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 Social Democratic Party Leader Mona Sahlin is worried about her shrinking party. https://www.thelocal.se/20080403/10872 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:06:00 +0200 10872 Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has said she is ready to fight to ensure that dads spend more time with their kids, Expressen reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20080311/10414 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:13:00 +0100 10414 Social Democrat economic policy spokesman Pär Nuder has stepped down from the post following speculation that party leader Mona Sahlin was dissatisfied with his performance. https://www.thelocal.se/20080124/9766 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:01:00 +0100 9766 Sweden's former Finance Minister Pär Nuder is expected to be asked to step down from his position as economic spokesman for the Social Democrats. https://www.thelocal.se/20080124/9757 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:29:00 +0100 9757 Sweden's prime minister and main opposition leader met in a televised debate on Sunday night, with jobs the main focus of discussion. https://www.thelocal.se/20071008/8719 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:58:00 +0200 8719 Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin was forced to take shelter during her visit to Sderot in southern Israel when a Kassam rocket exploded at a nearby school. https://www.thelocal.se/20070906/8409 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:48:00 +0200 8409 Wednesday's party leader debate in the Riksdag was Mona Sahlin's first since taking over as leader of the Social Democrats; it was also Lars Leijonborg's last. https://www.thelocal.se/20070613/7591 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:21:00 +0200 7591 Mona Sahlin would be a good woman to have at a party but Fredrik Reinfeldt is better equipped to run the country. A new Skop survey has revealed that 54 percent of Swedes would prefer to have Social Democrat leader Sahlin at their table than Prime Minister Reinfeldt. https://www.thelocal.se/20070607/7533 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:25:00 +0200 7533 Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin met with the head of the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson, in a televised debate on Thursday evening. https://www.thelocal.se/20070420/7057 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:35:00 +0200 7057 It was difficult to pick a winner in the first televised debate between new Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin and Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt . Despite the soft approach favoured by both debaters, the contest was peppered with sly digs and faint praise. https://www.thelocal.se/20070320/6738 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:51:00 +0100 6738 Monday evening sees the first installment of a long-awaited four part documentary about Sweden's former Prime Minister Göran Persson . https://www.thelocal.se/20070319/6732 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:11:00 +0100 6732 When Mona Sahlin takes over as leader of the Social Democrats at Saturday's party congress, she does so without the whole-hearted support of the party's voters. https://www.thelocal.se/20070316/6709 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:36:00 +0100 6709 Mona Sahlin enjoys the support of enough Social Democrat party districts to ensure that she will be named the new party leader at a congress in March. https://www.thelocal.se/20070115/6099 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:07:00 +0100 6099 Despite leading the race to take over after Göran Persson, Mona Sahlin does not enjoy the full support of fellow Social Democrats in the party's 24 districts. https://www.thelocal.se/20070108/6021 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:52:00 +0100 6021 The race to succeed Göran Persson as leader of the Social Democrats is heating up. https://www.thelocal.se/20070104/5989 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:53:00 +0100 5989