February 14, 2012
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Society: 25 Oct 11
When Irishman Morty McCarthy came to Sweden for love a decade ago, he had no idea he'd end up teaching English to folically flamboyant Swedish rock n'roller Magnus Uggla live on national radio, The Local's Geoff Mortimore explains.
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Politics: 29 Sep 11
Fredrik Reinfeldt on Thursday announced a government reshuffle, with new Centre Party head Annie Lööf appointed minister for enterprise, European MP Lena Ek minister for the environment and Anna-Karin Hatt IT and energy minister.
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Politics: 22 Sep 11
Maud Olofsson today held an emotional speech to the Centre Party congress in Åre in northern Sweden on Thursday, as she stepped down as leader.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Sep 11
As Sweden's politicians return to business at the Riksdag after a period of party-leadership reshuffling, The Local's Rebecca Martin examines concerns that youth has begun to trump experience in Swedish politics.
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Politics: 12 Sep 11
Patrons at Swedish restaurants will see the value-added tax (VAT) added to their bills cut by more than half staring January 1st, 2012 as part of a government spending package designed to boost employment among young people.
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Business & Money: 8 Sep 11
Vänersborg district court in western Sweden has rejected beleaguered carmaker Saab Automobile's applications for business restructuring. Chairperson and CEO Victor Muller responded by declaring the firm's intention to appeal.
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Business & Money: 5 Sep 11
Sweden's Alliance government has promised pensioners reduced taxes in 2013 or 2014 - if the public finances allow, with reforms to help the poorest pensioners to come into force already next year.
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Politics: 31 Aug 11
The Centre Party plans to name economic policy spokesperson Annie Lööf as the choice of the nominating committee to take over as party leader after Maud Olofsson.
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Politics: 21 Aug 11
Sweden’s Centre Party leader, Maud Olofsson, due to retire from her post later this year, has been asked to sit on newly-formed International Council on Women’s Business Leadership, for U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.
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National: 17 Aug 11
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and her husband Prince Daniel Westling are expecting their first child, the Swedish Royal Court announced on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 27 Jul 11
Victor Muller should be replaced as CEO of Saab, a local Swedish politician has argued followed the latest twist in the ongoing cashflow crisis at the beleaguered Swedish car firm.
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Politics: 21 Jul 11
The Centre party on Thursday named Annie Johansson, Anna-Karin Hatt and Anders W Jonsson as the official candidates to succeed outgoing party leader Maud Olofsson.
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Politics: 7 Jul 11
Resigning Centre Party head and minister for enterprise and energy, Maud Olofsson, found it hard to contain her tears when she revealed the topic of her last speech in Almedalen - the challenges the party faces in the future.
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Business & Money: 7 Jul 11
The Swedish government has approved Saab’s property sale, according to a statement issued from the ministry for enterprise and energy on Thursday.
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Politics: 6 Jul 11
Several leading Centre Party members want to break free of the centre-right government alliance before the next election, in a bid to regain the party's own identity, according to a report in Swedish media.
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Politics: 4 Jul 11
The Swedish government will appoint a commission with the purpose to address the central challenges that Sweden will face in the future, the four government alliance party leaders wrote on Monday in a daily newspaper.
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National: 23 Jun 11
The future of disaster-riddled carmaker Saab doesn’t look bright, according to several analysts, who say that holding back salaries is a company’s very last way out.
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Politics: 22 Jun 11
Swedes find foreign minister Carl Bildt to be the funniest politician and minister for enterprise and energy Maud Olofsson to be the most boring, according to a survey carried out by TV channel Comedy Central.
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Politics: 18 Jun 11
Immigrant parents with young children should have a shorter parental leave when the family moves to Sweden minister for enterprise and energy Maud Olofsson, said in an interview.
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Politics: 17 Jun 11
Enterprise minister Maud Olofsson plans to resign from her position as leader of the Centre Party, according to Swedish media reports.
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Politics: 4 Jun 11
Maud Olofsson has been leader of the Centre Party (Centerpartiet) for a decade. According to the Centre Party's local division in Kristianstad, in southern Sweden, it's high time to step down.
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Business & Money: 27 May 11
After seven-weeks of silence, the assembly lines at Saab Automobile's factory in Trollhättan in western Sweden rumbled to life again on Friday thanks to help from new Chinese partner Pang Da.
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Business & Money: 25 May 11
Russian financier met Sweden's enterprise minister Maud Olofsson on Tuesday to explain why he wants to invest money in cash-strapped car maker Saab.
