Anders Borg, Sweden’s Finance Minister in the previous centre-right government, is divorcing his wife after getting together with a former star of cheesy 1990s band Army of Lovers, Dominika Peczynski.
UPDATED: Finance Minister Anders Borg revealed the government's last budget before the elections in September, announcing that Sweden's GDP could expect a solid growth over the next two years.
Sweden has said it would be ready to pay out emergency loans to Ukraine, with the finance minister hoping that Sweden's early-bird attitude would "put pressure" on its EU neighbours to pledge cash.
The Swedish government has pulled back from a much-criticized proposal to cut student grants, a budget saving that Rosenbad will now make up for with even higher alcohol taxes.
With autumn elections on the horizon, Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg said his government would cut student grants and make alcohol and tobacco more expensive, part of a budget plan to fill Sweden's coffers.
Sweden's government said on Monday it would aim for a budget surplus with no more tax breaks, a move the opposition called a stunt by the prime minister to dress up in his finest Mr Financial Fix-it suit.
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Finance Minister Anders Borg were in Davos on Thursday discussing the need for a more open labour migration and the importance of removing barriers to free trade.
Unlike Samson, Finance Minister Anders Borg seems not to have been deprived of his powers after chopping off that signature ponytail, as he sprinted past the prime minister in an annual ranking of Sweden's most powerful people.
Sweden's follically-flamboyant Finance Minister Anders Borg has clipped his signature ponytail, with his spokeswoman denying on Monday that the haircut had any fiscal connection.
The government expects unemployment in Sweden to remain high in the coming years, according to forecasts in the autumn budget bill presented on Wednesday by Finance Minister Anders Borg.
Sweden should stimulate its economy to increase activity and combat unemployment, the secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD), José Àngel Gurría said after a meeting with Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg on Tuesday.
Sweden's finance minister unveiled a rough outline of his autumn budget on Friday, wedding 25 billion kronor ($3.9 billion) to support a gradual recovery. Critics said Sweden would have to pick up the tab for Anders Borg's "budget enthusiasm" at a later date.
Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg has said that he could accept the deal agreed in Brussels in the early hours of Thursday morning regarding how to deal with troubled banks.
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg has indicated that a law requiring more women in the boardroom is becoming more likely, describing the continuing lack of gender balance in Swedish firms as a "significant problem".
Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg has said that Cyprus has around a week to find a negotiated settlement to its financial travails or face the prospect of meltdown.
Sweden's finance minister has proposed the introduction of grades in third grade, arguing that it could help children with less-educated parents and help Sweden meet its aims for a modern knowledge-based economy.
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg said Thursday that he is not in favour of forcing home owners to pay down their mortgages, outlined in a proposal by the Riksbank head that caused a stir on Tuesday.
Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg on Tuesday warned that Sweden could stay outside a planned EU bank union, saying it would have only a limited financial impact on the country.
Nine in ten bank employees say customers are challenging them on terms and conditions, prompting their union to question the Swedish government for continuing its bank-critical rhetoric.
Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg said Tuesday he would revise downwards his 2012 growth forecast, disparaged by economists as being overly optimistic, by the end of the year.
In talks with French President Francois Hollande on Monday, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt remained firm in expressing his government's disapproval of a proposed EU banking union.
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will travel to Paris next week to discuss EU budget issues with French President Francois Hollande as Sweden faces a potentially drastic hike in EU fees.
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg rejected plans to place all eurozone lenders under the supervision of the ECB at a meeting of top EU officials on Saturday.
Swedish bank SEB wrote in a newsletter on Friday morning that everything points to Greece leaving the eurozone ”within the immediate future” regardless of the results in Sunday’s general election.
