May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "General_election":
Politics: 16 May 12
William Petzäll, an independent Swedish MP who quit the Sweden Democrats last year amidst a battle with substance abuse, was convicted on Wednesday of drugs crimes.
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Politics: 22 Apr 12
The Swedish Migration Board is having trouble convincing Sweden’s municipalities to receive sufficient numbers of unaccompanied refugee children. Migration minister Tobias Billström now wants to force municipalities to step up.
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Politics: 17 Apr 12
While the far-right Sweden Democrats initially distanced themselves from the deadly attacks by Anders Behring Breivik, currently on trial in Norway, the party hasn't undergone a major transformation, the AFP's Nina Larsson discovers.
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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: 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: 21 Mar 12
Independent Swedish MP William Petzäll, who left the Sweden Democrats amidst a battle with substance abuse, has been charged with drugs crimes.
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National: 27 Nov 11
Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt has taken another blow in the opinion polls, with a new survey revealing that he is further behind prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt than ever before.
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Politics: 30 Sep 11
Sweden’s ruling Moderate Party has received the lowest poll results since the general election, according to fresh figures from research company Synovate.
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Politics: 23 Sep 11
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has denied speculation that he intends to resign his post before the general election in 2014, and pave the way for current finance minister Anders Borg to take over.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Aug 11
Lars Ohly on Tuesday said that he is to step down as leader of Sweden's Left Party. While widely respected as a person and as a skilful debater, his tenure will be remembered more for his stance on Communism and electoral decline.
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Politics: 9 Aug 11
Left Party leader Lars Ohly has informed the nominating committee that he won't stand for the post when the party elects a new leader during its 2012 congress.
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Politics: 4 Aug 11
The leadership battle for the Left Party has intensified after the party's foreign policy spokesperson Hans Linde announced his intention to challenge current leader Las Ohly for the post.
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Business & Money: 26 Jul 11
Former Swedish finance minister Eric Åsbrink has been given a new position as an advisor at the United States' largest investment bank Goldman Sachs.
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Society: 7 Jul 11
Copying, remixing and spreading information cannot be considered an act of worship, even if participants fall into a meditative trance during the act, ruled Swedish authorities, thus rejecting The Missionary Church of Kopimism as a religious faith.
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Politics: 29 May 11
Sweden’s Social Democrats have edged past Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt’s Moderate Party in a new opinion poll, but the governing centre-right Alliance retains its lead over the three parties of the former red-green coalition.
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Politics: 12 May 11
As a county council election re-run beckons in western Sweden, there are fears that a record low proportion of the electorate will bother to cast their votes.
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National: 5 May 11
The Christian Democrats plan to set up camp at the Stockholm Pride festival for the first time this August, conceding that they face a "greater uphill struggle" to win over the gay community.
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Politics: 7 Apr 11
The future of Centre Party leader Maud Olofsson was plunged into doubt again on Wednesday as party members renewed calls for a change.
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Politics: 27 Mar 11
Swedish political party the Feminist Initiative has elected two women and a man to succeed the outgoing founder and spokesperson Gudrun Schyman.
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Politics: 25 Mar 11
Sweden’s finance minister Anders Borg has admitted to deriving little enjoyment from his work and says he is looking forward to becoming a “normal person” with a “normal job” after the next general election.
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Politics: 25 Mar 11
Mona Sahlin is set to open the Social Democrat extra congress on Friday, her last speech as chairperson of the party before handing over to new leader Håkan Juholt, as polls show the party remains far behind.
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National: 16 Mar 11
A Swedish court has ruled that depicting the prophet Muhammad naked together with his nine-year-old wife naked is legal, freeing a local politician on charges of racial agitation.
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Politics: 28 Feb 11
Sweden's Pirate Party membership has taken a sharp downward turn, but new party leader Anna Troberg is not concerned.
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Politics: 20 Feb 11
Sweden's Green Party dropped almost 3 percent in the latest Sifo opinion poll published on Sunday, although the gap between the blocs declined somewhat.
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Politics: 15 Feb 11
Social Democrat party secretary Ibrahim Baylan said on receipt of the party's crisis commission report on Tuesday that it was time to put an end to the turmoil and look to the future.
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Politics: 11 Feb 11
Sweden is set to re-run one municipal and one county council election, the country's Election Review Board announced on Friday, more than five months after the country's September 2010 general elections.
