Egypt, Sweden sign MoU for healthcare
Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population signed on Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding with Sweden’s Ministry of…
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Egypt discusses future water cooperation with SIDA
Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam held talks with officials from the Swedish…
Egypt, Sweden eye collaboration on water management
Egypt’s Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hani Sewilam met representatives of the Swedish Trade and Invest…
Egypt, Sweden, Latvia discuss expanding healthcare cooperation
Egypt’s Minister of Health Khaled Abdel Ghaffar discusses with the candidate for the position of Egyptian…
Egypt, Sweden explore new trade opportunities
Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Minister of International Cooperation met the Swedish Minister of International…
Nordic power prices fall on stronger hydro conditions
Nordic power prices declined sharply as rainy autumn weather bolstered hydro reserves across Scandinavia, improving…
Sweden’s inflation rate eases to 1.6% in September ’24
Sweden's preliminary consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate fell to 1.6 per cent in September 2024, down from…
OECD unemployment rate steady in July ’24
The OECD unemployment rate remained steady at 5.0 per cent in July 2024, with 34.8 million people unemployed across…
Eurozone producer prices rise in July ’24
Industrial producer prices rose by 0.8 per cent in July 2024, in both the euro area and the EU, up from a 0.6 per…
European shares rise on Tuesday
European shares advanced on Tuesday by 5:43 ET (9:43 GMT), with the pan-European STOXX 600 index gaining 0.13 per…
European indices mixed on Monday
European share indices showed mixed performance by midday Monday ET following Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's…
European shares rise on midday
European shares edged higher on Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of the US Federal Reserve meeting.
European shares up on Tuesday
European shares edged up on Tuesday as investors held back from major trades ahead of significant eurozone economic…
Euro area construction output rises in June 2024
Construction production increased by 1.7 per cent in the euro area and by 1.4 per cent in the EU in June 2024,…
Sweden’s economy contracts in Q2 on high borrowing costs
Sweden's economy contracted in the second quarter of 2024 for the first time in a year as high borrowing costs…
Watchdog: Swedish financial stability improves
The outlook for Sweden’s financial stability has seen some improvement, indicating a positive trend, according to a…
US payrolls expected to rise by 200,000 for 4th consecutive month – poll
March saw continued robust employment gains in the US, with moderated wage growth suggesting a stable labor market…
Ericsson to lay off 1.2K employees
Ericsson announced on Monday that it will lay off approximately 1,200 employees in Sweden as part of cost-cutting…
Top diplomats to attend Egyptian Women’s Summit on March 3
Top diplomats from Arab, US and European countries are scheduled to attend the third edition of Egyptian Women's…
Ikea to unwind 2022 prices increase
IKEA is making investments to lower prices on select products in several countries to unwind price increases it…
EDF Energy to prolong U.K. nuclear plants’ lifespan
Britain’s biggest generator of zero-carbon electricity, EDF Energy, announced on Tuesday that it plans to prolong…
The world needs 131 years to close gender gap – WEF
The progress of achieving gender equality would span across at least 131 years, or until 2154, the Global Gender…
Swedish central bank hikes rate 0.5 points to 3.5%
Sweden’s central bank has raised its policy rate by half a percentage point to 3.50 percent in line with market…
Germany plans to ban using Chinese components from 5G networks
Germany is set to prohibit telecom operators’ usage of certain components manufactured by the Chinese Huawei and…
Ericsson to slash 8,500 jobs globally
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson announced that it will lay off about 8,500 employees globally to cut…
Swedish coastguard says: Fourth leak discovered on Nord Stream pipelines
Sweden's coastguard stated on Thursday it had found a fourth gas leak on the damaged Nord Stream pipelines earlier…
Apple to hike App Store prices in Egypt and other countries in Asia, Europe
Apple Inc announced on Monday major price hikes for apps and in-app purchases on its App Store, excluding…
Finland and Sweden formally apply to join NATO alliance
Finland and Sweden have officially submitted their application on Wednesday to join NTAO military alliance,…
Four EU states formally oppose Merkel-Macron plan for coronavirus grants
EU member states Austria, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands stated their opposition on Saturday to a…
Sweden isn’t on coronavirus lockdown, expects to reach ‘herd immunity’ in weeks
Unlike its neighbours, Sweden has not imposed a lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak as it aims…
Sweden Princess Sofia joins medical volunteers on frontlines to fight coronavirus pandemic
Sweden's Princess Sofia, 35, has begun working at Sophiahemmet Hospital in Stockholm to provide relief during the…
Gender gap worldwide to take another 99 years to close; says WEF
It will take another 99.5 years to close global gender gap, said an annual report by the World Economic Forum (WEF)…
Egypt, Sweden trade exchange amount to $541mn
The trade exchange between Egypt and Sweden in the first eight months of this year amounted to $541 million, Trade…
Egypt’s Trade Minister hails economic relations with Sweden
Egyptian Trade and Industry Minister Amr Nassar asserted on Sunday the importance of turning the economic and…
Egypt central bank delegation explores Sweden’s financial inclusion experience
An Egyptian central bank delegation on Wednesday arrived in Stockholm, aiming to get insights into regulatory,…
Swedish embassy in Cairo celebrates Sweden Day 2018
The Embassy of Sweden in Cairo on Tuesday celebrated Sweden Day, under the rubric “Inspiring Sweden” to highlight…
U.N. chief to brief Security Council on Myanmar next Thursday
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will on Thursday publicly brief the Security Council on violence…
Banking group Nordea snubs Sweden with moving HQ to Finland
Nordea said the move to Finland, where it would be supervised by the European Central Bank, would save around €1…
Swedish mobile games developer FunRock opens its first MENA office in Egypt
Stockholm-based mobile games development company FunRock has chosen Egypt as its first office in the Middle East…
Sweden drops WikiLeaks’ Assange investigation, UK police says he still faces arrest
Swedish prosecutors said Friday they had dropped an investigation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a rape…