The following articles have been tagged with "European_commission":
Politics: 15 May 13
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg on Tuesday signalled he has abandoned his long-held resistance to using fiscal measures to kick start the European Union's sluggish economy.
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Business & Money: 8 May 13
The European Commission has approved the merger of Sweden's Volvo Trucks and China's Dongfeng Motor, in what will create the biggest truck maker in the world.
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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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Politics: 25 Apr 13
Auditing houses dependent on top Swedish companies for consultancy fees are also employed to make sure their books are in order, setting the groundwork for potential conflicts of interest, a Swedish accountancy group has warned.
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Science & Technology: 6 Apr 13
Swedish Environmental Minister Lena Ek has said that the Baltic Sea nations' failure to protect the region's environment is "worrying".
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National: 22 Mar 13
The Swedish head of the European Federation of Journalists has welcomed an EU public consultation on the media, after a special committee failed to consult the union before saying politicians should be able to fire reporters.
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Science & Technology: 22 Feb 13
The EU is dragging Sweden to court for repeatedly ignoring a 2007 order to license industrial sites, as the union also prepares to take Greece and the UK to task for environment-related policy lags.
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Politics: 8 Feb 13
Sweden will see its EU membership fee drop by half a billion kronor ($77 million) as part of a new long term budget agreement forged in Brussels on Friday.
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Business & Money: 28 Jan 13
The European Commission announced on Monday that researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg would be granted 1 billion euros to fund development of graphene.
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Business & Money: 25 Jan 13
Sweden's Ministry of Justice has received a draft EU document on how to tackle "marriages of convenience" as part of a union-wide effort to clamp down on liaisons entered into solely for residency rights.
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Politics: 21 Dec 12
The European Commission wants Sweden to put the brakes on an upcoming wolf hunt, arguing the Swedish government has not adequately proved how it plans to keep the wolf population healthy.
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Business & Money: 19 Dec 12
The European Commission plans to ban flavoured snus, according to the final version of its proposed tobacco directive presented on Wednesday, which also calls for the current ban on snus exports to remain in place.
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Politics: 12 Dec 12
Sweden won't join a planned EU bank union, Finance Minister Anders Borg said on Tuesday, but added he would likely support a move to give the European Central Bank more supervisory powers.
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Business & Money: 10 Dec 12
Sweden's Trade Minister Ewa Björling said the EU faces "all out war" with Sweden if a new health directive on tobacco being hammered out at the European Commission threatens Swedish moist snuff "snus".
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Business & Money: 5 Dec 12
Swedish moist snuff is once again under threat from a new EU directive, with a new generation of flavoured snus in particular at risk, according to Swedish media reports.
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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: 30 Oct 12
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Tuesday slammed the 2012-2020 EU budget, proposed by current president Cyprus, branding the draft "unrealistic".
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Politics: 25 Oct 12
Sweden and Germany led the push on Thursday for a reintroduction of visas for residents from Balkan EU candidate countries in an effort to fight a growing number of bogus asylum requests.
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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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Business & Money: 19 Oct 12
Tobacco firm Swedish Match said on Friday that a Maltese businessman wanted €60 million ($78 million) in exchange for a promise to influence EU tobacco legislation in a bribery scandal that cost Europe's top health official his job.
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Politics: 17 Oct 12
A complaint by Swedish Match about a suspected bribe meant to influence European tobacco policy has resulted in the resignation of EU health commissioner John Dalli, the European Union's top health official.
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Society: 15 Oct 12
The winners of the 2012 Nobel Prizes are being announced this week in Stockholm. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding the winners and why they won.
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Politics: 13 Oct 12
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg on Friday advised Greece that it would be better if they pulled out of the euro.
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Lifestyle: 9 Oct 12
One of Sweden’s biggest outdoor markets recently took place in Rättvik, central Sweden, and The Local’s Oliver Gee was there to taste the bear meat, sample the local “honey” and get to the bottom of “pig-blood pouches”.
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Politics: 2 Oct 12
In talks with French President Francois Hollande on Monday, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt remained firm in expressing his government's disapproval of a proposed EU banking union.
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Politics: 27 Sep 12
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will travel to Paris next week to discuss EU budget issues with French President Francois Hollande as Sweden faces a potentially drastic hike in EU fees.
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Society: 25 Sep 12
Although much has improved in Sweden, there is still a lot to be done to combat racism and xenophobia, according to a new report from a leading European human rights body.
