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Politics: 19 May 13
Sweden's Green Party is on the rise while support for the Christian Democrats is at the lowest in nearly a decade, according to the latest voter poll.
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Politics: 16 May 13
The number of Swedes who support joining Nato has gone up by 9 percentage points since 2011, a new opinion poll has revealed.
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Politics: 13 May 13
Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has signalled his government would like to keep Swedish military in Afghanistan even after Nato ends its current engagement in the country in 2014.
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Business & Money: 6 May 13
Swedish political party leaders clashed on primetime TV on Sunday night, with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and opposition leader Stefan Löfven butting heads over labour policy.
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Politics: 2 May 13
Swedish municipalities will be forced to welcome underage asylum seekers who come to Sweden without parents or guardians from January onward, if the government gets its way.
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Politics: 30 Apr 13
A new opinion poll showed that 83 percent of survey respondents doubted whether Sweden could defend itself. Ten percent said they did not know, leaving a slim sliver of six percent who trusted Sweden's defence.
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Politics: 26 Apr 13
The Swedish MEP tasked with tackling human trafficking has expressed her frustration over the fact that so few EU member states have implemented anti-slave trade laws put forward two years ago.
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National: 22 Apr 13
The immigration-critical Sweden Democrats would nab 16 percent of the vote in regional elections in the south if residents were to cast their the ballots today.
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National: 21 Apr 13
Scandinavian Airlines SAS has had to pull 29 flights as German airline and airport personnel launch a 24-hour strike that has also led to 1,700 Lufthansa flights being cancelled on Monday.
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Politics: 14 Apr 13
The opposition Social Democrats, Left Party and Green Party would claim 50.3 percent of the vote if an election were to be held today, according to a new voter poll.
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Analysis & Opinion: 4 Apr 13
With the Social Democrats gathered at their party congress in Gothenburg in western Sweden, The Local catches up with political scientist Ulf Bjereld to find out more about the party's chances of regaining power in 2014.
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Business & Money: 4 Apr 13
The Social Democrat party's economic policy spokeswoman Magdalena Andersson lambasted the government's jobs policy on Thursday, as she addressed party members preparing to officially elect Stefan Löfven as their leader.
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National: 4 Apr 13
A Swedish supreme court judge discussing his country's legal system and the case of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange with Australian students has said that Swedish law prohibits extradition for military or political crimes.
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Politics: 3 Apr 13
Two rogue MPs have asked their fellow parliamentarians to continue sterilizing transgender patients in Sweden, arguing that men who carry babies would result in a "third gender".
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Apr 13
If the government doesn't speed up its labour market reforms, Sweden risks losing out on the full potential of an entire generation of foreign-born workers, argues Swedish Confederation of Enterprise economist Li Jansson.
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Politics: 1 Apr 13
According to the latest polls, the Social Democrats are winning back voters from the ruling conservative Moderates and are gaining growing support among male and urban voters.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 Mar 13
Finding a place to live is key for integrating immigrant families in Sweden, but Swedish housing policy throws a spanner in the works for even the most enterprising immigrant families, argues local Liberal Party politician Robert Hannah.
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Analysis & Opinion: 18 Mar 13
On the 375th anniversary of Swedes' first arriving in what is now the United States, ambassadors from both countries hail the pioneering spirit that informs cooperative efforts to address critical challenges facing the world today.
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Politics: 16 Mar 13
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has called for a tougher stance on certain crimes, including burglary, calling for an end to a situation where many criminals consider themselves immune from prosecution.
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Politics: 14 Mar 13
The Green Party has threatened to walk away from an agreement with the centre-right Alliance government to cooperate on immigration policy over its stance toward illegal immigrants.
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Politics: 8 Mar 13
Grilling hot dogs in a photo op show of unity appears not to have whetted Swedish voters' appetite for the government coalition, as support for the centre-right Alliance hits a five-year low.
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Analysis & Opinion: 4 Mar 13
In the first of a five-part series of love and dating columns, Edinburgh native and single girl Emilia Millicent tells us about the conundrums of finding a suitable boy in Sweden.
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Politics: 3 Mar 13
Support for the Moderate Party is at its lowest for three years, according to a new collated survey published on Sunday.
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Science & Technology: 26 Feb 13
Sweden's Pirate Party has decided to cut off internet access to filesharing site The Pirate Bay after lawyers representing Swedish copyright holders threatened legal action last week.
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Politics: 25 Feb 13
Sweden's governing centre-right coalition had problems raising its flag on Monday, as the four party leaders met in the childhood village of Centre Party leader Annie Lööf.
