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Business & Money: 11 Apr 13
Swedish citizens are the most pampered in the world, according to a new rating that measures non-economic needs and aims to replace GDP as a well-being indicator.
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National: 5 Mar 13
The Swedish finance minister has said Sweden may reduce contributions to several UN organizations by as much as 10 percent, and redirect the cash to taking care of newly arrived refugees.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Feb 13
The movement of people across borders is a powerful engine for growth, putting pressure on policy makers worldwide to compete to attract talent, argue government ministers Gunilla Karlsson and Tobias Billstrom.
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Politics: 26 Jun 12
Sweden's Social Democrat head Stefan Löfven is in Chicago learning from President Obama’s election campaign how to win over the Swedish voters in good time for the election in 2014.
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Business & Money: 4 May 12
Australian beach-volleyballer and current Stockholm resident Johannah Rohkämper plans to survive in the Swedish capital on 15 kronor ($2.20) a day to raise awareness about global poverty.
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Business & Money: 10 Oct 11
A leading expert has refuted claims that corruption is becoming more widespread in Sweden, arguing there is no evidence to back up the claims.
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Business & Money: 19 May 11
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg on Thursday ripped the record of former UK PM Gordon Brown, while praising French finance minister Christine Lagarde amid speculation over who may become the new head of the IMF.
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Politics: 18 May 11
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt met Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff in Brasilia on Tuesday to meet with President Dilma Rouseff and to discuss ethanol, environmental concerns and technological cooperation.
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Society: 6 Nov 10
A Swedish aid agency will invest 90 million kronor ($13.65 million) in a project to support Afghanistan's efforts to reduce poverty by establishing self-governing village councils.
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Business & Money: 5 Nov 10
Sweden has come in 14th in an ease of doing business ranking of countries issued by the World Bank, among the bottom performers of the Nordic countries, but an improvement from 18th last year.
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Analysis & Opinion: 11 Jun 10
Sweden is simply the best. And don't take our word for it - this is the conclusion of a whole range of global rankings, write Bo Ekman and James Wine from the Tällberg Foundation.
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National: 10 Jun 10
Sweden spends more per capita on development aid than all other EU countries, according to a new report which has slammed the failure of some member states for not doing enough to live up to spending goals.
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Society: 12 Apr 10
As average incomes increase, more people in Sweden are falling below the line classified as relative poverty, with single parents particularly affected, new statistics show.
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National: 8 Jan 10
Sweden's status as a country with high quality living standards for its residents has been questioned in a newly published index, which claims it is the most costly country in the world to live in.
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Politics: 27 Apr 09
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg has criticized how the United States and Britain have managed the financial crisis and wants smaller countries to have more influence on the global economy.
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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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Politics: 29 May 08
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged the world community ahead of an international conference in Sweden to seize on improved security to accelerate aid to Iraq.
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Business & Money: 5 Jul 07
Former Swedish prime minister Göran Persson is a strong candidate to be the next head of the International Monetary Fund - that, at least, is the view of his old colleague Leif Pagrotsky.
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Politics: 19 Apr 07
During the visit of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas to Stockholm on Thursday, Sweden announced that it was to give 160 million kronor in indirect aid to the Palestinians.
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Business & Money: 1 Nov 06
Invest in Sweden Agency has been singled out by the World Bank as the best organization of its kind for the second year running.
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National: 31 Aug 06
A conference to raise $500 million for the reconstruction of Lebanon opened in Stockholm on Thursday. Officials from more than forty countries are due to gather in the capital.
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National: 29 Aug 06
A Lebanon donors' conference to be held in Stockholm aims to raise 500 million dollars for the country's humanitarian and reconstruction needs, Sweden said on Tuesday.
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Society: 17 Feb 06
As around six million orange envelopes begin plopping through letter boxes with news of Swedes' pension statuses, Sweden's system has been hailed as a possible way out of the pensions crisis facing many countries.
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National: 26 Nov 05
The Swedish government is to help set up an office to coordinate international donations for the reconstruction of Iraq. The aim is to contribute to a more strategic approach to Iraqi construction.
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Smörgåsbord: 22 Aug 05
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