May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Opposition":
Society: 25 May 12
After Thursday’s second semi final of the glitzy Eurovision song contest in Baku, Azerbaijan, Swedish entrant Loreen secured a place in the final.
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Society: 24 May 12
Hosts of the Eurovision song contest, Azerbaijan, has condemned the alleged
"politicisation" of the song contest after Swedish entrant Loreen met with human rights activists on Wednesday.
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Politics: 21 May 12
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt was bugged during meetings in Moscow last year, according to a Russian media report which also claims that Swedish intelligence services are aiding the Russian opposition.
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Politics: 13 May 12
With 6.6 percent of voters backing them, the far-right Sweden Democrats have grown to be Sweden’s fourth-largest party, according to the latest poll from research institute Sifo.
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Science & Technology: 28 Apr 12
Swedes have become more negative towards nuclear power in the year since Japan's nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima, a new survey shows.
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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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Lifestyle: 19 Apr 12
With Sweden still basking in the royal glow of the birth of Princess Estelle, The Local’s Peter Vinthagen Simpson talks to a US academic who claims that his family, and not the “immigrant” Bernadottes, should be on Swedish throne.
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Science & Technology: 18 Apr 12
TeliaSonera, the successor to Sweden's state telecom monopoly, has given state security services access to systems it operates in the former Soviet Union in order to secure lucrative contracts there, according to Swedish media reports.
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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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Analysis & Opinion: 11 Apr 12
Sweden's plans to help build a weapons plant in Saudi Arabia are a betrayal of the Arab spring and amount to a support for a Saudi-backed Arab counter-revolution, argue a group of Arab and Swedish pro-democracy 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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Politics: 26 Mar 12
Former Syrian ambassador to Sweden, Mohammad Bassam Imadi, has revealed that the Syrian government was spying on Syrian exiles in Sweden during his time in office.
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Science & Technology: 25 Mar 12
Sweden may be moving towards a law limiting industrially produced trans fats in food products, following the lead of several other EU countries.
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Business & Money: 20 Mar 12
Sweden was in talks with Saudi Arabia about providing a state of the art public security system, according to information in a secret letter sent from the Swedish minister for trade and leaked to Swedish media.
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Education: 19 Mar 12
University students in Sweden are cheating to the same level as last year according to a new study, prompting the government to enter talks of how to clamp down on academic cheating.
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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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Politics: 14 Mar 12
The successful trademark registration of “Nordic Model” by Sweden’s Social Democrats has prompted a sharp reaction from the rest of the Nordic region's political establishment and begs the question: who created the Nordic Model?
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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: 28 Feb 12
The Centre Party, Liberals and the Moderates want single women to have access to artificial insemination treatment, and are proposing a change to current laws despite opposition from coalition partners the Christian Democrats.
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Politics: 19 Feb 12
The Social Democrats' new leader Stefan Löfven has been a major lift for his party. In less than a month, support for the Social Democrats has grown by 4.6 percentage points, the newest opinion poll from polling firm Sifo shows.
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Business & Money: 19 Feb 12
Swedish companies want to reform the Swedish labour market in order to boost competitiveness, and hope to adopt the euro, according to their representatives.
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Politics: 18 Feb 12
The Christian Democrats have fallen into line with their Alliance coalition partners in favour of scrapping laws requiring compulsory sterilization for people undergoing gender reassignment surgery.
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National: 18 Feb 12
The Syrian government has blocked the services of Swedish mobile live video streaming site Bambuser, the firm claimed on Friday, shortly after a user broadcast a bombing in Homs.
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National: 18 Feb 12
Exiled Rwandan journalist John Bosco Gasasira has emerged following a month in hiding in Sweden after fearing attack, the Committee to Protect Journalists confirmed on Friday.
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Politics: 15 Feb 12
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt called for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step down when delivering the government's annual statement of foreign policy on Wednesday, which also prompted a heated debate about the recognition of a Palestinian state.
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Politics: 13 Feb 12
Since the new Social Democrat party leader Stefan Löfven took up the post, the party is gaining strength in the polls, causing political experts to speak of a ”Löfven-effect”.
