Sweden-based Volvo Cars said on Monday it will cut 3,000 mostly white-collar jobs as part of a restructuring announced last month as it grapples with high costs, a slowdown in electric vehicle demand and uncertainty over trade tariffs. Volvo Cars, which is majority-owned by China‘s Geely Holding , on April 29 unveiled a programme to … Read more
From stables to the power corridors of fashion, Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M’s head of Womenswear Design, has had quite a journey. Growing up in Sweden, she says she was always in the stables, taking care of horses and going on rides. “I wanted to become a vet but I didn’t have the grades for that,” she … Read more
Swedes have been able to change their legally recognised gender since 1972 – but this will make it easier. Source link
Seamstress Tove Lycke works on NATO flags, at the flag manufacturer Flagghuset, in Akersberga, outside Stockholm, Sweden, March 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS INS Kolkata assists two merchant vessels hit in Gulf of Aden Indian Naval destroyer INS Kolkata responded to two instances of missile/drone attacks on merchant vessels in the last few days. On … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. File | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has discussed a range of issues, including the Indo-Pacific and the Ukraine war, during his meetings in Stockholm with his counterparts from France, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania. Mr. Jaishankar is on a three-day visit to Sweden … Read more
The family are now hoping a sick note from a doctor, who has visited Mrs Poole in person at her care home, will persuade the Swedish Migration Agency to reopen the case. But in the meantime, Angelica said her children remain worried sick that the grandmother may be sent away from them. Source link
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal co-chaired the India-Sweden Business Round Table meeting along with his Swedish Counterpart Johan Forssell. Photo: Twitter/@PiyushGoyalOffc NEW DELHI: Sweden will not interfere with India’s energy policy especially in the context of increased Indian purchase of Russian oil. Interacting with a select group of media here, Sweden’s Minister for International … Read more
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg holds a placard during a demonstration held by the youth-led climate organisation, Aurora, before submitting its lawsuit on November 25, 2022 against the state for their lack of climate work in Sweden. | Photo Credit: Reuters More than 600 young people in Sweden, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, on Friday … Read more
In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a leak from Nord Stream 2 is seen on September 28, 2022 | Photo Credit: AP Investigators found traces of explosives at the Baltic Sea site where two natural gas pipelines were damaged in an act of “gross sabotage,” the prosecutor leading Sweden’s preliminary investigation said on … Read more
A Swedish court on Wednesday rejected an appeal from China’s Huawei over the government’s decision to ban the network equipment giant from the rollout of 5G mobile network infrastructure in the Nordic country. The administrative court of appeal in Stockholm said in a statement it believed it was fair to assume that the use of … Read more