The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Brazil or as it officially called, Games of the XXXI Olympiad, has now been in play for one week. So far it has been a great Olympic Games Event. We have seen many fantastic sports moments, amazing performances and surprise winners. Also the organization has been …
The Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden will visit Sweden and Prime Minister Stefan Löfven on August 25th, Swedish government announced today. “I look forward to welcoming Vice President Joe Biden to Sweden. The relations between Sweden and the United States have rarely been as good as now, and I see his …
This week I have been on mission to China. I have been going to China the ladt 20 years and it always exiting. The changes are enormous. I really like China. This week we have had meetings with colleagues and friends, partners and clients. China is amazing in so many ways. I like the …
The countries with the highest quality of life have been announced by the not-for-profit organisation Social Progress Imperative. Scandinavian nations scored highly in the “Social Progress Index,” but more surprising are the very large countries which came lower down the list — suggesting that a strong GDP per capita is not the only gauge …
The UK Media is in love with Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Ibra has finally arrived to England and to the Premiere League. England loves it. Today Zlatan Ibrahimovic makes his first appearance for Manchester United in a competition game, when Man U plays Champions Leichester in the Community Shield. The well known paper The Guardian, has …
There are now ninety (90) countries that have ratified the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Traders from both developing and developed countries have long pointed to the vast amount of “red tape” that still exists in moving goods across borders, and which poses a particular burden on small and medium-sized enterprises. …
What are European business leaders worried about? Today we know that more Government and Private Sector oartnerships and cooperation is the only way to the future. One of the things we still often do wrong in Government is to assume that we know what Trade and Industry want and need. In fact we …
The Airports Council International (ACI) recently released its list of the busiest airports in the world. Once again, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) took the top spot, with more than 100 million passengers in 2015. According to the ACI, this represents an increase in traffic of over 5.5% over 2014. The trade group attributes …
I have now had this new blog ‘CapacityNow’ at larskarlsson.com up for three months. The ‘CapacityNow Blog’ at larskarlsson.com When I in November last year took a six months break after ten years from my old blog ‘Nothing is impossible’ I had over 14.500 viewers a month. I expected it to take some time …
In July I had more than 14500 visitors reading the blog. This is truly amazing. Thank you for reading my website.
Nearly half the world’s adults have a smartphone and although there is still a significant gap between developed and developing countries, the gap is closing rapidly. There are more people having access to a smartphone than to clean water. This is naturally insane, but still the way it is. However, the access is still …
A new map is being born. The world is going upside-down in the future. World trade is going through its biggest changes in many years, moving into a complicated global value chain. However this is not the only change. We will also see new export- and inport giants emerge. A new report from BMI …
As you all know I am a frequent traveller. I have visited 164 countries and last year I had 280 travelling days. So which is the best airline in the world? My personal favourite is Emirates. What do other people think? CNN Business Traveller has made an inquire and huge survey asking business travellers …
Swedish popgroup ABBA once sang ‘Money, Money, Money’. Men has always been fascinated with money and currency. ABBAs ‘Money, Money, Money’ So which country has the best banknote? The greenback may rule global markets, but when it comes to more aesthetic considerations, the currency of New Zealand is king. The International Bank Note Society …
In 1977 Bruce Springsteen wrote the best song ever written amd it became the title song of his 1978 4th album. Here is the amazing lyrics to ‘Darkness on the Edge if Town’, my favourite song of all times. They’re still racing out at the Trestles, But that blood it never burned in her veins, Now …
I took three minutes – three! Zlatan Ibrahimovic has made his premiere for Manchester United starting as number 9 in Manchester United playing Turkish Galatasaray in Gothenburg Sweden last night. After three (3) minutes of his first game for Zlatan Ibrahimovic to score his first goal for Manchester United with a spectacular overhead-kick in …
Our neighbors in the West, Norway, has always struggled with the infrastructure along its coast, where fjords and high mountains hampers transport. In the current situation it takes more than 109 mil-long journey between Kristianstad and Trondheim 21 hours and requires seven ferries. With a 215 billion NOK infrastructure project the Norwegian authorities hope …
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The UN Office on Drugs and Crime released its annual World Drug Report this month, detailing the prevailing trends in global drug cultivation, trafficking, and use.Relying on surveys and other data, the UN estimated that one in 20 adults — a quarter-billion people ages 15 to 64 around the world — used at least …
World Customs Organization (WCO) has published a new newsletter announcing amazing Capacity Building progress in one of the Customs Capacity Building programmes of the WCO. The WCO Sub-Saharan Africa Customs Modernization Programme, funded by the Government of Sweden, comprises four projects, namely WCO-EAC CREATe, WCO-SACU Connect, WCO-WACAM and WCO-INAMA Project. In their totality, these …
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Less than two weeks after its release, Pokémon Go has become one of the most successful mobile games of all time. The Pokemon Go players are everywhere. Also sweden is totally consumed by this virtual game. Pokemon is a different game since the idea is that players move around in the landscape to catch Pokemon, …
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