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Education: 10 Feb 12
The government is hoping to reduce the number of Swedish high school dropouts by offering a shorter course of study for students who "lack the prerequisites" to finish high school, angering opposition politicians.
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Politics: 4 Feb 12
The Swedish government's divisions over moves to scrap laws requiring compulsory sterilization for people undergoing gender reassignment surgery re-emerged on Saturday after comments by the Christian Democrat leader.
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National: 4 Feb 12
Swedes took to the streets of Stockholm and other major cities on Saturday to protest against the ACTA anti-piracy legislation which is set to go before the Riksdag later this year.
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Politics: 31 Jan 12
Exiled Iranians will gather in Stockholm over the coming weekend to discuss how to help implement democracy in Iran, the organisers of the conference announced on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 31 Jan 12
Sweden will participate in the eurozone pact on fiscal discipline, according to prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, who claims that all Sweden's demands for joining have been met.
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National: 31 Jan 12
Sweden's Migration Board said Monday it was temporarily suspending all deportations to Syria due to the worsening violence in the country as president Bashar al-Assad's deadly crackdown continues.
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Business & Money: 27 Jan 12
The Riksdag's EU affairs committee on Friday gave the go ahead to the Swedish government to support the eurozone budget pact at next week's EU summit, provided certain conditions are met.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 12
Sweden's leader pages painted newly named Social Democrat head Stefan Löfven as a down-to-earth, politically inexperienced man from northern Sweden who has a good chance of strengthening the struggling party.
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Politics: 26 Jan 12
The Social Democrats on Thursday dropped their longstanding opposition to Swedish participation in the eurozone pact on fiscal discipline, after reaching an agreement with the government of Fredrik Reinfeldt.
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Politics: 26 Jan 12
The Social Democrats used a hastily scheduled Thursday press conference to officially unveil IF Metall union chief Stefan Löfven as the consensus choice to take over as party chair.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 12
With union leader Stefan Löfven set to take over as head of the Social Democrats, The Local takes a look at how a welder from northern Sweden found his way to the top ranks of Swedish politics.
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Business & Money: 18 Jan 12
The Social Democrats remain opposed to having Sweden join the eurozone stability pact, while the Centre Party said on Wednesday it supported the deal "with conditions".
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Sport: 16 Jan 12
A huge banner mocking Swedish AC Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic as a ”gypsy” in his native language was unfurled in the San Siro stadium by fans of Inter Milan during the local derby between the two Italian giants on Sunday evening.
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Science & Technology: 15 Jan 12
Sweden's forced sterilization for sex change candidates continues to spark debate, as Human Rights Watch has written a letter to prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, urging him to reconsider the law.
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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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Politics: 12 Jan 12
A move to scrap Swedish laws requiring compulsory sterilization for people undergoing gender reassignment surgery has been put on ice following opposition from the Christian Democrats.
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Politics: 6 Jan 12
Jonas Sjöstedt was chosen to replace Lars Ohly as the new leader of Sweden's Left Party when the congress voted on Friday.
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Politics: 1 Jan 12
The support for Sweden's Social Democrats continue to plummet and in the first survey of the year they only received 25.3 percent of votes, a decline by 1.2 percentage points since the last survey.
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Analysis & Opinion: 29 Dec 11
As 2011 draws to a close, The Local looks back at some of the stories that dominated headlines in Sweden in the past year.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Dec 11
The debt crisis plaguing the eurozone has left Swedes loving their cherished krona more than ever, a sentiment shared by non-euro country Denmark as well, as both struggle to keep the euro's woes from hurting their own economies.
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Politics: 18 Dec 11
Support for Sweden's Green Party rose to 12.3 percent, yet another record-high result, while the Social Democrats hit a new low in research institute Sifo's December poll.
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Society: 16 Dec 11
Abba founder Benny Andersson wants Arlanda airport to take down a giant picture of him welcoming visitors to Stockholm, following a decision to revamp a local landmark leaving him unwilling to be associated with the city.
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Society: 13 Dec 11
Despite protests by citizens and celebrities, including former Abba star Benny Andersson, Stockholm’s city council voted on Monday night to move forward with a massive renovation of the city’s Slussen area.
