https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Former Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg has left his job as Vice Chairman of investment firm Kinnevik. https://www.thelocal.se/20170806/former-sweden-minister-departs-job-after-party-controversy Sun, 06 Aug 2017 15:32:03 +0200 former-sweden-minister-departs-job-after-party-controversy One of Sweden's former finance ministers has apologized for a "blackout" caused by excessive drinking after reports emerged about his conduct at a party. https://www.thelocal.se/20170804/former-swedish-finance-minister-apologizes-for-blackout-at-party Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:49:40 +0200 former-swedish-finance-minister-apologizes-for-blackout-at-party Swedish finance minister Anders Borg has said that restricting the number of asylum seekers is not on the Alliance's agenda and suggested tax rises were likely if they are returned to power. https://www.thelocal.se/20140824/borg-we-wont-close-the-door-on-refugees Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:04:00 +0200 borg-we-wont-close-the-door-on-refugees As Russia strikes back at the EU and US with its own sanctions, Finance Minister Anders Borg worries that the sanctions against Russia are a "blunt instrument" which will damage Swedish businesses. https://www.thelocal.se/20140807/tougher-sanctions-hit-sweden-hard Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:08:00 +0200 tougher-sanctions-hit-sweden-hard In the wake of the Moderates' poor result in the EU elections, contributor Christian Tsangarides takes serious aim at one of the party's supposed stars - Finance Minister Anders Borg and his "borgonomics". https://www.thelocal.se/20140526/anders-borg-is-swedens-worst-ever-finance-minister Mon, 26 May 2014 11:52:00 +0200 anders-borg-is-swedens-worst-ever-finance-minister Sweden's finance minister has met with gay activists in Uganda at the start of a visit intended to highlight Swedish investment opportunities in the growing East African economy. https://www.thelocal.se/20140225/swedish-minister-meets-ugandan-gay-activists-anders-borg-lgbt-homosexuality Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:14:00 +0100 swedish-minister-meets-ugandan-gay-activists-anders-borg-lgbt-homosexuality Sweden's blue-collar union confederation on Friday said Sweden should re-introduce the inheritance tax and try to rein in tax cuts for the wealthy. The conservative finance minister called their ideas "devastatingly harmful". https://www.thelocal.se/20140214/union-economist-paint-bold-tax-reform-palette Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:56:00 +0100 union-economist-paint-bold-tax-reform-palette Sweden's follically-flamboyant Finance Minister Anders Borg has clipped his signature ponytail, with his spokeswoman denying on Monday that the haircut had any fiscal connection. https://www.thelocal.se/20131104/swedens-anders-borg-loses-ponytail Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:47:00 +0100 swedens-anders-borg-loses-ponytail Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg has been compared to fictional heroine Pippi Longstocking on speed by a Norwegian columnist in a scathing critique of the minister's latest budget plans. https://www.thelocal.se/20130902/50010 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 16:40:00 +0200 50010 Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg on Tuesday signalled he has abandoned his long-held resistance to using fiscal measures to kick start the European Union's sluggish economy. https://www.thelocal.se/20130515/47898 Wed, 15 May 2013 10:28:00 +0200 47898 Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg has said the country's central bank should keep an eye on the increasingly strong krona, with further currency appreciation a potential threat to the country's export-driven economy. https://www.thelocal.se/20130508/47786 Wed, 08 May 2013 15:32:00 +0200 47786 Swedes are in for a rough economic ride in years ahead, as Finance Minister Anders Borg has warned of rising unemployment, weaker economic growth and rising public debt in the spring fiscal policy bill released on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130415/47338 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:00:00 +0200 47338 Sweden's economy grew by 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to the same period a year earlier, surprising analysts who had flagged for a possible recession. https://www.thelocal.se/20130301/46490 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:43:00 +0100 46490 Sweden's real estate market is headed for two decades of stagnation, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg warned on Monday, reiterating his concerns about the size of Swedes' household debts. https://www.thelocal.se/20130226/46418 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:55:00 +0100 46418 Following better-than-expected results from several Swedish banks, leading politicians had mixed reactions about the enormous pay-outs awaiting shareholders. https://www.thelocal.se/20130131/45924 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:34:00 +0100 45924 With the end of 2012 in sight, The Local looks back at some of the stories that dominated headlines in Sweden over the past year. https://www.thelocal.se/20121221/45222 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:01:00 +0100 45222 The Swedish government is cutting its GDP growth forecast for 2013 from 2.7 percent to 1.1 percent, Finance Minister Anders Borg said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20121221/45214 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:11:00 +0100 45214 Sweden’s Finance Minister Anders Borg will vote against a European banking union at a meeting in Brussels next Tuesday, effectively vetoing the plan. https://www.thelocal.se/20121130/44774 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:56:00 +0100 44774 Sweden's economy expanded by 0.5 percent in the third quarter from the second and by 0.7 percent year-on-year, data released Thursday by Statistics Sweden (SCB) showed. https://www.thelocal.se/20121129/44758 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:37:00 +0100 44758 Sweden’s Finance Minister Anders Borg told Swedish banks on Tuesday that they will face tougher regulations year-by-year for the foreseeable future, as he addressed the Nordic Bank Summit in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20121127/44688 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:14:00 +0100 44688