The race to the top has just gotten tighter, with two rising mega-towers in the Middle East battling to become the world’s tallest. Construction has now begun on The Tower at Dubai Creek Harbor, a vast waterfront development, with completion scheduled for ahead of Dubai’s Expo 2020 world fair, which kicks off in October …
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The Dutch government has approved a bill that allows the country to ratify the EU’s cooperation agreement with Ukraine. Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday that he is confident that the Parliament will vote on the proposal, which is a compromise between the Netherlands and other EU countries. It is uncertain however whether …
Switzerland has once again topped the table as the world’s most innovative economy, in the latest World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report. Sweden is still Top 6 in the world. It is the seventh year in a row that Switzerland has claimed the title. The European nation scores highly on a range of indices, …
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Today the Swedish Minister for ICTand Digitalization, Peter Eriksson, presented the main features of Swedish Government’s new high-speed Internet and broadband strategy – a fully connected Sweden. The strategy is the first of its kind that covers all people living in Sweden. The strategy has the following objectives: – In 2020, 95 percent of …
Amazon has kicked off a private trial of its highly anticipated drone delivery program.For now, there are only two U.K. customers in the program. Amazon said it would expand to dozens of customers near its British facility in the coming months and later grow to hundreds. The trial is limited to daytime deliveries during …
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This week Aliança Procomex & the Federal Revenue Authority of Brazil (Receita Federal) organized a very successful and historic third international High-Level seminar on AEO Brazil in Sao Paulo under the title ‘AEO Integrado’. More than 400 high-level participants attended the seminar This was an international event with participation from eight countries, where Receita …
Tonight my favourite band in the world, Swedish pop giants KENT ends their career with their last ever performance in Stockholm. KENT plays in front of 27.000 people in Tele2 arena. The band end their farewell tour with three concerts in Stockholm, the last one tonight. My oldest daughter Louise – another passionate KENT …
This week I am in Brazil for work. It is the end of the year and we will present our results on the AEO Brazil project. A very innovative AEO programme that has changed the way of Brazilian import and export. View from a hotel room in Sao Paulo It is always a pleasure …
This has been a fantastic year for my new blog here on www.larskarlsson.com. Over the last months the interest and mumber if visitors has not only increased but almost exploded. The weblog ‘Capacity Now’ has now by far surpassed my old blog, ‘Nothing is impossible’ in popularity. Last month I had more than 16.000 …
Gabon and the Kyrgyz Republic have ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), putting the total number of ratifications from members at 102. Only 8 more ratifications are needed to bring the TFA into force. The TFA will enter into force once two-thirds of the WTO membership has formally accepted the Agreement. In addition to …
Today the Nobel Prize in the memory ofAlfred Nobel is handed out by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf at the annual ceremony in Stockholm. The highlight of the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm occurs when each Nobel laureate steps forward to receive the prize from the hands of the King of Sweden. …
World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Enabling Trade Report provides us with a timely opportunity to assess how good at trade China actually is. The Global Enabling Trade Report measures 136 countries on their capacity to facilitate the flow of goods over borders and to their destination. This is a much broader measurement than simply …
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Sweden is through to the second round of the IHF Womens’s EURO 2016 in handball. In the first group round Sweden won over Spain, lost to Slovenia (a game that does not count dince Slovenia ended last in the group and is out of the tournament – and played the most exiting game the …
I am spending s few days in Stockholm for meetings. It is always a pleasure to visit out capital and one of my old ‘home towns’. I have worked here eleven pears in the past. I really like this city, one of my favourites in the world. And I have a lot of friends …
Swedish engineering skills are involved in building the new Chinese electric car company Next EV, which aims to become China’s response to Tesla. “It’s fascinating on-line Internet technology thinking all theough the company that makes this journey so exiting” says product manager Roger Malkusson to Swedish media. The next EV’s super sports car, Nine …
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Gabon and the Kyrgyz Republic have ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), putting the total number of ratifications from members at 102. Only 8 more ratifications are needed to bring the TFA into force. We are close now! This is the biggest change of trade in decades and the potential is huge. A game …
The piano. And the Artic world. Through his music, acclaimed Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi has added his voice to those of eight million people from across the world demanding protection for the Arctic. He performed an original piece “Elegy for the Arctic”, on the Arctic Ocean to call for its protection, on June …
Artificial intelligence and increasing automation is going to decimate middle class jobs, worsening inequality and risking significant political upheaval, Stephen Hawking has warned. In a column in The Guardian, the world-famous physicist wrote that”the automation of factories has already decimated jobs in traditional manufacturing, and the rise of artificial intelligence is likely to extend …
Cities across Australia, the US, and Spain topped the latest ranking for best cities to live in the world. Right now, when writing this I am in the #3 ranked world city of Madrid. However not all of my own favourite cities makes the top 17 list. On the other hanaf I have mainly …
Reduced fuel emissions from more efficient cars, using mobile data to track malaria and even farming that remains one step ahead of climate change. The digital economy is already having a massive impact on society, and there is more to come, says Victoria A. Espinel, President and CEO, BSA, The Software Alliance and co-chair …
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