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Politics: 3 Dec 11
Sweden stepped on the brakes, stopping the EU from imposing sanctions against two telecom companies active in Syria. Both do business with Swedish telecom giant Ericsson.
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Sport: 2 Dec 11
Sweden has been drawn in the same group as England, France and Ukraine at next summer’s European Football Championship.
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National: 22 Nov 11
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt is to travel to Ukraine in a bid to apply "football diplomacy" to secure the release of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
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Politics: 13 Nov 11
The latest voters' poll shows support for the Social Democrats has risen by 1.9 percentage points while the Moderates dropped 2 percent.
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Politics: 9 Nov 11
Sweden's justice minister Beatrice Ask has indicated that she is prepared to discuss the opening the Stasi archive of Swedish security service Säpo in response to calls for more transparency over the classified files.
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National: 7 Nov 11
New guidelines issued by the Swedish Migration Board reveal that Iran has both the ability and the inclination to keep tabs on political antagonists in Sweden.
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Politics: 5 Nov 11
Top brass with Sweden’s Left Party, Vänsterpartiet, has said ‘no’ to a shared party leadership on the grounds of a current well-working organization. The party’s congress must now decide who will succeed Lars Ohly.
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Politics: 5 Nov 11
Although the Greek PM Giorgos Papandreou won a narrow vote-of-confidence late Friday, Sweden's European Union Affairs Minister Birgitta Ohlsson warned that a default by Greece would directly threaten Sweden's economy.
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Politics: 4 Nov 11
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf has taken a swipe at embattled Greek prime minister George Papandreou for proposing a referendum on a bailout plan to help the debt-laden Greek economy.
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Politics: 4 Nov 11
Only 12 percent of Swedes have confidence in Social Democrat head Håkan Juholt, according to a new poll showing that support for the party has reached record lows.
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National: 29 Oct 11
Four representatives from the Social Democrats have demanded an immediate cessation of all deportations of refugees to Syria.
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National: 27 Oct 11
Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak, imprisoned in Eritrea since 2001, has been moved from prison and may be dead, according to Swedish journalist Lars Adaktusson. But many have raised doubts about the report.
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Politics: 20 Oct 11
Following the news of Muammar Qaddafi's capture by Libyan rebel forces on Thursday, several Swedish politicians have welcomed the demise of the Qaddafi regime.
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Politics: 16 Oct 11
The two Swedish reporters Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson, charged with terrorism in Ethiopia, will face trial on Tuesday, with human rights organisations already criticizing the process.
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Sport: 14 Oct 11
Sweden are set to play England next month in a friendly international as coach Erik Hamrén seeks to prepare his side for next year's European Championship finals, the English Football Association announced on Thursday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Oct 11
The Social Democrats’ malaise goes far deeper than the expenses scandal engulfing Håkan Juholt, political scientist Nicholas Aylott writes, arguing that the party needs to decide its ideological path and to pick its leader accordingly.
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Politics: 11 Oct 11
Under-fire Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt has come under further scrutiny over his expenses after revelations that he declined to repay some of a Riksdag travel grant despite having cut short a trip to Belarus in 2006.
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Politics: 11 Oct 11
Syrian opposition leaders meeting in Stockholm on Monday called for the deployment of international observers in their country but were largely opposed to foreign military intervention.
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Politics: 10 Oct 11
A rally against the Syrian regime was held outside Sweden's parliament on Sunday with some 200 people calling on Stockholm and the European Union "to support the revolution in Syria".
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Politics: 7 Oct 11
The leaders of the Social Democrats and the Left Party on Friday declined to participate in an upcoming debate to avoid having to stand next to Sweden Democrat party leader Jimmie Åkesson.
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Politics: 4 Oct 11
Sweden and France on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime against attacking or intimidating Syrian opposition in exile, amid reports of assaults and threats in several European capitals.
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Politics: 30 Sep 11
Christian Democrat leader Göran Hägglund has challenged his critics within the party to stand up and fight for the leadership, in response to a petition which has cast doubt on his position.
