Central Bank of Sweden raises rates
The Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank, has raised the interest rate to 4.5 per cent, it’s highest in 12 years, and has suggested it could go higher. The...
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Reduction in Swedish TV sponsors proposed
A commission of enquiry into the number of ‘sponsored events’ on national TV has proposed a drastic cut in such numbers, by up to half. According to t...
Stockholm chaos from bus strike
Stockholm residents and visitors awoke to a chaotic commute and transportation around the city Tuesday morning after bus drivers went on strike from M...
Sweden adds its voice to outrage over Mugabe
The growing cacophony of condemnation against the Zimbabwe government, who this Sunday re-appointed Robert Mugabe to a sixth presidential term despite...
Non-Europeans to pay for Swedish universities
Sweden’s famously free tertiary level education may no longer be free for all, with foreigners outside of the EU soon having to pay tuition fees, acco...
Stockholm to host global search engine marketing event
Scandinavia’s reputation for high tech investment and innovation means it is a constant magnet for the world’s high tech industries. This year SMX Sea...
Pink elephants in the closet for Swedish drink driving campaigner
Well known Swedish rally driver Daniel Carlsson, who is the face behind a drink driving campaign, is suspected of being drunk at the wheel, having del...
Gothenburg company sacks employees after spying on web usage
Structured Consulting Sweden recently fired two employees after spying on their online conversations with software they had installed on the workers’ ...