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 Sweden may send a tax bill to German automaker Volkswagen for undeclared pollution of its diesel vehicles after it admitted fitting some 11 million with pollution cheating devices. https://www.thelocal.se/20151001/sweden-may-send-pollution-tax-bill-to-vw Thu, 01 Oct 2015 16:15:16 +0200 sweden-may-send-pollution-tax-bill-to-vw UPDATED: Sweden's environment minister said she had held a "good meeting" with Volkswagen bosses on Wednesday after the firm's shock decision to recall 225,000 Swedish cars in the latest stage of the worldwide emissions scandal. https://www.thelocal.se/20150930/swedish-cars-recalled-in-vw-emissions-scandal Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:00:00 +0200 swedish-cars-recalled-in-vw-emissions-scandal Renowned Swedish scientist and environmental campaigner Per Kågeson has spoken about a warning he made almost two decades ago, regarding car makers rigging emissions tests. https://www.thelocal.se/20150929/swede-warned-about-vw-errors-17-years-ago Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:57:50 +0200 swede-warned-about-vw-errors-17-years-ago UPDATED: The biggest bank in the Nordic region, Nordea, has announced it is barring its traders from buying Volkswagen shares and bonds for six months over the German manufacturer's emissions scandal. https://www.thelocal.se/20150924/nordic-bank-bans-traders-from-buying-vw-shares Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:42:31 +0200 nordic-bank-bans-traders-from-buying-vw-shares A Fiat 500 frozen in time by Google Maps in front of Volkswagen's headquarters in Sweden has been hailed as a public relations coup for the Italian automaker, despite an alternate explanation for the pic from its German rival. https://www.thelocal.se/20120516/40870 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:01:00 +0200 40870 The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI) said its investigation has concluded that the German truck manufacturer MAN AG is not obliged to launch a bid on Scania AB. https://www.thelocal.se/20080410/11014 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:04:00 +0200 11014 German auto giant Volkswagen said Thursday it opposed a hostile takeover bid by truck maker MAN for its Swedish rival Scania and urged the two sides to reach an amicable deal instead. https://www.thelocal.se/20070111/6068 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:23:00 +0100 6068 German group MAN could offer chairmanship of a combined group with Swedish truckmaker Scania to Investor, controlled by the powerful Wallenberg family, media in Sweden said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20061023/5297 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:46:00 +0200 5297 German industrial conglomerate MAN turned up the heat on Scania on Thursday by buying shares in the Swedish truck maker amid press reports that Volkswagen supports the German group in pursuing a hostile takeover bid. https://www.thelocal.se/20061012/5191 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:35:00 +0200 5191 German truckmaker MAN will today withdraw its €9.6 billion hostile bid for Swedish rival Scania to enable three-way friendly talks over a truck alliance with their joint largest shareholder, Volkswagen, the Financial Times reported without naming sources. https://www.thelocal.se/20061009/5153 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:21:00 +0200 5153 Swedish truckmaker Scania said Volkswagen's purchase of a 15 percent stake in MAN 'may change' the situation regarding MAN's bid for Scania, while Scania's major shareholder Investor reiterated that it is prepared to look at "all alternatives" for the truck and bus manufacturer. https://www.thelocal.se/20061004/5114 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:44:00 +0200 5114