May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Ozone":
Business & Money: 16 May 12
The growth of the Swedish economy is vulnerable due to its exposure to weak European economies, International Monetary Fund wrote in a report released on Tuesday.
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Politics: 6 May 12
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt called on the French presidential election front-runner Francois Hollande on Saturday to take account of European economic conditions if he wins the second round of voting.
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Politics: 23 Apr 12
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg warned at the weekend that the United States' position as a leader on the global economic stage was at risk due to its failure to strengthen an IMF crisis fund.
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Business & Money: 18 Apr 12
Sweden's central bank is holding the country's benchmark interest rate steady at 1.5 percent, the Riksbank announced on Wednesday, saying the Swedish economy was showing some "positive signs".
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Business & Money: 18 Apr 12
Sweden pledged $10 billion to the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) crisis funding, taking the global total to $286 billion with additional pledges from Norway and Denmark, the Fund's managing director announced on Tuesday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Mar 12
Stockholm University professor Lars Calmfors explains why Sweden has so far escaped relatively unscathed from the financial crisis - and how the latest bout of uncertainty might affect the economy.
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Business & Money: 29 Feb 12
Sweden's economy contracted in the last quarter of 2011, shrinking by 1.1 percent compared to the previous quarter and showing the export-dependent economy's vulnerability to the eurozone crisis.
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Science & Technology: 17 Feb 12
Sweden and the US have joined another four countries in a bid to reduce emissions of soot, ozone and methane gas in the environment to slow down global warming.
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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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Science & Technology: 5 Feb 12
Exhaust fumes and ground-level ozone increase the risk for premature birth, according to a study by a team of researchers at Umeå University in northern Sweden.
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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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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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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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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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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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Business & Money: 13 Jan 12
The impact of the global financial crisis would have been worse on the EU the euro had not provided the necessary monetary stability, Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt said on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 10 Jan 12
Sweden’s national debt office stated on Tuesday that the country’s budget surplus from 2011 stood at 68 billion kronor ($9.85 billion).
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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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Business & Money: 20 Dec 11
Sweden's central bank cut the country's benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percent on Tuesday, at the same time signaling the rate would remain low throughout 2012 amid concerns about developments in the eurozone.
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Politics: 20 Dec 11
Sweden agreed on Monday night to help stabilize the euro by pledging to make loans to the International Monetary Fund to strengthen a eurozone bailout fund.
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Business & Money: 9 Dec 11
Sweden was one of four European Union member states to scupper hopes of a 27-country agreement to help strengthen the euro, but nevertheless plans to participate in the creation of a European bailout fund.
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Business & Money: 8 Dec 11
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Thursday argued against changing the European Union treaty to help solve the euro debt crisis as suggested by the leaders of France and Germany earlier this week.
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Politics: 6 Dec 11
Close to nine out of ten Swedes are keen to remain outside the eurozone and retain the krona, according to a new poll published on Tuesday in the wake of renewed problems afflicting the European single currency.
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Business & Money: 30 Nov 11
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg has called for renewed pressure Wednesday on the European Central Bank (ECB) to stop the euro debt rot from bringing down the global financial order.
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Education: 29 Nov 11
Studying at Stockholm University gives you the chance to rub shoulders with Nobel laureates on the night they receive their prize - and you might even get the chance to attend the banquet itself.
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Business & Money: 25 Nov 11
Sweden on Friday announced plans to beef up the capital adequacy requirements for the country's four largest banks to help protect the Swedish banking system amid the ongoing eurozone debt crisis.
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Business & Money: 23 Nov 11
The Financial Times (FT) has elected Swedish finance minister Anders Borg as the best minister for finance in Europe for 2011, news met with scepticism by Borg's Social Democratic opponent, who claimed he would also have won the top spot if he had been finance minister.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Nov 11
Swedes have a reputation for studying longer, working fewer hours and enjoying more holiday leave than people in most other comparable countries, while others argue that the careerism rat race has taken hold. What do you think?
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Politics: 9 Nov 11
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg on Wednesday gave his assessment of the Italian government's role in the EU sovereign debt crisis, accusing outgoing PM Silvio Belusconi of not having taken the situation seriously.
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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: 1 Nov 11
The Greek government's decision to call a referendum on the eurozone settlement to write down the country's debt, raises uncertainty over the Greek economy, according to Swedish PM Fredrik Reinfeldt.
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Politics: 27 Oct 11
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has warned that the settlement among eurozone leaders over the writing down of the Greek debt, has not removed the risks facing the single currency.
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Business & Money: 27 Oct 11
Sweden's Riksbank has left Sweden's benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2 percent and has delayed any rises well into 2012, meeting market expectations.
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Politics: 25 Oct 11
As the eurozone crisis continues to dominate European political business, Gunnar Wetterberg, an analyst at white collar union Saco, has stated the case for a Nordic Union and currency, to counter the threat of a euro collapse.
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Business & Money: 20 Oct 11
Swedish telecom giant Ericsson announced on Thursday a 6 percent jump in third quarter net profits, causing its shares to surge in morning trading on the Stockholm stock exchange.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Oct 11
The current debt crisis is a concern for all of Europe, not just to eurozone countries, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg tells AFP's Nina Larsson, highlighting the vulnerability of banks and exports in Sweden as an example.
