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Swedish PM wants new talks to break deadlock

Sun, 16 Dec 2018 16:50:19 +0100

Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven has offered to make new concessions in order to win the support of the Centre and Liberal parties, just two days after they voted him down as next prime minister.

Swedish Election Authority finishes vote count

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 11:24:24 +0200

Sweden’s election authority completed its final count on on Sunday morning without any significant changes to the preliminary result.

Long-term Brits in Sweden to get back vote

Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:30:56 +0100

The British government announced on Thursday that it would lift a ban on citizens voting in UK elections if they had lived longer than 15 years outside the country.

Euro off Swedish agenda ten years after vote

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:32:00 +0200

Ten years after rejecting the euro in a closely fought national referendum, there appears to be little chance Sweden will adopt the common European currency for many years to come.

Swedish firm lets workers vote on bonuses

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:56:00 +0100

A software firm in eastern Sweden has elected to take a democratic approach for distributing this year's 15 million kronor ($2.21 million) bonus among the company's employees.

Parties court pensioner votes in tight election

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:46:00 +0200

As strikes ripple across debt-ridden Europe over pension reforms, the two coalitions battling it out in Sweden's close upcoming elections on September 19th are courting elderly voters, who may end up holding the balance, writes AFP's Rita Devlin Marier.

Sweden's youth back opposition parties: poll

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:28:00 +0200

A clear majority of voters aged 18 to 29-years-old support the red-green opposition coalition ahead of the autumn election, a new survey shows.

Irregularities reported in Sweden's EU vote

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:02:00 +0200

There were a number of problems associated with the European Parliament vote held in Sweden two weeks ago, according to a post-election report.

Every fourth voter unaware of EU elections

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:30:00 +0200

One in four Swedish voters still doesn’t know that EU-parliamentary elections are on Sunday, according to a poll from Synovate published by Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper.