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The Swedish construction section looks weary about LO's accusation of slavish labour in the sector.

Tuesday, 23 July 2013
The Swedish building and construction sector is weary about the facts presented by worker Union, LO in relations to foreign workers, working temporarily in Sweden.


Why is scania's shares falling on the stock market?

Monday, 22 July 2013
Truck giant Scania on Monday got lowered recommendations of several major research houses thus putting more pressure on the company's stocks.


How Swedish Real Estate companies exhibit slavery and selfishness. They pay immigrants workers Skr10 per hour - What hypocrisy and shame!

Monday, 22 July 2013
Foreign construction workers employed in Sweden are exploited beyond expression, a new reports exposed today Monday. Of all places, Swedish real estate companies are leading the capitalist crusade of "dog eat dog" and would put  profit before people.


Sweden's house prices continue to rise questioning a possible housing bubble in the horizon

Monday, 15 July 2013
Swedish real estate prices for one- or two-dwelling buildings increased by almost 2 percent during the second quarter 2013 compared to the previous quarter. Prices increased by nearly 3 percent on an annual basis during the last quarter compared to the same quarter last year.

Swedish Inflation rate -0.1 percent - where deflation is defined

Monday, 15 July 2013
Sweden's inflation rate was -0.1 percent in June, up from -0.2 percent in May, meaning the country's pricing system continues to remain depressed.

More bad news in the Swedish job market as open unemployment edge up

Monday, 15 July 2013
According to the Swedish employment service, Arbetsförmedlingen, (AF), the number of people classed as openly unemployed increased with 1.403 persons in week 28 compared with the week before and amounted to 216.844.

Food prices start falling except for milk

Friday, 12 July 2013
Food prices start falling globally and even in Sweden too where recently it was analysed that Sweden was one of the most expensive places in Europe to eat. However, the fall in prices will not affect milk.


Danish stores join Norwegians to reject cash and opt for card payment

Thursday, 11 July 2013
Danish stores have joined Norway to start rejecting cash and opting for card payment instead. In Sweden, though both cash and card are still accepted.


Swedish jobs market continues to be tough as more go without a job

Wednesday, 10 July 2013
The Swedish jobs market has always been tough but now it's getting tougher. Despite various moves taken to try to stimulate the job market, there is no sign of improvement. 


Food waste is to emerge in a new Danish restaurant

Tuesday, 09 July 2013
A new Danish restaurant to serve discarded food items - that is what is on the menu at a new restaurant that wants to focus on food waste - not in a bad way but to put edible food being discarded into real use.

Continued fall in Swedish industrial production

Monday, 08 July 2013
Swedish Industrial production decreased by 2.6 percent in May compared to April in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with May 2012, industrial production decreased by 7.3 in calendar adjusted figures.


Swedish food prices keeps to the tradition of being among the most expensive in the EU

Wednesday, 03 July 2013
When was the last time something was cheaper in Sweden than another EU of EFTA countries. After paying some of the highest taxes in the world the rest of the money goes to very expensive survival resources such as rents and food.


Swedish PMI rose to 53.5 in June as the industrial sector of the economy brightens

Monday, 01 July 2013
The Swedish Purchaser's Managers Index (PMI) rose to 53.5 in June from 51.9 in May, an increase of 1.6 index points.


Swedish house price rise killing affordability as Swedban's Boindex fell for the first quarter

Friday, 28 June 2013
The Swedish house buying outlook measured by the Swedbank's  Boindex amounted to 135.0 for the first quarter of this year. This means it fell from 135.5 in the fourth quarter of last year.


Sweden enjoying a 25 percent increase in exports to emerging economies

Friday, 28 June 2013
Sweden seems to have successfully deviated its focus from the toxic EU market to new and merging ones in the developing countries.


Norway decries how immigrants stray in the country and take the jobs from the Norwegians

Thursday, 27 June 2013
Norwegian labour organisation LO is concerned that immigrants are taking jobs away from the Norwegians. This comes following a new report from the Norwegian Statistics office, Statistic sentralbyrå (SSB) which show that of the 38,000 new jobs created in Norway last year all went to immigrants. The Swedish immigrants took 3,300 of the jobs.