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Politics: 12 Oct 11
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg warned on Wednesday that Swedish banks were "vulnerable" to the euro debt crisis, despite the country's strong public finances.
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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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Business & Money: 4 Oct 11
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg warned on Tuesday that Greece is at risk of missing budget targets demanded by international lenders in return for bailout funds.
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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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National: 17 Sep 11
A 20-year-old satellite that has fallen out of orbit is expected to plunge back to Earth sometime next week and its projected landfall could strike Sweden, according to NASA experts.
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Business & Money: 15 Sep 11
Swedish consumers are choosing cheaper options in their weekly shop as the mounting eurozone debt crisis and fears of recession begin to bite.
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Business & Money: 31 Aug 11
Sweden's National Institute of Economic Research (NIER) has cut its forecast for Swedish growth and sees a significant risk that the eurozone debt crisis could worsen.
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Business & Money: 17 Aug 11
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt took a doubtful stance to the "true economic governance" within the eurozone called for by French president Nicolas Sarkozy and German chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday.
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Politics: 11 Aug 11
After the latest downturn in the global economy Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt commented on the situation in Europe for the first time, arguing that it is up to leaders to "act on the promises they have made".
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Business & Money: 11 Aug 11
Sweden's inflation rate rose at a higher clip in July than in the previous month, partly due to rising mortgage interest costs, although consumer prices remained flat.
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Business & Money: 11 Aug 11
The Stockholm stock exchange plunged on Wednesday as global markets tumbled on fears of Greek debt and the risk of a downgrading of France's credit rating.
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Business & Money: 8 Aug 11
As expected the Stockholm stock exchange opened sharply down on Monday although after an hour's trading had rebounded into positive territory as the market battled to digest the weekend's global finance developments.
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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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Business & Money: 5 Aug 11
The Stockholm stock exchange dropped by 4 percent at the opening of trading on Friday morning, but had recouped the losses by the afternoon amid mounting fears about the the global economy.
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Business & Money: 19 Jul 11
Swedish-Finnish bank Nordea on Tuesday reported a 6 percent drop in net profits for the second quarter 2011, saying that improvements in banking activity had not compensated for a drop off in investments.
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Business & Money: 15 Jun 11
Nearly two thirds of Swedes say they are against adoption of the euro, the highest figure since polling began, according to a new survey.
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Business & Money: 1 Jun 11
Sweden's housing market shows signs of a bubble and is on the verge of a sustained price decline, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned in a new report.
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Science & Technology: 25 Apr 11
Swedes can expect to enjoy the glorious Easter weekend weather for most of the coming week, according to the latest forecasts, although experts warn of a heightened danger from the thinned ozone layer.
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Politics: 18 Apr 11
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has expressed concern over the possible impact of the Finnish elections on Nordic and EU countries, after the emergence of the nationalist True Finns as a political force.
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National: 12 Apr 11
Swedish inflation rose at a higher rate in March than the previous month driven by price hikes for clothing and footwear and housing, official data showed on Tuesday.
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Science & Technology: 5 Apr 11
Swedes are being warned against rushing to catch the spring sun, as the depletion of the ozone layer has reached unprecedented levels with the whole of Scandinavia in the risk zone.
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Business & Money: 21 Jan 11
Sweden's ruling minority Alliance coalition may lose yet another vote in parliament after the Sweden Democrats announced their intention to support a motion to stop or restrict the sale of state-owned enterprises.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 Jan 11
The Swedish economy hasn't yet been dragged down by eurozone debt problems, and while growth is strong and exports are up, Sweden might still face a few economic bumps on the road ahead, the AFPs Marc Preel reports.
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Science & Technology: 8 Jan 11
Sweden's government weather agency reported on Friday that the ozone layer over southern Sweden reached its thickest levels at the end of last year, surpassing the previous record set in 1991.
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Business & Money: 27 Dec 10
A number of prominent Swedish business leaders have become more sceptical towards Sweden joining the euro in the near future, but stressed their belief in the currency's viability in the long term.
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Business & Money: 17 Dec 10
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt announced on Friday that Sweden has not yet ruled out the possibility of supporting a new emergency fund to bail out vulnerable euro countries.
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National: 1 Dec 10
Ozone and chlorine are among the measures deployed by Östersund municipality in northern Sweden to try kill off the parasite which has afflicted the stomachs of thousands of residents and rendered the water undrinkable.
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Business & Money: 29 Nov 10
Sweden's economy continued its rapid expansion in the third quarter, easily beating analyst expectations and registering the highest year-on-year GDP growth rate on record, the national statistics agency reported on Monday.
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Business & Money: 22 Nov 10
Sweden is prepared to lend Ireland up to 10 billion kronor ($1.46 billion) to help with the country's current debt crisis, Swedish finance minister Anders Borg said Monday
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Business & Money: 16 Nov 10
Sweden is expected to be running a budget surplus in 2011, according to a new forecast from the country’s National Debt Office.
