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Sweden's growing wealth gap 'troubling': Borg

Business & Money: 29 Dec 11
Figures showing financial improvements for Sweden's middle and upper classes, at the same time the country's poorest have seen their incomes decline have given finance minister something to fret about. READ »

Björklund questions schools' special status

Education: 2 Dec 11
The rules regarding the funding of Sweden’s three national boarding schools could be changed, after an application by a fourth school brought attention to their favoured status. READ »

Support for Social Democrats rising: poll

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. READ »

Confidence in Juholt falls further: poll

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. READ »

Voters flee Social Democrats in new poll

National: 23 Oct 11
The latest voter poll shows that support for the Social Democrats has dropped nearly 10 points over the past three weeks in the wake of party leader Håkan Juholt's accommodation subsidies scandal. READ »

EU tells Sweden to repay farm subsidy

Business & Money: 22 Sep 11
Sweden has been told by the European Union to repay 870 million kronor (€94 million, $127 million) in agricultural subsidies, a third of which will be paid by farmers, an industry body said Thursday. READ »

Öland 'part of the mainland': EU

National: 11 Sep 11
The Baltic island of Öland isn't an island after all, ruled the European Union, thereby depriving Öland of subsidies granted to other islands. The reason for this surprising ruling: the Öland Bridge. READ »

Pro-life group recruits Swedish children: report

National: 13 Jul 11
Anti-abortionists from a youth movement are recruiting children by asking them to sign a petition to get a glass of juice, according to a Swedish media report. READ »

Fewer Swedish teen girls getting abortions

Science & Technology: 8 Jun 11
Young women and girls in Sweden are getting fewer abortions, according to new figures, which also reveal a slight increase in controversial later-term abortions. READ »

Building of new student flats grinds to a halt

Education: 9 May 11
The number of newly-built student apartments completed in 2010 fell sharply compared to the year before, amounting to only about one tenth of the number of units completed in 2009. READ »

Elderly Swedes 'not interested' in using the internet: study

Science & Technology: 30 Mar 11
More than 1.3 million Swedes over the age of 50 don't use the internet, a new study has shown, prompting a pensioners' rights group to suggest subsidies as a possible remedy. READ »

Sweden's economy on display in Davos

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Jan 11
Sweden's strong economy is in focus at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, giving the centre-right Alliance government a chance to spread a new image of Sweden, writes Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and three of his ministers. READ »

Passing grade for Swedish jobs policy

Business & Money: 30 Nov 10
Even as unemployment in Sweden hovers around eight percent, a recent government study found no major faults with the country's current labour market policies. READ »

Efforts to curb youth drinking 'ineffective'

Society: 1 Nov 10
A new report released on Monday has questioned the efficacy of the Swedish government's investment of about 900 million kronor ($135.81 million) over the last 10 years in reducing youth alcohol consumption. READ »

Swedish charity pays millions to telemarketer

Society: 27 Oct 10
A national association dealing with child custody issues paid over 80 percent in overhead costs totalling nearly 34 million kronor ($5 million) to a telemarketing company from the donations it received from two campaigns last year. READ »

Student unions hit hard as membership drops

Education: 27 Sep 10
Student unions at Sweden's universities have been hit hard financially since compulsory membership was abolished on July 1st despite more than a billion kronor of support from universities. READ »

Paw-print signature puzzles public officials

Society: 24 Sep 10
Officials from Värmdö municipality near Stockholm were forced to think twice recently after receiving a funding request signed with a paw print. READ »

Maid in Sweden: clean home, dirty money?

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Sep 10
Few would argue with the merits of a clean house, yet Swedes don't seem ready to sweep the issue of hiring domestic help under the rug. And as Paul O'Mahony discovers, controversial tax breaks are only part of the story. READ »

Swedish inflation drops slightly in August

Business & Money: 9 Sep 10
Consumer prices remained unchanged between July and August, according to Statistics Sweden with the annual inflation rate dropping to 0.9 percent, down from 1.1 percent in July. READ »

Introducing the Red-Greens

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Sep 10
Here's a look at the centre-left Red-Greens, who hope they can move from opposition to Sweden's governing coalition. READ »

Red-Greens present election manifesto

Politics: 31 Aug 10
The centre-left coalition presented their election manifesto on Tuesday, promising to cut taxes for pensioners, cheaper daycare, and incentives for employers to recruit young people. READ »