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Politics: 20 Feb 13
The Social Democrats accused the right-of-centre government of pessimism, infighting and wage dumping on Wednesday, as leader Stefan Löfven introduced new proposals to shore up the welfare state and boost jobs.
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Science & Technology: 20 Feb 13
Lawyers representing Swedish copyright holders have threatened legal action against the Pirate Party in a fresh attempt to shutter filesharing site The Pirate Bay.
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Politics: 17 Feb 13
The Green Party reclaimed its spot as third largest parliamentary party in the latest opinion poll by Sifo, while the Centre and Christian Democrat parties both came in below the threshold for parliamentary seats.
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Business & Money: 8 Feb 13
Sweden is set to be awarded a multi-billion euro discount on its EU membership fee in the overnight budget talks still going on in Brussels, according to diplomatic sources.
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Education: 30 Jan 13
Children in Sweden should be required to attend school until they are 18-years-old to ensure they are prepared to enter the labour market, top Social Democrats proposed on Wednesday.
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Politics: 25 Jan 13
Swedish security service Säpo is looking into whether the Armed Forces commander-in-chief endangered national security with his comment that Sweden could only defend itself for one week if it came under direct attack.
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Business & Money: 17 Jan 13
The government on Thursday said it had authorized the Swedish Armed Forces to buy 60 JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets, the maximum number allowed under an agreement struck last year.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Jan 13
Swedes remain opposed to joining Nato because doing so would mean jettisoning an important element of Sweden's national identity, argues political scientist Ulf Bjereld.
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National: 14 Jan 13
Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited Sweden's annual defence conference in on Monday, calling for increased cooperation, but warning that there is no guarantee that Nato would come to Sweden's aid if the country were attacked.
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Politics: 26 Dec 12
The Green Party, the Sweden Democrats and the Christian Democrats all climbed in a recent voters' poll, with all three parties reaching their highest results this year, while the opposition parties maintained their lead over the Alliance government.
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National: 19 Dec 12
The Swedish parliament has voted through a change in housing policy that will allow cooperative flat owners to cover not only the cost of their coop fee but also their mortgage costs when they rent out their homes
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Politics: 16 Dec 12
The Swedish Centre Party believes free immigration into Sweden could solve the country's labour-power needs.
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Politics: 16 Dec 12
A new poll puts the far-right party at a record 10 percent, with an increase in support among older voters and voters in north-central Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Dec 12
Forcing public healthcare providers to pay fines for long waiting times, rather than leaving citizens to suffer, would help improve Sweden's public system, argues liberal commentator Nima Sanandaji.
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Politics: 7 Dec 12
The Swedish government said on Thursday that it would not recognize the independence of Western Sahara, a day after lawmakers asked it to do so.
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Society: 6 Dec 12
In a new series profiling Swedish newsmakers, The Local takes a look at Cecilia Malmström, the Swedish EU Commissioner who this week helped launch a global alliance to combat child pornography.
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National: 4 Dec 12
Representatives from Sweden and 46 other countries will meet in Brussels on Wednesday to coordinate efforts to combat child pornography.
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Politics: 3 Dec 12
The migration minister wants immigrants to get jobs before their families follow them to Sweden, but may face an uphill struggle to convince his government partners to tighten up current family reunification rules.
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Politics: 20 Nov 12
Per Schlingmann, the strategist considered by many to be the mastermind behind the Moderate Party's two successful election campaigns, is leaving the party.
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National: 19 Nov 12
With Scandinavian airlines SAS and unions working furiously to avoid potential bankruptcy, The Local brings you the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding the troubled airline.
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Business & Money: 19 Nov 12
As SAS teeters on the edge of a possible bankruptcy, worried members of the airline's EuroBonus rewards programme remain concerned about whether their painstakingly accumulated points will retain any value.
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Politics: 12 Nov 12
A Swedish member of the European Parliament has blasted Malta's European Commissioner-designate and current foreign minister Tonio Borg as a "scandal" and a "dinosaur" due to his conservative views on women's rights.
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Politics: 9 Nov 12
Yet another poll has found the far-right Sweden Democrats are the country's third-largest political party, prompting claims by Foreign Minister Carl Bildt of the Moderate Party that the far-right party "damages Sweden".
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Politics: 31 Oct 12
Non-aligned Sweden has agreed to help monitor Nato airspace over Iceland in 2014 in what is seen as being a sensitive step for the non-Nato member.
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Politics: 23 Oct 12
Together with its coalition partners, the Moderate Party is starting early in its bid for electoral victory, unveiling a "Hello Sweden" campaign nearly two years ahead of the 2014 elections.
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Business & Money: 23 Oct 12
Claims by Swedish Match that a Maltese lobbyist offered to influence EU tobacco policy in exchange for €60 million ($78 million) have sparked more questions about the tobacco lobby in Brussels, AFP's Claire Rosemberg explains.