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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: 21 Jul 10
Nordea Bank announced a second-quarter profit decline on Wednesday and issued a mixed economic outlook, pointing out that the Nordic countries doing well, but the eurozone is still fighting a debt crisis.
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Business & Money: 20 Jul 10
Swedish growth will slow in 2011, from around 3 percent today to 1.9 percent, according to a new prognosis from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Politics: 17 Jun 10
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Thursday rejected the prospect of new sanctions for fiscally irresponsible countries outside of the eurozone, as he arrived in Brussels for a meeting of EU heads.
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Politics: 8 Jun 10
Sweden's EU minister Birgitta Ohlsson has welcomed UK leader David Cameron's new Europe Minister, David Lidington, brushing aside concerns that Britain's new government would be stridently anti-European.
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Business & Money: 3 Jun 10
Opposition to joining the euro adoption is growing in Sweden, with an increasing number of people fearing that businesses would lose out if the country scrapped the krona and joined the single currency, a poll showed on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 31 May 10
Swedish businesses and consumers remain confident about the prospects for the economy, despite the debt crisis in the eurozone, according to a new report.
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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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Science & Technology: 24 May 10
Ethanol and biogas use in Sweden shows a large climate benefit, resulting in between 65 to 140 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than petrol and diesel, even when so-called direct and indirect soil effects are included, a new research study shows.
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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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National: 16 May 10
The Green Party voted at its annual congress on Saturday to include demands for a 35-hour work week in its manifesto for this September’s general election.
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Analysis & Opinion: 12 May 10
The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson and Vivian Tse review party policy as Sweden's backing of a eurozone bailout brings the issue of Sweden's membership of the euro back into focus.
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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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Business & Money: 10 May 10
For the first time since the financial crisis, the unemployment rate has begun to fall compared to the situation a year ago. At the end of last week, 221,622 were registered as unemployed with the Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen), a decrease of 2,765 from the week before.
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Politics: 10 May 10
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg was on Sunday unwilling to rule out that Sweden would assist in underwriting a bailout fund for troubled euro economies.
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Business & Money: 23 Mar 10
Sweden is expected to post a budget surplus next year as the effects of the financial crisis continue to recede, according to a financial authority report.
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Politics: 16 Feb 10
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg has led the chorus of European partners calling on Greece to "surpass" market expectations in dealing with its debt crisis.
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Business & Money: 19 Jan 10
Swedish Finance Minster Anders Borg on Tuesday called for a European bank tax similar to a new US scheme, in an attempt to rectify shabby public finances and create a cushion to protect against future financial crises.
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National: 15 Dec 09
A majority of Swedes would favour switching from the krona to the euro if a referendum on whether Sweden should adopt the common European currency were held today, a new poll shows.
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Business & Money: 9 Dec 09
Sweden’s finance minister Anders Borg warned Greece on Wednesday that European countries were unlikely to help the Mediterranean nation solve its current budget crisis.
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Politics: 1 Jul 09
Sweden on Wednesday assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union, promising to combat climate change as well as the rising joblessness in the wake of the global economic crisis.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jun 09
The global economic crisis, soaring unemployment in Europe and climate change top Sweden's agenda as it takes over the European Union six-month presidency in difficult conditions on Wednesday, writes AFP's Francois Campredon
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Business & Money: 23 Jun 09
Support for Sweden joining the eurozone has reached its highest point since the 2003 referendum, with voters in favour of retaining the krona maintaining a lead of just one percentage point in a new poll.
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National: 24 Apr 09
This weekend will provide Swedes with a glimpse of summer with sunny weather and warm temperatures in many parts of the country.
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Science & Technology: 3 Mar 09
The layer of ozone above Sweden in February reached a thickness not seen in decades, according to the Swedish meteorological institute SMHI.
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Politics: 27 Jan 09
A new report indicates that economic arguments against euro entry are no longer valid and concludes that in the wake of the finance crisis, it is now time for Sweden to join.
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Society: 2 Jan 09
Tired of government inactivity, the town of Höganäs, a popular tourist destination on the south-west coast of Sweden, has decided to adopt the euro.
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Analysis & Opinion: 18 Dec 08
With the Swedish currency foundering in a deepening economic crisis, Jonathan Ward wonders if Sweden should reconsider its decision to shun the euro.
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Business & Money: 11 Dec 08
Speaking on behalf of a group of Nordic and Baltic countries, Sweden said on Wednesday that Latvia’s economic structuring programme was credible and ambitious.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Oct 08
Sweden was on Monday showing few signs of abandoning its beloved krona, as Denmark and Iceland both began to get serious about joining the eurozone.
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Business & Money: 22 Oct 08
The value of the Swedish krona dropped further in overnight trading ahead of Wednesday’s opening of markets in Europe, trading at 10.15 kronor per euro and 7.95 kronor per US dollar.
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Politics: 11 Oct 08
The G7 group of leading industrialized nations agreed on Friday to take united action to tackle the financial crisis. Swedish bank SEB's leading economist is unimpressed by the plan.
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Society: 10 Jul 08
Acceptance of euro notes and coins is becoming more and more widespread in Swedish businesses, according to a new survey.
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