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Swedish Government increases humanitarian support to Gaza and surrounding region
SWEDEN, December 20 - Published 20 December 2024 The Government has decided to allocate SEK 800 million to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the region. Sweden is also continuing its support to the response in Gaza through extensive core support...
Owner: Swedish Government
Sweden cooperates with United States to counteract foreign malign information influence activities and spread of disinformation
SWEDEN, December 20 - Published 20 December 2024 Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States to counteract foreign malign information influence activities. The agreement is...
Owner: Swedish Government
Sweden in Afghanistan 2001–2021
SWEDEN, December 17 - Sweden has had a long and broad engagement in Afghanistan, initially through civil society organisations such as the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) and through providing humanitarian support via the UN system. The...
Owner: Swedish Government
Investments in stronger military defence, measures against hybrid threats and increased support to Ukraine
SWEDEN, March 26 - SEK 25 billion to strengthen military defence; an additional SEK 16.5 billion to increased 2025 ‘Ukraine framework’; and a SEK 96 million package of targeted measures to counter hybrid threats. These are the proposals the...
Owner: Swedish Government
Sweden provides SEK 258 million to Asian Development Fund
SWEDEN, December 17 - Published 17 December 2024 The Government has decided to provide a maximum of SEK 258 million (approximately USD 25.06 million) to the Asian Development Fund (ADF). These new funds will support long-term economic development...
Owner: Swedish Government
Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade visits Israel and Palestine
SWEDEN, December 17 - Published 17 December 2024 Sweden’s Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa is visiting Israel and Palestine on 16–18 December to get an updated picture of the catastrophic...
Owner: Swedish Government
Government support for reconstruction of Okhmatdyt children’s hospital
SWEDEN, December 16 - Published 16 December 2024 Okhmatdyt, Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital, was hit by a Russian robot attack earlier this year. The Government then expressed its intention to support the reconstruction of the hospital with...
Owner: Swedish Government
Swedish Government to provide additional SEK 110 million to Grain from Ukraine
SWEDEN, December 16 - Published 16 December 2024 The Government has decided to contribute an additional SEK 110 million to Ukrainian humanitarian initiative Grain from Ukraine. The support will go to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP),...
Owner: Swedish Government
Swedish Prime Minister attends Joint Expeditionary Force Summit
SWEDEN, December 16 - The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) is a regional defence partnership between ten northern European countries: Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom,...
Owner: Swedish Government
Government investing in new and innovative instrument from the IBRD
SWEDEN, December 10 - Published 10 December 2024 Sweden is going to purchase hybrid bonds from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) valued at approximately SEK 100 million. This investment is part of the Government’s...
Owner: Swedish Government
Minister for Foreign Affairs launches Government’s strategy on cyber and digital issues in foreign and security policy
SWEDEN, December 9 - Published 09 December 2024 The Government’s strategy Sweden in a digital world – a strategy for Sweden’s foreign and security policy on cyber and digital issues is being launched on 9 December. “Cyber and digital issues are...
Owner: Swedish Government
Sweden provides SEK 8.2 billion to International Development Association
SWEDEN, December 6 - Published 06 December 2024 Sweden has announced a contribution of SEK 8.2 billion to the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), a fund for the world’s poorest countries. In doing so, Sweden is contributing...
Owner: Swedish Government
U.S., China to Hold Trade Negotiations in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur
(MENAFN) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Wednesday that Washington and Beijing are scheduled to engage in two days of critical trade negotiations this weekend in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital. Bessent confirmed to media that he...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Government agencies’ gender equality efforts yielding results
SWEDEN, December 4 - “I’m grateful for this large turnout. Government agencies’ gender equality efforts are an important area for the Swedish Government. We also see that gender equality issues have major significance, both in society as a whole...
Owner: Swedish Government
Mawson Finland Highlights Closing of First Nordic’s $80M Financing, Announces Date of Special Shareholder Meeting for Arrangement Approval, Announces Loan
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mawson Finland Limited (“Mawson” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: MFL) is pleased to highlight the closing of First Nordic Metals Corp.’s (TSX-V: FNM, FNSE: FNMC SDB, OTCQX: FNMCF, FRA: HEG0)...
Focus on security policy and trade as Minister for Foreign Affairs travels to India
SWEDEN, March 17 - Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard is travelling to India on 17–18 March to take part in the Raisina Dialogue, a conference on security policy. During her visit to New Delhi, Ms Malmer Stenergard will also...
Owner: Swedish Government
Alvotech Acquires Xbrane’s R&D Operations in Sweden and Further Affirms its Global Leadership Position in Biosimilars Development and Production
REYKJAVIK, Iceland and STOCKHOLM, March 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alvotech (NASDAQ: ALVO), a global biotech company specializing in the development and manufacture of biosimilar medicines for patients worldwide, today announced the acquisition...
Sweden and United Arab Emirates strengthen cooperation to combat organised crime
SWEDEN, November 28 - Press release from Ministry of Justice Published 28 November 2024 On 26 November, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed two bilateral agreements – one on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and one on...
Owner: Swedish Government
Sweden to contribute to Ukrainian production of long-range missiles and long-range drones
SWEDEN, November 29 - A bilateral meeting was held at Karlberg Palace, as were meetings with the Swedish defence industry that focused on possibilities for cooperation with Ukraine. A press conference was also held where plans for a upcoming...
Owner: Swedish Government
Military Communication Market Size to Worth USD 54.04 Billion by 2032, at a CAGR of 7.34% - Research by SNS Insider
Military Communication Market Driven by Rising Demand for Advanced Defense Communication Solutions AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, November 22, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Market Size & Industry Insights According to the SNS Insider Report,“The...