March 21, 2010
Vaxholm
The following articles have been tagged with "Vaxholm":
Stockholm swells with millionaire men
Business & Money: 21 Jan 10
Stockholm-area men dominate the ranks of the roughly 40,000 Swedes who earn more than one million kronor ($139,000) per year, fresh statistics show.
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Nordegren's purchase of Stockholm island retreat confirmed
Society: 13 Dec 09
Elin Nordegren closed on a deal to buy a sprawling island estate in the Stockholm archipelago in the early days of an infidelity scandal which continues to plague her star golfer husband Tiger Woods, the island’s residents' association said on Sunday.
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Unions ordered to pay for Vaxholm blockade
Business & Money: 2 Dec 09
Two Swedish trade unions have been ordered to pay 2.7 million kronor ($392,000) to a Latvian construction company whose 2004 project in Vaxholm in eastern Sweden was interrupted by a union blockade.
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Sweden presents new law on collective wage agreements
Business & Money: 8 Oct 09
Sweden on Thursday presented new legislation to update conditions for foreigners working temporarily in Sweden for a foreign company following a European court’s ruling against a Swedish union in a landmark wage-dumping dispute.
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Baltic bliss: boating in the Stockholm archipelago
Travel: 14 Sep 09
Having lived for some time in a city so dominated by waterways and islands, Alannah Eames decides it's high time to take the plunge and join the boat set.
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Alliance parties agree to reduce taxes
Politics: 28 Aug 09
The Alliance parties have agreed to reduce income tax by 10 billion kronor next year, as part of the fourth stage in the parties’ in-work tax credit programme, meaning individual tax cuts of up to 250 kronor per month.
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Israel awaits stronger reaction from Bildt
Politics: 22 Aug 09
Israel doesn’t plan on canceling a scheduled visit by Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt, despite his refusal to apologize for a controversial newspaper article alleging that Israeli soldiers harvested organs from dead Palestinians.
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Ex-model brings feminine touch to fashion week
Lifestyle: 1 Jul 09
Fashion Week by Berns in Stockholm was in full swing on Tuesday, with several well-known Swedish designers displaying their work. The Local's Laura Xiao caught up with daring designer Karin Säby on the sidelines of her runway show.
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Riksdag ratifies EU's Lisbon treaty
Politics: 21 Nov 08
The Riksdag voted late Thursday night to ratify the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty, making Sweden the 25th of the 27 EU members to approve the text.
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Reinfeldt: 'Dark clouds over the economy'
Politics: 10 Aug 08
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt forecast imminent dark clouds over the Swedish economy and promised action in his summer speech while opposition leader Mona Sahlin went on the attack.
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Laval asking unions for 2.8 million kronor in damages
Business & Money: 13 May 08
Latvian construction company Laval wants Swedish unions to pay 2.8 million kronor ($465,000) in damages, as well as legal expenses related to the Vaxholm wage-dumping dispute.
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Commander tried to suppress film of naked shooting
National: 12 May 08
The highest officer in a Swedish amphibious military unit is accused of trying to cover up an incident in which new conscripts fired shoulder mounted artillery cannons while in the nude.
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'Free-for-all' to follow EU ruling
Politics: 27 Dec 07
Experts see an influx of Latvian companies taking advantage of a judgment which weakens Swedish unions' ability to strike.
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Sweden disappointed by EU ruling
National: 18 Dec 07
Christer Wälivaara, international secretary of construction union Byggnads, was one of those disappointed by Tuesday's EU ruling.
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Unions lose landmark EU case
National: 18 Dec 07
The industrial action taken by Swedish unions against a Latvian firm in Vaxholm was in breach of EU regulations surrounding freedom of movement, the European Court of Justice has ruled.
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Reinfeldt calls for further tax cuts
Politics: 11 Aug 07
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfelt wants to cut income tax for low earners from the beginning of the new year.
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Good news for unions in Vaxholm conflict
National: 23 May 07
The European Court of Justice has been recommended to rule in favour of the Swedish unions in a landmark case following a bitter industrial dispute at Vaxholm.
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Vaxholm case reaches EU Court
National: 9 Jan 07
Swedish union leaders are in Luxembourg as the European Court opens hearings over the famous Vaxholm case, which pits Swedish collective agreements against the EU's freedom of movement guarantees.
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Union furious over salad bar mafia slur
National: 7 Dec 06
Sweden's Hotel and Restaurant Union is demanding a government apology after MP Fredrick Federley described the blockade of a salad bar in Gothenburg as "mafia methods".