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Politics: 18 Oct 12
An active member of the Social Democrats has been arrested after sending threatening and sexually themed letters to several women, including celebrity bloggers, and signing them in the name a Moderate politician from Gothenburg.
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National: 14 Oct 12
The Sweden Democrats are Sweden's fourth largest political party, according to a new poll, while the opposition parties maintained their lead over the Alliance government.
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Politics: 8 Oct 12
Jobs, the economy, and welfare gains were the subjects of a heated debate when Sweden’s eight party leaders met for the autumn’s first televised debate since the opening of the new parliamentary session.
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Society: 3 Oct 12
Residents in the Stockholm suburb of Sollentuna will be the first to be able to have alcohol purchases delivered straight to their front doors in a controversial pilot project carried out by state-run liquor store monopoly Systembolaget.
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National: 18 Sep 12
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt’s government declaration on Tuesday focused on investment and unity, but barely touched on foreign policy and climate, according to one expert.
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Society: 16 Sep 12
Swedish state-owned alcohol monopoly retailer Systembolaget has been given the green light by the government to begin offering a home delivery service.
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Education: 10 Sep 12
The government has put aside 108 million kronor ($16.3 million) to support having childcare facilities open during nights and weekends, a scheme that will come into effect in 2013 and last for three years.
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Politics: 26 Aug 12
The Social Democrats have dropped heavily in the latest voters’ poll, falling by 4.5 percentage units to 34.3 percent, as voters chose the Left Party instead.
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Politics: 20 Aug 12
The gap between the two political blocks in Sweden is widening, according to a new poll showing that the centre-right government alliance parties are losing ground.
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National: 19 Aug 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange thanked Ecuador for its support in a statement from Quito's embassy in London on Sunday and slammed the US, although made no mention of the sex offences allegations he faces in Sweden.
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National: 19 Aug 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is in "fighting spirit", his lawyer Baltasar Garzon said in a statement outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
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National: 19 Aug 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to face the world's media on Sunday to comment on the latest developments in his fight to evade extradition to Sweden to answer rape and sexual assault allegations.
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Politics: 18 Aug 12
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has underlined the need for the four party Alliance to develop a joint 2014 election manifesto, welcoming Centre Party leader Annie Lööf's invitation for talks at her Småland home.
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Society: 3 Aug 12
A Swedish newspaper has revealed that it has been banned from reporting on a ongoing criminal case in the UK after being sent notice of a so-called super-injunction.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jul 12
Correspondent and commentator David Linden looks at whether leaders of Sweden's three centre-right political parties – which sometimes struggle in the shadow of the Moderates – managed to put their parties in the Almedalen spotlight.
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Politics: 8 Jul 12
Sweden’s Christian Democrats suggest that child allowance should be split between parents, replacing today’s system in which the mother automatically receives the allowance.
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Politics: 6 Jul 12
Jonas Sjöstedt, the fresh face of the Left Party, was expected to use Almedalen to show he was taking the party in a new direction, but correspondent and commentator David Linden was left unconvinced the new party leader managed to do so.
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Politics: 5 Jul 12
While expectations were high ahead of Fredrik Reinfeldt's speech at Almedalen, correspondent and commentator David Linden reports that it remains unclear whether Sweden's prime minister really wowed the crowd – or voters.
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Politics: 4 Jul 12
In his latest dispatch from Almedalen, correspondent and commentator David Linden looks at why Sweden's Green Party resorted to having a well-known Swedish weatherman to take the stage.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jul 12
As Almedalen, the Swedish political pow-wow held annually on the Baltic Island of Gotland, gets into full swing, correspondent David Lindén uses his first dispatch to explain what it is and how it came to be.
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Politics: 28 Jun 12
The Swedish government, together with the Green Party, on Thursday presented a framework agreement that will allow undocumented immigrants in Sweden to access state subsidized healthcare.
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Politics: 15 Jun 12
Sweden and the United States are in talks to create a common fund to support internet activists as part of a developing alliance between the two countries which also aims to enlist the United Nations to ensure free speech rights on the internet.
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Business & Money: 15 Jun 12
Swedes are working more hours today than at any point in the last two decades, according to a new study, which found that Swedes today work nearly one hour more per week on average than they did in 2006.
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Politics: 4 Jun 12
The far-right Sweden Democrats are Sweden's third largest political party, according to a new poll, while another survey shows the three centre-left parties have enough support to command a majority in parliament.
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Politics: 26 May 12
Sweden's Trade Union Confederation on Saturday elected as its new president Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson, who proceeded to call for a restoration of the Swedish welfare model.
