TOP 100 SWEDISH SITES
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| Swedish-Baltic Economic Co-operation The Swedish Export Council says it will co-operate with colleagues in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to combat the effects of the global economic crisis in the region.The Swedes maintain that assistance given to troubled Baltic companies will also benefit Swedish firms doing business in the region.The Baltic states have been hard hit by the economic crisis – with rising unemployment, diminished production and banks reluctant to provide necessary loans. sr.se |
Oldest Swede Dies The oldest person in Sweden has died.Rut Mikaelsson, who lived in the northern Swedish community of Åsele, was 109 years old.She was the last person in this country born in the 19th century. According to the newspaper "Aftonbladet" she didn’t smoke or drink. (gw) sr.se |
Gender trouble - time to bury the feminist hatchet? Since when is the ubiquitous Anna Anka a feminist? And why are feminists apportioned blame for so many of the worlds ills? The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson enters the Hollywood housewife debate. thelocal.se |
Sweden gives all clear to Baltic Sea gas pipeline The Swedish government on Thursday gave its permission for German firm Nord Stream AG to lay down pipelines for transporting natural gas from Russia to Germany through the Swedish economic zone of the Baltic Sea. thelocal.se |
Sweden in major embassy shake-up Sweden announced on Thursday it will shutter six embassies by the end of the year, while at the same time opening ten new embassies to help carry out its foreign aid programmes. thelocal.se |