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Kiss me, I'm Swedish

Analysis & Opinion: 14 May 08
Whatever happened to Swedish reticence? David Bartal contemplates a country in which man hugs have become de rigeur and women think little of kissing each other on the mouth. READ »

Schenström denies sloppy behaviour

Politics: 8 May 08
Former State Secretary Ulrica Schenström has handed in a written explanation to the government’s Constitution Committee following her resignation after a much-publicized night on the town with a journalist last autumn. READ »

Schenström refuses to attend parliamentary hearing

Politics: 22 Apr 08
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's former closest aide has refused to show up for a hearing of the parliament's constitutional committee. READ »

Prosecutors drop Schenström probe

Politics: 3 Dec 07
An investigation into bribery allegations against Ulrica Schenström, Fredrik Reinfeldt's former top aide, has been dropped. READ »

Swedish politicians 'have low moral standards'

Politics: 21 Nov 07
Morals in Sweden are declining, most people think, with politicians' morals viewed as particularly low. READ »

Support for Reinfeldt continues to slide

Politics: 10 Nov 07
As personnel problems continue to beset his government, prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will be unsurprised to learn that Swedish voters are losing faith in his leadership. READ »

TV4 files complaint against prosecutor

Politics: 9 Nov 07
TV4 has reported chief prosecutor Christer van der Kvast to the Chancellor of Justice following a raid on the station's offices this week. READ »

HG Wessberg appointed to succeed Schenström

Politics: 8 Nov 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has appointed HG Wessberg to succeed Ulrica Schenström as his state secretary. Reinfeldt's new appointee has already admitted in an informal survey earlier this week to paying cash-in-hand for domestic services. READ »

Police raid offices of TV4

National: 7 Nov 07
Police raided the offices of TV4 in Stockholm on Wednesday in an attempt to obtain a copy of a restaurant bill paid by reporter Anders Pihlblad. READ »

Government troubles fail to impact on poll

Politics: 7 Nov 07
Sweden's opposition parties have retained their substantial lead over the governing Alliance for Sweden, but do not appear to have profited from the latest troubles in Fredrik Reinfeldt's Moderate Party, a new opinion poll shows. READ »

Reinfeldt faces deluge of criticism

Politics: 2 Nov 07
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt faced a deluge of criticism Friday over his leadership abilities after the latest in a string of scandals capped a stormy first year in power for the centre-right government. READ »

Media question Reinfeldt's leadership

Politics: 2 Nov 07
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's leadership abilities were criticised by the media on Friday after a scandal forced the resignation of his influential top aide. READ »

Schenström's successor off to shaky start

Politics: 2 Nov 07
Fredrik Reinfeldt's new State Secretary Nicola Clase has admitted that she and her husband paying cash-in-hand for renovations to a summer house outside Stockholm. "We regret any mistakes we have made and are prepared to make up for them," she said. READ »

Reinfeldt: Schenström was on call

Politics: 1 Nov 07
Ulrica Schenström, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's closest aide, was on call when she was out drinking with a political reporter from TV4, Reinfeldt has said. READ »

Reinfeldt's closest aide resigns

Politics: 1 Nov 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's closest aide has resigned from her job. On Wednesday night State Secretary Ulrica Schenström handed in her notice following days of negative media stories. READ »

Reinfeldt aide takes 'time out' from job

Politics: 31 Oct 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's closest aide is to take time out from her job. State Secretary Ulrica Schenström will be absent from her post for an unspecified period following days of negative media stories about an evening she spent in a bar with a TV4 political correspondent. READ »

Sahlin slams Reinfeldt over aide's media kiss

Politics: 31 Oct 07
The leader of the Social Democrats, Mona Sahlin, has blasted the Prime Minister's handling of the so-called "Schenström affair". READ »

Kisses from Reinfeldt aide cause row

Politics: 26 Oct 07
A row has broken out after Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's closest aide, State Secretary Ulrica Schenström, was photographed apparently kissing a journalist in a Stockholm bar. READ »

Now the work begins for Sweden's new leader

Politics: 18 Sep 06
At 9.30 on Monday morning Sweden's new prime minister was whisked from his home in a black Mercedes. After their historic election win, Fredrik Reinfeldt and the other Alliance leaders now begin their negotiations for ministerial posts. READ »

Persson backs out of debate at last minute

Politics: 23 Aug 06
Göran Persson has dropped out of a scheduled televised debate with his arch rival Fredrik Reinfeldt. "I don't have time," was the prime minister's excuse. In that case, neither do I, was his rival's reply. READ »


Blog Update: Style in Sweden

15 March 00:11

Style rookie: a 13-year old girl controls the fashion industry »

"I read a very interesting article about style rookie, one of the most influential fashion bloggers and style icons at the moment, in the City newspaper last week. Tavi Gevinson, the American girl behind the blog, is often considered the new wunderkind in the fashion industry as she is she is only 13 years old..." READ »

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