March 20, 2010
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Government calls for action on khat use
Society: 8 Mar 10
The Swedish government has announced a tougher approach to the threat posed by the use of the mildly intoxicating drug khat on the state of public health.
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Refugees staying put in problem spots
National: 17 Feb 10
A Swedish government project focused on enticing refugees to leave problem-ridden areas in Sweden's big cities has failed to achieve its goals. After two years, just 286 people have made use of the scheme.
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Profile: Sweden's new EU minister Birgitta Ohlsson
Analysis & Opinion: 2 Feb 10
Birgitta Ohlsson was named as Sweden's new EU minister on Tuesday. An outspoken advocate of feminism, equality and civil liberties issues, as well as a keen supporter of Nato membership, Ohlsson also harbours dreams of a top UN human rights post.
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Sweden to tackle 'ticking bomb' of Islamic violence
Politics: 19 Jan 10
Sweden needs to do more to help young “violence-affirming Islamists” turn their backs on extremist organizations, minister for integration Nyamko Sabuni said on Tuesday.
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Liberals reject immigrant citizenship course
Politics: 22 Nov 09
The Liberal Party has voted against a proposal from the party leadership for the introduction of mandatory courses for all immigrants seeking Swedish citizenship.
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Sweden to probe housing discrimination
Society: 15 Oct 09
Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman plans to launch a nationwide investigation into discrimination in Sweden’s housing market.
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Swedish integration policies 'a failure'
Politics: 23 Sep 09
Immigrants to Sweden continue to flock to a few, high-immigrant concentration areas, new statistics show, prompting one politician to conclude the country's integration politics have failed.
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Women's refuges to gain from new research funds
Politics: 17 Sep 09
The Swedish government has announced the allocation of 200 million kronor ($29 million) to support research into civil society groups such as women's refuges.
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New measures to help speed up integration
Politics: 11 Sep 09
The government has proposed a sweeping overhaul of Sweden’s system for supporting newly arrived immigrants in their search for a job in hopes of getting them established and working more quickly.
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Sweden mulls mandatory classes for refugees
Politics: 3 Sep 09
The government will shortly introduce reforms proposing that it be obligatory for all refugees arriving in the country to take part in a society orientation course to facilitate their establishment in Swedish society.
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No equality quotas for boards: Olofsson
Business & Money: 2 Sep 09
Industry minister Maud Olofsson has washed her government’s hands of the responsibility for ensuring equal representation of women and men on company boards.
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Swedish extremists pose 'serious threat'
National: 7 Jul 09
Political extremists in Sweden are generally more violent than their counterparts in Germany and Denmark, a new report shows.
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'Outlaw forced marriages in Sweden'
Society: 2 Jun 09
Nearly 70,000 young Swedes feel they aren’t able to freely choose whom they want to marry, according to a new study, leading the report’s authors to propose Sweden outlaw forced arranged marriages altogether.
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Ministers argue girls' right to sex ed
National: 31 May 09
Liberal party ministers Jan Björklund and Nyamko Sabuni have proposed a new schools law which removes the right to seek exemption from sexual education and swimming classes.
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Sweden joins UN racism conference walkout
Politics: 21 Apr 09
Swedish and EU delegates walked out of the UN conference on racism in Geneva in protest at remarks by Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who described Israel as "racist" in his speech.
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Sweden to boycott UN racism conference
National: 18 Apr 09
Sweden will not send any ministerial officials to the UN conference on racism in Geneva on Monday, said Swedish Integration Minister Nyamko Sabuni.
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Liberal Party looking to reduce Migration Board's influence
Politics: 18 Mar 09
A working group within the Liberal Party (Folkpartiet) wants to strip the Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) of its power to appoint legal representatives to asylum seekers.
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Sweden to reward quick learning immigrants
Education: 13 Mar 09
The Swedish government has announced the launch of a performance-related bonus for immigrants pursuing state-funded language courses.
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Sabuni offers to meet with Rosengård youth
Politics: 13 Feb 09
Sweden’s integration minister Nyamko Sabuni wants to visit the homes of young people from the predominantly immigrant suburb of Rosengård in Malmö.
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New lift for Sweden's minority languages
Politics: 29 Jan 09
The Swedish government has promised to do more to preserve and promote the country’s official minority languages.
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Rosengård 'growing more radical'
Society: 28 Jan 09
A majority of Rosengård's inhabitants believe the troubled Malmö suburb has undergone a serious political and religious radicalization over the past five years, a new study shows.