Where can one get a job in Sweden, which skills are in demand?

Thursday, 27 June 2013
Jobs are pretty scare in Sweden today but that depends on which training one had gained. Which are skills that are in high demand thus?


The new pollution map will influence house prices in Denmark.

Wednesday, 26 June 2013
A new map showing areas of high and low pollution to be released  soon is already determined to affect house prices in Denmark. Property experts predict that homes close to much air-polluted areas as the map will reveal will see its price fall.


Swedish unemployment falls lower than expected

Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Swedish unemployment fell sharply and unexpectedly in May. Employment increased, particularly among women.


The energy sector more important for the Swedish economy than thought

Tuesday, 18 June 2013
The energy industry is more important for the Swedish economy than previously thought as it is expected that more people should be trained for the industry to maintain the skills that will drive it forward in the future.


Sweden welcomes moved by EU to help it export its unemployed youths to other EU countries.

Monday, 17 June 2013
Now Sweden is counting on the new EU rule to help assist it cut its skyrocketing youth unemployment as the new policy from the EU that will ease increased mobility of unemployed youths could see more Swedish unemployed youths being forced abroad in order to reduce ballooning unemployment at home.


Jobs market: Expected shortage of surgeons in the nearest future as about 60 percent over 55 years

Monday, 17 June 2013
More than half of Swedish surgeons will soon be retiring and the shortage is expected to be large. This same problem is being faced by many countries as well as healthcare planner meet in Gothenburg, Sweden to discuss.


Swedish unemployment persistently rising

Monday, 17 June 2013
Swedish unemployment persistently continues to rise. According to the Swedish Employment Service, Arbetsförmedlingen, the number of open unemployed persons increased by 5010 in week 24 compared with the previous week and totalled 202,315.


Risky areas in the Swedish housing market - Gothenburg for various reasons...

Friday, 14 June 2013
Despite Swedish house prices, expanding at astronomical levels with  reports of the prices here being over valued, there is increased talks of aspects of risk in some sectors of the market.


More evidence that Sweden survived the economic crisis best

Thursday, 13 June 2013
In the aftermath of the economic crisis, which started in earnest in 2008, in which Sweden has not yet fully emerged from, it is being said that investments made by Swedish people has grown on average by 6 percent since the 2008.


How children persistently work as slaves - ILO

Wednesday, 12 June 2013
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) says that hundreds of millions of girls and boys throughout the world are engaged in work that deprives them of adequate education, health, leisure and basic freedoms, violating their rights.


Danish economist givens the verdict on Swedish houses Prices: They are 15 percent overvalued

Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Danish economist identifies that Swedish house prices are over valued by 15percent. This reflects what have been said and written about the Swedish house prices situation now for the past two to three years by various home and foreign organisations.


Swedish household continue to fee depressed on house prices

Monday, 10 June 2013
Swedish households experienced a weaker trend in home prices in June compared to what they did the previous month, the Swedish bank. SEB seem to think.


Higher than expected inflation in Norway

Monday, 10 June 2013
The Norwegian inflation fell to 1.4 percent in May, down from 1.5 percent in April, the Norwegian statistics bureau said. 

How shortage of wind supply in Denmark lead to record expensive electricity prices. One core disadvantage of wind power.

Friday, 07 June 2013
Denmark just presented an example of the negative side of wind energy. With limited wind speed in the past months, in Denmark, electricity prices have sky rocketed.


Danish Chamber of Commerce call on the unemployed: Learn from the Eastern Europeans

Thursday, 06 June 2013
Danish unemployed should learn from eastern Europeans and start asking for lower wages, according to the Danish Chamber of commerce, igniting the argument that eastern European workers are thus attractive just because of their acceptance of low pay rather than their ability to work better.


Evidence of workers exploitation in the Western European economies or just a one off

Wednesday, 05 June 2013
How can a worker in Sweden earn Skr30 an hour? This is what some Latvian buss drivers employed by the Swedish bus company, Bergkvarabuss were paid. They had been loaned Bergkvarabuss by an agency last year.


