February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Oecd":
Lifestyle: 1 Feb 12
Is there any truth in the image of Sweden portrayed in the Millennium books and films? Stockholm University ethnologist Jonas Engman argues that the stories have tapped into Swedish fears that their society’s success is not all they had been brought up to believe.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jan 12
With tuition fees for non-EEA students in effect, the makeup of Sweden’s non-European student population is shifting and the pressure is on for universities to deliver services worth selling, argues contributor Sven Hultberg Carlsson.
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Analysis & Opinion: 29 Dec 11
As 2011 draws to a close, The Local looks back at some of the stories that dominated headlines in Sweden in the past year.
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Business & Money: 19 Dec 11
Sweden needs to implement tighter controls of new rules governing foreign labour migration, according to the OECD, which nevertheless concluded that the 2008 reforms have worked fairly well.
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Science & Technology: 17 Dec 11
There are still questions surrounding some important points in the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management's application for final disposition, concluded an international expert group.
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Science & Technology: 24 Nov 11
The number of obese people in Sweden has all but doubled in the last two decades, but is still comparatively low compared to other OECD countries, according to a recent study.
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National: 20 Nov 11
Seemingly undeterred by the debt crisis, Swedish households are taking out more new loans than any other Europeans, according to a comparison of mortgages presented in Swedish media.
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Business & Money: 6 Nov 11
Sweden has poor control over people coming from outside the EU to work, specifically related to the pay and conditions they've been promised, according to findings by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Education: 6 Sep 11
After nearly a decade-long slide in Swedish students' maths skills, the government has decided to invest 2.6 billion kronor ($404.9 million) to raise results in Swedish schools.
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National: 13 Aug 11
Many are now reporting maltreatment of elderly to Sweden's health and welfare watchdog, and cases are increasing in several parts of the country, according to a report in Swedish media.
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Business & Money: 22 Jun 11
Sweden's economic growth is expected to slow further in 2011 following record strong growth in 2010, according to a new forecast from the Sweden's National Institute of Economic Research.
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Society: 27 May 11
Swedes are the most content among Europeans when it comes to a number of factors related to people's sense of well-being, a new OECD report shows.
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Politics: 17 May 11
The OECD has criticised Sweden for using money from the development aid budget to finance embassy operations, in contravention of international regulations.
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Politics: 23 Apr 11
The center-right Alliance in Sweden has lowered taxes by over 100 billion kronor since 2006 with the most generous tax breaks going to those in work.
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Education: 15 Mar 11
Sweden's minister for education and the head of an influential teachers' union have called for a new centralised school system in Sweden.
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Business & Money: 1 Mar 11
The Swedish economy expanded at a record 7.3 percent in 2010, a growth rate not seen in the country since 1970.
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Analysis & Opinion: 28 Jan 11
Sweden's strong economy is in focus at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, giving the centre-right Alliance government a chance to spread a new image of Sweden, writes Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and three of his ministers.
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Business & Money: 28 Jan 11
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will on Friday address the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos to explain Sweden's relative economic prosperity as ex-US president Bill Clinton joined the chorus of admirers.
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Business & Money: 20 Jan 11
The head of the OECD compared the strength of the Swedish economy to that of the popular Astrid Lindgren's character during a conference in Stockholm on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 21 Dec 10
Sweden's GDP growth is currently at levels that have been outpaced only four other times since World War Two, according to a finance ministry agency on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 7 Dec 10
A study compiled by an Uppsala University researcher reveals that Sweden has one of the worst unemployment fund schemes among wealthy nations.
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Education: 7 Dec 10
The reading comprehension and mathematics skills of 15-year-old Swedish students have deteriorated in the 2000s, a new triennial OECD study released on Tuesday has found.
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Education: 3 Dec 10
Swedish students who take their time to graduate from post-secondary study are extremely costly to the economy, a new government study has shown.
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Analysis & Opinion: 24 Oct 10
As Britain braces for massive spending cuts, observers say Prime Minister David Cameron should take note of Sweden's successful battle to shrink its huge deficit in the 1990s, writes AFP's Nina Larson.
