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Lifestyle: 17 Apr 13
With summer fast approaching, The Local offers up five iconic names in Swedish fashion design so readers into who's hot and what's hip can find their way in the trendy world of Swedish fashion.
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Society: 22 Jan 13
With Swedish apparel behemoth H&M accounting for more than half of Sweden's fashion industry turnover, experts say more needs to be done to help emerging design talent expand their business.
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Business & Money: 19 Dec 12
The European Commission plans to ban flavoured snus, according to the final version of its proposed tobacco directive presented on Wednesday, which also calls for the current ban on snus exports to remain in place.
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Business & Money: 17 Dec 12
Officials in India are investigating how the Swedish anti-tank rifles bought by the Indian army ended up in the possession of Burmese rebels.
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Politics: 13 Dec 12
The Swedish anti-tank rifles that ended up in the hands of Burmese soldiers in breach of European Union sanctions were originally exported to India, Sweden's trade minister said on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 10 Dec 12
Sweden's Trade Minister Ewa Björling said the EU faces "all out war" with Sweden if a new health directive on tobacco being hammered out at the European Commission threatens Swedish moist snuff "snus".
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Society: 22 Nov 12
Stockholm is hosting the world’s largest book club on Thursday - Storytellers of Sweden - where the nation's authors will be broadcast live to the world as they discuss Swedish literature.
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Politics: 9 Nov 12
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will meet with Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during his visit to Burma next week, a spokesman for the prime minister announced on Thursday.
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Society: 15 Oct 12
The winners of the 2012 Nobel Prizes are being announced this week in Stockholm. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding the winners and why they won.
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National: 1 Oct 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has apologized for removing all the women from their Saudi Arabian catalogue, following public outrage in Sweden including the EU minister slamming the action as “medieval”.
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Business & Money: 1 Oct 12
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has removed out all the women from the version of the company's famed catalogue to be distributed in Saudi Arabia, prompting a stern reaction from Sweden's trade minister.
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Politics: 12 Sep 12
Sweden's trade minister on Wednesday promised the government will renew efforts to legalize exports of snus - or moist snuff - following a new EU proposal to ban all smoke-free tobacco products outside of Sweden.
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Business & Money: 31 Aug 12
The long wait for Swedish work permits facing talented computer programmers from other countries has prompted the Swedish games industry to put pressure on the government to cut processing times.
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Politics: 7 May 12
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt squared off against Social Democratic leader Stefan Löfven for the first time during a spirited party leader debate in which the two sparred over unemployment and other issues.
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Business & Money: 20 Mar 12
Sweden was in talks with Saudi Arabia about providing a state of the art public security system, according to information in a secret letter sent from the Swedish minister for trade and leaked to Swedish media.
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Business & Money: 22 Feb 12
Fresh figures show that a large percentage of Swedish arms exports go to undemocratic countries and dictatorships, despite a decision from the Riksdag last year to tighten regulation on arms exports.
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Society: 26 Oct 11
Some 45,000 school children in the Washington DC area will get the chance to savour some wholesome Swedish food on Wednesday in an initiative by the Nordic embassies in the US capital.
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Politics: 19 Oct 11
Sweden's "official gateway" on the internet launched an Arabic edition on Wednesday, in an effort to strengthen Sweden's dialogue with the Arabic speaking world.
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National: 13 Oct 11
Parts of Sweden's government offices at Rosenbad in Stockholm were evacuated on Thursday morning following the discovery of two suspicious packages, one of which was reportedly a gift from Uruguay's visiting president.
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Business & Money: 1 Aug 11
Sweden's government has pledged to continue to fight for the lifting of an EU-wide ban against moist snuff or 'snus', in the face of what it calls European "ignorance" of the smokeless tobacco product.
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Business & Money: 9 May 11
Sweden's trade minister Ewa Björling has identified Mexico as a promising destination for Swedish exports.
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National: 16 Jan 11
The Swedish government is considering taking advantage of the good reputation its healthcare system has overseas and promoting the concept for export abroad.
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Business & Money: 17 Sep 10
Swedish defence firm Saab Bofors Dynamics sold anti-tank missiles to Saudi Arabia, according to Swedish media reports, despite previous denials by trade minister Eva Björling that weapons has been sold to the Saudis.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Moderates, bidding to retain power and become the largest party in Swedish politics.
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National: 30 Apr 10
The Swedish Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo, which opens on Saturday in Shanghai, aims to both increase Sweden's visibility in China and promote trade in the country.
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Politics: 22 Mar 10
A Swedish pilot who has flown members of the royal family, ministers and high ranking military officers has been suspended for neglecting a series of obligatory medical check ups.
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Society: 17 Sep 09
Increased immigration to Sweden in recent years has helped boost the country’s foreign trade, a new study shows.
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Business & Money: 3 Apr 09
Sweden has secured an exemption to higher EU tolls on the imports of Brazilian ethanol.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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