| TeliaSonera returns to profit as sales drop TeliaSonera declared a return to profits on Tuesday while the Nordic telecoms giant reported a drop in sales for the first quarter 2010. thelocal.se |
SEB may sell German retail banking business SEB Group has confirmed it is in talks to sell its German retail banking business. The bank has long expressed its dissatisfaction with the division's profitability. thelocal.se |
Taxes on tourists 'illogical' A tourist who takes a guided wildlife tour in Sweden pays four times as much tax on his or her ticket as a tourist who visits a zoo. Illogical, says an organization promoting eco-tourism in Sweden. thelocal.se |
Aide moved over 'Islam is like Nazism' comment A civil servant working under Integration Minister Nyamko Sabuni will be assigned new duties after writing a blog saying that there are no good adherents of Islam and comparing the religion to Communism or Nazism. thelocal.se |
Swedish far right not welcome at Nobel dinner Sweden Democrats' leader Jimmie Åkesson is the only parliamentary party leader not invited to the Nobel banquet in Stockholm City Hall in December, with the Nobel Foundation citing the values expressed in Alfred Nobel's will. thelocal.se |