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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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Analysis & Opinion: 29 Sep 11
A year has passed since the Sweden Democrats became Sweden’s newest parliamentary party and The Local’s Peter Vinthagen Simpson has a look at what has been achieved, what has not and what has changed.
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Sport: 26 Sep 11
The Local's partner club Långholmen FC are getting ready for the biggest night in the young club's nine year history on Wednesday when they take on Sollentuna United in the final of the prestigious Stockholm Cup.
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Politics: 26 Sep 11
The resignation of William Petzäll from the Sweden Democrats is a setback which the party can manage, but they have to ensure that it remains a unique event, according to political scientist Andreas Johansson Heinö.
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Politics: 24 Sep 11
Gender equality and women's rights on a global scale were the themes of Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's speech to the United Nations on Friday.
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National: 23 Sep 11
Mario Vargas Llosa and Herta Müller, Nobel prize winners in literature in 2010 and 2009 respectively, will take part in Friday's demonstration at the Gothenburg Book Fair in support of jailed Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak.
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Politics: 20 Sep 11
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg defended the government's autumn budget proposal against charges that it was overly optimistic in a spirited Riksdag debate on Tuesday.
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National: 16 Sep 11
Former government ministers Thomas Bodström and Jan Eliasson, have urged the government to find a new approach for how to get Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak released from prison in Eritrea.
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Politics: 14 Sep 11
As Denmark prepares to go to the polls on September 15th, Katherine Dunn explores the contentious election issue of immigration policy and exposes the effects it has had on Sweden's third city Malmö.
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Politics: 12 Sep 11
The Swedish minister who at the weekend said that no money would be coming to victims who suffered abuse while in foster care has opened to further talks on the issue following pressure from the opposition.
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National: 7 Sep 11
The two Swedish journalists held in an Ethiopian prison are to be charged with terrorist crimes, according to information from the Ethiopian government and the Swedish foreign ministry.
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Politics: 26 Aug 11
Four parties in the Swedish parliament - the Sweden Democrats, the Christian Democrats, the Centre Party and Left Party - would fall below the threshold for Riksdag seats if an election were held today, a new poll on Friday showed.
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Politics: 20 Aug 11
The Social Democrats said Saturday that they are opening up for future collaboration with the Liberals and the Centre Party before the election in 2014.
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National: 20 Aug 11
Efforts to bulk up Sweden's military defense suffered another blow as the number of recruits was mistakenly inflated nine times the slim reality.
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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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Business & Money: 8 Aug 11
Experts say Sweden won't avoid being affected by the turbulence in the world economy and the Social Democrats called for a meeting of the Riksdag’s financial committee to discuss the situation.
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Politics: 7 Aug 11
Despite the recent outrages in Norway, Sweden Democrat (SD) leader Jimmie
Åkesson refused to change his stance on the controversial party’s line on immigration during his summer speech on Saturday.
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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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Politics: 3 Aug 11
A Liberal Party MP is planning to present a motion to Sweden's Riksdag in the autumn to push for a removal of the requirement for compulsory sterilization for those undergoing a sex change.
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Society: 15 Jul 11
Nine in ten Swedish parents think that pushy “soccer parents” should be barred from their kids’ sporting events if they can’t behave themselves, according to a new study published on Friday.
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Politics: 10 Jul 11
The Sweden Democrats have lost one in three voters over the past month according to the latest opinion survey.
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Politics: 1 Jul 11
The Swedish government suffered another setback in the Riksdag on Friday, when the Sweden Democrats voted with the centre-left opposition parties to force through its proposal by a single vote.
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Politics: 23 Jun 11
Sweden's top diplomat in Belarus was attacked by police at an anti-government protest in Minsk on Wednesday, prompting foreign minister Carl Bildt to summon the Belarussian ambassador.
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National: 22 Jun 11
A Swedish citizen and democracy activist was sentenced to life imprisonment in Bahrain on Wednesday after being convicted of "terrorist activity", according to Bahrain-based human rights group.
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Politics: 18 Jun 11
Lawmakers voted by a large majority on Friday to extend Sweden's participation in NATO's Libya bombing campaign for another three months. Only the Left Party and far-right Sweden Democrats opposed the move.
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