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Science & Technology: 26 Jan 11
Swedish live video streaming site Bambuser announced that its service was blocked in Egypt shortly after nationwide rallies erupted against President Hosni Mubarak.
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Politics: 19 Jan 11
The first party leader debate of the year was the last for the Social Democrats' Mona Sahlin, who on Wednesday called for more cross-coalition cooperation to squeeze out the Sweden Democrats.
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Education: 12 Jan 11
Sweden's education minister has slammed a proposal that would allow Swedish students the right to contest the marks they receive in school.
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Politics: 20 Dec 10
A new poll has revealed that if an election were held now, the ruling Alliance would gain a majority in Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, while support for Sweden's Social Democratic Party continues to slide.
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Politics: 17 Dec 10
A Swedish neo-Nazi has lost his seat on a local council in Grästorp in western Sweden after authorities discovered that he does not live in the municipality.
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Politics: 16 Dec 10
Swedish lawmakers in the country's parliament, the Riksdag, voted on Wednesday to extend the country's military mission in Afghanistan until the end of 2011.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 10
As the Riksdag prepares to vote on Sweden's military mission in Afghanistan, contributor David Stavrou examines how the distant conflict became such an important foreign policy issue--even before being mentioned in a warning sent by the Stockholm suicide bomber.
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National: 29 Nov 10
Annica Holmquist, whose daughter highlighted her plight battling the Swedish Social Insurance Agency on her blog ahead of the Swedish general election in September, has regained her right to receive sickness benefits.
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Analysis & Opinion: 29 Nov 10
As Social Democrats brace themselves for the presentation on Friday of the findings of its own election crisis commission, contributor Naomi Powell takes a closer look at how the traditionally dominant party lost its place at the apex of Swedish politics.
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Politics: 25 Nov 10
Björn Andersson from eastern Sweden was surprised to learn he had been elected to the local town council despite never having been a candidate.
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Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 10
The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson exposes the orthodoxy and self-serving folksy truisms of far-right PC in a lexicon of populist platitudes.
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Politics: 14 Nov 10
Mona Sahlin is stepping down as the head of the Social Democratic party, the embattled party leader announced on Sunday.
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Politics: 8 Nov 10
Speculation is rife that a majority of the parties in Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, may be mulling changes at the top following the general election in September as they contemplate their futures.
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Politics: 5 Nov 10
A newly elected municipal council representative from a neo-Nazi nationalist party started his first day as an elected official in western Sweden with a lesson on the ABCs of democracy.
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Politics: 3 Nov 10
Social Democratic leader Mona Sahlin and the Sweden Democrats' Jimmie Åkesson traded barbs on the floor of the Riksdag on Wednesday in the first party leader debate since Sweden's September 19th general election.
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Business & Money: 2 Nov 10
More than 80 percent of new Swedish members of parliament have earned an increase in their annual income following their election to the Riksdag after the September general election.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Oct 10
The uneasy alliance between Sweden's Social Democrats, Greens, and Left Party was doomed from the start, argues Social Democratic politician and communications consultant Niklas Nordström.
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Politics: 16 Oct 10
The Christian Democrats are contemplating changing the name of the party to the "Family Party Christian Democrats" in a bid to halt a slide in popular support.
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Politics: 15 Oct 10
Former Social Democratic justice minister Thomas Bodström is leaving politics and giving up his seat in the Riksdag to remain with his family in the United States.
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Politics: 14 Oct 10
18-year-old Anton Abele, who burst to fame in 2007 as the organiser of an anti-violence demo after the brutal death of Riccardo Campogiani, is set to become the youngest ever member of the Swedish parliament.
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Politics: 11 Oct 10
The Swedish Election Authority has received a record number of appeals from individuals requesting that all or part of the 2010 general election be redone.
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National: 5 Oct 10
Over 4,000 people gathered in central Stockholm on Monday to demonstrate for diversity and against racism, with the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats in focus as the party took its place in parliament for the first time.
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Politics: 30 Sep 10
The minority Swedish government could suffer its first defeat in the new parliament after the centre-left opposition indicated on Wednesday that it may present a motion to demand the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.
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Politics: 29 Sep 10
Active Sweden Democrats will not be allowed to be members in one of Sweden's main healthcare professionals unions, the chair of the labour group said on Wednesday, prompting claims from the party that they are "politically corrupt."
