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 Latvia's government on Tuesday adopted a resolution allowing Riga to help Stockholm in its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, namely by giving the Swedish Olympic Committee the right to use the Baltic state's artificial ice track. https://www.thelocal.se/20180613/latvia-to-help-sweden-with-2026-winter-olympic-bid Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:14:01 +0200 latvia-to-help-sweden-with-2026-winter-olympic-bid Members of a charity in southern Sweden are rejoicing at the kindness of one particular stranger after finding an anonymous one million kronor ($153,253) gift in a milk jar used to collect donations. https://www.thelocal.se/20140108/charity-finds-surprise-million-in-a-milk-jar Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:24:00 +0100 charity-finds-surprise-million-in-a-milk-jar Sweden and Latvia launched a rescue operation today after a British ship got in trouble in the waters between Gotland and Latvia. https://www.thelocal.se/20121224/45256 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:43:00 +0100 45256 Europe's financial sector is set for a decade of reform that will result in a much smaller but more socially useful industry, Swedish finance minister Anders Borg said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120202/38872 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:40:00 +0100 38872 Nordic banking giant Swedbank said Friday it was writing off nearly two billion kronor on its operations in Latvia, which has emerged from the world's deepest recession. https://www.thelocal.se/20120113/38494 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:57:00 +0100 38494 More than 100 cash machines in the Baltic state of Latvia had run out of money Monday morning following a banking panic apparently caused by rumours on the Twitter social media network. https://www.thelocal.se/20111212/37880 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:06:00 +0100 37880 Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Monday defended a European single market but said that stricter budget supervision and regulation by Brussels will only work if already existing rules are adhered to. https://www.thelocal.se/20111129/37624 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:27:00 +0100 37624 The probability of Sweden assisting Spain and Portugal with loans when Euro countries decide on support is low, according to Finance Minister Anders Borg on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110118/31492 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:52:00 +0100 31492 Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt announced on Friday that Sweden has not yet ruled out the possibility of supporting a new emergency fund to bail out vulnerable euro countries. https://www.thelocal.se/20101217/30930 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:43:00 +0100 30930 The Stockholm School of Economics in Riga is planning to start a Swedish-owned hospital in the Latvian capital in order to raise the standards of the country's hospitals and to remove some of the burden from the Swedish healthcare system. https://www.thelocal.se/20100120/24488 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:13:00 +0100 24488 A Latvian passenger whose drunken mid-air antics plunged a Ryanair flight into turmoil last summer has successfully appealed against an eight month jail term. https://www.thelocal.se/20100107/24258 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:39:00 +0100 24258 A Swedish prosecutor is pushing for a longer sentence for a Latvian man who was jailed for eight months after attempting to open a cabin door on board a Ryanair plane. The man was restrained by two professional boxers who happened to be on the same flight. https://www.thelocal.se/20091105/23100 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:07:00 +0100 23100 Swedish-owned telecoms company Tele2 admitted on Monday it was responsible for staging a meteorite crash near a small village in the Latvian countryside. https://www.thelocal.se/20091027/22910 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:17:00 +0100 22910 Sweden’s finance minister Anders Borg is reported to have held secret talks with Swedbank and SEB, expressing his concern over Latvia's struggling financial situation. https://www.thelocal.se/20091003/22440 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:53:00 +0200 22440 Swedish finance minister Anders Borg on Tuesday urged international lenders to open their coffers to Latvia after the country agreed to slash government spending. https://www.thelocal.se/20090609/19972 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:32:00 +0200 19972 The Swedish krona fell back against the euro on Monday as markets remained shaky on the back of concerns over Swedish bank exposure to the troubled Baltic state economies. https://www.thelocal.se/20090608/19948 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:51:00 +0200 19948 Share prices of Sweden’s leading banks recovered somewhat on Thursday after major drops on Wednesday in the wake of fears that Latvia may devalue its currency. https://www.thelocal.se/20090604/19872 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:46:00 +0200 19872 Finance Minister Anders Borg has lambasted Swedish banks for their "careless expansion" in the Baltic region as the Swedish krona felt the pinch on Wednesday from a deepening crisis in Latvia. https://www.thelocal.se/20090603/19858 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:05:00 +0200 19858 Aggressive methods employed by Swedish banks for collecting money from borrowers in Latvia are the subject of a police investigation, according to the Latvian prime minister. https://www.thelocal.se/20090508/19328 Fri, 08 May 2009 15:00:00 +0200 19328 Sweden suffered an unexpected loss to Latvia in the world ice hockey championships in Switzerland on Monday, falling 2-3 in a penalty shootout. https://www.thelocal.se/20090428/19116 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:39:00 +0200 19116