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Business & Money: 24 Sep 12
Swedish telecom operator Telia has backtracked on a proposal from March to block mobile phone users in Sweden from making free calls using services like Skype and Viber, but has instead announced a hike in data prices.
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Business & Money: 13 Sep 12
Sweden aims to cut corporate tax rates by 15 percent in 2013 in a move estimated to cost state coffers about 16 billion kronor ($2.4 billion).
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Politics: 12 Sep 12
Sweden's trade minister on Wednesday promised the government will renew efforts to legalize exports of snus - or moist snuff - following a new EU proposal to ban all smoke-free tobacco products outside of Sweden.
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Politics: 11 Aug 12
The European Union has said that a "very clear message" would be sent to Minsk in the coming days following the expulsion of Swedish diplomats, but stopped short of pulling out EU ambassadors in solidarity.
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Politics: 22 Jun 12
The European Commission has criticized Sweden for failing to comply with EU regulations on the free movement of EU citizens and their family members, giving the country two months to fall into line.
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Business & Money: 18 Jun 12
Following elections in crisis-hit Greece, Swedish Prime Minister Reinfeldt has slammed so-called eurobonds as being the "totally wrong method" to deal with the current eurozone crisis
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Business & Money: 30 May 12
A convoy of Swedish made Volvo cars became the first in the world to be "self-driven" on public roads after they took to the streets of Barcelona.
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Society: 11 May 12
Four men who were arrested while out hunting beaver in central Sweden at the weekend are being held in custody as prosecutors continue their hunting crimes investigation related to suspected illegal hunting of wolves.
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Business & Money: 2 May 12
Sweden teamed up with Britain and other eastern European allies in a showdown Wednesday against other EU states led by Germany and France over rules to protect banks against any crisis.
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Business & Money: 19 Apr 12
The European Commission in Sweden has repudiated rumours in Swedish media that moist snuff will be banned as a result of a planned tobacco directive.
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Business & Money: 28 Mar 12
Swedish telecom operators want to implement technologies that will block mobile phone users in Sweden from making free calls using services like Skype and Viber.
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Business & Money: 14 Feb 12
Sweden is among twelve countries set to be discussed in a report from the EU commission, due to what the European Commission has identified as imbalances in the economy.
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Politics: 23 Jan 12
No concrete decision about the future leadership of the Social Democrats will be made until Friday, party secretary Carin Jämtin announced on Monday afternoon, as speculation mounted about who might take over following Håkan Juholt's resignation.
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Politics: 23 Jan 12
When the Social Democrats' crisis meeting broke up for the evening just before midnight on Sunday night, the executive committee had not yet decided their next move.
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Business & Money: 15 Jan 12
In light of the current European debate on a financial transactions tax, former Swedish finance minister Bo Lundgren has spoken out about Sweden's "very negative" experience of implementing the tax in the 1980s.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Dec 11
European leaders have failed to help solve the current debt crisis, and Sweden shouldn't think of signing on to a plan that amounts to an attempt to remake Europe into a super-bureaucratized dream, argues Swedish liberal commentator Johan Norberg.
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Politics: 10 Nov 11
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt declared on Wednesday that his country supports the EU aspirations of the nations in the Western Balkans, but warned that the process of reform must be maintained.
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Science & Technology: 22 Oct 11
Swedes are among the most dissatisfied customers in the EU when it comes to their mobile phone operators.
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Business & Money: 7 Oct 11
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfledt joined his counterparts from Finland and the Netherlands in calling for an ambitious growth agenda and tighter fiscal policies to help combat the deepening euro debt crisis.
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Business & Money: 6 Oct 11
Swedish politicians are reported to be behind a proposal to allow the European investment bank (EIB) to play a key role in the rescue of troubled European banks.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Sep 11
On the tenth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks, The Local reaches out to a few Swedes and Americans for their thoughts about the attacks and their impact.
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Politics: 23 Aug 11
A recent government decision to temporarily halt Sweden's licensed wolf hunt is nothing more than an attempt to fool the European Commission, environmental organisations claimed on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 1 Aug 11
Sweden's government has pledged to continue to fight for the lifting of an EU-wide ban against moist snuff or 'snus', in the face of what it calls European "ignorance" of the smokeless tobacco product.
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Politics: 18 Jul 11
The European Commission on Monday warned Denmark that it has failed to justify a controversial decision to increase controls at its borders with Sweden and Germany.
