TOP 100 SWEDISH SITES
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| Microsoft, Swedes Collide over Copy Rights At an innovation conference in the Swedish west coast city of Gothenburg, one of the highest bosses in the IT world has clashed with the head of the new Swedish Pirate Party which advocates free downloading of digital material.Microsoft's vice director Marshall Phelps denounced the Pirate Party for being a political branch of a movement threatening company ideas by disregarding patents and copy rights.The Swedish party counters that free access to information will boost the economy and that copy right laws hinder innovation. sr.se |
Money for Business Safety The centre-right government wants their new budget to make things easier for business, and is ploughing almost 70 million US dollars' worth of money into improved health, parental and unemployment coverage for the benefit of entrepreneurs.The Swedish employers' association has welcomed this, and says it will encourage more to start their own company - but adds that the government should have gone further by allowing the self employed to opt out of social protection entirely. sr.se |
China climate leadership crucial: Reinfeldt China must play a prominent role in the global fight against climate change, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said on Monday after a China-EU summit. thelocal.se |
Sweden slapped with hefty Development Days limousine bill Sweden has received a bill of almost 3.5 million kronor ($480,000) limousine services transporting delegates during a five-day summit meeting of European development aid ministers hosted this autumn by the Swedish EU presidency. thelocal.se |
War crimes suspect remanded in custody A Bosnian-born Swede was remanded in custody by a Stockholm court on Friday, suspected of committing war crimes against Serbs in 1992 during the Bosnian war. thelocal.se |