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Analysis & Opinion: 25 May 12
A recent report admonishing Swedes about their dental hygiene prompts Swedish journalist and columnist Ola Tedin to reflect on how a sometimes uncritical media appears to serve the interests of the Swedish state.
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Politics: 15 May 12
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is facing a storm of criticism from several quarters after using the term "ethnic Swedes" in response to a question about Sweden's high level of unemployment.
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Science & Technology: 11 May 12
Sweden on Thursday passed a law making it easier for police to conduct wiretaps as well as obtain data about the identities of individual computer users, much to the dismay of privacy advocates.
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Politics: 20 Apr 12
The Moderates have named a local politician from Örebro to take over as party secretary from Sofia Arkelsten, who had only been on the post since October 2010.
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Politics: 17 Apr 12
Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven has admitted that his party has done a poor job emphasizing individuals' own responsibility for making themselves employable.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Apr 12
Stefan Löfven appears to have found a recipe for success as the head of Sweden's Social Democrats: keeping his mouth shut. But it remains to seen how long how long he can remain silent, argues historian and commentator David Linden.
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Politics: 15 Apr 12
The Social Democrats' recent dramatic rise in opinion polls has continued with the party climbing a further 3.1 percentage points to 36.8 percent according to the latest voter preference survey.
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Politics: 6 Apr 12
Spearheaded by an increasingly popular new leader, the Social Democrats have come out on top of a party preference survey for the first time since the 2010 general election.
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Politics: 2 Apr 12
Social Democrat head Stefan Löfven called recent "anti-Semitic" comments by Malmö mayor Ilmar Reepalu "wrong" following what Jewish leaders called a "constructive" meeting to discuss the issue on Monday.
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Politics: 2 Apr 12
More than two dozen Swedes were arrested in Brussels on Sunday for attempting to break into NATO headquarters along with hundreds of other peace activists.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 Mar 12
While it's too early to say exactly why Swedish defence minister Sten Tolgfors resigned on Thursday, experts say there is little doubt his departure amid mounting revelations about Sweden's secret arms' deal with Saudi Arabia has delivered a serious blow to the government.
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National: 29 Mar 12
Sweden's minister of defence, Sten Tolgfors, announced on Thursday he was resigning his post, citing the ongoing revelations about Sweden's secret deal to build a weapons plant in Saudia Arabia as "the final straw".
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National: 28 Mar 12
An official with a Sweden military agency requested that documents relating to a secret Swedish-Saudi weapons deal not be recorded in order to “protect” defence minister Sten Tolgfors, according to a new report.
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Politics: 21 Mar 12
Sweden's parliament voted in favour of the controversial EU data retention directive following a spirited debate on Wednesday, as some internet providers touted new measures to protect their customers' privacy.
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Politics: 18 Mar 12
The Red-Green opposition has claimed 50.1 percent of the vote in a new poll, with support for the government falling to 43 percent as the Social Democrats continue to recover under new leader Stefan Löfven.
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Politics: 17 Mar 12
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg forecast on Saturday that youth unemployment will be the major issue in the 2014 election, expressing dissatisfaction over how government labour market programmes are working.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Mar 12
Sweden's neutrality policy and its inability choose between decency and Soviet oppression lies at the heart of the current Saudi arms deal scandal, argues libertarian Swedish commentator and author Fredrik Segerfeldt.
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National: 14 Mar 12
Compulsory sterilization for people undergoing gender reassignment surgery is in breach of the European Conventionon Human Rights and the rule should therefore no longer apply, an administrative court in Sweden has ruled.
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Politics: 13 Mar 12
Sweden took a step toward a possible lifting of its ban on surrogate motherhood on Tuesday, despite impassioned opposition from political parties on both the left and right.
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Politics: 12 Mar 12
The Social Democrats have regained their position as Sweden's largest political party, according to a new poll, helping Sweden's three centre-left opposition parties amass more combined support than the centre-right Alliance government.
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Politics: 11 Mar 12
When education minister and Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund spoke at the party's congress in Västerås, he brought up youth unemployment as well as the hotly debated Saudi arms factory deal.
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Business & Money: 8 Mar 12
Ikea affiliated trade unions across the world announced on Thursday the formation of a border-crossing alliance to promote employee welfare and success of the Swedish furniture giant.
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National: 7 Mar 12
Tuesday’s revelation that the Swedish government has been involved in a project to aid the building of an arms factory in a dictatorship like Saudi Arabia has caused strong reactions both in Sweden and abroad.
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Business & Money: 7 Mar 12
Union leaders from Swedish furniture retailing giant Ikea gathered in Istanbul on Tuesday in a bid to establish standardized labour practices in every Ikea store around the world.
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