Slight increase in new car registration in the Swedish market

Monday, 03 June 2013
There was a slight increase in the registration of new cars in the Swedish market according to figure for May car registration.


Improvement in Norwegian industrial expectation as PMI edge upwards

Monday, 03 June 2013
Norwegian PMI rose risen to its highest level since last May, to 52.0 in May from 49.2 in April


Swedish PMI rose to 51.9 in May showing a slightly improved manufacturing activity for the second half

Monday, 03 June 2013
The Swedish purchasers' manager's index, the PMI rose by 2.3 index points to 51.9 in May from 49.6 in April. The increase was broad and four of the five sub-indices made a positive contribution to PMI during the month.


Finnish Engineers via their worker Union seek to press for limited short-term work permits

Monday, 03 June 2013
Finland is seeing astronomical rise in unemployment in the IT sector and for this reason the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland are calling for a limit on the number of foreign specialists allowed to work in Finland.


The plight of Sweden's lost generation: what has the authorities dome with our young people Sweden? Why are up to 77 thousand in NEET?

Sunday, 02 June 2013
Tens of thousands of Sweden's youths risk being relegated to the rear or totally crushed out of the jobs market forever. They have neither worked nor studied for the past three years and their distrust of authorities and the societal order is great.


Swedish biggest labour Unions LO calls for restriction to labour immigration

Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Swedish labour union, LO has called for a severe limit to overseas labour immigration for low grade jobs such as cleaners, construction workers and restaurant employees.


Sweden record higher trade surplus than expected

Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Sweden's foreign trade as recorded in April 2013 resulted a surplus of 8.8 billion, according to official figures from Statistics Sweden (SCB). That same month last year, the net trade surplus was 3.4 billion, thus the surprise jump.


Sweden not as frozen though as a vary large solar farm under construction in Västerås

Monday, 27 May 2013
Dobbed the largest solar park in the Nordic region, a giant solar plant for solar electricity harnessing and production will be built along the E18 motorway, outside Västerås in Sweden. The company, Kraftpojkarna (Kraft boys) and the communal energy company Mälarenergi are the two forces behind the project.


Norwegian managers love the Swedish workers working in Norway more...

Thursday, 16 May 2013
Amidst complaints that the Swedes are migrating to Norway and taking jobs from the Norwegians, it has now emerged that the Norwegian managers love the Swedish workers.


House prices continues to rally mainly in the big Swedish cities

Thursday, 16 May 2013
Swedish house prices already defined as over valued will never stop rising further. New house market review show how real estate prices in Sweden continue to rise, especially in the Stockholm and Gothenburg areas.


The housing shortage in Sweden creating casualty - forcing young people to live at home

Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Record numbers of municipalities in Sweden have a shortage of apartments for young people and professionals who just start a career. As the housing crisis spreads, the proportion of young adults living in their parental home has exploded.

Norwegian food safety authority complains of mislabelling of food

Wednesday, 15 May 2013
A new report from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, Mattilsynet, shows that almost half of the foods sold in the shops are labelled incorrectly. A survey found that 94 of the Mattilsynet 195 different food items were mislabelled.

Swedish household show positive view on personal finances, but gaps widen between the rich and the poor

Tuesday, 14 May 2013
For the second year in a row, more households in Sweden have shown that their private economy was getting better than worse. But there is also a catch - the gap between the rich and poor is expanding.

Norwegian managers love the Swedish workers working in Norway more...

Thursday, 16 May 2013
Amidst complaints that the Swedes are migrating to Norway and taking jobs from the Norwegians, it has now emerged that the Norwegian managers love the Swedish workers.


House prices continues to rally mainly in the big Swedish cities

Thursday, 16 May 2013
Swedish house prices already defined as over valued will never stop rising further. New house market review show how real estate prices in Sweden continue to rise, especially in the Stockholm and Gothenburg areas.


The housing shortage in Sweden creating casualty - forcing young people to live at home

Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Record numbers of municipalities in Sweden have a shortage of apartments for young people and professionals who just start a career. As the housing crisis spreads, the proportion of young adults living in their parental home has exploded.