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National: 12 May 11
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt expressed concern about the future of Saab following the collapse Thursday of a deal with China's Hawtai that would have provided Swedish automaker with much needed cash.
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Business & Money: 12 May 11
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars reported a profit of 2.34 billion kronor ($369 million) for 2010, marking a massive swing back into profit compared 2009.
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Business & Money: 3 May 11
Saab has entered into a "strategic partnership" with Chinese Hawtai Motor Group, who plan to invest billions of kronor into the Swedish firm, it was announced on Tuesday.
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National: 28 Apr 11
Cash-strapped Swedish car maker Saab told staff on Wednesday that they were not needed back at work as the search for financing continues to enable the firm to restart production lines left idle for over three weeks.
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Business & Money: 17 Apr 11
Although the Swedish government helped Saab last week by easing its liquidity issues, many industry observers are skeptical that the company can survive.
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National: 16 Apr 11
The decision by the Swedish government Friday to allow Saab Automobile to sell its real-estate assets is giving hope to employees in Trollhätten, where the cars are produced.
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Business & Money: 15 Apr 11
The Swedish government announced on Friday it would allow cash-strapped automaker Saab to alter its financing in order to continue its operations, but only under certain conditions.
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Business & Money: 13 Apr 11
As production at Swedish carmaker Saab remains on hold due to unpaid bills, a trade association representing auto industry suppliers has claimed that the firm's debts exceed several hundred million kronor.
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Politics: 12 Apr 11
Sweden's Alliance coalition government announced Tuesday that it is ready to push ahead with further tax cuts provided public finances continue to expand.
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Politics: 8 Apr 11
The Swedish government on Friday announced plans to invest an additional 800 million kronor ($128 million) in the country's rail system during 2011 following a harsh winter in which the country's trains were plagued by malfunctions.
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Business & Money: 8 Apr 11
Sweden's energy minister and Centre party leader Maud Olofsson has denied claims in the Swedish media that she knew of the golden parachutes to Vattenfall bosses.
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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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National: 26 Mar 11
The Swedish government has denied that it, or enterprise minister Maud Olofsson, had any knowledge of the golden parachute payment that led to the sacking of Vattenfall chair Lars Westerberg last week.
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Business & Money: 7 Mar 11
With electricity prices shockingly high, Swedes may not be surprised to learn that they pay considerably more for energy than homeowners in Finland and Norway.
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Politics: 3 Mar 11
Sweden's centre-right Alliance government and the Green Party have reached an agreement on changes to the country's immigration policies specifically designed to diminish the influence of the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats.
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Politics: 3 Mar 11
Illegal immigrants in Sweden should in future have the right to free healthcare and education, and be able to start their own companies, the government has agreed.
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National: 12 Feb 11
Up to 1 million passengers were affected when bus services in Stockholm county shut down completely on Friday due to slippery conditions caused by heavy snowfall and strong winds.
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Politics: 3 Feb 11
Swedes need protection from sky-high electricity prices, the Centre Party has proposed, with party leader and energy minister Maud Olofsson arguing for the regulation of floating electricity price plans.
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Politics: 27 Jan 11
Sweden’s energy minister responded to concerns about sky-high electricity bills by advising homeowners to turn off their lights and install new windows, prompting a homeowners group to call the advice “a provocation”.
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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: 4 Jan 11
Centre Party leader Maud Olofsson has proposed letting Swedish students rate their teachers in an effort to broaden the party's education policy. However, both students and teachers have already slammed the proposal.
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Society: 4 Dec 10
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and finance minister Anders Borg are Sweden’s two most powerful people for the second year in a row, according to a new ranking.
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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 Oct 10
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt presented his new government during the opening session of the Riksdag on Tuesday, announcing a team with seven new names as well as a new ministry.
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Politics: 1 Oct 10
The far-right Sweden Democrats stand to hold the balance of power on Monday in the election of a new Speaker of the Riksdag after the Social Democrats nominated a candidate.
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Politics: 28 Sep 10
Mona Sahlin received a phone call from Fredrik Reinfeldt on Tuesday morning in which the prime minister gave the Social Democratic party leader some insights about his plans for governing.
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Politics: 21 Sep 10
While party leaders entertain a possible tie-up between the Green Party and the centre-right Alliance, Green Party voters have rejected the idea, according to a new poll.
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Business & Money: 21 Sep 10
State-owned energy giant Vattenfall is pursuing a cost-cutting plan involving 6 billion kronor ($862.67 million), but it has ruled out the sale of its much-criticised lignite power plants in Germany, according to CEO Øystein Løseth.
