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Immigration increases foreign trade: study

Society: 17 Sep 09
Increased immigration to Sweden in recent years has helped boost the country’s foreign trade, a new study shows. READ »

Sweden secures ethanol toll exemption

Business & Money: 3 Apr 09
Sweden has secured an exemption to higher EU tolls on the imports of Brazilian ethanol. READ »

Swedish Match and Philip Morris to market smokeless tobacco

Business & Money: 4 Feb 09
Swedish Match is joining forces with Swiss-based tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) to market smoke-free tobacco around the world READ »

Sanctions threaten Swedish lingonberry exports

Politics: 19 Jan 09
Lingonberry jam is among the products set to suffer from new trade sanctions announced by the US against the EU as it attempts to force an agreement over hormone-treated meat. READ »

'Boycott Israel in Davis Cup': Social Democrat

Sport: 13 Jan 09
A prominent member of Sweden's largest political party likened Israel to apartheid South Africa and Nazi Germany in calling for a boycott of Sweden’s upcoming Davis Cup tennis match against the Middle Eastern country. READ »

Borg best in popularity stakes

Politics: 30 Dec 08
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg is ranked highly by his party colleagues with a 71 percent approval rating. Defence minister Sten Tolgfors meanwhile has the backing of only 3 percent of his peers. READ »

Trade minister vows to snuff out EU snus ban

Politics: 28 Nov 08
Swedish trade minister Ewa Björling has called on Brussels to lift the EU ban on exports of Swedish moist snuff, or ‘snus’, calling the prohibition discriminatory. READ »

Sweden's trade minister laments Doha Round collapse

Business & Money: 30 Jul 08
The Swedish government has called on the WTO parties to take responsibility for continued negotiations after the collapse of the Doha Round of trade talks on Tuesday. READ »

Swedish companies keen on Iraqi business

Politics: 31 May 08
Swedish companies have indicated that they are interested in doing business in Iraq. 18 firms met with the Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki in Stockholm on Friday. READ »

Sweden to reopen Baghdad embassy

Politics: 30 May 08
As Sweden announced plans to reopen its Baghdad embassy later this year, Iraq's prime minister also called for Iraqi refugees to return to their former homeland. READ »

Reinfeldt to meet China's president

Politics: 12 Apr 08
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will meet China's president Hu Jintao on Saturday in connection with a conference on the Chinese island of Hainan. READ »

Reinfeldt heads to China for climate talks

Politics: 10 Apr 08
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt sets off on Thursday for China for talks on the environment and possibly human rights, the government said. READ »

Minister built extra floor on house without permission

Politics: 13 Sep 07
Sweden's new trade minister, Ewa Björling, built an extra floor on her house near Stockholm without planning permission, according to reports. READ »

Reinfeldt presents new trade minister

Politics: 12 Sep 07
She owns a pink Porsche, was caught speeding during the summer and has dumped illegal quantities of soil outside her new house. Fredrik Reinfeldt presents... Sweden's new trade minister, Ewa Björling. READ »

Sweden's politicians step up for English debate

Lifestyle: 5 Sep 06
Four brave Swedish politicians are to put their English skills to the test in a televised election debate on Wednesday evening. It should be good viewing for Swedes too, says the programme's presenter. READ »


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