EU Special Envoy for Burma/Myanmar in Stockholm
On Monday 19 May Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt met with Piero Fassino EU Special Envoy for Burma/Myanmar.
State Visit from Greece
The President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias will pay a State Visit to Sweden on 20-22 May at the invitation of His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf. On Tuesday the President of Greecemeet Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt at Rosenbad.
Ewa Björling to attend investment conference in Bethlehem
On 21-23 May, Minister for Trade Ewa Björling will be in Bethlehem to take part in the first high-level conference on investments that is being arranged in the Palestinian territories - the Palestine Investment Conference. Dr Björling has been invited by the Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. (Photo: Pawel Flato)
New Ambassador to Lithuania
Today the Government appointed Ulrika Cronenberg Mossberg as new Ambassador in Vilnius, Lithuania. Ulrika Cronenberg-Mossberg is currently Sweden's Ambassador in Skopje and is concurrently accredited to Kosovo.
(Foto: Pawel Flato)
Swedish operation in Chad to be extended
The Government will today submit a proposal to the Riksdag to extend the Swedish contribution to the EU military operation in Chad and the Central African Republic. The Bill proposes that the Swedish operation be extended to October 2008.
- Feature: Iraq 14 May 2008
- Europe meets Latin America 14 May 2008
- Extraordinary EU session on Burma 14 May 2008
- Swedish strategy to combat terrorism 13 May 2008
- Carl Bildt to Tbilisi 12 May 2008
- Sustainable cities in China 08 May 2008
- Ambassadors to Afghanistan and Malta appointed 09 May 2008
- Sweden takes over the Chair of the Council of Europe 07 May 2008
- Iraq Compact Annual Review Conference in Stockholm 08 May 2008
- Gathering of Ambassadors from Latin America 30 April 2008
Press releases
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Ewa Björling to attend Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem
20 May 2008
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Minister for Trade Ewa Björling to World Economic Forum in Sharm El Sheikh
19 May 2008
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Per-Erik Sandlund new Director-General of the Invest in Sweden Agency
16 May 2008
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New Ambassador in Vilnius
15 May 2008
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New advisory council for the Swedish Institute
15 May 2008
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Sweden will host the first Iraq Compact Annual Review Conference in Stockholm on 29 May 2008.
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