The dangers of a two-speed Europe
Op-ed by Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and Minister for Finance Anders Borg, about the dangers of a two-speed Europe, in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Inquiry proposes merging Swedish Trade Council and Invest Sweden
Minister for Trade Ewa Björling today received a report from an Inquiry that has reviewed the agency structures for the promotion of Sweden, trade and investment. Among other suggestions, Inquiry Chair Torsten Ericsson proposes that the Swedish Trade Council and Invest Sweden be merged into a single organisation.
Minister for Trade Ewa Björling, Director-General for Trade Policy Eva Walder and Moldovas Prime minister Vlad Filat. Photo: Julia Servenius/MFA
Ewa Björling to meet Moldovan Prime Minister Filat
On 13 September Minister for Trade Ewa Björling will meet Prime Minister of Moldova Vlad Filat for talks. The agenda includes bilateral economic matters, Moldova's closer ties with the EU and a free trade agreement between the EU and Moldova. Dr Björling and Mr Filat will also participate in round-table talks with Swedish and Moldovan companies.
Horn of Africa: Another life lost is one too many
Article by Sweden's Minister for International Development Cooperation Mrs Gunilla Carlsson and Sweden's Ambassador to Kenya and Somalia, H.E. Mrs Ann Dismorr published in the Standard on September 9 and in the East African in issue September 12-18, 2011.
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Carl Bildt on the 10th anniversary of 11 September 2001
11 September 2011 -
Raoul Wallenberg Year 2012 inaugurated
Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs
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Camilla Wagner on women's leadership
Camilla Wagner
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Journalist Barbro Hedvall on starting a new phase in life
16 December 2011
Carl Bildt on the 10th anniversary of 11 September 2001
How did the world change following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001? How did the attacks affect the open society? And where was Carl Bildt when the attacks occurred? In a short interview, Carl Bildt looks back at the years that have passed since the attacks on the twin towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington DC.
Carl Bildt receives Palestinian ambassador
Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt received Palestine's newly appointed ambassador Hala Husni Fariz, on Thursday 8 September. This is the first time that an incoming Palestinian representative has been formally welcomed at a ceremony at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Gunilla Carlsson, Richard Pichler, Secretary-General of SOS Children´s Villages and Anna Ryott, Secretary-General of SOS Children´s Villages Sweden. Photo: Julia Servenius/MFA
Gunilla Carlsson met Secretary-General of SOS Children's Villages
Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson met Richard Pichler, Secretary-General of SOS Children's Villages, on Wednesday. They discussed a number of issues including the growing crisis in the Horn of Africa and the organisation's efforts in the area. Ms Carlsson also gave an account of the impressions she gained on her recent trip to Somalia and northern Kenya.
Ewa Björling to Berlin
On 6 and 7 September, Minister for Trade Ewa Björling will visit Berlin to attend one of the world's largest fairs for the music and experience industry, Popkomm. She will also meet Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economics and Technology Philipp Rösler as well as Swedish and German companies in the creative industries.
Photo: Julia Servenius/MFA
Cooperation with the Eastern Partnership focus of seminar
A seminar within the context of the Eastern Partnership will take place on Friday 2 September, hosted by newly appointed Director-General for Trade Policy Eva Walder. The seminar will focus on capacity development, knowledge transfer and experience exchange regarding free trade agreement negotiations with the EU.
"Closer relations with Eastern Partnership countries and deepened cooperation with them, for example in the trade area, are a priority for Sweden," says Director-General for Trade Policy Eva Walder.
New Press Secretary to Ewa Björling
Minister for Trade Ewa Björling has a new Press Secretary, Love Liman.He has previously primarily worked as a political and economic journalist.
