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The Prime Minister and MinistersNew steps in collaboration on energy between Sweden and South Africa
On the 16th to 17th of March, Sweden and South Africa met in Cape Town under the lead of Deputy President Motlanthe and Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson for the 6th Binational Commission. On top of the agenda for discussions were the climate challenge and bilateral energy collaboration.
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt comments on the Riksdag's decision concerning the events in 1915 in the then Ottoman Empire
The motion presented by a number of Members was approved by the Riksdag by a margin of one vote. The decision calls on the Government to recognise the events of 1915 in the then Ottoman Empire as genocide.
"I informed Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday that I regret the decision of the Riksdag, as it paves the way for a politicisation of historical events. I also expressed my concern that this could be used by forces in Turkey that are trying to put a stop to the process of reconciliation with Armenia and the process of reform in Turkey."
Andreas Carlgren attended meeting of environment ministers in Brussels
Minister for the Environment Andreas Carlgren and the other EU environment ministers met in Brussels on Monday 15 March for the first Environment Council to be held under the Spanish Presidency. Climate, biodiversity and mercury issues are on the agenda.
Fredrik Reinfeldt and Carl Bildt visited Moscow
On Tuesday 9 March, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt visited Moscow for talks with President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. This was a follow-up to the constructive discussions held in connection with the meeting in Stockholm in November last year.
- Swede appointed head of UN Police Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 09 March 2010
- New Public Transport Act Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications, 08 March 2010
- Addition of 20 new wolves to Sweden Ministry of the Environment, 08 March 2010
- Go-head for 1101 wind turbines to produce up to 12 TWh renewable electricity in Markbygden in Piteå Ministry of the Environment, 05 March 2010
- Swedish embassy in Baghdad re-inaugurated Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 25 February 2010
- Fees for foreign students to be introduced in autumn term of 2011 Ministry of Education and Research, 19 February 2010
- Carl Bildt presents the Statement of Government Policy on Foreign Affairs Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 17 February 2010
- Swedish support to Haitians in distress Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defence, 04 February 2010
- Amendments to the Constitution of Sweden Ministry of Justice, 15 February 2010
- Birgitta Ohlsson appointed new Minister for EU Affairs Prime Minister's Office, 02 February 2010
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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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