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National: 15 Jul 11
European officials visiting Denmark's controversial controls on the border to Sweden on Thursday found to their surprise that there was no sign of the customs officers deployed earlier this month.
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National: 13 Jul 11
Lawyers representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his battle to overturn a decision to extradite him from the UK to Sweden to face rape allegations, are following a less "bombastic" approach to their client's defence.
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National: 6 Jul 11
Denmark on Tuesday deployed 50 new customs officers at its borders with Germany and Sweden as part of a widely-criticised government plan to reintroduce permanent controls at border crossings.
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Politics: 18 Jun 11
Widespread objections to Denmark's plan to reintroduce permanent customs checks are based on a misunderstanding, Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen said in a meeting with Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt on Friday.
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Science & Technology: 17 Jun 11
The European Commission on Thursday renewed its cricism of Sweden's wolf policy, giving the country two months to take steps to "protect endangered wolves" of face a hearing at the European Court of Justice.
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Science & Technology: 24 May 11
Police officers in northern Sweden took action on Tuesday against a group of Greenpeace activists occupying a barn while protesting against the planned introduction of genetically modified (GM) potatoes in the area.
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Education: 17 May 11
A elementary school teacher from Skövde in western Sweden is one 28 Europeans recognised by the EU in a competition to highlight language diversity.
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National: 13 May 11
Sweden's finance minister, Anders Borg, sees no immediate problems with Denmark's decision to increase border controls between the two countries.
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National: 12 May 11
Denmark decided on Wednesday to resume controls at its Swedish and German borders, prompting calls for an explanation from the European Commission warning against any challenge to the freedom of movement in Europe.
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National: 11 Apr 11
Swedish hunters have slammed a proposal that the Swedish wolf population needs to more than double in order to be viable, forwarded on Monday by the head of a government inquiry into the matter.
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Politics: 29 Mar 11
Sweden's environment minister has responded to European Commission criticism for allowing a recent cull of the country's wolf population, saying that the hunt was needed to boost acceptance of the animal.
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Politics: 21 Mar 11
Swedish Greenpeace experts have accused the Swedish government of breaking European law as the government after failing to implement safeguards against the exploitation of the seas.
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Analysis & Opinion: 8 Mar 11
Too few women serve on the boards of directors at Swedish companies and introducing quotas may be a necessary step to ensure that companies capture the benefits of diversity, argues leadership coach Margareta Neld.
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Business & Money: 7 Mar 11
Sweden has been warned by the European Commission that it is putting too many bureaucratic hurdles in the way of foreign companies that want to set up subsidiaries here.
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Politics: 25 Feb 11
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has underlined that the country's first priority is to help nationals flee war-torn Libya, while migration minister Tobias Billström accused Italy of exaggerating any impending refugee wave.
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Business & Money: 21 Feb 11
Roughly half of Sweden's financial firms have failed to abide by rules for handing out performance-based bonuses, a new report has shown.
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National: 16 Feb 11
Despite the odds in their favour, an estimated 6,000 Swedish hunters weren't enough to shoot the 20 wolves authorised to be killed in Sweden's controversial wolf hunt, which ended on Tuesday.
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Politics: 15 Feb 11
Sweden's plan to replenish its wolf population with pups imported from its neighbours has met resistance from Finland.
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Politics: 9 Feb 11
French former movie star and animals right campaigner Brigitte Bardot has written to the Swedish government to register her disgust at what she calls a "retrograde" wolf hunt.
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Politics: 7 Feb 11
Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a London court on Monday their client would face a "blatantly unfair" trial in Sweden for the sex crimes allegations against him.
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Politics: 27 Jan 11
The European Commission on Thursday formally reported Sweden’s wolf hunt for violating European Union environmental laws. Sweden’s environment minister said that the hunt would nevertheless continue.
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Science & Technology: 27 Jan 11
Certain types of baby food may contain elevated levels of manganese, arsenic, and cadmium, a new Swedish study has shown.
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Business & Money: 18 Jan 11
Swedish truckmakers Scania and Volvo AB are among the companies included in a cartel investigation launched by the European Commission on Tuesday.
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Politics: 13 Jan 11
Despite looming legal action from the European Commission and complaints about the size of the quota, 6,500 Swedish hunters are set to go after 20 wolves in Sweden's second annual wolf hunt.
