BRIEF-Swedish central bank appoints two new policy board members

Reuters - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

STOCKHOLM | Wed May 22, 2013 3:54am EDT STOCKHOLM May 22 (Reuters) - Swedish Central Bank : * New deputy governors - martin flodn and cecilia skingsley * says general council of the riksbank has today decided to appoint martin flodn and cecilia skingsley as new members of the executive board of the ...

Fires spread in third day of Stockholm riots

The Local - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Police arrested eight people on Tuesday night as more cars were torched in several areas around Stockholm, with rioters terrorizing the streets for the third night in a ...

Seven arrested in second night of Stockholm riots

The China Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

STOCKHOLM--Seven people were arrested as violence flared up for a second night in a deprived neighbourhood outside Stockholm and showed signs of spreading to other parts of the city, police said on ...

BRIEF-Nordic Capital and CVC sell 15.6 pct stake in Cloetta

Reuters - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

STOCKHOLM | Wed May 22, 2013 2:03am EDT STOCKHOLM May 22 (Reuters) - Cloetta AB: * Nordic capital fund v and cvc capital partners have sold 15.6% of the shares in cloetta ...

Eritrea Eritrean Nationals in Stockholm Celebrate 22nd Independence Day Anniversary With Patriotic Zeal

All Africa - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Asamara - Eritrean nationals in Stockholm and its environs celebrated the 22nd Independence Day anniversary on 18 May with patriotic zeal under the theme "ERITREA - Shield of Resilience and Nobility of Work". Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Yonas Mana, Charge D'Affaires of the Eritrean Embassy in the Scandinavian countries, explained that preserving sovereignty is challenging as ...

Stockholms ten best-kept secrets - revealed

The Local - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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Sweden ranks 20th in new tax burden index

The Local - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

While Sweden has a reputation for having one of the most painful tax bills in the world, a new report ranks Sweden 20th when comparing the tax-burden on salaries when social security payments are taken into ...

Column Harper flees scandal As damage control goes this was a train wreck

Edmonton Journal - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

OTTAWA -- Should Alberta's Wildrose party ever choose to launch a federal wing, Tuesday's tragi-comedy on Parliament Hill will serve as a helpful point of germination. And should the Conservative party over the next two years devolve into a mess of internecine warfare and wrangling over succession, followed by a crushing defeat at the polls, this may be seen as a turning point.This was ...

Greenpeace drops item on Swedish reactor from glider to make point

The Kansas City Star - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

STOCKHOLM - Environmental pressure group Greenpeace on Tuesday said it flew a paraglider over a nuclear reactor building in south-western Sweden and dropped an item upon it from the air to show how vulnerable the facilities ...

Dave Bidini Unlike Stockholm Toronto is infected by misguided ideas about time money and space

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

STOCKHOLM -- Ah, Europe. Sure, it's easy to make fun of things like the Eurovision song contest (staged in nearby Malmo during my stay here and won by Danish pixie Emmelie De Forest); man purses on flat-capped bearded dads pushing strollers (a phenomenon in Sodermalm, Stockholm's trendiest neighbourhood); the worst potato chips in the world; and those silly gold helmets handed out to ...

Ericsson Software Automates Wi-fi Vs. Cell Choice in Mixed Networks

CIO - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau) - New network software from Ericsson is designed to make sure mobile users get the best possible connection when there is both a Wi-Fi and a cellular network available. The software, which Ericsson introduced at the CTIA Wireless trade show on Tuesday, is an enhancement to its platform for mobile operators that use Wi-Fi to supplement their cellular ...

Former Saab Execs Arrested on Tax Charges

Hispanic Business Magazine - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Three former executives of Swedish carmaker Saab Automobile were in custody Tuesday on suspicion of tax-related accounting fraud prior to the company's bankruptcy at the end of 2011. The suspicions centred on "aggravated attempts to avoid tax controls" through accounting procedures during the period 2010 to 2011, chief prosecutor Olof Sahlgren told Swedish media. The ...

2nd day of riots in Stockholm suburb shakes Sweden

The Seattle Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Some 200 youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a largely immigrant suburb of Stockholm on Tuesday, the second day of rioting triggered by the fatal police shooting of a man wielding a ...

NW books First-person stories of Nordic immigrants

The Seattle Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Books of Seattle-area interest: "Goodbye for Now," "Gameboard of the Gods," "North of Hope" and "Voices of Ballard and ...

Seven arrested over Stockholms Husby riots

The Local - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Four of the suspected rioters arrested were detained, two were later released and a third person turned out to be under 15, the age of criminal responsibility in Sweden, according to local police chief ...

Second day of riots shake Sweden

The Courier Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

SOME 200 youths have hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a suburb of Stockholm in the second day of rioting triggered by an incident in which police shot and killed a man wielding a knife. Dozens of windows were smashed, 10 cars and several containers were set on fire, and seven police were injured. Cars and containers were also set ablaze in another Stockholm suburb, Fittja, although ...

UPDATE 1-Sweden detains ex-Saab executives in tax investigation

Reuters - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Tue May 21, 2013 11:26am EDT * Prosecutors probes tax crimes at bankrupt car maker * Former CEO, others detained, questioned, set free * Saab collapsed in late 2011 STOCKHOLM, May 21 (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors have questioned the former head of bankrupt car maker Saab and two others in an investigation into suspected tax offences relating to the running of the company, officials said on ...

Ericsson shuts telecom cable manufacturing facility

Times of India - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

copper cable had declined while fiber cable demand had grown over the last years, with production shifting towards Asia. "There is overproduction on the cable market in Europe," Tomas Qvist, head of Special Products in business unit Networks, said in a statement. "Unfortunately, our production has not been operating at full capacity for a long time and has struggled with ...

The future of freedom on the internet is at stake

The Local - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Internet policy experts gather in Stockholm this week to grapple with online data protection and surveillance issues that everyone who surfs the web should care about, reports technologist Stefan ...

Verizon Wireless to Enhance 4G LTE Network Using Ericsson Small Cell Product

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN--(Marketwired - May 21, 2013) - * Small cells provide a cost effective means to increase LTE network capacity * Small cell deployment is a key part of Ericsson's heterogeneous network Strategy * Continues Ericsson's long-standing LTE vendor relationship with Verizon Ericsson ...

Former Saab CEO arrested in Sweden

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Police in Sweden said they have arrested former Saab Automobile chief executive officer Jan Ake Jonsson on suspicion of concealing funds from tax authorities. The Swedish news agency Tidningarnas Telegrambyra reported Tuesday that Jonsson was detained along with two other "top level colleagues." The three were held for questioning in separate rooms "because the risk is that they ...

Rage erupts in Swedish town for a second night

The Standard - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

(1 hr 7 mins ago) Seven people were arrested as violence flared up for a second night in a deprived neighborhood outside Stockholm and showed signs of spreading to other parts of the city, police said today. Four of those arrested in the suburb of Husby were detained, two were later released and a third person turned out to be under 15, the age of criminal responsibility in Sweden, according ...