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UK bank scandal must be 'looked into': Pagrotsky
Business & Money: 14 Jul 12
The Libor scandal in London may have caused economic damage for Swedish tax-funded businesses, and ought to be looked into, said the Social Democrats’ tax investigator Leif Pagrotsky.
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Löfven 'proud and happy' to take party's top job
Politics: 26 Jan 12
The Social Democrats used a hastily scheduled Thursday press conference to officially unveil IF Metall union chief Stefan Löfven as the consensus choice to take over as party chair.
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Social Democrats plumb new poll depths
Politics: 22 Jan 12
As the Social Democrats begin the search for a new leader after Håkan Juholt's resignation, an opinion poll conducted prior to the dramatic events on Saturday show the party at its lowest ebb since the 1960s.
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Håkan Juholt survives to lead another day
Politics: 20 Jan 12
The Social Democrats' executive committee expressed its continued confidence in embattled party head Håkan Juholt on Friday following two days of intense meetings about his leadership.
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Healthcare in focus in by-election push
Politics: 14 May 11
The Social Democrats have once again emphasised their committment to public healthcare services ahead of tomorrow’s by-election in Västra Götaland.
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Ingmar Bergman to adorn new Swedish banknote
Business & Money: 6 Apr 11
Sweden's Riksbank on Wednesday announced the new faces to adorn the country's notes and coins, including a celebrated film director, a former UN secretary-general and a children's author.
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Social Democrats eject Sahlin old guard
Politics: 21 Mar 11
Thomas Östros and Ylva Johansson, key figures in the Social Democrat leadership under former leader Mona Sahlin, are set to be replaced on the party's executive committee as the party goes in search of a sense of renewal.
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Sahlin turns to party old guard for election surge
Politics: 13 Apr 10
The opposition Social Democrats have recruited a slew of senior party members to spearhead their 2010 election campaign.
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Swedes back housekeeping tax relief
Politics: 3 Mar 10
A new poll shows Swedes are in favour of the system of household services tax relief that the left-green opposition has declared it will abolish - despite its popularity among top Social Democrats - if it wins the autumn election,
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EU critic to run for European Parliament
Politics: 30 Sep 08
Social Democratic Party Secretary and EU-critic Marita Ulvskog on Tuesday announced her plans to run for a spot in the European Parliament in the upcoming 2009 elections.
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100 Swedes in Liechtenstein tax probe
Business & Money: 26 Feb 08
Sweden's tax authorities are claiming to have acquired information about some 100 Swedes with bank accounts in Liechtenstein.
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Reinfeldt: Bergman's work is immortal
National: 30 Jul 07
Sweden's Prime Minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, has led political tributes to film director Ingmar Bergman, who died on Monday at the age of 89.
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"Let Göran Persson run IMF" - Pagrotsky
Business & Money: 5 Jul 07
Former Swedish prime minister Göran Persson is a strong candidate to be the next head of the International Monetary Fund - that, at least, is the view of his old colleague Leif Pagrotsky.
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Minister removes degree mill MBA
Politics: 21 Jun 07
Labour Minister Sven Otto Littorin has removed from his CV all references to his MBA from Fairfax University in Louisiana, a non-accredited institution widely regarded as a degree mill.
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Wallström and Jämtin turn down party leadership
Politics: 11 Dec 06
Stockholm's Social Democrats have called for Margot Wallström, Carin Jämtin or Mona Sahlin to succeed Göran Persson as party leader. But Wallström and Jämtin have both said no.
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Aftonbladet wants Jämtin to lead party
Politics: 23 Nov 06
Former development minister Carin Jämtin should be made leader of the Social Democrats, Sweden's largest paper Aftonbladet has argued in a leader column.
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Social Democrats 'are like a sect'
Politics: 13 Nov 06
A former Social Democrat minister has said that the party has become like a sect, and has been taken over by internal fights. Leif Pagrotsky said the opposition party needs to renew.
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SVT to charge bars for sports
Sport: 7 Nov 06
Public TV channel SVT is to be allowed to charge bars and restaurants for showing major sports events, the government has decided. Bar owners are dismayed by the move.
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Social Democrats announce 'shadow government'
Politics: 8 Oct 06
The defeated Social Democrats have reorganized for opposition, appointing former ministers to lead the party's charge in the parliamentary committees.
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Filip and Fredrik dominate TV awards
National: 12 Sep 06
The Swedish viewing public's favourite pair of cheeky chappies dominate the Kristallen TV awards, winning three major prizes, including best humour and best lifestyle programme.
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Sweden returns totem pole
Lifestyle: 12 Mar 06
A Swedish museum finally returns a totem pole acquired from a Canadian tribe in the 1920.It feels good to be able to return it, says Ethnography museum boss Anders Björklund.
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Wealth gap grows between ministers
Politics: 20 Feb 06
Culture minister Leif Pagrotsky is sitting on a fund portfolio of almost 7 million kronor. That's more than all the other ministers put together - at least, if their declarations can be believed.
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Press subsidies still required - report
Lifestyle: 24 Jan 06
Newspapers for foreigners get a special mention in the report on press subsidies which was presented to culture minister Leif Pagrotsky on Tuesday.
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Pagrotsky isn?t listening to commercial radio
Analysis & Opinion: 23 Dec 05
When culture minister Leif Pagrotsky ditched plans for Sweden to switch to digital radio, he admitted that he hadn’t taken the interests of commercial radio into account. He should, argue the bosses of Sweden’s private radio companies.
