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May 28, 2012
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'Inertia' of Swedish model bashed by firms
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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Study: more women lead Swedish companies
Business & Money: 15 Feb 11
An increasing number of women in Sweden are running businesses, according to a new study, although some measures indicate Sweden still lags behind compared to other European countries.
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Red-Greens propose billions for cities
Politics: 25 Oct 10
The Red-Green coalition has set aside 6.5 billion kronor ($991.2 million) more in its shadow budget for local governments than the centre-right Alliance government has for 2011.
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Greens still in hot seat ahead of final tally
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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Tempers flare in final party leader debate
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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Election Q&A: the Left Party
Analysis & Opinion: 15 Sep 10
The Local has a quick Q&A with the Left Party's Stefan Kudryk to learn more about the party's stance on a few key issues.
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Introducing the Christian Democrats
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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Introducing the Centre Party
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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Sweden passes US in competitiveness survey
Business & Money: 9 Sep 10
Sweden has overtaken the United States and Singapore in a new ranking of the world’s most competitive economies published by the World Economic Forum.
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Borg warns against new EU bank tax
Business & Money: 7 Sep 10
Sweden has slammed what is sees as a 'detrimental' proposal for higher taxes on banks in Europe, cautioning on Tuesday that institutions would simply relocate to avoid the charges.
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Bankruptcies fall in first half of 2010
Business & Money: 6 Jul 10
Bankruptcies in Sweden declined by 14 percent in the first half of this year compared to the corresponding period of last year, according to a new report on Tuesday.
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BP shareholders call for Svanberg’s head: report
National: 3 Jul 10
Several major BP shareholders are urging the embattled firm to eject Swedish chairman Carl Henric Svanberg as soon as the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is capped, the Financial Times reports.
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Small business owners forego summer hols
Business & Money: 28 Jun 10
While long summer holidays are a matter of course for most Swedes, many small business-owners take a fortnight or less, according to a new survey.
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Svanberg slammed for 'small people' comment
Business & Money: 17 Jun 10
BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg was forced to apologise on Wednesday after comments in a White House press conference were interpreted as patronizing towards the ordinary people hit by the Mexican Gulf catastrophe.
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Tax agency cracks down on cash register cheats
Business & Money: 14 Jun 10
Starting at the half-year mark, the National Tax Agency (Skatteverket) will take a hard line to stop small businesses from cheating through their cash registers.
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Jobs and climate top priorities for Greens
Politics: 14 May 10
Investing in jobs and climate policies remain the top priorities for the Greens, the party said as it opened its annual party congress in Uppsala.
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Opposition outlines change in shadow budget
Politics: 3 May 10
The left-green opposition promised a 'new direction' in Swedish politics when presenting its budget proposal on Monday, including defence cuts, a new wealth tax, and a cut in payroll taxes for small business.
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Opposition touts tax cuts to fuel employment
National: 2 May 10
Sweden's left-green opposition parties have vowed to cut general payroll taxes for small businesses by 8 billion kronor ($1.1 billion) over the next two years in a bid to stimulate employment if they are elected into government this autumn.
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Swedish man sues Google for defamation
National: 29 Apr 10
A small business owner is suing Google Sweden for defamation, alleging Google hits link to blogs that call him a paedophile.
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Green Party lays out election platform
Politics: 30 Mar 10
Sweden's Green Party has announced plans to re-introduce a sabbatical leave year, cut the working week and slash sales tax on the service sector - including household services, restaurants, hairdressers and bicycle repairs.
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Government abolishes accountant requirement
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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Swedish small businesses on the rise
Business & Money: 2 Jan 10
The recovery of the Swedish economy is also evident in the creation of new companies. Although the number of new firms dropped significantly in 2009 as a whole, the final months of the year showed signs of improvement.
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Greens and Left best for business: survey
Business & Money: 14 Oct 09
Sweden’s Green Party has the best ideas to help the country’s small business owners, a new survey reveals, with the Left Party ranking a close second.
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Immigrants fuel upswing in company start ups
Business & Money: 9 Oct 09
Foreign-born residents of Sweden are helping to boost the booming figures of new business start ups across the country in recent years, a new report indicates.
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Consulting firm fails to trump Swede's domain name claim
Science & Technology: 21 Sep 09
A Swedish man has successfully beaten back repeated attempts by Mercer, a prominent multinational consulting firm, to claim a Swedish internet domain name to which he has the rights.
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Sweden's pharmacy monopoly finished
Society: 1 Jul 09
Sweden’s state-run pharmacy monopoly ended on Wednesday, paving the way for new entrants into the market for drug sales and for the eventual sale of non-prescription drugs in other retail outlets.