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Segregation 'widespread' for Swedish immigrants
Politics: 18 Dec 08
A study released on Thursday by Statistics Sweden (SCB) reports widespread segregation in the fields of education, housing, employment and politics.
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Borg tops in Sweden power rankings
National: 14 Nov 08
Finance minister Anders Borg has surpassed prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt as Sweden’s most influential powerbroker, according to a new ranking.
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New integration role for Sweden's jobs agency
Politics: 6 Nov 08
The government will present a plan on Thursday to give Sweden’s employment agency a more prominent role in integrating immigrants, according to integration minister Nyamko Sabuni.
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'Time to toss out' Swedish for Immigrants
Politics: 28 Oct 08
A group of Moderate Party politicians wants to scrap Sweden’s current programme for teaching introductory Swedish to newly arrived immigrants in favour of courses more closely tied to the job market.
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New funds to integrate Sweden's immigrants
National: 19 Sep 08
The government has announced plans to spend close to 2 billion kronor ($297 million) to help Sweden's newly arrived immigrants and refugees integrate more quickly.
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New funding to help educated immigrants get jobs in Sweden
Education: 18 Sep 08
The Swedish government wants to devote 100 million kronor ($15 million) to provide additional training to people with academic degrees from other countries.
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Linna appointed new 'Super Ombudsman'
Politics: 17 Jul 08
Katri Linna (right) has been appointed as the new 'Super Ombudsman' and director-general of the new discrimination authority.
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Government gets tough on sex trade
Politics: 16 Jul 08
The Swedish government has announced a raft of new proposals to fight the sex trade and organized crime.
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‘Force municipalities to accept refugees’
Politics: 30 May 08
Municipalities in Sweden should be required to accept refugees, a government inquiry has concluded.
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Sweden drops plan to ban sexist adverts
Society: 24 Apr 08
The Swedish government has decided not to pursue a suggested ban on sexist advertising.
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Swedish ice cream trucks 'a form of torture'
National: 7 Apr 08
Selling ice cream and candy with enticing melodies ought to be outlawed, says a Swedish professor.
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Fitting in: Swedish parties think anew on integration
Analysis & Opinion: 14 Mar 08
David Landes looks at press reaction to proposed citizenship classes and an asylum policy which tells refugees where to live.
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Swedish dads steer clear of paternity leave
Jobs: 12 Mar 08
Swedish fathers enjoy one of the most generous paternity leave policies in the world but few dads take advantage of the opportunity, writes AFP's Sebastien Buffet.
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Liberals call for compulsory citizenship classes
Politics: 11 Mar 08
The Liberal Party has said it wants to introduce a mandatory course for all immigrants seeking Swedish citizenship.
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Liberals call for mandatory sex ed
Education: 6 Mar 08
The Liberal Party wants to remove the option for parents to request exemptions from sex education classes for their children.
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Swedish for Immigrants to undergo overhaul
Education: 18 Feb 08
Sweden's ministers for education and integration have announced far-reaching plans to improve the quality of language courses offered to immigrants.
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Sweden funds fight against honour crimes
Society: 8 Feb 08
Sweden has set aside resources to fund local efforts to combat so-called honour crimes.
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Pushy telesales calls to be banned
Society: 17 Jan 08
Sweden plans to ban pushy and unwanted telephone sales as part of a new crackdown on unethical marketing.
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Sweden battles to keep child ad ban
Politics: 4 Jan 08
European plans to declare Sweden's ban on TV ads aimed at children illegal meet resistance in Stockholm.
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Foreigners to be issued Swedish ID - from 2009
National: 17 Dec 07
Foreigners living in Sweden will be eligible for Swedish ID if the conclusions of a new inquiry are accepted by the government. But the new system will not be introduced until 2009.
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Female equality ombudsman gets lower pay
Society: 9 Nov 07
Sweden's new Equal Opportunities Ombudsman, who is a woman, is to receive a considerably lower salary than her predecessor, who is a man.
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Moderates split over refugee issue
Politics: 12 Oct 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has received criticism from his Moderate Party colleagues in Skåne. The rift comes after Reinfeldt rejected a proposal to direct newly arrived refugees to areas in which they are likely to find work and accommodation.
