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The Prime Minister and MinistersGovernment preparing a national ban on bisphenol A in baby bottles
Thursday, 29 July, the Government decided to instruct the Swedish Chemicals Agency and the National Food Administration to propose how a national ban on bisphenol A in baby bottles and in certain plastic products could be designed.
European stress test shows good results for Swedish banks
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has in cooperation with the national supervisory authorities conducted a stress test on European banks, among these four Swedish banks. The results confirm previous Swedish stress tests. The Ministry of Finance acknowledges the outcome of the EU-wide stress test and supports this joint effort.
The Swedish Government appoints four new ambassadors and a consul-general
The Government today appointed four new ambassadors and one consul-general. The appointees are as follows:
Carl Magnus Nesser to Baghdad, Håkan Åkesson to Ankara, Carin Wall to Bamako, Jan Nyberg to St Petersburg and Claes Hammar to St John's, Port-au-Prince and Castries.
Sweden to contribute to reinforced EU commitment in Kyrgyzstan
The Government has decided to make staff available to reinforce the EU's commitment in Kyrgyzstan. Helena Vazquez from Sweden has been appointed political adviser to the EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Central Asia, Pierre Morel.
"I am happy that we can contribute Swedish expertise in this concrete way," comments Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson.
- Strategy for Sweden's overall involvement in Afghanistan adopted Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 09 July 2010
- Report on the "boy crisis" in education Ministry of Education and Research, 08 July 2010
- New objective for outdoor activity policy Ministry of the Environment, 08 July 2010
- Minister for Employment Sven Otto Littorin resigns Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Employment, 07 July 2010
- New governing board for Sida Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 05 July 2010
- Evaluation of the ban on purchase of sexual services Ministry of Justice, 02 July 2010
- Sweden to take over the work to save the Baltic Sea Ministry of the Environment, 01 July 2010
- Sustainable cities Swedish theme at Expo 2010 in Shanghai Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications, 28 June 2010
- "Deeply regrettable that uncontrolled whaling can continue" Ministry of the Environment, 24 June 2010
- Facts and Figures 2009 - Swedish Government Offices Yearbook Swedish Government Offices, Information Department, 24 June 2010
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Sweden's Chairmanship of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council
At the meeting of foreign ministers in Murmansk on 15 October 2009, Sweden took over the Chairmanship of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) from Russia for the next two years.
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