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Increased support for government among businesses: report
Business & Money: 29 Jun 09
Support for the government has grown among Swedish companies, with almost six out of ten businesses expressing confidence in the current trade and industry policy, according to a new report.
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Tax agency in 2 billion kronor tax haven haul
Business & Money: 12 Jun 09
Swedish tax authorities have managed to recoup more than 2 billion kronor ($258 million) from overseas foreign tax havens in the last five years.
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Crisis and EU dominate party leader debate
Politics: 18 May 09
The financial crisis and its effects dominated the debate between the seven parliamentary party leaders on national Swedish television on Sunday evening. Party leaders would have liked more time to discuss the EU elections.
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State pharmacies set for sell off
Business & Money: 5 May 09
Almost two-thirds of the branches of Swedish state-owned pharmacy Apoteket could be privatized, according to a proposal from the company tasked by the government with breaking up the monopoly.
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'Tap the potential of immigrant entrepreneurs'
Analysis & Opinion: 3 Feb 09
Sweden could learn a lot from Canada and the UK when it comes to leveraging the power of entrepreneurship to help integrate immigrants, writes Nima Sanandaji of the Captus think tank.
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Choc news: Sweden in public display of confection
Lifestyle: 30 Oct 08
Cocoa fan Robert La Bua spills the beans on Chokladfabriken's Martin Isaksson, Sweden's master chocolatier.
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H & M wins battle for Champs-Élysées store
Business & Money: 27 Sep 08
Swedish clothing retailer Hennes & Mauritz has been given the all clear to open an outlet on the swish shopping street Champs-Élysées. H & M beat off the vociferous objections of Paris city council.
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Criticism and praise for 2009 Swedish budget
Politics: 22 Sep 08
The political opposition took aim at the Swedish government’s new budget proposal on Monday, while the document received mix reviews from labour and other organizations.
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Government proposes major tax cut plan
Politics: 16 Sep 08
The government is set to propose 15 billion kronor ($2.2 billion) in tax cuts designed to benefit working Swedes.
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Immigrant traders shun banks
Business & Money: 18 Aug 08
Small business owners in Sweden with an immigrant background avoid taking out bank loans when setting up their own businesses, a new report shows.
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Job loss insurance plans shed 500,000 members
Business & Money: 4 Aug 08
An estimated half million Swedes have left unemployment insurance funds (a-kassa) in the last two years, leading some to worry about the effects of potential job losses that may result from Sweden’s slowing economy.
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Government criticized over growth figures
Politics: 1 Aug 08
The government has come in for stinging criticism over new figures indicating that Sweden's growth is at its lowest levels in seven years.
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FRA reports blogger to Justice Chancellor
National: 28 Jul 08
The National Defence Radio Establishment, FRA (Försvarets radioanstalt), has filed a complaint with Sweden’s Chancellor of Justice (Justitiekanslern – JK) against a blogger for publishing a classified document from the agency.
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Elk safari Swedish style, with a green conscience
Travel: 4 Jul 08
Eco-tourism abounds in the wilds of Sweden, with elk safaris in particular attracting locals and foreigners alike, writes AFP's Francis Kohn.
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More Swedes against surveillance law
National: 27 Jun 08
Nearly half of all Swedes are against the wiretapping law, while just over one-third support it, according to a new survey.
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'Class divisions widen in Sweden'
Society: 26 Jun 08
Economic class divisions in Sweden are wider now than at any other time in the last twenty years, according to a new study.
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Government lets down small businesses
Business & Money: 13 Jun 08
A new poll reveals that small businesses feel let down by the government’s lack of support.
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Social Democrats push help for employed entrepreneurs
Business & Money: 24 Mar 08
The Social Democrats want to introduce economic support for entrepreneurs who also hold full-time jobs.
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Reinfeldt should listen to criticism from business owners
Analysis & Opinion: 13 Feb 08
Criticism of the government from business owners is falling on deaf ears, says Nima Sanandaji from the Captus think tank.
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Sweden needs a better business climate
Analysis & Opinion: 2 Oct 07
The new government has made job creation a major priority. But, argues Nima Sanandaji of think-tank Captus, they are still doing too little to make life easier for businesses.
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Reinfeldt one year on
Analysis & Opinion: 17 Sep 07
Political whizzes or hapless novices? The Local asked two leading analysts - PJ Anders Linder and Stig-Björn Ljunggren - to give their view of the Alliance government's first year in power.
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Strike rights 'could be curbed'
Politics: 8 Aug 07
Centre Party leader and Industry minister Maud Olofsson has called for limits to union rights. But government colleagues and opposition politicians have slammed the proposals.