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Politics: 20 Sep 10
The Local's correspondents bring you all the latest news from the Swedish election, live from the main parties' headquarters in Stockholm. See the drama unfold live here.
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Politics: 17 Sep 10
Mona Sahlin accused Fredrik Reinfeldt of spreading lies as the two traded jabs in a heated Thursday night debate pitting the leaders of Sweden’s seven Riksdag parties against each other just four days before election day.
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National: 16 Sep 10
Fredrick Federley, a Centre Party MP, was beaten and robbed outside his Stockholm apartment on Wednesday night. The Swedish Security Service has taken over the investigation.
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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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Business & Money: 10 Sep 10
Jöran Hägglund, the Swedish government's representative at the heart of the deal to sell Saab has pointed the finger at US giant GM and 'foolish' opposition parties, in a revealing new book exposing the battle to save the firm.
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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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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Sep 10
Here's a look at the centre-right Alliance, which is looking to win another term as Sweden's ruling coalition.
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Politics: 26 Aug 10
The ruling Alliance coalition has promised its fifth in-work tax credit if it wins the election next month, it promised as it rolled out its manifesto on Thursday.
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Politics: 8 Aug 10
Minister for Finance Anders Borg has indicated that the government intends to raise 100 billion kronor ($14 billion) by selling off the state’s shareholdings in a number of companies if voted back into power in September.
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Science & Technology: 1 Aug 10
Centre Party leader and energy minister Maud Olofsson is urging Sweden to sell off sections of state-owned energy giant Vattenfall in order to generate capital to be invested in the development of cutting edge energy solutions.
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Politics: 13 Jul 10
There are too many voter opinion polls with the large number of polls meaning that they lose their value - on this point parliamentary party leaders are in agreement, according to a survey by the Svenska Dagbladet daily.
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Politics: 16 Jun 10
The jobs, the environment and unemployment were the dominant themes in the party leaders' debate in Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 21 May 10
Sweden's enterprise minister Maud Olofsson has discussed the Volvo-Geely deal with senior Chinese management and received confirmation that the firm plans to retain its Swedish connection and maintain production in the country.
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Politics: 4 May 10
A total of 14 ministers, including Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, have embarked on a cross-country train trip to win support for the government ahead of September's election.
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National: 22 Apr 10
Sweden has agreed to offer airlines a three-month respite from paying airport fees, enterprise minister Maud Olofsson has revealed, as a cloud of volcanic ash continues to add to carriers' costs.
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Politics: 20 Apr 10
Embattled airlines can not count on financial support from the Swedish state to compensate for the flight chaos of the past week, enterprise minister Maud Olofsson has said, emphasising that the issue must be considered at EU level.
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Education: 12 Apr 10
The Swedish government has announced the introduction of a professional certificate for teachers from 2012, with only those in possession eligible to secure a permanent contract.
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Politics: 10 Apr 10
Sweden's left-green opposition has stretched its lead over the governing centre-right coalition to 8.7 percentage points in a new poll.
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Politics: 31 Mar 10
The Alliance government has earmarked hundreds of millions of kronor for a hike in child benefits for families with several children, as well as investment in summer jobs for Sweden's youth.
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National: 26 Mar 10
The Swedish government has decided to end the requirement for around 250,000 small businesses to employ an accountant in a move set to save affected firms 2.5 billion kronor ($346 million).
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Politics: 20 Mar 10
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt retains his position at the top of the party leader board in a new survey on voter confidence while support for opposition leader Mona Sahlin continues to decline.
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Politics: 2 Mar 10
The Swedish government has announced plans for the construction of 2,000 wind turbines over the next ten years.
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National: 21 Feb 10
The governments of Sweden, Norway and Denmark have agreed to pump 4.7 billion kronor ($684 million) into the sagging Scandinavian airline SAS while all want to sell their stakes as biggest shareholders.
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Business & Money: 19 Feb 10
The Swedish government has announced plans for the sale of its stake in SAS Scandinavian Airlines after seeking parliamentary approval on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 9 Feb 10
Troubled Scandinavian airline SAS has announced a new share issue to raise 5 billion kronor ($674 million), as well as a programme of cuts and savings designed to save a further 2 billion kronor.
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Politics: 7 Feb 10
Swedish national elections are still months away. But political parties are already vaunting enticing proposals to woo voters. Such as income tax writeoffs for professional installation of home computers.
