Optimistic view on Swedish public finances
Feb 17, 2010 Europe, Sweden, Sweden: In English
Anders Borg. Photo: Pawel Flato The government now believes that the public finances will develop better than they previously expected. Minister for Finance Anders Borg said today that he is expecting a balanced budget by 2012 and a surplus by 2013....Tags: Balanced Budget, Borg, Finance, Optimistic View, Pawel, Photo, Public Finances
No more heart transplants in Stockholm?
Feb 17, 2010 Europe, Sweden, Sweden: In English
Heart transplants might no longer be executed in Stockholm. According to a central decision today, they will only take place in Gothenburg and Lund. The decision gets a lot of criticism from local Stockholm politicians today. Stockholm county writes...Tags: Gothenburg, Heart Transplants, Lund, Politicians, Stockholm County
Dawit Isaac and Afghanistan in Foreign policy declaration
Feb 17, 2010 Europe, Sweden, Sweden: In English
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt. Photo: Pawel Flato - Sweden will continue to contribute with civil and military efforts in Afghanistan. This was one of the statements when Foreign Minister Carl Bildt presented the government’s program for foreign...Tags: Afghanistan, Carl Bildt, Dawit, Flato, Foreign Minister, Foreign Policy, Military Efforts, Pawel, Photo, Policy Declaration, Sweden
Fraudulent votes when the parties are in charge
Feb 16, 2010 Europe, Sweden, Sweden: In English
It´s seven months before the general election. Two Stockholm politicians from the Moderate party have had to resign from party commitments on grounds of suspected fraud in the party´s internal elections. Another 50 moderate politicians are...Tags: Commitments, Fraud, General Election, Internal Elections, Moderate Party, Politicians, Seven Months, Stockholm
Olympic gold to Sweden
Feb 15, 2010 Europe, Sweden, Sweden: In English
Charlotte Kalla, Olympic Gold Medalist. Photo: Wikipedia Sweden won its first Olympic gold during the Vancouver Winter Olympics today when the skier Charlotte Kalla won the ladies 10 kilometers race. Kalla was in leading position during the whole...Tags: Charlotte Kalla, Kilometers, Olympic Gold Medalist, Olympic Photo, Olympics, Skier, Sweden, Vancouver Winter Olympics, Wikipedia, Winter Olympics
Every third actress has experienced sexual harassments at work
Feb 15, 2010 Europe, Sweden, Sweden: In English
Every third woman in the theater and film branch in Sweden claim that they have been sexually harassed at work. This according to a new survey to 1672 actors by the public radio broadcaster Sveriges Radio. The number of examples are many and somewhat...Tags: Actors, Actress, Film Branch, New Survey, Public Radio, Radio Broadcaster, Sexual Harassments, Sweden, Woman
Yearly ice skating competition took place today
Feb 14, 2010 Europe, Sweden, Sweden: In English
The finish in Vikingarännet. Photo: Wikipedia The yearly ice skating competition Vikingarännet was arranged today. The race takes place between the cities of Uppsala and Stockholm, a distance of roughly 80 kilometers. 3400 people...Tags: Ice Skating, Kilometers, Nnet, Photo Competition, Stockholm, Uppsala, Wikipedia
Journalist claims to have been harassed by police officers
Feb 13, 2010 Europe, Sweden, Sweden: In English
The journalist and blogger Jesper Nilsson claims to have been harassed by a police officer in the metro in Stockholm. The officers, who were not wearing uniforms, checked metro passengers for tickets when Jesper Nilsson started to film them with his...Tags: Jesper, Journalist, Metro, Nilsson, Police Officer, Police Officers, Stockholm, Uniforms
Government criticizes development cooperation authority
Feb 12, 2010 Europe, Sweden, Sweden: In English
Gunilla Carlsson. Photo: Pawel Flato The Minister for International Development Cooperation, Gunilla Carlsson, criticizes SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency), for planning to reduce its staff in Afghanistan and Iraq. SIDA...Tags: Afghanistan, Development Cooperation Agency, International Cooperation, Iraq, Pawel, Photo, Sida, Swedish International Development, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Police surveillance cameras in Stockholm
Feb 11, 2010 Europe, Sweden, Sweden: In English
The police may set up surveillance cameras in central Stockholm, among else at the night-club district Stureplan. This the Supreme Administrative Court decided today. The Court has thus decided that the police should have the right to put up seven...Tags: Central Stockholm, Night Club, Police Cameras, Police Surveillance, Supreme Administrative Court, Surveillance Cameras