Norwegian food safety authority complains of mislabelling of food

Wednesday, 15 May 2013
A new report from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, Mattilsynet, shows that almost half of the foods sold in the shops are labelled incorrectly. A survey found that 94 of the Mattilsynet 195 different food items were mislabelled.

Swedish household show positive view on personal finances, but gaps widen between the rich and the poor

Tuesday, 14 May 2013
For the second year in a row, more households in Sweden have shown that their private economy was getting better than worse. But there is also a catch - the gap between the rich and poor is expanding.

Price for solar cells and panels falling faster than expected

Tuesday, 14 May 2013
The price of solar panels has dropped dramatically over the past two years such that its expansion could be reaching various corners in Sweden.

Few Swedish people feel that house prices will fall

Monday, 13 May 2013
A large number of  Swedish households expect that house prices will rise in the nearest future. Only 13 percent of the 1,000 respondents in a news survey believe that prices will fall.

Rising price for powdered milk means encouraging route for Swedish dairy exports

Thursday, 09 May 2013
The world price for milk powder, the past year has increased by 50 percent. For Swedish farmers, it is a positive signal.

Hazardous Swedish salmon sold to Denmark and other EU countries

Wednesday, 08 May 2013
Swedish salmon with a high levels of dioxin has been illegally exported to Denmark and other EU countries.

The number of employed persons in Sweden increased as full time student struggle to get a job

Monday, 06 May 2013
The number of persons aged 15-74 who were in work in Sweden fell by 41,000 persons to 4,056,000 individuals during the first quarter compared with the same quarter last year.

Increased criminality in the food industry very common

Sunday, 05 May 2013
There is huge money to be made in the underworld trade of the food market especially in the re-labelling of associated goods. When the horsemeat scandal broke, it was thought that it was just one of a kind. Now it has turned out that it was an example of a crime in the food industry, which is also expanding faster in Europe than could have been expected.

Car usage in the Old world assessed to have peaked

Sunday, 05 May 2013
Since the economic crisis back in the 2008-9, the sales of car had fallen and have not really fully recovered to the pre- crisis period. Some experts have posited that car usage especially in the older richer and developed would have reached in limit.

Reasons for Swedish overvalued house prices uncovered - astronomical record in construction prices in Sweden

Sunday, 05 May 2013
Construction companies make big profits in Sweden and thus charge the highest prices on building homes. Compared to the EU average, Sweden is the most expensive place to build a house as this is then passed to the homebuyers who are in most cases happy to pay the high price tag.

The Norwegians are working less and less as the level of absenteem from work shoot up

Friday, 03 May 2013
More Norwegian are choosing to prioritise free time before seeking to have money as a new review show that Norwegians seem to spend less time on the job.

Sweden's industrial activities measured in PMI fell to 49.6 in April

Thursday, 02 May 2013
In March, the Swedish Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was 52.1 and there was increased dexterity that the economy was back on the growth path. However, suddenly, the celebrated industrial recovery has taken a reverse turn.

A stock market dealer arrested for Stock prices manipulation on the Stockholm stock market

Wednesday, 01 May 2013
A man in the Gothenburg region in western Sweden is suspected of having manipulated the stock prices of, among others, shared traded on the Stockholm Stock Exchange OMX from his computers.

Danish Unemployment fall to all time low since 2009

Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Danish unemployment is at its lowest level since December 2009 as 5.8 percent of the workforce is now unemployed a fall by 2,300 people who left the job market.

How Swedish payday loan companies are putting 68.738 people in debts

Monday, 29 April 2013
In three years, Sweden's ten largest payday loan companies have put 68,738 people in debts. A new media review shows that up to six borrowers cannot repay their loans. Now bailiff requires that the industry put its cards on the table.

Three in ten kebab rolls sold in Sweden contain pig meat extracts

Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Three out of ten randomly purchased kebab rolls sold in Sweden have been found to contain pork, although the sellers guarantee 100 percent beef.

