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 Anders Borg, Sweden’s Finance Minister in the previous centre-right government, is divorcing his wife after getting together with a former star of cheesy 1990s band Army of Lovers, Dominika Peczynski. https://www.thelocal.se/20150217/europop-love-for-swedens-former-finance-minister Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:53:00 +0100 europop-love-for-swedens-former-finance-minister UPDATED: Finance Minister Anders Borg revealed the government's last budget before the elections in September, announcing that Sweden's GDP could expect a solid growth over the next two years. https://www.thelocal.se/20140409/borg-optimistic-for-swedens-growth-2 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:27:00 +0200 borg-optimistic-for-swedens-growth-2 Sweden has said it would be ready to pay out emergency loans to Ukraine, with the finance minister hoping that Sweden's early-bird attitude would "put pressure" on its EU neighbours to pledge cash. https://www.thelocal.se/20140319/sweden-pledges-emergency-loans-to-ukraine Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:12:00 +0100 sweden-pledges-emergency-loans-to-ukraine The Swedish government has pulled back from a much-criticized proposal to cut student grants, a budget saving that Rosenbad will now make up for with even higher alcohol taxes. https://www.thelocal.se/20140314/government-u-turn-on-cuts-to-student-grants Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:54:00 +0100 government-u-turn-on-cuts-to-student-grants With autumn elections on the horizon, Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg said his government would cut student grants and make alcohol and tobacco more expensive, part of a budget plan to fill Sweden's coffers. https://www.thelocal.se/20140220/finance-minister-to-ax-student-and-pensioner-perks Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:13:00 +0100 finance-minister-to-ax-student-and-pensioner-perks Sweden's government said on Monday it would aim for a budget surplus with no more tax breaks, a move the opposition called a stunt by the prime minister to dress up in his finest Mr Financial Fix-it suit. https://www.thelocal.se/20140217/sweden-to-reach-surplus-through-austerity-government Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:02:00 +0100 sweden-to-reach-surplus-through-austerity-government Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Finance Minister Anders Borg were in Davos on Thursday discussing the need for a more open labour migration and the importance of removing barriers to free trade. https://www.thelocal.se/20140123/reinfeldt-and-borg-talk-free-trade-in-davos Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:25:00 +0100 reinfeldt-and-borg-talk-free-trade-in-davos Unlike Samson, Finance Minister Anders Borg seems not to have been deprived of his powers after chopping off that signature ponytail, as he sprinted past the prime minister in an annual ranking of Sweden's most powerful people. https://www.thelocal.se/20131122/borg-and-batra-squeeze-pm-in-powerbroker-list-swedish-sweden-power-politics Fri, 22 Nov 2013 13:50:00 +0100 borg-and-batra-squeeze-pm-in-powerbroker-list-swedish-sweden-power-politics 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 The government expects unemployment in Sweden to remain high in the coming years, according to forecasts in the autumn budget bill presented on Wednesday by Finance Minister Anders Borg. https://www.thelocal.se/20130918/50298 Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:24:00 +0200 50298 Sweden should stimulate its economy to increase activity and combat unemployment, the secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD), José Àngel Gurría said after a meeting with Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130903/50032 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:51:00 +0200 50032 Sweden's finance minister unveiled a rough outline of his autumn budget on Friday, wedding 25 billion kronor ($3.9 billion) to support a gradual recovery. Critics said Sweden would have to pick up the tab for Anders Borg's "budget enthusiasm" at a later date. https://www.thelocal.se/20130823/49808 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 19:10:00 +0200 49808 Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg has said that he could accept the deal agreed in Brussels in the early hours of Thursday morning regarding how to deal with troubled banks. https://www.thelocal.se/20130627/48718 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:40:00 +0200 48718 Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg has indicated that a law requiring more women in the boardroom is becoming more likely, describing the continuing lack of gender balance in Swedish firms as a "significant problem". https://www.thelocal.se/20130624/48648 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 08:38:00 +0200 48648 Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg has said that Cyprus has around a week to find a negotiated settlement to its financial travails or face the prospect of meltdown. https://www.thelocal.se/20130320/46830 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:19:00 +0100 46830 Sweden's finance minister has proposed the introduction of grades in third grade, arguing that it could help children with less-educated parents and help Sweden meet its aims for a modern knowledge-based economy. https://www.thelocal.se/20130214/46190 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:58:00 +0100 46190 Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg said Thursday that he is not in favour of forcing home owners to pay down their mortgages, outlined in a proposal by the Riksbank head that caused a stir on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130117/45674 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:53:00 +0100 45674 Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg on Tuesday warned that Sweden could stay outside a planned EU bank union, saying it would have only a limited financial impact on the country. https://www.thelocal.se/20121212/45008 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:12:00 +0100 45008 Nine in ten bank employees say customers are challenging them on terms and conditions, prompting their union to question the Swedish government for continuing its bank-critical rhetoric. https://www.thelocal.se/20121129/44728 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:48:00 +0100 44728 Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg said Tuesday he would revise downwards his 2012 growth forecast, disparaged by economists as being overly optimistic, by the end of the year. https://www.thelocal.se/20121120/44542 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:47:00 +0100 44542