New tax breaks for green cars - Alliance

Business & Money: 24 Aug 10
People who buy low-emission cars will from 2012 be entitled to a 40,000 kronor grant, the four governing centre-right parties have proposed. READ »

Sahlin urges tougher EU fiscal sanctions

National: 7 Aug 10
Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has called for the EU to mete out tougher punishments to any member states found to have mismanaged their finances over a long period of time. READ »

Time for Europe to fix its finances

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jul 10
Many European countries are facing austerity measures in the wake of the financial crisis. Now it’s time for the EU itself to get serious about tackling waste, writes Anna Kinberg Batra, chair of the Swedish Parliament's Committee on EU Affairs. READ »

Vattenfall plant tests CO2-scrubbing algae

Science & Technology: 22 Jul 10
Swedish energy group Vattenfall announced on Thursday that has launched a major pilot project using algae to absorb greenhouse gas emissions from a coal-fired power plant in eastern Germany. READ »

Ministers take the train to counter opposition

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. READ »

Stieg Larsson's partner reports 'racist' subsidy

National: 28 Apr 10
Eva Gabrielsson, the life partner of deceased Millennium trilogy author Stieg Larsson, has called on Sweden's highest legal official to examine the legality of a press subsidy awarded to a newspaper run by a racist political party. READ »

Pay-day for extreme-right paper puts subsidies under fire

Society: 24 Apr 10
Sweden's system of press subsidies has come under the microscope after a publication affiliated with an extreme right-wing political party received millions of kronor in public funding this week. READ »

Editor resigns over 'racist' press subsidy

National: 23 Apr 10
Martin Ahlquist, editor-in-chief of Swedish news weekly Fokus, has resigned his post on the Press Subsidies Council after a decision to award state funds to an extreme-right newspaper. READ »

Extreme-right paper granted press subsidies

Politics: 22 Apr 10
A newspaper run by Sweden's right-wing extremist National Democrat party has been granted 2.3 million kronor ($319,000) in state press subsidies. READ »

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. READ »

'Backward' rental market must be fixed: expert

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Feb 10
The wait for a rental apartment in Stockholm averages 104 weeks, according to a new report published this week. The Local has found that behind the heated dialogue there lie few easy solutions. READ »

Questions from Brussels may threaten Saab sale

Business & Money: 4 Nov 09
An emergency loan vital to completing the sale of Saab Automobile has been held up by questions from the European Commission, possibly jeopardizing the proposed deal. READ »

Budget bill sees Sweden shedding more jobs

Business & Money: 21 Sep 09
Sweden's unemployment will climb above 11 percent, according to the 2010 budget bill presented by the government to the Riksdag on Monday, requiring measures focused on job creation and jump-starting growth. READ »

Sweden in new round of cut taxes to boost employment

Politics: 19 Sep 09
A new measure to tackle Sweden's rising rate of unemployment has been proposed by the Swedish government, with tax cuts of 10 billion kronor ($1.4 billion) hoped to stimulate the job market. READ »

Collapse in Swedish residential construction

Business & Money: 19 Aug 09
Residential construction collapsed by 45 percent during the first half of 2009, new figures show. Analysts warn of housing shortages and high prices as a result. READ »

Demand soars for Swedish solar panel subsidies

Business & Money: 15 Jul 09
Subsidies on offer to Swedes to help cover the cost of installing solar panels have proven more popular than government officials expected. READ »

Swedish becomes official 'main language'

Society: 1 Jul 09
Swedish is now officially considered the main language in Sweden, according to a new language law which, along with more than two dozen other laws, took effect on Wednesday. READ »

Brussels blasts Sweden over excessive press subsidies

Society: 17 Jun 09
Sweden has received a rap on the knuckles from the European Commission for maintaining a system of press subsidies that "distorts competition". READ »

Migration Board slams refugee housing plan

National: 3 Jun 09
The head of Sweden’s Migration Board has slammed a proposal that would cut benefits for asylum seekers who refuse to live in housing set aside for those waiting to have their claims heard. READ »

Local councils to receive cash injection

Politics: 7 Apr 09
The Swedish government has announced an extra provision of 17 billion kronor ($2.1 billion) in its spring budget to help municipalities weather the financial storm. READ »

