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November 21, 2009
Bildt in tax probe over nanny’s fees
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt and his wife EU parliamentarian Anna Maria Corazza Bildt have been reprimanded by the Swedish tax authority for dodging payments for their Ukrainian nanny. READ »
Liberals call for lower taxes at party congress
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. READ (10 COMMENTS) »
Sweden reaches deal over top EU positions
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. READ (20 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) »
Reinfeldt pushes for consensus on EU leader
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt made a last ditch effort on Wednesday night to get EU leaders to agree on a candidate to become the European Union’s first president. READ (8 COMMENTS) »
EU expresses Russia human rights concerns
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt expressed concern on Wednesday over human rights deficiencies in Russia. Reinfeldt, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, was speaking at the end of an EU-Russia summit. READ (28 COMMENTS) »
Malmström Sweden's new EU commissioner
Cecilia Malmström, currently Sweden's EU affairs minister, has been nominated as the successor to the country's outgoing EU commissioner, Margot Wallström. READ (13 COMMENTS) »
Too early to recognize Palestinian state: Bildt
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, has said it is "premature" to recognize a Palestinian state. READ (32 COMMENTS) »
Swedes cast about for EU job candidates
Sweden, the current head of the EU's rotating presidency, is ratcheting up its hunt for consensus candidates for two new EU top jobs. Stockholm intends to have the positions filled at a summit later this week. READ (3 COMMENTS) »
Sweden Democrats at record high: poll
The far-right Sweden Democrats have gained a record 5.8 percent of voter sympathies in a new poll published on Sunday; the party is now bigger than both the Christian Democrat and Centre parties. READ (96 COMMENTS) »
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- 08/11 Malmö Moderates open to SD cooperation »
- 07/11 Politicians accused of jumping flu jab queue (4 comments) »
- 07/11 Green Party makes ground among voters (2 comments) »
- 06/11 Reinfeldt warns India of climate change dangers (3 comments) »
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- 04/11 Sweden hails Balkan border deal (1 comment) »
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