Vattenfall Names Oeystein Loeseth as Chief Executive to Succeed Josefsson Nov 16, 2009
The utility needs to regain trust amongst Swedes after security breaches and acquisitions of coal-based power created a crisis of confidence, Josefsson wrote in an opinion piece published in Dagens Nyheter the day before. Loeseth had been named by Dagens Nyheter as a potential replacement for Josefsson, along with Tuomo Hatakka, in charge of Vattenfalls central European operations. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
DAX Index Gains, Extending Weekly Advance, as Fresenius Medical Increases Nov 14, 2009
Gambro, a Swedish maker of dialysis products, has been threatened with a ban on exports to the U.S. because of concerns over some of its factories, Dagens Nyheter reported, citing the Food and Drug Administration. climbed 1. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
EU to decide top jobs next week Nov 11, 2009
In an interview with the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, quoted by the AFP news agency, Mr Reinfeldt said that "for many a left-right balance is very important, as is a balance between big and small countries, north and south, men and women". His spokeswoman Roberta Alenius said "there are many names right now, but there is no clear favourite". (BBC News -- Europe)
Cautious relief in press on Lisbon Nov 5, 2009
SWEDEN'S DAGENS NYHETER. Yet another sigh of relief was heard in Europe yesterday. (BBC News -- Europe)
Nobel Economics Prize wraps up awards season Oct 12, 2009
Swedish paper of reference Dagens Nyheter speculated however that the winner would most likely be Austria's Ernst Fehr, a behavioural economist from the University of Zurich who has specialised in the importance of the social group, cooperation and fairness in economics. Others rumoured to be in the running are Bengt Holmstroem of Finland, Frenchman Jean Tirole, who among other things specialises in game theory and the psychology of economic decisions, and Indian economist Jagdish Bhagwati, a... (Yahoo! Asia News)
All Eyes on Nobel Physics Prize Oct 6, 2009
Karin Bojs, science editor of the Stockholm daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter, who has stood out as a leading Nobel guesser over the years and correctly picked the winners of this year's medicine prize, guessed that Frenchman Serge Haroch would get the physics prize for research in quantum mechanics. She also mentioned Aharonov and Berry as possible winners. (CBS News)
Stem cell pioneers may be Nobel Prize candidates Oct 5, 2009
Science writer Karin Bojs of Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, who has stood out as a leading Nobel guesser over the years, included Till and McCulloch among her candidates for the prize this year. Other potential winners include long-standing U.S. hopefuls , Carol Greider and Jack Szostak for their enzyme research. (USA Today)
7 European Countries Want Strict Bank Bonus Limits Sep 4, 2009
In a joint opinion piece in Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter the finance ministers of Sweden, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands said risks related to payouts should be surveilled very strictly. "Bonuses guaranteed for more than a year should be banned. Bonuses should be paid out over a number of years and should mirror the individual's and the bank's actual performance over time," the ministers wrote. (ABC News -- Business)
Sweden's free speech tradition runs into Israeli ire Aug 27, 2009
The Dagens Nyheter newspaper devoted three columns to a philosopher criticising Aftonbladet's journalistic methods rather than the decision to publish itself. Svenska Dagbladet published a lengthy editorial from the liberal Haaretz daily, and also asked six major Swedish newspapers if they would have published such a story. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Greenpeace in anti-trawling move Aug 11, 2009
Writing on Saturday in the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, Mr Erlandsson said the Greenpeace actions posed a threat to a Danish-Swedish agreement not to fish in parts of the Kattegat (waters between the two countries shared by the two countries) where cod spawn. Greenpeace spokesman Staffan Danielsson told AFP news agency that the granite boulders, weighing as much as three tonnes, would be sunk over the next week. (BBC News -- Europe)
Swedish worshippers fume at church newspaper's Bruno promo Jul 30, 2009
"What this film represents is not in line with our values. It is about a lifestyle that we do not support," Victor Poke, the chairman of the Salvation Army in Sweden, was quoted as saying by the Dagens Nyheter daily. But despite the Kyrkans Tidning having taken down the clips, editor Dag Tuvelius said that Bruno is a film the newspaper should be able to promote. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Swedish papers plan Britney photo boycott Jul 11, 2009
Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Expressen and Aftonbladet say they won't send photographers to the show unless Spears agrees to scrap certain conditions on how the images can be used ... Dagens Nyheter photo editor Roger Turesson said Friday "the next step would be to tell critics they can't write anything critical.". (MSNBC -- News)
Iraq's own Einstein? May 29, 2009
In just four months, Mohamed Altoumaimi has found a formula to explain and simplify the so-called Bernoulli numbers, a sequence of calculations named after the 17th century Swiss mathematician Jacob Bernoulli, the Dagens Nyheter daily said. Altoumaimi, who came to Sweden six years ago, said teachers at his high school in Falun, central Sweden were not convinced about his work at first. (iAfrica.com)
Nordic boom in biker gangs May 5, 2009
Lasse Wierup, a crime reporter at Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper, says that Swedish biker gangs have lost ground in recent years, often to competition from "immigrant gangs" from suburban projects. "Hells Angels and Bandidos found it easy to get established in Sweden and Denmark because they had no organized enemies and could just walk in and take over," he says. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
* World News Quick Take Apr 19, 2009
In our view this is not a coordinated attack against food supplies, Anders Wretling of the National Criminal Police told the Stockholm daily Dagens Nyheter. Police have found 80 instances of glass, needles and pieces of plastic in food in recent weeks, with 30 of them related to chicken. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
DTI Names Scandinavia Sales Manager Mar 25, 2009
Medin's newspaper experience includes four years as editorial IT manager at Dagens Nyheter, Sweden's largest morning daily. The computer scientist earlier worked with Cambridge Technology Partners, Cambridge, Mass. (MediaWeek.com)
Enzo Ferrari topped 194 mph before crash (1) Mar 12, 2009
" after the alleged made-up person who Eriksson first blamed for the Enzo crash.One Swedish reporter calls Eriksson the most-famous Swede since the Swedish Bikini Team. Other Swedish businessmen cringe at the joke, and worry."By and large, we had a pretty good reputation as a solid and boring people, but 'Fat Steven' [Eriksson's nickname in Sweden] changed that perception," said Olof Hult, who represents a Swedish electronics firm in L.A.And details about Eriksson's long rise and fall are... (Malibu Times, CA)
Swedish police in hot water after racist comments Feb 9, 2009
The head of Sweden's National Police Board, Bengt Svenson, lamented the incident, telling the Dagens Nyheter newspaper on Sunday that he would appoint an independent committee to look into racism among police in Skaane ... Swedish Justice Minister Beatrice Ask told Dagens Nyheter on Sunday she was "very concerned and upset," and she would ask police to report about efforts to combat racism within their ranks. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Swedes investigate police racism Feb 8, 2009
"We're going to appoint an independent person, or people, to investigate this and help Skaane police work on values," Mr Svensson told Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper ... Swedish Justice Minister Beatrice Ask told Dagens Nyheter she was "very concerned and upset" at reports of police racism. (BBC News -- Europe)
