The European Commission launched a new public-private partnership on cybersecurity that is expected to trigger €1.8 billion of investment by 2020. The EU cybersecurity investment will be €450 million. This is part of a series of new initiatives to better equip Europe against cyber-attacks and to strengthen the competitiveness of its cybersecurity sector.
British and American institutions once again dominate the list of the world’s most prestigious universities, according to this release from Times Higher Education. The ranking is based on results from an invitation-only opinion survey of 10,000 top scholars around theworld. The United States wins eight spots in the top 10, with the United Kingdom …
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Five years ago today, the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and South Korea was put into place, helping to turn a trade deficit into a trade surplus. EU exports to South Korea have increased by 55% since the trade deal between the two partners entered into force in 2011, and European …
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Sweden has the best reputation in the world. Accoridng to the world’s largest survey on countries’ reputation. In Reputation Institute’s annual survey of countries’ international reputation, the global reputation index, Sweden claims first place. This means that Sweden is climbing from the third place in the past two years, surpassing last year’s winner of …
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has published an article about International Monetary Funds (IMF) predictions on increase of world trade and its positive impact for growth of our societies. There is wide consensus that liberalization of trade and FDI can lead to improved resource allocation across firms and sectors, boosting productivity and output. We …
An hour ago Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced his new club, Manchester United. Ibra will join Jose Mourinhos new team to reclaim the Premier League title. And what a derby it will be towards Pep Guardiolas Man City! This has been a well kept secret. Now it is official. This will be a great season. Ibra …
I have been working with capacity building for a long time. I have also worked in many countries over the years. You learn a lot from meeting people all around the world and from every day facing new challenges, developing new solutions and addressing new problems that needs to be solved. Sometimes I feel …
Sweden is one of the largest donors in the world. UN recommends that all developed countries should grant 0.7% of their GDP in aid to the least developed countries. Sweden is one of the few countries that currently meet the target. Last year Sweden donated 1.21% of our GDP, the higest number in the …
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Yesterday it happened again. Terrorists attacking innocent people. Atatürk International Airport in Istanbul was attacked by three terrorists opening fire with automatic weapons. After firing into the crowd, they blew themselves up with suicide bombs. So far 36 people are dead and more than 150 are injured. The numbers will go up. This is …
BREAKING NEWS! Sweden has for a long time been one of the candidates for the United Nations Security Council 2016. The election was held today in the UN building in New York. It required 128 votes to be elected and Sweden received 134 votes in the first round, well over the two thirds majority …
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There are 330.000 citizens on Iceland and 33.000 football players whereof 15.000 are men playing football. 3000 play adult first team football and 100 of them play professional football. The eleven brave 11 of these players play England in the knock-out round of the EuroCup 2016 tonight. Are they without any chance to win? …
I have a Chilean part of my family and a lot of Chilean friends so I share their joy and hapiness over having become American (South, Central & North America) football Champions for a second time in a row last night, winning Copa America after 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out vs Argentina in the …
I love reading. I always have. I read everything; history, biographies, crime novels, classics. One of my favourite things in the world is to find new authors. To try something new, find out that I love it and then discover that the author has wrotten many more books. It is like striking gold or …
Former Swedish Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Bildt, has today written an interesting article about the new digital world in one of the leading Swedish newspapers. Bildt has as Head of the Global Commission on Governence Internet, just presented the ORCD report “One Internet”. Carl Bildt och OECD:s generalsekreterare José Ángel …
The last 15-20 years Customs administrations all around the world have changed their control strategies from traditional controls to risk management. Approximately 10-15 years ago we also started to think about the fact that if we can manage the risks better identifying high risks and doing more efficient controls through risk based profiling and …
Bruce Springsteen is in Sweden this weekend. He and his legendary E Street Band played at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg yesterday and they do another show tomorrow. Springsteen is a great friendnof Sweden, this was were he played his forst show outside USA inbthe 70s and there has always been a special bond between …
Customs have been safeguarding our countries and national states for thousands of years. Customs protects the borders. Initially Customs was there to bring in revenue. I always say that this is a brilliant idea. You draw a line on the gorund and decide that nobody can pass without paying. This is what Customs has …
Yesterday United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. This is sad. I am a firm believer in cooperation and in the European cooperation. However it is also a victory for democracy. Peoples’ vote should be respected. This is very important. Now we have to see what happens. UK will negotiate to leave the …
Today it is our biggest holiday of the year, Midsummer Eve. This is a day to spend with family and friends having a smorgasboard of typical Midsummer food and drinks; like e.g; herring, salmon, potatoes, meatballs, strawberries and vodka. In Sweden we love Midsummer. This is our holiday – a bridge and tribute …
So now it is over – UEFA EuroCup 2016. This was a tournament where Sweden were desided to play in a tough group and most people didn’t have too high hopes for this team. However, football is a strange game so you never know. Our chance was to win the first game against Ireland. …
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