Since we live in the age of globalization and information, our lives will be changing faster and faster, and the future will be less predictable. We need predictability. However only one thing is sure, the world will never be the same again. This means that our ability to innovate will become the single most …
One of the things that has fascinated mankind since the beginning of time is communication. It is one of the things that seperates us from other spiecies, the ability to use advanced communication. There are basically two important things for in relation to communication, the language and how we use it. Today there are so …
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Sweden played Ireland in the first game of the UEFA EuroCup 2016 playoff groupstage. The game ended 1-1. Ireland scored 1-0 in the beginning of second half. Sweden then had a recovery and scored 1-1. It was our captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic that did a great move, after a backhrel pass from John Guidetti, and …
Legendary soccer coach Carlo Ancelotti, now taking over in Bayern Munich, hails the mindset and charachter of Swedish International striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic in a article in The Telegraph and Goal.Com. “The thing about Ibra is this is a guy who always wants to win,” the Italian wrote in The Telegraph. The former Milan player …
This week I am in Brasilia working on AEO Brazil Phase III. Today we had an amazing workshop between Customs, Tax, Agriculture & Tax to start the development of one of the first fully integrated ‘Single Government AEO Status’ models in the world, connecting the AEO programme & the Single Window.This means that AEO …
Our man at the very top, Swedish top diplomat and super negotiator Jan Eliasson is Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations. Swedish largest daily newspaper DN has done a long article about the work and world of Mr. Eliasson. The article is written by acknowledged journalist and writer Björn af Kleen and was …
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Britain’s EU referendum could lead to the break-up of the entire European Union”, Sweden’s foreign minister warned. The Minister, Margot Wallstrom told BBC that a domino effect of demands for referendums and requests for preferential terms by member states could follow as a result. “The spill-over effect will be felt, deeply felt. It would …
Yesterday the UEFA EuroCup 2016 in France was official opened at Stade de France in Paris and in front of approximately one billion television viewers all around the world with a supershow before France played Romania. A great day for all football fans in Europe, but also for the Swedish artist Zara Larsson. The …
Yesterday evening my second home country France opened the UEFA EuroCup 2016 tournament by beating Romania 2-1 at Stade de France in Paris. It was a great success for the hosts in difficult forst game against a smartly playing Romania. Today France is happy. The decisive goal was scored by the ‘Man-of-the-Match’, Dimitri Payet …
I am spending another morning at Schiphol in Amsterdam. This is a very normal place to be for an international capacity builder and globetrotter. This is the best transit airport in Europe. By far. Smart design, new simple and fast security, short transit routes, fast immigration controls (and smart controls). On my way home.
This week I visit Beijing, China for business meetings. It is always exiting to visit this amazing country with its mix of history and fast development. I have had the fortune to visit China more than 20 times over the last twenty years and I have many Chinese friends. Tianamen Square I am always …
My colleague and friend, Dr. Mikhail Kashubsky has just released his book about Oil & Gas, under the name “Offshore Oil and Gas Installations Security – An International Perspective”. The book The launch was done in a proper setting during the 23rd Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition in Baku, Azerbaijan last week. Mikhail at …
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It is great days for us football fans. Copa Americana has started and on Friday 10 June, the 2016 EuroCup in France starts. Sweden is one of the 24 countries in the playoffs. We play in a very difficult group with Belgium, Ireland and Italy. The Swedish team isn’t the best in Europe for …
Today it is our national day, 6th of June. 10 million people celebrates our country. National Day celebrations in our capital, Stockholm We are proud of our country, a trading nation known for peace, equality and solidarity. No other nation in the world contributes more per capita than Sweden to the fight against poverty …
Sweden arranged the 2nd WCO Europe Regional WorkShop on implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement in Stockholm this week. Joakim Reiter, Deputy Secretary General of UNCTAD spoke at the opening of the workshop During two days Trade Facilitation was in the center of the discussion between representatives from forty countries, European Union, WCO, …
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A UAE businessman bought a car registration plate bearing just the number ‘one’ at an auction. The car plste number was sold for AED18m (£3.4m). The winning bidder, Emirati businessman Arif Ahmed al-Zarouni, told Gulf News: “My ambition is always to be number one”, UK Newspaper The Guardian reports. I really like this vision …
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven invites world leaders to a global refugee summit with President Barack Obama in September. “There is a recognition internationally of the Swedish strategy in this field”, says Prime Minister Stefan Löfven in a press release today. Other co-organizers of the Refugee Summit will be the Heads of State from …
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Sweden has regained its position as the most competitive economy in the European Union and is now the fifth most competitive in the world, according to a report by a leading Swiss business school. The 2016 edition of the IMD World Competitiveness rankings shows that only Singapore, the USA, Switzerland and China Hong Kong …
Yesterday I visited the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) for meetings. I also attended a Reception in the beautiful Ministry of Foreign Affairs palace on the occasion of an international meeting held in Stockholm, namely the 2nd WCO Europe Regional Workshop on Implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The Swedish Ministry …
Sweden is the country in the world that makes the greatest contributions to the world and to mankind, according to the latest ranking ‘The Good Country Index’. “Sweden is outdtanding when it comes to thinking about the rest of the world” says Simon Anholt spokesperson for the index. The Good Country Index is a …
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