Anders Borg (M) presiding over a budget ceremony Former Swedish premier Gåran Parsson (Social Democrat) and Late Anna Lindn who was stabbed to death
Leader of the Swedish far right party, Sweden Democrats - Jimmie Åkesson
Wednesday, 18 July 2012 Finland may not be allowed to purchase missiles from the United States, the U.S. Congress recently determined and decided according to media reports in Finland.
Friday, 13 July 2012 The Swedish governing coalition, the Alliance and the current Prime Minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, could be described as working extremely hard to improve situations in the country and the economy. Nevertheless, the public does not seem to understand what they are doing.
Wednesday, 11 July 2012 The Finnish opposition and economics experts have put forward demands that Finland should consider to what would happen if Finland did leave the euro. A Finnish exit of the euro is talk of more in Finland and their news editors are taking it seriously. Even the Prime minister has spoken of doom but remain cautious with words.
Wednesday, 11 July 2012 The like of Barack Obama, Finnish far right party leader, Timo Soini, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, British Prime minister, David Cameron, French president Francois Hollande are among the 13 people that have been classed as destroying the global economy.
Monday, 09 July 2012 Syrian citizens and companies are having their assets in Swedish bank accounts frozen by the EU. Some 20 accounts with a total of Skr150 million is reported to be affected but the matter is not robustly made public by the Swedish FSA, (Finansinspektionen, FI,) and the, Foreign Ministry.
Monday, 09 July 2012 Social Democrats and its leader, Stefan Löfven says that they sees no way in which there could be a future collaboration with the Conservatives and their party. However, he holds the door open to welcome the smaller bourgeois middle parties.
Friday, 06 July 2012 If elections were to be held today, the Swedish centre party will not be able to get access to the parliament. As such it will not take part in the bourgeoisie government which it has been part of for six years now.
Thursday, 05 July 2012 The Swedish government is talking about Sweden’s preparedness to once again send warships to Gulf of Aden to combat the pirates who ravage the area outside the mainly Somali coast.
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 Though tanking in the polls, the Swedish premier is trying to reinvigorate in standing and that of his party by making bold moves. He said on Tuesday at the political retreat in Visby that investment in innovation and research, infrastructure, and additional steps to lower the corporate tax is his party, the Moderates be going for in the autumn budget negotiations.
Monday, 02 July 2012 The Swedish Green Party is not popular outside major cities and what ever popularity remain, is falling pretty fast. As the party present its policies at the swedish political retreat at Visby, it must do much to spread its ideology across the board
Friday, 29 June 2012 Swedish defense, Minister Karin Enstrom is in Switzerland for a meeting with her Swiss colleague Ueli Maurer. The focus is on a possible joint acquisition of the next version of the Gripen, according to a press release from the Swedish Department of Defense.
Thursday, 28 June 2012 The economic outlook for the Swedish economy is still dark and the risks to the growth leans towards the downside. This was the view of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, in a report on Wednesday.
Wednesday, 27 June 2012 The Swedish Social Democrats, just like the Swedish Prime Minister, are critical of the far-reaching proposals made by the EU such as those now under discussion, to give more power to the EU and Brussels. One of the main points has to do with the closeness of the proposal so close to the summit that will deliberate about it.
Wednesday, 27 June 2012 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Finland late last night and will meet with Finnish President Niinistö and Prime Minister Katainen (Nat) on Wednesday. She is here on the invitation of Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja (SDP).
Monday, 25 June 2012 Fitch Ratings organisation Fitch has confirmed the best possible AAA rating for Finland's long-term loans, said the Ministry of Finance.
Friday, 22 June 2012 The number of people in Sweden who are whose telephone conversations are secretly intercepted and monitored by the police is on the increase. Last year it was 17 percent higher than a year earlier, according to a report by the Swedish Police and Swedish Prosecution Authority. The EU threatens Sweden with court action over non adoption of laws protecting agency workers Friday, 22 June 2012 The European Commission is threatening to refer Sweden to court for not having adopted the new EU regulations on employment agencies in time.