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Politics: 5 Oct 10
Another eventful day in Swedish politics has come to a close with Fredrik Reinfeldt having presented his new government, the Sweden Democrats having added a little colour and outraged drama, and the king having calmly reminded the Riksdag of its role as a bastion of Swedish democracy.
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Business & Money: 10 Sep 10
Sweden came in 45th place among 153 countries in a survey measuring charitable behaviour around the world, tied with neighbouring Finland, as well as Lebanon, Zambia, and Ghana.
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Business & Money: 8 Sep 10
Sweden appears to be making a spectacular recovery from the deep recession its export-reliant economy experienced during the global financial crisis.
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National: 18 Aug 10
Sweden's politicians have been slammed by leading economists who argue that they are misleading the electorate by claiming that income taxes discriminate against pensioners, who in actual fact pay less tax than those in work.
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Business & Money: 28 May 10
Sweden has exceeded analysts' economic forecasts with quarterly growth up 1.4 percent and year-on-year figures placing the country at the top of the European pile.
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Business & Money: 26 May 10
Swedish household borrowing continues to increase at one of the world's highest rates and economists at the state Housing Credit Guarantee Board have raised concerns over the risks for individuals, house prices, and the Swedish economy.
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Society: 12 Apr 10
As average incomes increase, more people in Sweden are falling below the line classified as relative poverty, with single parents particularly affected, new statistics show.
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Analysis & Opinion: 5 Mar 10
An excessively rigid labour market is at the root of Sweden's high youth unemployment and helps explain the recent proliferation of young people in early retirement schemes, argues Nima Sanandaji, CEO of the Captus think tank.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 Feb 10
A bill proposing tuition fees for students from non-EU countries will enable Sweden to compete on a more level playing field with universities in other countries, argues Niklas Tranæus from the Swedish Institute.
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National: 7 Feb 10
Swedes by and large have not fared well during the deep recession. The report card comes from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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Society: 11 Jan 10
The Swedish Institute has slammed as “nonsense” an index released last week which ranked Sweden as the most expensive country in the world.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Nov 09
Sweden's much-vaunted gender equality statistics do not stretch as far as the boardrooms of private companies, an area in which the country has fallen way off the international pace, argues Nima Sanandaji.
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Business & Money: 21 Sep 09
Sweden's unemployment will climb above 11 percent, according to the 2010 budget bill presented by the government to the Riksdag on Monday, requiring measures focused on job creation and jump-starting growth.
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National: 12 Aug 09
Sweden has agreed to pay direct support of 50 million kronor ($6.9 million) to the beleaguered Palestinian Authority, the foreign ministry announced on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 9 Jul 09
Sweden’s development aid policies received generally high marks in a review published on Thursday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Politics: 3 Jul 09
Sweden’s finance minister Anders Borg lashed out at the country’s business community on Friday, calling Sweden’s main business group “ideological megaphones” who’ve shirked their responsibility during the economic crisis.
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Analysis & Opinion: 12 Mar 09
Foreign-born graduates of Swedish universities suffer discrimination in the Swedish labour market and are often under-paid and over-qualified, a new report shows. Action is demanded to meet the challenges of an ageing workforce.
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Business & Money: 29 Dec 08
The recent devaluation of the Swedish krona has made the nation poorer. If the currency's 15 percent decline against the euro stands there is a risk of Sweden dropping down the OECD wealth league table.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 08
Doug Lansky takes a look at how Swedish tradition, technology, sick leave, vacations, public holidays and a new management style mean many 'full-time' Swedish workers get 130 days off per year.
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Society: 12 Dec 08
When it comes to caring for children, Sweden ranks highest among the world’s wealthy countries, according to a new report from the United Nations children’s organization, Unicef.
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Education: 10 Dec 08
Swedish students are getting worse at maths and natural science, according to the results of an international study.
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Politics: 5 Dec 08
Sweden’s foreign assistance programme has been given top marks by an influential American think tank.
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Business & Money: 3 Dec 08
Sweden is well placed to ride out the global economic crisis despite risks of exposure to the overseas financial sector, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday.
