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)
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.
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.
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Feature: Iraq
On 29 May Sweden will host an international conference on Iraq. This conference is part of the efforts by Sweden and the rest of the world to contribute to sustainable development in the country. For the next few weeks the Ministry for Foreign Affairs website will have a particular focus on Iraq.
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.
Europe meets Latin America
On 16 May the fifth summit between Europe and Latin America will begin in Lima, Peru. Sweden will be represented by Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, and the summit will see the heads of state and government of EU and Latin American states discuss poverty reduction and issues concerning the environment, climate change and energy. All of which are priority issues for Sweden. Per Norström, deputy head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs' Americas Department, has answered some questions prior to the summit.
Extraordinary EU session on Burma
EU development ministers met on Tuesday in Brussels to discuss the humanitarian situation in Burma/Myanmar after the devastation caused by the cyclone Nargis.
Swedish strategy to combat terrorism
For the first time, a comprehensive approach to terrorism has been taken by the Swedish government. Tomorrow, it will be debated in the Riksdag.
Carl Bildt to Tbilisi
Carl Bildt is currently visiting Georgia with the ministers for foreign affairs of Poland and Slovenia. The reason for the visit is Georgia's accelerating crisis with Russia.
Sustainable cities in China
A delegation from Tangshan, China, is currently visiting Sweden to conduct discussions on enhanced cooperation in the area of the environment.
"This is the exciting start of the broadest and longest term initiative for environmental technology that Sweden has taken in China," says Minister for Trade Ewa Björling.