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Politics: 23 Dec 10
The European Commission has continued to challenge Sweden's wolf hunt policy, with the EU environment commissioner warning the government about letting the hunt begin before it receives answers to its questions.
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Science & Technology: 17 Dec 10
Swedish authorities announced on Friday that hunters will be allowed to cull 20 wolves next year after the wolf hunt in the country resumed this year following a 46-year ban.
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Politics: 10 Dec 10
Sweden's refusal of entry of asylum seekers from Greece violates the alien act, the country's migration court of appeal has ruled, ordering an end to Swedish expulsions to the Mediterranean country.
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Politics: 8 Dec 10
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt denied on Wednesday that there have been contacts between Swedish and US authorities on the possible extradition of beleaguered WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Nov 10
Sweden's Social Democrats, for decades the dominant force in Swedish national politics, are facing chaos after leader Mona Sahlin announced her imminent departure over the weekend, with no clear successor to fill her shoes, writes the AFP's Rita Devlin Marier.
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Business & Money: 12 Nov 10
Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg sharply criticised senior politicians in the EU for bringing up the issue of whether private lenders should take a hit if financially strapped eurozone countries ask for help.
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Business & Money: 10 Nov 10
Beleaguered Scandinavian airline SAS posted deep losses for the third quarter, with results weighed down by legal fees and a €70 million fine ($96.38 million) for being part of a global cargo cartel.
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Business & Money: 9 Nov 10
Scandinavian airline SAS is set to be fined by the European Commission for its role in a global air cargo price-fixing cartel, according to media reports.
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Politics: 6 Nov 10
Swedish Migration Minister Tobias Billström is 'tired' of Greece and its problems in dealing with asylum seekers.
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National: 27 Oct 10
Sweden will decrease its herring and salmon catch quotas in the Baltic Sea next year, a departure from years of wrangling over cod fishing.
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Science & Technology: 9 Sep 10
Seeds of a genetically modified potato ended up in a Swedish field due to “human error”, chemical giant BASF said on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 7 Sep 10
Sweden has slammed what is sees as a 'detrimental' proposal for higher taxes on banks in Europe, cautioning on Tuesday that institutions would simply relocate to avoid the charges.
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Science & Technology: 6 Sep 10
The discovery of genetically modified potatoes in a field in Sweden has led to the European Commission on Monday issuing a summons on German chemical giant BASF.
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Science & Technology: 27 Aug 10
The European Medicines Agency said Friday it was probing whether there is a link between the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine and the sleeping disorder narcolepsy amid concerns in Finland and Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 27 Aug 10
The European Commission wants to know the scientific basis behind Sweden's controversial licensed wolf hunt in January and is pressing the government for a comprehensive and detailed response.
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Politics: 30 Jul 10
A truth commission is one of the proposals the Delegation for Romani Affairs delivered to cabinet minister Nyamko Sabuni on Friday.
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Business & Money: 8 Jul 10
China's Zhejiang Geely Holding expects to complete the purchase of Sweden's Volvo Cars in the third quarter, the firm said Thursday after the European Commission cleared the takeover earlier this week.
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Business & Money: 7 Jul 10
The takeover of Sweden's Volvo Cars by Chinese carmaker Zhejiang Geely Holding and a Chinese regional state investment fund was cleared by the European Union's competition watchdog on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 20 May 10
The former owners of Carnegie Investment Bank are suing the Swedish state for 8.4 billion kronor ($1.1 billion) over the enforced takeover of the bank during the financial crisis in 2008.
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National: 17 May 10
There is no increased risk of brain tumours in people who have used a mobile phone regularly for 10 years, a study by Stockholm's Karolinska Institute has revealed.
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Business & Money: 17 May 10
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg has demanded that Spain and Portugal disclose their plans to reduce budget deficits at a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels that begins later on Monday.
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Business & Money: 14 May 10
The Swedish National Debt Office's (Riksgälden) controversial takeover of investment bank Carnegie in 2008 has been given the green light by the European Commission.
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Politics: 12 May 10
Sweden’s Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has criticized proposals that would mean all EU countries' budgets being reviewed in advance by the European Commission.
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Politics: 11 May 10
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg argued on Monday that the UK has a clear self-interest in helping to back the European Union bailout fund as London would be hit hard by a bank financing failure.
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Society: 24 Apr 10
Sweden's system of press subsidies has come under the microscope after a publication affiliated with an extreme right-wing political party received millions of kronor in public funding this week.
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