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Fredrik Reinfeldt and Göran Hägglund, leaders of the Conservative Party and the Christian Democrats respectively, refuse to account for their secret contributors. They keep defending a system that is corrupting. Therefore, legislation is needed. A voluntary agreement, which the major government party refuses to participate in, is not enough says Swedish Green Party spokesperson Peter Eriksson. In almost all other countries, it is self-evident that all parties have to account for who their contributors are. [..] Read more.

For four days this September, a variety of events on topics related to the Internet will be taking place throughout the city. Digital Days Stockholm, a nonprofit initiative, has gathered these events under one umbrella. Read more.

The JBL® Studio 1 loudspeaker series is powerful and accurate in any listening environment, the latest JBL loudspeaker collection includes the JBL Studio 190 and Studio 180 floorstanding loudspeakers, the Studio 130 bookshelf loudspeaker and the Studio 120c centre-channel loudspeaker. All of them feature the new JBL signature design: the bold, dynamic Weave. Read more.

Important Looking Pirates are proud to present their latest visual effects work which both visualizes soccer in new and innovative ways. Read more.

The growing problem of antibiotic resistance, which compromises our ability to treat common infections, represents one of the greatest threats to public health worldwide. Researchers, politicians and representatives from public health organisations and the pharmaceutical industry will gather in Uppsala from 6–8 September to discuss global strategies. Read more.

High-profile international speakers and world leaders to address business innovation for a sustainable future at unique event in November Read more.

Maintal, September 02, 2010 – NORMA Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of innovative engineered joining technologies, expands its global footprint and invests in a new manufacturing facility in Serbia. NORMA Group´s new production site is located in the area of Subotica in the northern part of Serbia and will be opened in June 2011. The production will focus on high-tech solutions for fluid transport and emission control applications targeting customers throughout the European [..] Read more.

The interest for underfloor heating systems and heat pumps increases in the East European markets. The Polish construction market, for example, is three times as big as the Swedish and the markets in Ukraine and Serbia have a great potential after the crisis. Thermotech Vostok AB now employs new people to be able to increase the marketing activities and meet the demand. Read more.

Youth delegates from 30 countries came together with human rights defenders this weekend at the 7th Annual Youth for Human Rights International Summit, in support of making the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights widely known and used. Read more.

Suitopia today announced the winner of its "Suitopia model of the month" competition for August 2010. The winner of this competition receives a free suit of the fabric of his choice. Read more.

About 2,500 leading experts, practitioners, decision makers and business innovators will meet at the World Water Week in Stockholm, September 5-11, 2010, to discuss the world’s escalating water problems. The 2010 World Water Week press kit, containing story ideas, fact and lists of experts is now available. Read more.

This year’s Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture will be given by Dr. Francis M. Deng, UN Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide. Dr. Deng previously served as the Sudan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and its ambassador to Sweden and the U.S., among other countries. Members of the media are welcome to attend the lecture, which will be held at the University Main Building on 10 September. Read more.

On 13-14 October 2010, a Business Conference will be organized in Stockholm, Sweden by the Palestine International Business Forum (PIBF) together with the International Council of Swedish Industry (NIR). The conference will put focus on how to strengthen the Palestinian economy through an increase of trade, investments and private sector development. Read more.

ROCE Partners, a leading provider of supply chain management consulting services, today announced that Per Norling has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the ROCE Partners Group. Read more.

A unique strategic partnership between two Palestinian ministries was formalized by the signing of a ministerial Memorandum of Understanding to jointly support and implement a National School Milk Program in Palestine. Such a program will serve 600,000 (100%) Palestinian public school children and promote an increase in production and consumption of locally produced milk. Read more.

Pressinvitation to the inauguration on September 9 of the world’s first plant for production of the renewable fuel BioDME in Piteå, Sweden. The biofuels process is based on gasification technology from Chemrec AB and fuel synthesis technology from Haldor Topsøe A/S. Read more.

Paxport, the leading supplier of passenger management solutions for the leisure travel industry, is pleased to announce that it has agreed with Holidays4u to sell ancillary flight products on all its charter flights with Turkish Carrier, Sky Airlines. Read more.

Nigab is one of the largest suppliers to the Scandinavian Duty Free/Travel Retail (DF/TR) market. Nigab works with leading brands such as Larsen Cognac, Lauder’s, Licor 43, Treasury Wine Estates (formerly Fosters) and Storck. Now Nigab is expanding its DF/TR organisation. On 1 September Kristoffer Pipusch will join the company as Nordic DF/TR Manager. Read more.

The expansion of Aitik, Sweden’s largest mine, was opened today by HM King Carl XVI Gustaf. The expansion project, which will double the mine’s ore production, is one of the biggest industrial investments in Sweden in recent years. Aitik is one of Boliden’s four mining areas. The Aitik open pit mine produces ore containing copper, gold and silver. Over SEK 6 billion have been invested with a view to increasing the production rate and extending the mine’s lifespan, while simultaneously achieving advantages of scale and reducing the cost per tonne produced. [..] Read more.

Four expressions of Glenfarclas have been named Best in Class at the recent International Wine & Spirit Competition. Glenfarclas 12 Years Old, 21 Years Old and 25 Years Old were named Best in Class and won Gold. Glenfarclas 105 has been named Best in Class and won Silver. In addition Glenfarclas 40 Years Old and Glenfarclas 17 Years Old won silver. Read more.