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Swedish Parliament

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Type: Organization

Name: Swedish Parliament

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Sweden Democrats

New law allows sex change without sterilization

Swedish Parliament voted Wednesday, to end the requirement for people who undergo a sex reassignment surgery to be sterilized. The Parliamentary majority believes the sterilization requirement goes against international conventions on human rights. ... [Published Radio Sweden - May 22 2013]

Entities: Sterilization, Sweden Democrats, Swedish Parliament

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Subsidized health care for people illegally in Sweden

Beginning on July 1st, people living in Sweden without permission will have the same right to subsidized health care as asylum seekers, according to a decision Swedish Parliament made Wednesday. For adults, this includes treatment that cannot wait, ... [Published Radio Sweden - May 22 2013]

Entities: Health Care, Sweden, Björn Söder, Sweden Democrats

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Titus Corlatean

Official talks of Foreign Minister Titus Corlăţean with the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Per Westerberg

On official visit to Stockholm, Foreign Minister Titus Corlăţean had a meeting on Monday, 13 May 2013, with the Speaker of Sweden’s Parliament, Per Westerberg. Also attending the meeting was Senator Alexandru Cordoş, Chairman of the Romania-Sweden Friendship ... [Published MINISTERUL AFACERILOR EXTERNE - May 14 2013]

Entities: Titus Corlatean, Per Westerberg, Swedish Parliament, Moldova

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Council of Europe

Threats directed to half of women MPs

Half the women in the Swedish Parliament say they have been the target of threats because of their political activities during the past year, according to a survey by the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. MP Ulla Andersson, the economic spokesperson for ... [Published Radio Sweden - May 11 2013]

Entities: Threat, Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin, Ulla Andersson (The Left Party (SWE)), Council of Europe

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Swedish Parliament

Sweden confirms its support for the UN resolution on Western Sahara (Vice-President of the Swedish Parliament)

(SPS) - Vice-President of the Swedish Parliament Mrs. Susanna Eiberstein, confirmed Tuesday in Algiers Sweden's attitude towards the issue of Western Sahara in support of the UN resolution 1514 relating to the right of colonised peoples to self-deter ... [Published Sahara Press Service - May 08 2013]

Entities: Western Sahara, Swedish Parliament, United Nations

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Sweden OKs armed ship guards

SWEDEN has approved use of armed guards on its commercial ships, even as the one-year anniversary approaches of the last piracy seizure off Somalia. The Swedish parliament took approved the government motion ...This story is only visible in its entirety ... [Published Safety At Sea International - May 07 2013]

Entities: Sweden, Somali Piracy, Seizures

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

*Algeria, Sweden Discuss Bilateral Ties

SPA -- Algerian National Assembly Speaker Abdul Qadir bin Saleh met here today with First Deputy Speaker of Swedish Parliament Susanne Eberstein.During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations, especially in the fields of economy, and parliament ... [Published Saudi Press Agency - May 06 2013]

Entities: Bilateral, Algeria, Sweden, Susanne Eberstein (The Social Democratic Party ...

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Political Advances for Assyrians in Sweden

Stockholm (AINA) -- Two Assyrians were recently promoted to join the central council of the Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna) in Sweden. Yilmaz Kerimo and Ilan Debasso are both prominent members of the vibrant and large Assyrian community in ... [Published AINA - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Yilmaz Kerimo (The Social Democratic Party (SWE)), Sweden, Metin Ataseven, Swedish Parliament, Ibrahim Baylan

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Sweden: ‘New Russian Air Force incident’

“The Russian military has once again taken Sweden by surprise,” writes Svenska Dagbladet , which reports on another apparent incursion into its airspace, in the wake of a previous incident at the end of March .According to the daily , on April 20, a Russian ... [Published Presseurop - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Russian Air Force, Sweden, Kaliningrad, Military/Armed Forces, Baltic Sea

First reported Mar 27 2013 - Updated Mar 27 2013 - 1 reports

Sweden’s Renewable Majority – surpassed the EU’s target 2020 already 2012

51%. The majority of Sweden’s energy comes from renewable sources. It is an achievement that has surpassed both the EU’s target of 49% by 2020 and the Swedish parliament adopted target of 50 percent in 2020.The seeds to this success can be traced back ... [Published EU opinion & policy debates BlogActiv.eu - Mar 27 2013]

Entities: European Union, Sweden, Swedish Parliament

First reported Mar 02 2013 - Updated Mar 02 2013 - 1 reports

Swedish Armed Forces fully manned by 2023

When the Swedish parliament ended military service in 2010, the country’s nerw professional army was expected to be fully staffed four years later, reports newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. But the national defense force has long said that it was an over-ambitious ... [Published Radio Sweden - Mar 02 2013]

Entities: Swedish Armed Forces, MILITARY SERVICE, Swedish Parliament

First reported Feb 17 2013 - Updated Feb 17 2013 - 1 reports

Christian Democrat EU skeptic to run in European elections

Lennart Sacrédeus intends to run for the next European Parliament elections. He was shut out from the ballot in 2009, but told the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper that he wants to act as a "watchdog" in the EU parliament. He said that all parties, including ... [Published Radio Sweden - Feb 17 2013]

Entities: Lennart Sacrédeus (The Christian Democrats (SWE)), Elections, European Union, Alf Svensson, Anti-Abortion

Quotes

...Jag tror att vårt samhälle blir rikare om både de kaxiga och de aktsamma kan ta plats sida vid sida på politiska förtroendeposter. "I en grupp där alla tänker lika blir det inte mycket tänkt" , sa en underbar avlägsen kollega till mig en gång.Om vi låter näthatet att ta över blir vi alla förlorare...