Sweden to launch car industry aid package

Society: 11 Dec 08
The Swedish government announced plans on Thursday to launch a 28 billion kronor ($3.42 billion) aid package for the country's beleaguered car industry. READ »

Sweden to offer loans to Volvo and Saab

Politics: 8 Dec 08
Sweden is set to provide several billion kronor worth of loans and loan guarantees to embattled automakers Volvo Cars and Saab Automobile, according to a report in the Swedish business press. READ »

US think tank: Swedish foreign aid 'best in the world'

Politics: 5 Dec 08
Sweden’s foreign assistance programme has been given top marks by an influential American think tank. READ »

'Saab has potential buyers': CEO

Business & Money: 3 Dec 08
Saab's chief executive has said there are a number of companies interested in buying the Swedish car maker after owner General Motors announced it was up for sale. READ »

Would you ever consider becoming a Swedish citizen?

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Nov 08
Ever week we ask a panel of readers to give their views on a particular issue concerning the international community. This week we wonder whether the panelists are keen to get their hands on a Swedish passport. READ »

Centre party calls for petrol car ban by 2025

Politics: 15 Nov 08
Centre party leader Maud Olofsson has called for a total ban on petrol-driven cars by 2025. The party has also called for a tighter eco-car definition and higher carbon taxes. Car-makers have reacted angrily to the plans. READ »

Dagens Nyheter applies for press subsidies

Business & Money: 14 Nov 08
Sweden’s largest morning paper, Dagens Nyheter (DN), formally applied for state-sponsored press subsidies on Friday. READ »

Stagnation in your Swedish town? Blame Florida

Analysis & Opinion: 14 Oct 08
Which comes first: urban creativity or sound economic growth? Nima Sanandaji aims to separate the chickens from the eggs as he examines the influence on Swedish policy-makers of US urban theorist Richard Florida. READ »

Women's rights on downward turn: anti-globalization activists

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Sep 08
Anti-globalization activists have warned of a downward turn for women's rights across Europe, citing growing religious extremism and neo-liberalism as contributory factors. READ »

Government to scrap green car rebate

Science & Technology: 8 Sep 08
The government is facing criticism for its decision to phase out popular green car subsidies next summer, six months earlier than originally planned. READ »

More funding for Sweden's marine environments

Science & Technology: 4 Sep 08
The government plans to spend an addition 655 million kronor ($100 million) on improvements to Sweden's waters. READ »

Government in press subsidy reversal

Business & Money: 29 Aug 08
The Swedish government has decided not to implement a controversial proposal which would drastically cut press subsidies to the Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) and Skånska Dagbladet newspapers. READ »

Study: Ocean 'dead zones' expanding

Science & Technology: 16 Aug 08
Oceanic "dead zones" where marine life cannot survive have been steadily increasing over the past five decades and now encompass 400 coastal areas of the world, a US-Swedish study said Friday. READ »

Rental contracts for sale after court ruling

Business & Money: 8 Aug 08
A Stockholm court has ruled that rental contracts for housing can be sold by tenants, legally. What's more the payment is exempt from tax. READ »

Swedish homeowners' radon concerns rise ahead of new rules

Society: 30 Jul 08
Home owners in Stockholm are rushing to apply for government subsidies to tackle radon problems in their houses. Health concerns and Sweden's pending adoption of EU energy declaration directives lie behind the trend. READ »

Government proposes animal offenders list

National: 28 Jul 08
A new register of all those forbidden from keeping animals has been presented in a new proposal from the Ministry of Agriculture, Riksdag & Departement reports. READ »

Journalist union accuses EU over press subsidy secrecy

Politics: 21 Jul 08
The Swedish union of journalists has accused the EU Commission of colluding with media firm Bonniers against the system of press subsidies, and Margot Wallström for tightening secrecy around the Commission's routines. READ »

No use crying over school milk

Society: 13 Jul 08
New rules for EU subsidies for school milk pose a challenge to Swedish officials, with some milk products set to be excluded from the scheme. READ »

Tax on press advertising to be abolished

Politics: 29 Jun 08
The government plans to abolish the tax on press advertising, according to culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth. READ »

Opponents of tax break 'guilty of hypocrisy'

Politics: 26 Jun 08
Former government minister Ylva Johansson (SocDem) has successfully applied for tax deductions on domestic services, a policy to which her party is opposed. READ »

