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22 July 2010

The Swedish Government appoints four new ambassadors and a consul-general

The Government today appointed four new ambassadors and one consul-general. The appointees are as follows:
Carl Magnus Nesser to Baghdad, Håkan Åkesson to Ankara, Carin Wall to Bamako, Jan Nyberg to St Petersburg and Claes Hammar to St John's, Port-au-Prince and Castries.

20 July 2010

Sweden to contribute to reinforced EU commitment in Kyrgyzstan

The Government has decided to make staff available to reinforce the EU's commitment in Kyrgyzstan. Helena Vazquez from Sweden has been appointed political adviser to the EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Central Asia, Pierre Morel.

"I am happy that we can contribute Swedish expertise in this concrete way," comments Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson.

09 July 2010

Strategy for Sweden's overall involvement in Afghanistan adopted

The Government today adopted a strategy for Swedish support for international involvement in Afghanistan. In the strategy, the Government establishes objectives for Swedish support and guidelines for how the operations are to contribute to fulfilling the commitments made by the UN Security Council and supported by the EU and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

23 June 2010

Official website for Swedish support for international involvement in Afghanistan

The Ministers for Foreign Affairs, International Development Cooperation and Defence today launched the 'Sweden in Afghanistan' web portal, which so far is only in Swedish. The portal reflects Sweden's long-term involvement in Afghanistan and aims, in a simple way, to provide a full picture of the Swedish involvement and how the four dimensions - civil, military, diplomacy and development assistance - interact. Further information can be found in a press release via the link below.

18 June 2010
Crown Princess Victoria and her fiancé Mr Daniel Westling. Photo: Micke Jansson
Crown Princess Victoria and her fiancé Mr Daniel Westling. Photo: Micke Jansson

Royal Wedding approaching

The MFA media centre for foreign journalists who have come to Sweden to cover the Crown Princess's wedding is open. A number of brief lectures on topics such as the wedding tomorrow, the role of the monarchy in Sweden and royal weddings past and present will be held today at the press centre. The lectures, in English, are webcast here.

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The Goverment's Declaration on Trade

Freedom on the internet

Freedom and security on the Internet are one of the greatest global challenges of the future. The Swedish Government will be prioritising these issues in 2010.

News from Sweden.se

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Sweden's Chairmanship of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council

At the meeting of foreign ministers in Murmansk on 15 October 2009, Sweden took over the Chairmanship of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) from Russia for the next two years.

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