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Sweden's entrepreneurs face an uphill struggle
Analysis & Opinion: 19 Feb 07
Sweden ranks 18th out of the EU's 25 member states in measures of the number of entrepreneurs in society. But the government doesn't seem to have grasped the need for reform, argues Nima Sanandaji of think-tank Captus.
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Hackers target Swedish union web site
Science & Technology: 1 Jan 07
The web site of Swedish union organisation LO was hacked on the morning of New Year's Day.
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Justice minister calls for shoplifter ban
National: 24 Dec 06
Serial shoplifters will be barred from the scenes of their crimes. Or at least they will be if the justice minister has her way.
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Stockholm festival thrives on variety
Lifestyle: 21 Nov 06
As campaigning American documentaries turn their attentions to Wal-Mart, Eddie de Oliveira checks out a varied diet of international independent film on view at this week's Stockholm Film Festival.
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Sweden's small firms 'struggle with regulation'
Business & Money: 20 Nov 06
A small Swedish business employing seven people spends 365,000 kronor a year just to ensure it complies with government rules and regulations. We need less red tape, say business groups.
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Borg plans to remove unpopular tax
Business & Money: 17 Nov 06
A tax on the wealth of small business owners will be removed next year, finance minister Anders Borg has promised. The current rules mean that small business owners can pay wealth tax on money invested in their companies.
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SVT to charge bars for sports
Sport: 7 Nov 06
Public TV channel SVT is to be allowed to charge bars and restaurants for showing major sports events, the government has decided. Bar owners are dismayed by the move.
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Unemployment insurance to be compulsory
Politics: 20 Oct 06
Nearly a million Swedes could soon face an unwelcome rise in costs, due to proposals by the new government to force them to join unemployment insurance schemes. Self-employed people will be among the groups most affected.
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The Local's Election blog
Politics: 17 Sep 06
The Local is covering the Swedish elections live from the Moderate and Social Democrat election night parties in Stockholm. Read all about it here.
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Increased demand for Swedish IT professionals
Business & Money: 15 Aug 06
Good news if you're a tech worker in Sweden: according to a new survey by the staffing association Bemanningsföretagen, your skills are going to be in demand this autumn.
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Swedes cheat taxman of 120 billion
Society: 2 Aug 06
Sweden's high tax levels are causing a problem – people are trying to get out of paying them. The biggest offenders are small business owners, according to a new study.
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?There will be Green ministers?
Analysis & Opinion: 22 May 06
We will be part of the government if the left wins the next election, Green Party spokesman Peter Eriksson tells The Local in an exclusive interview. But even under this government, the Greens have made their presence felt.
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Punish failing politicians - Green Party
Politics: 20 Apr 06
Cut defence spending in half, create 40,000 new jobs in the public sector, introduce a 35-hour working week and punish politicians who break their promises. The Greens launch their election campaign.
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Young people stand to gain from budget proposals
Politics: 4 Apr 06
Students and the young unemployed stand to gain as finance minister, Pär Nuder, acknowledges the wishes of the Greens and Left party in the spring budget negotiations.
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Olympic official resigns in protest
Sport: 22 Mar 06
The top man in Swedish skiing has resigned from Sweden's Olympic Committee, protesting at the way the organisation took credit for medals won at the Olympics, and over its much publicised trademark disputes.
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Small businesses want to fire sick employees
Society: 25 Sep 05
The increasing cost of long-term sick leave for employers means that many businesses would rather sack staff who go on long-term sick leave than pay their share of sick pay, a new survey shows.
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Government jobs plan "too little, too late"
Politics: 19 Aug 05
Finance minister Per Nuder announces a 16 billion kronor package to get 55,000 long-term unemployed back to work. "Too much, wrongly targeted," say business leaders. "Like a bottle of ketchup," says one union leader.
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Central bank policies "cost 50,000 jobs"
Business & Money: 12 May 05
The head of the Swedish Employment Service, Anders L Johansson, blames the central bank's interest rate policy for Sweden's persistent unemployment - and says he expects a fall next year.
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Job market still slow; Pagrotsky backs small companies
Business & Money: 13 Aug 04
Unemployed? Start your own company! That's the message from the government as the latest figures show an improving economy but stubbornly stagnant levels of unemployment.
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Meet Sanna, 9 years old
Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
Strindberg, king of drama
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
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"If you missed it yesterday, here’s The Local’s editor David Landes snagging Prime Minister Reinfeldt for a chat before Princess Estelle’s baptism. Always nice to know the PM has time for TL!" READ »
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