Higher inflation worries analysts

Business & Money: 10 Jun 08
Consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in May compared to April, giving Sweden an annualized inflation rate of 4.0 percent and prompting analysts to forecast an interest rate hike by the Riksbank. READ »

Papers: 'monopoly' to follow lower press subsidies

Business & Money: 4 Jun 08
The heads of the Svenska Dagbladet and Skånska Dagbladet newspapers have come together to oppose the government’s plans for reducing press subsidies to big-city newspapers. READ »

Fewer new housing starts in Sweden in 2008

Business & Money: 26 May 08
New housing starts in Sweden dropped sharply in the first quarter of 2008. READ »

Swedish publisher behind EU press subsidy complaint

Business & Money: 6 May 08
Publishing giant Bonnier AB was responsible for delivering a secret complaint to the EU Commission about state support to the press in Sweden. READ »

‘Mobile porn’ funded by Swedish state

Society: 22 Apr 08
A short film collection shot on mobile phones by female directors seeking to create queer and feminist pornography is set to receive 350,000 kronor ($59,000) in Swedish cultural subsidies. READ »

Sweden's welfare state 'alive and kicking'

Lifestyle: 6 Apr 08
The sale of Absolut vodka was the latest in a wave of liberal reforms by Sweden's centre-right government. But AFP's Pia Ohlin finds that, despite privatizations and new tax laws, Sweden is still very much a welfare state. READ »

Major newspapers to lose press subsidies

Politics: 4 Apr 08
Two major Swedish newspapers are to lose almost all of the subsidies they currently receive from the state. READ »

Viagra subsidies: State pulls out

Society: 14 Mar 08
Drugs used to treat male erectile dysfunction will not be subsidized by the state, a court ruled on Friday. READ »

Eco-car subsidy could break budget

Business & Money: 1 Mar 08
The government has set aside 250 million kronor for eco-car subsidies. Forecasts indicate an eventual cost of 1.4 billion. READ »

Sweden protests over EU emission targets

Science & Technology: 20 Jan 08
Sweden is protesting at EU plans to ask it to cut CO2 emissions to 50 percent of 1990 levels. Years of efforts to cut emission are not being taken into account, it says. READ »

Sweden big loser in EU budget

National: 24 Sep 07
Sweden was the second largest net contributor to the European Union's budget last year, paying €850 million more in contributions than it received back. Only the Netherlands lost out more. READ »

Congestion charge increased public transport use

National: 31 Jul 07
More people in Sweden used public transport last year than in previous years, and congestion charging in Stockholm is being singled out as the reason for the upsurge. READ »

EU rejects government's 'market rents' claim

Society: 13 Jul 07
When controversial plans to remove the rental ceiling in favour of market rates in Sweden's housing sector were revealed two weeks ago, the government said it was simply responding to EU demands. Nonsense, says the EU. READ »

Unemployment insurance to become mandatory in 2009

Politics: 29 Jun 07
The Swedish government has said it plans to introduce a mandatory unemployment insurance for all employees from July 2009, as almost a quarter of the labour force currently has no such cover. READ »

Many 'Green' cars are not safe enough

Society: 18 Jun 07
Many 'green' car models that are the subject of government subsidies do not pass muster in crash tests, according to Swedish road safety organization NTF. READ »

Major newspapers to lose press subsidies

Business & Money: 13 Jun 07
Proposed changes to the Swedish press subsidy system may result in a serious loss of income for major newspapers such as Svenska Dagbladet and Skånska Dagbladet. READ »

Sweden: 'Abolish EU farm subsidies'

Politics: 29 May 07
Sweden wants Europe to abolish farm subsidies, Agriculture Minister Eskil Erlandsson has said. The country is the first in the EU to suggest getting rid of the payments, which account for 40 percent of the organization's budget. READ »

Europe needs to clean up its act

Analysis & Opinion: 21 May 07
Working internationally to combat climate change is all very well, but Brussels should sort out its existing environmental schemes before embarking on ambitious new EU projects, argues Mats Persson of the Open Europe think tank. READ »

Sweden's right tempers its love for the EU

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Apr 07
The Swedish centre-right has traditionally looked positively on the EU as a champion of the free market. But now an increasing volume of regulation from Brussels has led some to take a more critical approach, says Nima Sanandaji of think tank Captus. READ »

