Holocaust Remembrance Day in Raoul Wallenberg Year
On Thursday 26 January, a Holocaust memorial ceremony will be held at the Great Synagogue of Stockholm in the presence of the King and Queen, ministers and members of the diplomatic corps. This year, the emphasis will be on Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Jews in Budapest. Raoul Wallenberg would have turned 100 this year. The Government's coordinator for the Raoul Wallenberg Year, Mr Olle Wästberg, will give the main address.
The ceremony will be broadcast live in its entirety on SVTplay at 18.00.
Current status of Swedish cultural cooperation
Support to cultural cooperation has always been an important component of Sweden's development policy. There has recently been a reduction in cultural cooperation. This reduction is the result of a number of different factors, such as a reduction in the number of partner countries and that partner countries set different priorities. Another factor is that culture is now included in other areas and measures.
Ewa Björling to present the Government's Music Export Prize
On Wednesday 1 February, Minister for Trade Ewa Björling will present the Government's Music Export Prize for 2011 and a Special Prize to honour a person or group that has made outstanding contributions over many years to the promotion and spreading of Swedish music abroad. This year's prize ceremony will include a celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Music Export Prize.
Ewa Björling to Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique to promote increased trade
Minister for Trade Ewa Björling will visit Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique on 23-27 January to enhance trade relations and business opportunities for Swedish companies in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Carl Bildt to Budapest to open Raoul Wallenberg exhibition
On 17 januari 1945 Raoul Wallenberg was arrested by the Soviet Army. On exactly the same date, 67 years later, Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt and the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, János Martonyi, will open a Raoul Wallenberg exhibition at the National Museum in Budapest. The exhibition is called "To me there's no other choice - 1912 - 2012". Mr Bildt will also give a lecture at the Central European University.
- Speech by Carl Bildt at the Central European University
- Press release: Carl Bildt travels to Budapest to open exhibition and hold speech on Raoul Wallenberg
- Opinion piece in the New York Times by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt: Wallenberg's Life-Giving Legacy
- Press release: Start of the Raoul Wallenberg Year
- More information about Raoul Wallenberg 2012
Sweden takes over Presidency of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS
In 2012, Sweden will lead the work of the joint Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). Spearheading the assignment is Sweden's Ambassador to the UN Mårten Grunditz, who was elected as the new President of the joint Executive Board of the three UN bodies on 9 January.
Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki TTuomioja. Foto: Magnus Fröderberg/norden.org
Bilateral meeting and talks between foreign ministers Bildt and Tuomioja
On Monday 16 January, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja travels to Stockholm for a bilateral meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt about political issues of common interest. A press conference attended by both foreign ministers will take place at the Finnish Embassy at 14.45-15.00.
The EU must take a tougher line against Belarus
Today it is one year since Lukashenko's regime brutally hit out at peaceful demonstrators in Belarus following the rigged presidential election of 19 December 2010. To mark this anniversary, the foreign ministers of Sweden, the United Kingdom, Poland and Germany have joined forces. In an opinion piece published in several European newspapers today, they maintain that tougher EU sanctions are required against those responsible for the hardening repression in Belarus and that the EU must continue to strengthen its commitment to democratic forces in the country.
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Raoul Wallenberg Year 2012 inaugurated
Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs
20 December 2011 -
Speech by Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt at Stockholm+40
Speech by Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt at Stockholm+40
25 April 2012 -
Meet Milton Aineruhanga
18 April 2012
Presentation of Raoul Wallenberg Year 2012
On 20 December the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Swedish Institute and the Living History Forum presented the Raoul Wallenberg Year 2012 and the exhibition that will tour at least six countries next year.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs travel information - now also as Android app
Today, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) is releasing its smartphone app 'UD Resklar' for Android mobiles. The app is aimed at Swedes who are planning to travel. The app has been available for the iPhone since the summer and version 1.1 was released in November. Improvements have now been integrated in the app for Android. With the travel app, the MFA provides up-to-date travel information on different countries around the world, direct to mobiles.
