SWEDEN, October 15 - Published 15 October 2024 Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will meet with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday 16 October. Following the meeting, they will hold a joint press conference. The …
SWEDEN, October 15 - Press release from Ministry of Defence Published 15 October 2024 The Government has now presented a Total Defence Bill for the period 2025–2030. It includes substantial reinforcements of the total defence. Additional funding totalling …
SWEDEN, October 14 - Published 14 October 2024 On 15 October 2024, the Nordic-Baltic countries’ foreign ministers will travel to Moldova. The visit comes ahead of the concurrent presidential elections and referendum on Moldova’s future relations with the …
SWEDEN, October 14 - Published 14 October 2024 Wednesday, 16 October marks the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attack in Brussels, in which two Swedish football fans were killed and a third injured. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Belgium’s Prime …
SWEDEN, October 14 - The European Union expresses its grave concern about the recent escalation along the Blue Line. The EU condemns all attacks against UN missions. It expresses particularly grave concern regarding the attacks by the Israeli Defence …
SWEDEN, October 11 - Sweden’s development assistance for health amounted to approximately SEK 5.7 billion in 2023, accounting for 10.4 per cent of Sweden’s total development assistance, excluding deductions for asylum costs. Approximately SEK 3.4 billion ( …
SWEDEN, October 11 - Published 11 October 2024 Sweden is an active force for child and maternal care, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and other health care around the world. Support to health care in Ukraine, access to SRHR, and …
SWEDEN, October 11 - Published 11 October 2024 Their Majesties The King and Queen of Sweden will pay a State Visit to Singapore on 19–21 November 2024 at the invitation of President Tharman Shanmugaratnam of the Republic of Singapore. The Swedish …
SWEDEN, October 11 - The UN and the Secretary-General need to be given full opportunity to operate and fulfil their mandate in all countries, including conflict mediation and humanitarian assistance. Although the Government recognises several shortcomings …
SWEDEN, October 11 - Published 11 October 2024 The Government has decided to instruct Sida to increase transparency in development assistance. The aim is to increase the Swedish population’s insight into how their tax funds are being spent. “Increasing …
SWEDEN, October 10 - Ladies and Gentlemen, Recorded Future and the Swedish Defence University - thank you for the opportunity to attend this conference. I am very impressed to see that we can gather both the government resources and the private sector in …
SWEDEN, October 10 - “Among other topics, we spoke about Sweden’s four main priorities in the EU going forward. It’s about supporting Ukraine, strengthening the Union’s competitiveness, ambitious and effective climate action measures, and the fight against …
SWEDEN, October 9 - Mr Kristersson delivered a speech during the ceremony and spoke about honouring the memory of those murdered on 7 October, the importance of an immediate and unconditional release of the hostages and the need for the whole of Swedish …
SWEDEN, October 9 - Published 09 October 2024 The EU decided on 8 October to introduce a new sanctions regime in response to Russia’s destabilising activities. The sanctions aim to counter Russia’s hybrid activity against the EU, its Member States and …
SWEDEN, October 8 - Published 08 October 2024 In the Budget Bill for 2025, the Government proposes several measures to overhaul integration policy. The Government proposes broad initiatives, including measures aimed at improving language skills for …
SWEDEN, October 8 - The Government decided on 2 October to resume embassy operations in Beirut, Lebanon. The Embassy is now in place.
SWEDEN, October 8 - “A global problem must be addressed at global level, because AMR does not respect national borders. Sweden welcomes that the world’s countries have agreed on a collective approach. That being said, the declaration is not the end of our …
SWEDEN, October 8 - On 26 September, Ms Ankarberg Johansson took part in a High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR means that infectious agents (bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi) develop resistance to …
SWEDEN, October 7 - Published 07 October 2024 The Government today presented a government bill to the Riksdag with proposals on how Sweden will contribute to NATO’s overall deterrence and defence in the North Atlantic area in 2025. “This is a historic …
SWEDEN, October 3 - On 22 September, the Global Digital Compact (GDC), the first framework for global governance of digital technology, was adopted in connection with the UN Summit of the Future in New York. The Swedish Government was represented by …