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Politics: 27 Nov 08
The Moderate Party wants to ditch Sweden’s development aid goal of devoting 1 percent of the country’s gross national income (GNI) to foreign assistance.
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Business & Money: 29 Oct 08
The National Institute of Economic Research predicts Sweden's economy will shrink slightly next year as the country’s main economic indicator dropped to its lowest level since 1996.
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Politics: 15 Oct 08
Sweden has maintained its position as the country with the second highest tax burden in the world, according to the OECD.
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Politics: 22 Sep 08
The government presented the 2009 Budget Bill on Monday, which features 32 billion kronor ($4.8 billion) in reforms designed to counteract the effects of a weakening economy.
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Business & Money: 4 Jun 08
Sweden’s economy is set to weaken further this year and next, but inflation fears continue to pose a threat, according to a recent OECD report.
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National: 3 Apr 08
A truck loaded with refrigerators to be shipped to Nigeria has been stopped by several Swedish authorities.
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Business & Money: 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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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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National: 15 Feb 08
Sweden has moved into ninth place in the 2007 OECD prosperity league table.
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Politics: 11 Jan 08
Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund has called for the construction in Sweden of four new nuclear reactors.
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Business & Money: 18 Dec 07
Sweden's parliament has voted in favour of abolishing wealth and property taxes, enacting a key pledge in the government's manifesto.
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Society: 29 Nov 07
Swedish 15-year-olds have dropped down the global rankings in a new OECD study.
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Business & Money: 29 Oct 07
A leafy Swiss park is the unlikely setting for a showdown between a South Korean hunger striker and a global corporation he accuses of "gangster" tactics in shutting down a factory.
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Analysis & Opinion: 17 Oct 07
SFI language courses aim to promote basic understanding of the Swedish language and society. But, argues Captus's Nima Sanandaji, with low pass rates and politicized content, neither aim is fulfilled.
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National: 8 Oct 07
Sweden does not have a effective framework in place to combat bribery and international corruption, according to a new report from Transparency International (TI).
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Business & Money: 30 Jul 07
International companies in Sweden avoid tax by setting false transfer prices, a controversial former pharmaceuticals executive has said.
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Society: 29 Jun 07
The authors of an official report on the Swedish rental market argue that companies in the public housing sector should 'strive for market rates'.
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Politics: 27 Jun 07
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg has proposed further tax breaks for people in work. The cuts will benefit low and medium income earners most, he says.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jun 07
Swedish interest rate rises have been pushed on by high wage demands from trade unions. The unions' short-term gains are being won at the expense of the economy as a whole, argues Nima Sanandaji of think-tank Captus.
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Business & Money: 29 May 07
Speaking at a taxation conference on Tuesday, Finance Minister Anders Borg defended the government's decision to replace residential property tax with a council fee. But the OECD forecasts the resurrection of the tax "within five years".
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Business & Money: 24 May 07
Sweden's economy will continue to grow at a healthy pace, according to a new prognosis from the OECD, but inflation poses a threat.
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Politics: 8 Apr 07
Sweden's election of a centre-right government in September has led to a whole host of reforms to nudge the country away from its high tax, high spend traditions, as Delphine Toitou reports.
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Politics: 4 Apr 07
Taxes in Sweden are too high, according to the OECD. But the government should reduce labour taxes rather than property taxes, the organization argues.
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Business & Money: 30 Mar 07
Less red tape, more competition and labour market liberalization are the ingredients required if Sweden is to maintain its high standards of social welfare, according to a new report.
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Science & Technology: 29 Mar 07
A new Swedish study has shown the negative impact of smoking on productivity. The average number of sick days per person is 25, while the average smoker took a further eight days.
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Politics: 28 Mar 07
The move to get rid of wealth tax has been widely welcomed in political and business circles. But union movement LO has said it is "unacceptable" that pension savers will have to pay the price.
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National: 28 Mar 07
Wealth tax will disappear this year, the leaders of the governing Alliance parties have promised in a surprise move.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 Feb 07
Sweden ranks 18th out of the EU's 25 member states in measures of the number of entrepreneurs in society. But the government doesn't seem to have grasped the need for reform, argues Nima Sanandaji of think-tank Captus.
