The following articles have been tagged with "Konstitutionsutskottet":
Politics: 31 Jan 13
Sweden's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been criticized for not respecting freedom of information laws in a new review by the parliamentary committee on constitutional affairs.
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Society: 31 Dec 12
Commenting for the first time on the demand for increased transparency into the royals' finances, Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf said his money is adequately accounted for.
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Politics: 18 Apr 12
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt presented Moderate Party MP Karin Enström as Sweden's new minister for defence on Thursday following the resignation last month of Sten Tolgfors amid an ongoing Saudi arms deal scandal.
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Politics: 9 Mar 12
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt approved plans to build an arms factory in Saudi Arabia, according to the latest revelations regarding the Saudi weapons deal.
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National: 7 Mar 12
Tuesday’s revelation that the Swedish government has been involved in a project to aid the building of an arms factory in a dictatorship like Saudi Arabia has caused strong reactions both in Sweden and abroad.
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Politics: 6 Mar 12
The Swedish Defence Research Agency has been involved in a project to help build an advanced arms factory in Saudi Arabia, according to secret documents that have recently been made public.
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National: 3 Jul 11
Former employment minister Sven Otto Littorin chatted anonymously on internet sex forums while in office, according to a Swedish newspaper report.
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Business & Money: 8 Apr 11
Sweden's energy minister and Centre party leader Maud Olofsson has denied claims in the Swedish media that she knew of the golden parachutes to Vattenfall bosses.
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Politics: 2 Dec 10
Donations to political parties in Sweden will remain unregulated after the centre-right Alliance government remained unified against calls by the opposition for increased transparency for political party financing.
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Politics: 24 Nov 10
Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, voted for the most sweeping changes to the country's constitution since 1974 on Wednesday, confirming Sweden's place in the EU among a raft of other amendments.
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Politics: 23 Nov 10
The Swedish Riksdag’s constitutional committee has announced that it will look into what current and former cabinet ministers knew about the US embassy in Stockholm's surveillance of people in Sweden.
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