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Muhammad row 'good for integration'
Politics: 4 Sep 07
As Swedish civil servants warn of a growing security threat, Integration Minister Nyamko Sabuni accentuates the positives in the ongoing Muhammad cartoon controversy.
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Government offers money for stay-at-home parents
Politics: 4 Sep 07
Parents who want to stay at home to look after their young children will be entitled to extra money from their local councils, under new proposals unveiled by the government on Tuesday.
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Minister backs discrimination test
Society: 24 Jul 07
'Situation testing', where fake job applications are submitted with the same qualifications but different backgrounds, could become a weapon against workplace discrimination, says Sweden's integration minister.
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Sweden signals radical shift in integration policy
Politics: 6 Apr 07
Three ministers have indicated that newly arrived immigrants and asylum seekers will no longer be free to live where they want. Instead they are to be placed in areas where there are jobs.
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Sabuni pushes for parental insurance reform
Politics: 3 Apr 07
Nyamko Sabuni has called for the upper limit on parental insurance to be scrapped in a bid to encourage high earners to stay at home with their children. More than an equality bonus is needed.
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Inquiry over immigrant ID card problem
Politics: 26 Mar 07
Sweden's government is to set up an inquiry into the problem of immigrants being denied Swedish ID cards. But Liberal Migration Spokesman Fredrik Malm says that action is needed now.
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Sabuni 'threats' lead to raised security
National: 6 Mar 07
Threats against Sweden's integration minister Nyamko Sabuni have led to her having 24-hour protection, and to her diary being removed from the government's website, according to reports.
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Officials ordered to solve ID problem
Politics: 23 Feb 07
Ministers have ordered top civil servants from three government departments to investigate the problem that immigrants to Sweden are being barred from getting Swedish ID cards.
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Immigrants blocked from getting Swedish ID
Analysis & Opinion: 15 Feb 07
The Local Exclusive: People moving to Sweden since January have been barred from getting Swedish ID cards – unless they have Swedish spouses. The muddle leaves thousands unable to carry out basic activities.
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Swedes keenest on ethnic minorities
Society: 24 Jan 07
Swedes are the quickest in the European Union to embrace the multi-cultural society, according to a new survey. "It's pleasing that people are so positive," says integration minister Nyamko Sabuni.
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Government plans cap on benefit contributions
Politics: 16 Nov 06
The government will limit the amount that Swedes are made to contribute to unemployment benefit funds, after heavy criticism from unions. But protests against the plans continue.
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Few divide parental leave equally
Society: 7 Nov 06
Three decades after Sweden introduced parental insurance, only 2.6 percent of Swedish mothers and fathers divide parental leave equally between them.
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Profile: Nyamko Sabuni
Analysis & Opinion: 1 Nov 06
She's Sweden's first African minister, and her proposals to tackle 'honour culture' have led some critics to call her an Islamophobe. But Nyamko Sabuni insists that immigrants to Sweden have a duty to integrate.
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"Let immigrants start Swedish classes again"
Society: 21 Oct 06
Integration minister Nyamko Sabuni has said she wants to give immigrants a second chance to learn Swedish. Refugees aren't ready when they first arrive, she argues.
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Sabuni stops cash to uncle's racism body
Politics: 19 Oct 06
It's nothing personal, claims integration minister Nyamki Sabuni as she stops state funding to the Centre Against Racism, a controversial organization headed by her uncle. But, she says, the body has failed.
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Youth and diversity sets new government apart
Politics: 6 Oct 06
With the youngest prime minister for 80 years, Sweden's first gay minister, first black minister and the first male minister to sport a pony tail, Fredrik Reinfeldt's government has already assured itself a place in the history books.
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Carl Bildt Sweden's new Foreign Minister
Politics: 6 Oct 06
Former prime minister Carl Bildt has been named Foreign Minister in the new government presented by Fredrik Reinfeldt. Ten of the 21 new ministers are women, and nine ministers are Moderates.
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'Check all schoolgirls for circumcision'
Politics: 17 Jul 06
Ban headscarves for girls under 15, end state support for religious schools and check every Swedish girl for female circumcision. That is the call from senior Swedish Liberal Nyamko Sabuni, who wants to banish honour culture from Sweden.
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"Recently I’ve been thinking of how much mental space we could create if we collectively agreed to get rid of stereotypes. All of those small compartments we walk around with in our heads would suddenly be cleared away and we’d feel so much lighter. Just think of all of that space for real new perceptions..." READ »
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