Gärna kaxiga politiker – men inte utan de aktsamma [Published Akademikerbloggen - 16 hours ago]

TUNIS (TAP) - "Sweden will extend 7 million Euros (i e. about 15 million Tunisian dinars) in aid to Tunisia to support its electoral process" announced Swedish Ambassador to Tunisia Jan Thesleff

Sweden to extend 15MTD in aid to Tunisia to support electoral process (Ambassador) [Published Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency - May 18 2013]

"So if I visit someone in parliament, my visit is logged, but if I bump into someone I know who works as an MP on the street or socially, that conversation doesn't show up in any register" she said

Swedish lobbying boom prompts regulation calls [Published The Local Sweden - May 16 2013]

Stuckler seizes on Iceland as an example of "an alternative. It suffered the worst banking crisis in history; all three of its biggest banks failed, its total debt jumped to 800% of GDP – far worse than what any European country faces today, relative to the size of its economy. And under pressure from public protests, its president put how to deal with the crisis to a vote. Some 93% of the population voted against paying for the bankers' recklessness with large cuts to their health and social-protection systems."

'Recessions can hurt, but austerity kills' [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 15 2013]

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'Recessions can hurt, but austerity kills' [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 15 2013]
Foreign Minister Titus Corlăţean at launch of t... [Published MINISTERUL AFACERILOR EXTERNE - May 15 2013]
Swedish-Romanian Business Chamber has been inau... [Published Nine O'Clock - May 14 2013]
Official talks of Foreign Minister Titus Corlăţ... [Published MINISTERUL AFACERILOR EXTERNE - May 14 2013]
[Focus] 'Changing gender should be as easy as c... [Published EUobserver - May 14 2013]
ForMin Titus Corlatean on official visit to Sweden [Published Bsanna News - May 13 2013]
Threats directed to half of women MPs [Published Radio Sweden - May 11 2013]
Sweden confirms its support for the UN resoluti... [Published Sahara Press Service - May 08 2013]
Sweden OKs armed ship guards [Published Safety At Sea International - May 07 2013]
*Algeria, Sweden Discuss Bilateral Ties [Published Saudi Press Agency - May 06 2013]
Christian Holm: Banning Belarusian flag on IIHF... [Published Charter 97 - May 06 2013]
Algerian-Swedish Parliamentary Friendship Group... [Published Bernama - May 06 2013]
Imminent Outbreak of Violence on Brazilian Amaz... [Published Inter Press Service - May 02 2013]
Pregnant Anti-War Soldier Sent to Prison [Published Common Dreams - May 02 2013]
MEPs and human rights organizations: You can no... [Published Charter 97 - May 02 2013]
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Minister Falah Mustafa inaugurates KRG Represen... [Published Kurdistan Regional Government - Apr 29 2013]
Political Advances for Assyrians in Sweden [Published AINA - Apr 26 2013]
Sweden: ‘New Russian Air Force incident’ [Published Presseurop - Apr 25 2013]
Interview: Pirate Party founder on the collapse... [Published TheJournal.ie - Apr 20 2013]
Back to our food future [Published Yukon News - Apr 19 2013]
Deadly Sins in the Brazilian Amazon [Published Common Dreams - Apr 17 2013]

Blogs

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Gärna kaxiga politiker – men inte utan de aktsamma [Published Akademikerbloggen - 16 hours ago] Svenska Dagbladet presenterade nyligen en undersökning som visar att varannan kvinnlig riksdagsledamot det senaste året utsatts för hot. Många hotas via sociala medier. Näthatet drabbar våra politiker på alla nivåer. En del resonerar att politiker måste ...
Sweden’s Renewable Majority – surpassed the EU’... [Published EU opinion & policy debates BlogActiv.eu - Mar 27 2013] 51%. The majority of Sweden’s energy comes from renewable sources. It is an achievement that has surpassed both the EU’s target of 49% by 2020 and the Swedish parliament adopted target of 50 percent in 2020.The seeds to this success can be traced back ...
What did Sweden take from Operation Unified Pro... [Published IntelliBriefs - Mar 27 2013] Contributor: Andrew ElwellPosted: 03/14/2013 12:00:00 AM EDT \| 0 Lieutenant Colonel Stefan Wilson is the Head of Air Operations, J3 at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. He was the commander of the first of two Swedish units sent during Operation ...
Trollhättan: Hoppet spirar när regeringen lovar... [Published Populär Astronomi - Mar 20 2013] Rymdglädje och rymdfrustration i Trollhättan: en glad Gabriella Stenberg berättade om betydelsen av att svenska instrument kommit med på jupitersonden Juice Hur har det gått med med Rymdsveriges avgörande vecka ? Svar: både bra och mindre bra. Det ...
Imagine– Palestinians forced to use horse-drawn... [Published Mondoweiss - Mar 08 2013] Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Apartheid / Restriction of movement Video: 19 years after massacre at Tomb of the Patriarchs, Israel continues to entrench separation policy in Hebron B'Tselem 5 Mar -- Israeli security forces ...

Press Releases

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