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Newspaper reports that Ericsson is planning to give notice to between 3,000 and 4,000 staff this summer

Ericsson plans to axe jobs to cut costs - reports

Telecoms equipment maker Ericsson plans to lay off thousands of staff this summer and is considering large, additional cost cuts due to slowing markets.

Business • 14 Jun 16

Sweden's Riksbank first moved its key rate into negative territory last February (pic - credit Riksbank)

Sweden's central bank cuts rates again

Sweden's central bank cut its benchmark rate by more than expected today and said it was ready to do more to push up sluggish inflation amid worries about global growth.

Business • 11 Feb 16

Sweden has introduced border controls and identification checks to stem the flow of asylum seekers

Rise in people seeking asylum without claim - EU

The European Union executive has said there has been an increase in the number of people arriving in Europe without a genuine claim to asylum.

News • 28 Jan 16

Under the 'jewellery bill' refugees can keep possessions amounting to €1,338

Denmark passes controversial migrant law

The Danish parliament has passed a package of measures aimed at deterring refugees from seeking asylum.

News • 26 Jan 16

Irish house prices up 8.9% in third quarter of 2015 - Eurostat

Irish house prices rises third fastest in EU in Q3

Irish house prices, as measured by Eurostat's House Price Index, rose by 8.9% in the third quarter of 2015 compared to the same time the previous year.

Business • 20 Jan 16

Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012

Ecuador to cooperate over Assange interrogation

The Ecuadorian government has said it will cooperate with Swedish prosecutors after they formally requested permission to interrogate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at his hideout in the Ecuadoran embassy in London.

News • 13 Jan 16

Police mount a temporary fence between domestic and international tracks at Hyllie train station in Malmo, Sweden

Sweden introduces border identity checks

Sweden has introduced identity checks for people arriving in the country from Denmark.

News • 04 Jan 16

Sweden has stepped up its security in the wake of the Paris attacks

Sweden identifies suspect in anti-terror sweep

Swedish police say they have identified the suspect in a manhunt launched after the country raised its terror threat assessment to the highest level ever.

News • 19 Nov 15

Police said the trolley had crashed into a car coming in the opposition direction

Swedish man killed in shopping trolley crash

A Swedish man died and his friend was seriously injured today after they rode a shopping trolley down a steep Sydney road, reportedly travelling at 80km an hour.

News • 10 Nov 15

Swedish Central Bank Governor Stefan Ingves

Sweden cuts key interest rate to -0.35%

Sweden's central bank announced a 10-basis-point cut to its key interest rate, the repo rate, to -0.35%, and increased its bond purchases.

Business • 02 Jul 15

Stefan Ingves, governor of the Swedish central bank Riksbanken,

Sweden keeps interest rate in negative territory

Sweden's central bank surprised markets today by keeping its key interest rate unchanged at -0.25%.

Business • 29 Apr 15

Sweden's Riksbank cut its repo rate by 0.15 percentage points to -0.25%

Swedish central bank cuts rate further below zero

Sweden's central bank took its key interest rate further into negative territory today in a surprise move aimed at supporting a return to inflation.

Business • 18 Mar 15

Julian Assange has been living inside Ecuador’s London embassy since June 2012

Assange welcomes Swedish request to question him

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has welcomed moves by Swedish prosecutors to question him at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, but is "irritated" it has taken so long.

News • 13 Mar 15

Up to 20 people were in the mosque when it was set alight:Pic courtesy pf EPA

Arsonist sets fire to mosque in Sweden

An arsonist set fire to a mosque in the Swedish town of Eskilstuna, injuring five people, police said, an incident which comes amid an intense debate over immigration.

News • 25 Dec 14

Agreement has been secured from Europe to pay the IMF before it repays aid from the European bailout funds

Sweden clears the way for early IMF loan repayment

The Swedish parliament has said Ireland may pay back part of its bailout loans early to the International Monetary Fund.

Business • 20 Nov 14

Sweden's central bank says that inflation rate there is too low

Sweden cuts interest rates to record low of 0%

The Swedish central bank set a zero base interest rate today, deciding to cut its key rate by a quarter of a percentage point in a drive to push up exceptionally low inflation.

Business • 28 Oct 14

Sweden was involved in its biggest military mobilisation since the Cold War

Sweden ends search for suspected submarine

The Swedish military has called off its search for a suspected foreign submarine in waters off Stockholm after a week-long hunt.

News • 24 Oct 14

A Swedish Navy fast-attack craft patrols in the Stockholm Archipelago

Dutch deny link to mystery submarine off Sweden

The Netherlands has denied a Russian claim that a mystery submarine that the Swedish military has been looking for could be Dutch.

News • 20 Oct 14

The Swedish government, pictured, said it would recognise the state of Palestine

Swedish plan to recognise Palestine criticised

Israel has described a plan by Sweden's new centre-left government to recognise the state of Palestine as being ill-considered in the absence of Middle East peace negotiations.

News • 05 Oct 14

A helicopter dumps water on the wildfire in the village of Rorbo near Sala

Firefighters battle massive forest fire in Sweden

Swedish firefighters are battling a massive forest fire described as the worst in living memory which has engulfed homes, left one man dead and sent hundreds fleeing their homes.

News • 06 Aug 14

The report was published by the Health and Environment Alliance

Disease-causing chemicals cost EU more than €30bn

Disease-causing chemicals in everyday products from sunscreen to store receipts cost EU countries more than €30bn in health costs, according to newly-issued report.

News • 18 Jun 14

H&M said today that its Q1 pre-tax profits rose 8% - far below expectations

H&M misses quarterly profit forecast

Hennes & Mauritz,missed first-quarter profit forecasts as it invested to catch up with rivals online in an increasingly competitive budget clothing market.

Business • 27 Mar 14

Hans and Gudrun Hammarstroem, parents of photographer Niclas Hammarstroem, watch a news report on his release

Two Swedish journalists freed in Syria

Two Swedish journalists have been released after being held for six weeks in Syria by an unidentified armed group.

News • 08 Jan 14

Ann-Margarethe Livh was wounded after giving a speech at the University of Somalia

Somali gunmen attempt to kidnap Swedish politician

Police have said that Somali gunmen tried to kidnap a Swedish opposition politician in an ambush in which two men were killed.

News • 21 Aug 13

Around 30 cars were set on fire in parts of Stockholm in a fifth night of rioting

Swedish police seek reinforcements in rioting

Police in the Swedish capital are to seek reinforcements after youths set cars ablaze and threw stones at police for a fifth night running.

News • 24 May 13

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