Sweden signals radical shift in integration policy

Politics: 6 Apr 07
Three ministers have indicated that newly arrived immigrants and asylum seekers will no longer be free to live where they want. Instead they are to be placed in areas where there are jobs. READ »

Kassaservice to be replaced by private sector

Business & Money: 16 Mar 07
Svensk Kassaservice, the state-owned counter service at which Swedes can pay bills and order ID cards, is to close. The government plans to commission the services from private businesses. READ »

Hate mail policeman awarded compensation

National: 7 Mar 07
The decision by a police disciplinary board to fire an officer for sending racist e-mails has been declared unlawful. READ »

Leijonborg calls for transformation of Swedish media

National: 23 Jan 07
Press subsidies should be scrapped, advertising tax should be abolished, and a new national radio news channel should be started, Liberal leader Lars Leijonborg has said. READ »

Hate mail policeman wants his job back

National: 17 Jan 07
A Malmö policeman was removed from the force after hateful emails he wrote were made public. Now he wants compensation for wrongful dismissal - and his old job back. READ »

Controversial benefit cuts backed by MPs

Politics: 21 Dec 06
Cuts in unemployment benefits promised by the government in its election manifesto have been passed by a narrow majority in parliament. READ »

Unions demonstrate against benefit cuts

Politics: 14 Dec 06
Thousands of union members demonstrated in central Stockholm on Thursday against government plans to raise premiums for unemployment insurance, while cutting benefit payments. READ »

Nine get food poisoning from Swedish foods agency buffet

National: 9 Dec 06
At least nine people are thought to have suffered food poisoning from a buffet at a staff training day - at Sweden's National Food Administration in Uppsala. READ »

Swedish tenants "could face market rates"

Society: 4 Dec 06
Sweden's public housing system has come under fire in an international report, which argues that state funding of the housing sector breaks EU law. READ »

Reinfeldt welcomes foreign bidders for state firms

Business & Money: 29 Nov 06
Sweden will welcome bids from foreign investors in its planned sale of state-owned companies. But all bids will be weighed to ensure that jobs are not lost, says prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. READ »

Borg: unions will alienate their members

Politics: 23 Nov 06
Union opposition to the government's proposals to cut taxes and benefits will alienate their members, finance minister Anders Borg has said. Wage earners stand to earn up to 1,000 kronor a month from the reforms. READ »

Rise predicted Sweden's interest rates

Business & Money: 21 Nov 06
Sweden's unemployment will fall, with GDP and inflation rising, a new report by SEB predicts. Interest rates will rose to 4 percent within a year. READ »

Interest rates rise again

Business & Money: 26 Oct 06
Sweden's central bank raises interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to 2.75 percent. While inflation is not currently a threat, the Riksbank is seen as anxious to return rates to a 'normal' level. READ »

Brisk reforms expected from Reinfeldt

Politics: 24 Sep 06
Analysts expect Sweden's next prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to undertake ambitious reform of the labour market and to gradually sell off the state's shares in companies. READ »

New government "good for jobs"

Business & Money: 21 Sep 06
The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise has said that the new Alliance government will bolster employment, while growth is expected to slow down next year. READ »

Reinfeldt: Sweden's cool-headed winner

Politics: 18 Sep 06
He's hauled his party from the unelectable Right of Swedish politics to the centre ground. A good listener, he has persuaded Swedish voters that their cherished welfare state is safe in his hands. READ »

Election goes down to the wire

Politics: 15 Sep 06
It's only two days until the election, and still neither of Sweden's political blocs has a clear lead. With 18 percent of voters still undecided, all parties have everything to play for. READ »

Profile: Fredrik Reinfeldt, the Alliance's clean-up man

Politics: 13 Sep 06
Swedish opposition leader Fredrik Reinfeldt enjoys washing up in the kitchen - "I like when things are clean" - yet the cool-headed 41-year-old's biggest clean-up job is the one he has carried out within his conservative Moderate Party. READ »

Social Democrats plan new job schemes

Politics: 24 Aug 06
Swedish finance minister Pär Nuder has said the government will create more places on job seeker courses and subsidize more jobs, as part of efforts to tackle unemployment. READ »

No prosecution over demo swastika

Society: 25 Jul 06
Prosecutors in Malmö have said they will not press charges over placards comparing the Star of David to the swastika, which were carried during a demonstration over the situation in Lebanon. READ »


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