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February 13, 2012
Two degree climate deal unlikely: Reinfeldt
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has said the Copenhagen summit is unlikely to result in a pledge to try to cap the rise of global temperatures since the dawn of the industrial era at two degrees Celsius. READ (5 COMMENTS) »
EU pledges climate cash to poor nations: Reinfeldt
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has announced that the European Union's member states have agreed to give $10.6 billion to help developing nations tackle climate change. READ (20 COMMENTS) »
Reinfeldt calls on US to raise climate targets
Swedish Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt implored the United States on Wednesday to implement more ambitious goals for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. READ (17 COMMENTS) »
Big fat Greek bailout 'unlikely': Borg
Sweden’s finance minister Anders Borg warned Greece on Wednesday that European countries were unlikely to help the Mediterranean nation solve its current budget crisis. READ (7 COMMENTS) »
UK MPs back Swedish presidency on Jerusalem
A group of nearly 50 members of the British parliament have written a letter voicing their support for a controversial Swedish EU presidency proposal to recognize East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. READ »
EU closes in on banking oversight deal: Borg
Sweden’s finance minister Anders Borg said on Wednesday that the EU was closer to a agreeing to a new set of measures for policing banks and financial institutions across national borders. READ (2 COMMENTS) »
Reinfeldt hails first day of EU's Lisbon Treaty
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt welcomed “a new era” for the European Union on Tuesday, the first day the changes laid out in the Lisbon Treaty came into force. READ (4 COMMENTS) »
Swedish minister's infant daughter steals Brussels spotlight
Swedish migration minister Tobias Billström lightened the mood at an EU meeting about human trafficking on Monday by sneaking his baby daughter into the proceedings. READ (8 COMMENTS) »
China climate leadership crucial: Reinfeldt
China must play a prominent role in the global fight against climate change, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said on Monday after a China-EU summit. READ (11 COMMENTS) »
Bildt fears insipid EU top job compromise
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has given voice to apprehensions that the EU may settle on an uninspiring compromise candidate for the new post of president when the union's leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday. READ (11 COMMENTS) »
- 18/11 EU expresses Russia human rights concerns (28 comments) »
- 17/11 Too early to recognize Palestinian state: Bildt (33 comments) »
- 16/11 Sweden hopes gas talks don't turn poisonous at EU-Russia summit (3 comments) »
- 16/11 Swedes cast about for EU job candidates (3 comments) »
- 11/11 Sweden calls summit over EU top jobs (17 comments) »
- 06/11 Reinfeldt warns India of climate change dangers (4 comments) »
- 04/11 Sweden hails Balkan border deal (1 comment) »
- 03/11 Swedish relief as Czechs sign Lisbon Treaty (12 comments) »
- 03/11 Reinfeldt targets US and China in climate message »
- 03/11 Obama welcomes Reinfeldt for White House visit (3 comments) »
20 things to know before moving to Sweden
As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
- 11/2 09:27 Fika Quiz (The Swedish Teacher)
- 10/2 10:47 Reefer Madness (110% LAGOM)
- 07/2 12:55 Queen of Diamonds (The Diplomatic Dispatch)
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fin
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Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.
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