Wednesday, 20 June 2012 The Swedish finance minister is not happy with the Social Democrats criticising his policies without presenting an alternative. ‘What is your own economic crisis policy?’ the minister ponders as he debate about his government’s proposal to prepare Sweden for the future that will make the country withstand shocks heaped by the darker economic cloud still seen on the horizon
Wednesday, 20 June 2012 The Swedish economy is not performing well and various Swedish economic analytical houses are giving their verdicts and recommendations.
Monday, 18 June 2012 As the rest of Europe celebrate the success of the conservatives there in last night’s election. It turns out that Conservative politics if getting less popular today that before. In Sweden they are gradually being pushed out of power.
Thursday, 14 June 2012 The irritation within the euro zone is making observers to feel that Finland is most likely country to lead the matching order out of the euro zone. Among other, the Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch is feeling more that the only Nordic country to adopt the currency could be on it way out.
Wednesday, 13 June 2012 As the Swedish economy continues to feel the Debt Office is talking of making a borrowing requirement for Skr47 billion for the period 2012 – 2013. Tax intake has been predicted to fall while the economic growth drops.
Tuesday, 12 June 2012 The issue of immigration and the plights of the immigrants in Sweden has become a talking point in Sweden recently, even with the Prime Minister recently attributing the high unemployment in the country to immigrants who are unemployable. This has increased the debate about the life of the immigrant in Sweden and the reality of their “Swedish dream”.
Tuesday, 12 June 2012 Former Norwegian Prime, Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, has been denied a visa to China.Bondevik leads Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, the World Council of Church's Commission for International Affairs.
Monday, 11 June 2012 Not only nepotism, corruptions also exist in Sweden but if Sweden looks like a squeaky clean country, it is because much of the corruption is not reported. The non – reporting is also due to that it may be hard to detect the corruption or that those who are suppose to know just leave it slides by, while the public and journalists talk about it - it remains a contradicting issue.
Sunday, 03 June 2012 The Swedish Red – Green coalition retains its majority in voter opinion according to the recent opinion poll. The ruling Conservative Moderate see a continued reduction in their voter’s perception and the party will settle for 29 percent, the lowest figure since March 2010.
Sunday, 03 June 2012 US secretary of state was in Sweden for a visit and she was talking much Syria. Speaking in Stockholm on Sunday, she said that “we are concerned that the situation in Syria could develop into a full-scale civil war that could drag the rest of the region.”
Sunday, 03 June 2012 Danish municipalities have been accused of investing their money in corrupt regimes. Horsens, Skanderborg and Randers are among 11 Danish municipalities that invest in non-democratic countries in Africa. Swedish giant banks are stable and can withstand any shocks and stresses thrown at them now - Riksbank Friday, 01 June 2012 As the Danish banking sector continues to bleed from as their main banks have seen recently their credit rating down graded, the banking disease is also feared in Sweden where some of its banks have already seen their ratings down graded. The question has been where do they go from here and how do they withstand stresses in the market to strengthen their stance?
Thursday, 31 May 2012 Sweden continues to strategically placing it self to resist the current global economic turbulence with an impressive growth in exports and reduction in imports.
Wednesday, 30 May 2012 Sweden's economy developed surprisingly strong in the first quarter just as some leading economies posted negative or no growth. Household consumption, exports and investment were the main drivers to this growth.
Tuesday, 29 May 2012 Seven leading countries are now choosing to expel Syrian ambassadors from their countries after last week end killing spree in the country but not Sweden which feels that their eye on the ground there is still important.
Monday, 28 May 2012 Swedish government got confused when china said it wanted to invest Skr9 billion in Sweden. The minister did not understand that Chinese talk so Swedish enterprise minister travelled to Chinese to seek clarification.
