Sweden
Sweden: Left Party seeks coalition with Social Democrats
By Jordan Shilton, November 26, 2008
Recent months have seen stepped-up efforts by the Swedish Social Democrats to negotiate terms for a potential coalition after the next general election, due in 2010.
Sweden bails out banks as economy enters recession
By Jordan Shilton, November 8, 2008
Sweden’s Alliance government has announced that 1.5 trillion kronor (approx. $200 billion) has been made available to bail out the banking sector.
Scandinavian countries respond to Russia-Georgia conflict
By Jordan Shilton, October 6, 2008
The war between Russia and Georgia has greatly increased tensions, not only in the immediate region but throughout the world. Scandinavia is no exception.
Social Democratic government in Sweden pressed to adopt euro
By Robert Stevens, October 11, 1999
The ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Sweden is being pressed by key political figures and institutions to hasten the country's entry into the European Monetary Union (EMU). Sweden had opted out...