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National: 22 Sep 10
Latest: The Liberal Party - and by extension the Alliance - has missed out one seat it needed to gain in Gothenburg to the Social Democrats - by just four votes.
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Politics: 22 Sep 10
Members of several Swedish political parties are calling for a restructuring of the Riksdag to minimize the influence of the far-right Sweden Democrats.
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Analysis & Opinion: 21 Sep 10
With the final results hinging on a few thousand advance ballots, the 2010 elections marked a major shift in Swedish politics, while at the same time showing the power of a strong economy, writes contributor Roger Choate.
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Politics: 21 Sep 10
A register of over 5,000 people who are either members or have registered their interest in the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats, has been published on the internet.
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Politics: 20 Sep 10
Sweden's ruling Alliance coalition won the most votes, but fell short of a majority in Sunday's general election as the Sweden Democrats entered parliament for the first time.
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Science & Technology: 18 Sep 10
The website of the far-right Sweden Democrats was hacked on Saturday, one day before the party is expected to be voted into the Riksdag in Sweden’s September 19th general elections.
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Politics: 18 Sep 10
Sweden's welfare state overshadowed the possible entrance into parliament of the far-right Sweden Democrats in the final televised party leader debate before elections on Sunday.
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Lifestyle: 17 Sep 10
There’s nothing like an election to highlight an immigrant’s outsider status. But as Paul O’Mahony explains, the path to citizenship in Sweden isn’t without a bump or two, especially when the journey begins in June.
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National: 16 Sep 10
Swedish blogger Damon Rasti has called on all Swedes with immigrant backgrounds to take a five minute break from their work at 2pm on Thursday to underline the importance of new Swedes in the society.
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Business & Money: 16 Sep 10
Sweden's unemployment rate dropped to 7.4 percent in August from 8 percent the previous month, Statistics Sweden announced on Thursday, ahead of general elections on Sunday focussing on the economy and jobs.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Sep 10
Parliamentary candidate, Cheryl Jones Fur, talks to Peter Vinthagen Simpson about her climate commitment; why as an American she likes the diversity of Swedish politics; and how to tackle the integration debate head on.
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Analysis & Opinion: 14 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Pirate Party, bidding to enter parliament for the first time.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Feminist Initiative, bidding to enter parliament for the first time.
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National: 12 Sep 10
The centre-right Alliance has extended its lead over the centre-left Red-Greens to almost ten percent with only a week to go before the Swedish general election, a new poll showed.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Christian Democrats, bidding to retain power as one of the smaller parties within the centre-right Alliance coalition.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Centre Party, bidding to retain power and their place as the third largest parliamentary party in Swedish politics.
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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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Analysis & Opinion: 8 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Liberal Party, bidding to retain power and regain their place as third largest party in Swedish politics.
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Politics: 4 Sep 10
The Alliance coalition are heading for an absolute majority of the votes in the upcoming general election, according to the latest opinion poll, while the Social Democrats plumbed record lows.
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Politics: 31 Aug 10
Voters in the general election will be able to cast a vote for Princess Madeleine or Prince Daniel, thanks to a fringe party and a quirk in electoral law.
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Politics: 29 Aug 10
Sweden's governing coalition has retained a strong poll lead over the Red-Green opposition with the general election just three weeks away.
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Politics: 28 Aug 10
The far-right Sweden Democrats have submitted their own election film for review by one of the country's top legal officials after TV4 refused to broadcast the advert on grounds that it promoted religious hatred.
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National: 27 Aug 10
The Alliance parties lead over the opposition has increased a little in the latest opinion poll by Synovate with 48.7 percent to 45 percent for the Red-Green opposition, while the Social Democrats dropped to their lowest level since 1997.
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Politics: 23 Aug 10
A poll published Monday, less than a month before the Swedish general election, showed that nearly two-thirds of Swedes support Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to lead the next government.
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Politics: 22 Aug 10
Sweden's four-party centre-right Alliance would achieve an outright majority if a general election were held today, according to pollster Sifo's third August survey.
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National: 20 Aug 10
Several postmen in Södertälje have been warned by their employer Posten after refusing to distribute election campaign material from the far-right National Democrats, arguing that the pamphlets constituted hate speech.