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Sweden to support union at EU court
National: 1 Dec 06
Sweden's new centre-right government is to support builders' union Byggnads in its case against Latvian company Laval at the European Court, a decision greeted with surprise by employers' organisations.
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Reinfeldt demands more tax cuts
Politics: 12 Aug 06
Moderate leader Fredrik Reinfeldt has said the Alliance should propose more tax cuts in its joint manifesto. He also said he would adopt Social Democrat promises to spend more on health and education.
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Naked soldiers film condemned
National: 31 May 06
A film showing naked Swedish soldiers firing practice ammunition has been slammed by defence minister Leni Björklund. This has no place in the Swedish military, she said.
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EU countries support Swedish union
Society: 29 May 06
There is widespread support in the EU for Sweden's case in the controversial Vaxholm case, in which unions have tried to force a Latvian company to sign a collective agreement.
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Senior policeman guilty of weapons offences
National: 28 Mar 06
A Stockholm police inspector has been found guilty by the Swedish Supreme Court of weapons offences and misconduct. But most of the original charges were dismissed.
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Commission backs Swedish Model
National: 1 Feb 06
Sweden's system of collective union agreements is in line with EU rules, the European Commission has said. Unions in Sweden are within their rights to demand that companies sign the agreements.
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Minister in EU withdrawal "threat"
National: 30 Jan 06
Minister for Employment, Hans Karlsson, believes that there will be widespread calls for Sweden to leave the EU if construction workers' union, Byggnads, loses the Vaxholm case in the EU court.
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1,500 queue for cheap dental care
Science & Technology: 16 Nov 05
Polish dentists treating Swedish patients in English - at half the price of a trip to a Swedish dentist. That's the idea behind a new clinic which opened in Stockholm this week. Patients and dentists are smiling broadly, while unions gnash their teeth.
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Wolf seen in Stockholm
National: 13 Nov 05
A wolf has been seen in a number of places in the Stockholm area over the weekend. After sightings in the north-east of Stockholm on Saturday, the animal was spotted on Sunday in Saltsjöbaden, to the south of the capital.
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McCreevy defends support for Latvians
Politics: 26 Oct 05
EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy repeats his support for a Latvian company in its row with Swedish unions. I'm just defending the single market, he tells the European Parliament.
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Barroso refuses to criticize Swedish Model
Politics: 17 Oct 05
Jose Manuel Barroso refuses to get involved in the Vaxholm row between unions and a Latvian company Sweden. We should respect national traditions, the EU Commission president said.
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Paying dues to the wrong union
Analysis & Opinion: 7 Oct 05
Sweden's government keenly backs a trade union in its battle with the EU. But how do we know the SEK85m the Social Democrats received from the unions didn't influence its actions?
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EU to fight Sweden over Latvian builders
Politics: 5 Oct 05
European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy says that Sweden's handling of the Latvian builders dispute breaches the European Union's treaty on freedom of movement - and he will fight Swedish union Byggnads in the EU Court.
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Vaxholm dispute goes to European Court
National: 29 Apr 05
The European Court will decide whether the Byggnads union's blockade of a building site near Stockholm is legal. The union objects to Latvian workers on the site who have not signed Swedish union agreements.
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Sweden pushes to protect collective agreements
Politics: 7 Apr 05
Sweden's Minister for Local Government Sven-Erik Österberg wants to ban public authorities from giving contracts to firms that don't sign up to collective agreements with trade unions. But the move could lead to clashes with the EU.
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Builders' union calls for boycott of Polish project
National: 31 Mar 05
The Swedish Building Workers’ Union asks other Swedish unions to support their boycott of a Polish construction firm currently renovating a restaurant in Alingsås - without the help of Swedish builders.
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Strike threat over Polish storm workers in Sweden
Politics: 30 Jan 05
Swedish unions up the ante in the battle over workers from eastern Europe, as Polish electricians join the clean-up work after storms in southern Sweden. And the Swedish government lobbies the EU to keep the country's system of collective agreements.
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Swedish court backs action against Latvian builders
Politics: 22 Dec 04
The Byggnads union can continue a blockade against a building site near Stockholm, a court rules. The union says that Latvian workers on the site should sign up to Swedish labour agreements.
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EU "crisis" as Swedish union blocks Latvian builders
Business & Money: 2 Dec 04
A wage war is being waged between Sweden and Latvia which could end up in the hands of the EU court. And, rather bizarrely, it's all happening in the tranquil setting of the Stockholm archipelago.
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Östros to fight for Swedish labour laws at EU meeting
Smörgåsbord: 23 Nov 04
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"If you read Swedish, the CCCC review is as good as it gets, if not the picture of the crowd speaks a thousand words..." READ »
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