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Sweden to reflect on eugenics past
Society: 21 Dec 05
Culture minister Leif Pagrotsky announces a study into why Sweden developed a "eugenics mentality" in the 19th and 20th centuries, which led to tens of thousands of forced sterilizations.
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Swedish government tunes out from digital radio
National: 14 Dec 05
After ten years and 320 million kronor spent on testing digital radio in Sweden, the government decides it doesn't like what it hears. Development is to be stopped and the FM network will remain.
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New government agency to safeguard Swedish language
National: 29 Sep 05
The Swedish language has its back to the wall, as English becomes increasingly prevalent. So, brandishing an ö in one hand and an å in the other, the government is fighting back - and The Local is running for cover.
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Popular university courses get 175 million kronor boost
Politics: 21 Jul 05
Swedish universities are to get a big cash injection to increase the number of places they offer. The cash will go to the most popular courses, says education minister Leif Pagrotsky.
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Government considers new TV advertising format
Lifestyle: 18 Jul 05
Fed up with ad breaks? How about donating part of your TV screen to the advertisers so commercials can be displayed alongside the programme? That's one idea being considered by the Swedish government in response to changes in television technology.
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New Masters degrees proposed
Society: 14 Jun 05
A raft of new measures are introduced which the government says will make Swedish universities more compatible with international standards. But students organisations say the changes will create a two-tier system in Sweden.
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New incentive for students to study 'hard' subjects
National: 13 Jun 05
More Russian and less media studies. That was the stern message to high school students from a headmasterly Leif Pagrotsky. But students could get more points for Russian if a government proposal is accepted.
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Chilean president arrives in Sweden
Smörgåsbord: 12 Jun 05
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La Suède: le meilleur pays au monde?
Business & Money: 29 May 05
Un nouveau sondage international effectué auprès de personnes originaires de 10 pays montre que si elles avaient le choix, c’est en Suède qu’elles préféreraient vivre et travailler! Pourtant la Suède n’est pas épargnée par les troubles de toutes natures et comme partout s’ensuit une recherche des personnes responsables...
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Sweden to introduce new masters degree
Society: 23 May 05
Sweden's minister of education, Leif Pagrotsky, announces a major shake-up among the country's higher education institutions to make them more attractive to international students.
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Monica Zetterlund takes her final curtain
Lifestyle: 16 May 05
The death of Monica Zetterlund has robbed Sweden of its greatest jazz singer. Colleagues and admirers pay tribute to her "unique blend of sadness and humour".
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Government gives SVT top job to ex-minister
Lifestyle: 30 Mar 05
The former deputy prime minister is made chairman of the national broadcaster. A threat to Swedish television’s independence, say critics.
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Ex-party leader to investigate school porn scandal
Society: 9 Feb 05
Dramatiska Institutet fails to calm things down by meeting the parents of children who were read explicit passages from a pornographic novel on a school trip, while the student author is forced into hiding.
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No funding for designers as Year of Design opens
Lifestyle: 3 Feb 05
Stockholm's culture mafia schmoozes with Swedish ministers as the country's big art-meets-commerce wheeze, the Year of Design, kicks off with an exhibition at Liljevalchs. Only the designers aren't happy.
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Bonnier mounts counteroffensive
Smörgåsbord: 29 Dec 04
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New minister proposes 'period pain days'
Politics: 2 Nov 04
The new Equal Opportunities Minister and former TV celeb, Jens Orback, smooth-talks his way into office with something for the ladies as the dust settles on last week's cabinet kerfuffle.
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Persson picks election team
Politics: 21 Oct 04
An exciting injection of new talent or an inconsequential game of political musical chairs? Only time - and Sweden's voters - will tell as Göran Persson kicks off the election campaign two years early. It looks like a long, hard slog.
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Hard working Victoria gets her prince trained
National: 19 Oct 04
With a royal wedding surely on the cards, Daniel Westling appears to be preparing for his role as consort to the future Queen. And Crown Princess Victoria's gruelling schedule in Hungary shows that he'll be in for some hard work.
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540 jobs go at Saab as sex scandal hits union
National: 14 Oct 04
While the board of Trollhättan's Metall union resigns amid revelations that union money was used to buy sex toys and visit porn clubs, several hundred of their members lose their jobs. A week in the life of Trollhättan.
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Madame Wu visits Sweden
Smörgåsbord: 30 Sep 04
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Ministers to co-operate over Trollhättan
Smörgåsbord: 29 Sep 04
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Ringholm urged to pay tax on summerhouse
Smörgåsbord: 16 Sep 04
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Smörgåsbord: 8 Sep 04
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Smörgåsbord: 6 Sep 04
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Queenology
National: 2 Sep 04
They say being a queen is in the blood - it's not something you can learn from books or from training. Oh yes it is - in Sweden.
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Job market still slow; Pagrotsky backs small companies
Business & Money: 13 Aug 04
Unemployed? Start your own company! That's the message from the government as the latest figures show an improving economy but stubbornly stagnant levels of unemployment.
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Uneducated, uncultured, uninspiring
Politics: 23 Jul 04
Sweden's leaders are the worst educated among all EU politicans and they have embarrassingly old-fashioned tastes in music. No wonder that the country's kids are the least politically motivated in Europe.
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Teaching business
Business & Money: 2 Jul 04
The government calls for more new business in Sweden, citing excellent education as a draw. And education officials complain that teachers don't know how to teach basic reading and writing any more. Hmmm.
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