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Politics: 18 Aug 10
The governing parties have maintained a tiny lead in the last four Swedish opinion polls, but the Sweden Democrats still look set to enter parliament.
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Politics: 18 Aug 10
The centre-left coalition has announced an agreement over property taxes, claiming that only one percent of Sweden's house owners will see their taxes climb if the Red-Greens win the election.
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Business & Money: 16 Aug 10
The increase in Swedish housing prices has eased with prices in greater Stockholm falling by 4 percent over the past month, according to a new report which attributes the impact of the pending general election.
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Politics: 16 Aug 10
With 35 days to go before Sweden votes in a general election the Alliance coalition retained its slim lead over the Red-Green opposition, a new poll shows. The far-right Sweden Democrats would meanwhile claim seats in parliament.
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Politics: 13 Aug 10
Almost all Swedish people aged 55-85-years-old plan to make the effort to vote in the September 19th general elections, a new survey shows.
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Politics: 10 Aug 10
In the last 12 months, nearly 890,000 people have claimed a tax deduction for work carried out on and in their homes, according to Swedish Tax Agency figures. Among them are several politicians whose parties oppose the system.
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Politics: 8 Aug 10
With a general election just six weeks away, Sweden’s four-party Alliance has opened up a 3.3 percentage point lead over the Red-Green opposition in a new poll.
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Politics: 6 Aug 10
Absentee voting began in the September 19th Swedish general election on Thursday in what is expected to be a tight race centred on the economy, unemployment and welfare.
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Politics: 5 Aug 10
Sweden's Pirate Party said on Thursday that child pornography should be permitted in cartoons. The law should focus on 'real criminals' abusing children, the party argues.
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Politics: 4 Aug 10
66 percent of 148 Swedish members of parliament surveyed are prepared to cooperate across the political blocs to ensure a stable government if the far-right Sweden Democrats enter parliament.
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Politics: 3 Aug 10
The far-right Sweden Democrats have the backing of 6.5 percent of the electorate and would hold the balance of power if an election were held today, a new voter poll shows.
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Politics: 28 Jul 10
The ruling centre-right Alliance coalition leads ahead of the general election in September, according to an opinion poll from Skop.
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Politics: 26 Jul 10
The Social Democrats' leader, Mona Sahlin, is visiting Afghanistan for the first time. During her trip, she will visit Swedes in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
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Politics: 7 Jul 10
The Feminist Initiative's controversial burning of 100,000 kronor ($13,000) in Visby on Tuesday in a demonstration for equal pay between the sexes, has come in for criticism from allies and opponents alike.
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Politics: 7 Jul 10
The Swedish government has announced that migration minister Tobias Billström will take temporary charge of the employment ministry following the resignation of Sven Otto Littorin, citing personal reasons.
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National: 4 Jul 10
Sweden’s prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has ruled out further tax cuts in 2011 if his party is returned to power in September’s general election.
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Politics: 24 Jun 10
Sweden's Social Democrats are less popular than at any time in the past ten years, according to a new poll from Synovate.
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Politics: 22 Jun 10
The Moderates are currently the largest parliamentary party with the support of 29.9 percent of the electorate, according to a new poll, while the Sweden Democrats on 5.6 percent threaten the Alliance coalition's hopes of a majority.
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Politics: 4 Jun 10
The Social Democrats have continued their election year slide in the opinion polls and are now smaller than the Moderate Party, and under 30 percent for the first time.
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Politics: 1 Jun 10
Sweden's small far-right Sweden Democrat party presented a shadow budget on Monday pledging lower taxes and higher benefits, to be financed by cutting international aid and refugee quotas.
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National: 30 May 10
White power groups were less active in Sweden in 2009 than the previous year, according to a new report. But the movement is expected to increase its efforts in the run-up to the autumn general election.
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Politics: 28 May 10
The government parties are ahead of the opposition for the first time since the 2006 election in a Synovate poll, with the Moderate party leading the rally on 31.8 percent of the electorate, up three percent on April.
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Politics: 26 May 10
Almost a quarter of Green Party support could consider voting for one of the centre-right Alliance coalition parties, a new voter survey has shown.
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Business & Money: 25 May 10
Unemployment in Sweden climbed in April to 9.8 percent of the workforce with 483,000 registered job-seekers, exceeding expectations and up 80,000 on the corresponding month of 2009, a new report shows.
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