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 The contentious tapes detailing data traffic from the government offices in connection with the 2004 Asian tsunami are set to be classified for 70 years, according to a new proposal. https://www.thelocal.se/20091004/22456 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:58:00 +0200 22456 Lars Danielsson, the aide of former prime minister Göran Persson blamed in the media for many of the failures of the last government's response to the South Asian tsunami, has spoken of the pressure of being a media whipping boy. https://www.thelocal.se/20070204/6299 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:37:00 +0100 6299 Foreign minister Carl Bildt has decided that controversial former State Secretary Lars Danielsson is to be given the rank of ambassador. https://www.thelocal.se/20061208/5742 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:17:00 +0100 5742 Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has said that Göran Persson's former aide Lars Danielsson will not be given a senior diplomatic post, repeating his claim that the former state secretary lied to the Riksdag. https://www.thelocal.se/20061130/5650 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:17:00 +0100 5650 Göran Persson's closest foreign policy advisor, Lars Danielsson, is being frozen out by Sweden's news foreign minister, Carl Bildt. https://www.thelocal.se/20061129/5648 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:44:00 +0100 5648 Records of telephone calls made from Sweden's Government Offices during the tsunami were deleted six months early, it has been revealed. https://www.thelocal.se/20061006/5128 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:59:00 +0200 5128 Lars Danielsson, the closest aide to Sweden's prime minister Göran Persson, has resigned after facing heavy criticism in a report about the Swedish government's handling of the tsunami catastrophe. https://www.thelocal.se/20060830/4739 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:51:00 +0200 4739 Göran Persson's closest aide obstructed an official investigation into the government's handling of the South Asian tsunami crisis, Sweden's Justice Ombudsman has said. https://www.thelocal.se/20060829/4727 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:45:00 +0200 4727 Lars Danielsson, state secretary in the prime minister's office and Göran Persson's closest aide, is to take 'time out', according to a press statement released by Government Offices on Friday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.se/20060519/3854 Fri, 19 May 2006 20:47:00 +0200 3854 Lars Danielsson has said he is considering suing over allegations that he lied over his whereabouts on the day of the tsunami to cover up an affair with colleague Helen Eduards. https://www.thelocal.se/20060519/3845 Fri, 19 May 2006 11:55:00 +0200 3845 Two Liberal Party politicians have been accused of spreading rumours on the Internet about Lars Danielsson, Göran Persson's closest aide. https://www.thelocal.se/20060518/3838 Thu, 18 May 2006 13:00:00 +0200 3838 Göran Persson's most senior aide, Lars Danielsson, has said he was at the government's Rosenbad headquarters at several points on 26th December 2004, the day a tsunami hit South Asia, claiming 543 Swedish lives. https://www.thelocal.se/20060512/3791 Fri, 12 May 2006 13:58:00 +0200 3791 Former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt has called on Göran Persson's most senior aide, Lars Danielsson, to be punished for lying to an official enquiry. https://www.thelocal.se/20060221/3103-2 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:29:00 +0100 3103-2