Some interim reports from Swedish companies between  January - March 2013
Published Wednesday, 24 April 2013

More men in Finland hit with unemployment than women - one-tenth of male workforce unemployed

Tuesday, 23 April 2013
New data from the Finnish labour statistics show that men have it really harder to find jobs in Finland than women in Finland this spring.

Boat engines worth  millions stolen in various Swedish ports

Sunday, 21 April 2013
The epidemic of boat engine theft is getting strong in Sweden and it is a new phenomenon, which authorities are struggling to grapple with.

Swedish food industry suffers from fall in confidence

Wednesday, 17 April 2013
After the horse meat incidents in which horse meat has been sold as beef confidence in Swedish food industry has plummeted.

Analyst are now suggesting that the Swedish krona is not really as strong

Tuesday, 16 April 2013
There have been shouts and cries that the Swedish Krona has been strengthening and that it has got too strong that it is becoming a force that is killing businesses especially the export sector. An analyst has however challenged this view as not reflecting real position of the Swedish currency.

The dream of buying a house in Stockholm should be suppressed as it becomes almost impossible

Tuesday, 16 April 2013
People who aspire to buy a house in the Swedish capital, Stockholm should think again or just rob a bank. The price of property here has exploded such that it is now being popularly and openly said that buying a house in Stockholm is extremely hard.

Politics, internet and business - how the internet hit hard at Swedish political businessman with a weak spot for internet

Friday, 12 April 2013
The virtual currency bitcoin has become a hot topic in financial circles, partly because of the extreme price movements.

More Swedes - Seven out of ten workers prepared to work longer

Thursday, 11 April 2013
At least seven out of ten older workers in the management sectors who are member of the worker union, Unionen is prepared to work longer today, but then working hours have become more flexible.

Millions of Japanese cars recalled also in Sweden

Thursday, 11 April 2013
Four Japanese automakers - Toyota, Nissan, Mazda and Honda - recall around three million cars worldwide, after the discovery of problems in passenger side airbags.

Swedish "Bank customers are treated like cattle," an official accused

Thursday, 11 April 2013
Swedish mortgage customer have been described as having some of the worse experiences such that their situation fit the way farmer sell cattle.

Sweden face renovation - just right at a time when housing is a problem in this country

Wednesday, 10 April 2013
More heat on Swedish property sector as changes in building structure would mean increased rents.

How a Swedish meat dealer labelled horsemeat as Swedish beef, a second case

Wednesday, 10 April 2013
The perception that contain things cannot happens in Sweden was prove wrong by the Swedish food authority. It emerged that a meat dealer labelled horsemeat as Swedish beef.

Swedish retirement age to increase to 68 as people are expected to work longer

Tuesday, 09 April 2013
The Swedish working scenarios is being designed such that people will be required to keep on working up until 68 years old.

Persistent increases in rents in Stockholm partly driven by a new law

Monday, 08 April 2013
The market for renting a second hand homes has changed a lot after the new law on leasing, especially in Stockholm. Apartments in the capital have become more and more expensive to rent.

Swedish jobs market discriminatory practices largely driven by the employment services discriminatory practices.

Sunday, 07 April 2013
Sweden is very quick to criticise other countries that discriminate against their minorities. Here especially in the job market, discrimination is very rife and today the Eastern Europeans are the one facing what the African have grown accustomed to - discrimination.

Emergence of new hazardous substances in consumer products such as toothpaste

Thursday, 04 April 2013
A new alarmed has been made for a list of products testes recently, which show, contain dangerous substances that could harmful to the human metabolism.

Continued fall in Swedish car sales  and new car registration but the future might look bright

Tuesday, 02 April 2013
The Swedish car market continues to crumple under intense economic climate as car sales and new car registration keeps sliding. But with the economy rebounding, the future looks bright.

Swedish PMI jumped in March 52.1 as increasing orders driving growth in manufacturing

Tuesday, 02 April 2013
The Swedish purchasing managers' index for the industrial sector rose to 52.1 in March from 50.9 the month before. Corresponding month last year, the purchasing managers' index was 50.2.



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