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Politics: 1 Feb 10
Sunday's televised debate between the five leaders of Sweden's major political parties was dominated by taxes and labour market policy, while exposing divisions within the opposing blocs.
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National: 27 Jan 10
Unbridled enthusiasm and cautious optimism, along with a dash of outright scepticism, marked the editorial pages of Swedish newspapers on Wednesday in reaction to news of Saab Automobile’s sale to Spyker Cars.
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Business & Money: 26 Jan 10
Saab Automobile has been rescued from extinction as owner General Motors agrees to sell the iconic Swedish brand to Dutch sports car maker Spyker.
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National: 25 Jan 10
General Motors and the Swedish government have both poured cold water on rumours that Saab has been sold to Dutch sports car maker Spyker. "Negotiations are still ongoing," according to a GM spokesman.
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Politics: 15 Jan 10
Voter support for the government alliance Centre Party has taken a significant downturn according to a new survey which puts the opposition in a commanding lead at the start of the election year.
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National: 25 Dec 09
General Motors is set to proceed with the organized wind-down of Saab Automobile despite a last ditch bid from Dutch sportscar maker Spyker, according to Swedish media reports.
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National: 23 Dec 09
Enterprise Minster Maud Olofsson was joined by leading Social Democrats on Wednesday in welcoming a deal over the sale of Volvo Cars to China's Geely. But labour group Unionen expressed concern for the future of the Swedish marque.
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Business & Money: 23 Dec 09
US auto giant Ford confirmed late on Wednesday morning that an agreement has been reached to sell Volvo Cars to Zhejiang Geely Holding.
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National: 22 Dec 09
Representatives for two of Sweden's formost trade unions met with with Spyker on Monday to discuss the Dutch sports car maker's last gasp bid for GM's beleaguered Saab Automobile unit.
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National: 21 Dec 09
Dutch car maker Spyker has dropped its Monday evening bid deadline and remains in talks with General Motors over the possible purchase of Saab. Sweden's government has pledged to aid Saab workers if the deal falls through.
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National: 21 Dec 09
Sweden's government held crisis talks with union representatives in Stockholm on Monday as the clock ticks down on Saab Automobile's stay of execution.
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National: 19 Dec 09
An insider source with information about the Saab closure claims that US car maker General Motors did not sell its Swedish unit to Dutch Spyker due to concern about too many inconsistencies surrounding Russian joint owner Vladimir Antonov.
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National: 18 Dec 09
Sweden's enterprise minster Maud Olofsson lamented the "very sad" news on Friday of the imminent demise of Saab Automobile, while also reiterating her long-held assertion that the government will not step in to save the brand.
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National: 18 Dec 09
The news that carmaker Saab is to be closed down by owner General Motors might have been expected, but it has been greeted with dismay in Sweden.
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Business & Money: 4 Dec 09
Prospective Saab buyer BAIC has received approval for a loan of 20 billion Yuan, approximately 20 billion Swedish kronor ($2.9 billion), from the Bank of China.
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National: 2 Dec 09
Union and government representatives in Sweden welcomed the Tuesday announcement by General Motors that the company was exploring "expressions of interest" from potential buyers for Saab Automobile. But concerns about Saab's possible demise remain.
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Politics: 27 Nov 09
Sweden's enterprise minister Maud Olofsson laid responsibility for the sale of Saab firmly at the feet of owner GM on Friday, hitting back at criticism from Saab CEO Jan Åke Jonsson.
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Politics: 25 Nov 09
A verbal spat has broken out between the political opposition and Sweden’s industry minister Maud Olofsson after Left Party leader Lars Ohly blamed the government for the failed sale of Saab.
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Business & Money: 16 Nov 09
Sweden’s Vattenfall has picked a successor to take over from current CEO Lars G. Josefsson, who has been under fire following a string of controversies at the state-owned energy giant.
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Business & Money: 13 Nov 09
State-owned energy giant Vattenfall has confirmed that the search to replace CEO Lars G Josefsson could be concluded wihin a matter of weeks.
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Business & Money: 13 Nov 09
The Seko union has announced its withdrawal from the board of Swedish state-owned energy firm Vattenfall stating that it no longer has confidence in the company's CEO, Lars G Josefsson.
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Politics: 7 Nov 09
Green Party co-leader Maria Wetterstrand has surpassed Mona Sahlin as the main challenger to Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt for the affections of Swedish voters, according to a new poll
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National: 6 Nov 09
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt can once again lay claim to the title of Sweden’s most power person, having nudged his own finance minister Anders Borg from the top spot in a new ranking released on Thursday.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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