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Society: 14 Feb 07
A new UNICEF report rates Sweden as one of the best countries in the rich world for children to grow up in. Britain comes off worst, while the United States is rated little better.
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National: 14 Feb 07
The Swedish economy is performing well, according to a new report from the OECD. But the housing rental market needs reform and further efforts will be needed to get people into work.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 Dec 06
The Nordic countries are all in rude economic health, with growth outstripping that of Britain, Germany and France. AFP's Delphine Toitou takes a look at their recipe for success.
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Business & Money: 28 Nov 06
Sweden's economy will keep growing strongly and unemployment will fall over the next couple of years, the OECD says. But interest rates will need to rise to help sustain growth, it warns.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Nov 06
While Sweden's economic future looks bright in many respects, it will soon lose its competitive edge without major reforms to the role of the public sector, argues Nima Sanandaji
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Business & Money: 13 Oct 06
Sweden leads the world when it comes to national tax burdens, according to new figures from the OECD.
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Politics: 12 Sep 06
Prime minister Göran Persson has been accused of routinely lying about job figures in election debates and interviews. "Journalists need to question his statistics," according to a leading think tank.
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Society: 19 Apr 06
People who come to Sweden from western countries earn more on average than Swedes, although they're also more likely to be jobless. People from other parts of the world earn less than native-born Swedes.
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Society: 19 Apr 06
Sweden is good at integrating immigrants into the job market, according to the man at the head of the government's integration agency. Sixty percent of foreigners in Sweden have jobs.
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Business & Money: 11 Apr 06
Sweden no longer has low corporate tax rates compared to other EU countries, according to a new survey by KPMG. EU enlargement has reduced the average corporate tax rate in the bloc.
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National: 22 Nov 05
Ericsson and ABB are blamed for a 2% fall in Swedish research and development expenditure last year. But Sweden still spends more per head than any other country in the world.
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Analysis & Opinion: 11 Nov 05
The French riots are unlikely to be repeated in Sweden, but immigrant unemployment is a major issue here too. And fixing it requires action on joblessness as a whole.
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Society: 24 Oct 05
The OECD has slammed Swedish integration policy, saying that immigrants are shut out of the job market because they are forced to live in areas with high unemployment.
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Analysis & Opinion: 21 Oct 05
Why should wanting help around the house make me feel like a slave owner? It's time to drop the inverted snobbery and admit that all jobs have a part to play in Sweden.
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National: 14 Oct 05
The Swedish economy is the most tax-dependent of all the OECD countries, according to the organisation's latest report on national taxation.
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National: 29 Jul 05
The maximum speed on Sweden's motorways could rise to 120 kilometres an hour. This would be combined with speed reductions on more dangerous roads, leading to fewer people dying on Sweden's highways.
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Business & Money: 12 Jul 05
A group of countries, including Australia, Canada, Sweden and the UK seems to have nearly "extinguished" the business cycle while enjoying above-average trend growth, according to an OECD report.
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National: 9 Jun 05
"Could do better". That's the verdict in an OECD report on the Swedish economy released on Thursday. While productivity has surged since the mid-90s, the lethargic labour market threatens the future of the generous welfare system.
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Politics: 4 May 05
OECD ministers want "a heightened sense of urgency" in the current WTO round of trade liberalisation talks, Swedish prime minister Göran Persson said after chairing an OECD ministerial meeting in Paris.
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Smörgåsbord: 4 May 05
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Business & Money: 3 May 05
Swedish prime minister Göran Persson demands progress in the WTO round of trade liberalisation talks to be made at a special gathering on the sidelines of an OECD meeting in Paris this week.
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Politics: 27 Apr 05
Sweden's prime minister Göran Persson outlines a kind of soft globalization, describing free trade as beneficial for all but insisting that national policies are needed to ensure social safeguards.
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Science & Technology: 20 Apr 05
Give them half a chance and there’s nothing the Swedes like better than bragging about their healthcare system. Especially when a number of newly-published studies state the Swedish model is one of the best in the world.
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Smörgåsbord: 30 Dec 04
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Smörgåsbord: 3 Dec 04
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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