| Opposition retains opinion poll initiative With the general election just five months away, Sweden's centre-right coalition government has closed the gap on the left-green opposition to 3.5 percentage points, according to a new opinion poll. thelocal.se |
Reinfeldt slams EU plan to vet national budgets Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has criticized proposals that would mean all EU countries' budgets being reviewed in advance by the European Commission. thelocal.se |
Lagerbäck spurns chance to keep coaching Nigeria Sweden's Lars Lagerback has turned down an offer to continue coaching the Nigerian football team, the national football federation (NFF) confirmed on Friday. thelocal.se |
SAS narrows loss in Q2, hurt by ash cloud Beleaguered airline SAS announced it narrowed its losses in the second quarter, but remained deep in the red due to the flight chaos caused by a cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland in April and May. thelocal.se |
Red-Greens propose billions for cities The Red-Green coalition has set aside 6.5 billion kronor ($991.2 million) more in its shadow budget for local governments than the centre-right Alliance government has for 2011. thelocal.se |