Carl Bildt criticised for writing about terrorist attack on Twitter
Around midnight on Saturday evening, the night of the Stockholm bombings, Sweden’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt wrote the following on...
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Swedish government loses parliamentary vote on budgetary cutbacks
Last week, Sweden’s conservative government was given a harsh reminder that it does not control the majority of seats in parlament when losing a vote ...
“Iceland well on its way to economic recovery”
Dagens Industri, Sweden’s most influental financial newspaper, recently reported that Iceland is well on its way to economic recovery following ...
Straightforward questions for citizenship test in Finland
There will be no trick questions on tests that could be given to foreigners applying for citizenship in Finland, according to the country’s immigratio...
WikiLeaks reveals U.S. Embassy’s view on Carl Bildt’s political abilities
Svenska Dagbladet and Aftonbladet have both reported that confidental documents which reveal the view of diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm on...
Finland not exempt from WikiLeaks exposure
Around 600 secret documents released by the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks reportedly originated from Helsinki’s U.S. Embassy.
Sweden’s GDP increase record high for third quarter of 2010
During the third quarter of this year, Sweden’s Gross Domestic Product increased by 6.9 percent compared to the same period the previous year.
Norway admits it knew about U.S. spying
Authorities in Norway have admitted that they knew the U.S. embassy in Oslo was conducting surveillance in the city following spying revelations acros...