Step aside orange: equality is the new black, according to Sweden's Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson, who made the remark at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday where she spoke alongside Swedish PM Stefan Löfven.
Several influential opinion-makers have claimed that Sweden is losing its competitive edge and is not taking renewal and reform seriously, warning that escalating healthcare costs are outstripping GDP growth.
Sweden dropped to seventh place in a globalization survey conducted by consultants Ernst & Young, down two places since 2011.
Sweden's Globalisation Council, an office under the Swedish Ministry of Education and Science, has proposed 28 billion kronor ($3.8 billion) in reforms to taxes and social insurances in its final report published on Monday.
The Globalisation Council, an office under the Swedish Ministry of Education and Science, has published its final report outlining several proposals to increase Sweden's economic growth and increase the country's attractiveness to businesses and entrepreneurs.
Over 10,000 people joined a march against globalization and environmental destruction at the European Social Forum in Malmö on Saturday. The march passed off without incident.
Clashes between police and demonstrators broke out on Friday as Malmö played host to the European Social Forum. Rocks were thrown at police, windows were broken and a woman was raped as 800 people demonstrated to highlight climate change.
Around a hundred peace activists demonstrated in Malmö on Friday afternoon against a Swedish arms components manufacturer’s contracts with the US military, with some of the protesters eventually breaking into the office grounds.
Around 20,000 anti-globalization protesters are expected to march through the streets of Malmö on Saturday, in what some observers are calling the largest demonstrations held in Sweden in decades.
<b>As the world’s attention is taken up with how to address the current financial crisis, the AFP’s Delphine Touitou reports that activists gathered in Malmö for the Europe Social Forum see social change as key to avoiding future financial meltdowns.</b>
More than 20,000 anti-globalization activists are due in Malmö this week to take part in the European Social Forum, hoping to breathe new life into a movement many say is
Jobs will continue to move from Sweden to lower cost countries in Eastern Europe, according to a new report from Föreningssparbanken.
Politicians, artists and business leaders from around the world will meet in Sweden this weekend for a brainstorming session on humanistic approaches to tackling issues such as terrorism, climate change, globalization and world poverty, organisers said.
<i>(AFX)</i> - Swedish prime minister Göran Persson has called for progress in the WTO round of trade liberalisation talks to be made at a special gathering on the sidelines of an OECD meeting in Paris.
<i>(AFP)</i> - Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson on Wednesday hailed globalization and free trade as beneficial for all but insisted that national policies were needed to ensure social safeguards.