a huge impact on tourism numbers says Malaysia Tourism Minister Dr Ng Yen Yen. The Minister says that the Malaysia will focus on eco tourism packages for Swedish visitors and will be actively promoting the Malaysia My Second Home programme to Swedish consumers. Ng says that last year...
ricardogrant2009 | 10/29/2009
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habser | 10/11/2009
The European Commission has been tasked to determine whether proposed loan guarantees to Saab Automobile would break rules on state support. Johanna Martin, spokeswoman for Minister Maud Olofsson, said that the government has notified Brussels last Friday regarding 400 million euros ($585 million) of guarantees being considered for loans from the European Investment Bank.
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