The European Championship in handball, women’s EURO 2016 has started today in Sweden. Home team Sweden played difficult Spainnin the first game and won 25-19. A great win for us. Sweden is one of the favourites, even though giants Norway and France – and maybe Russia – are the top ranked countries in this …
These countries have improved their position most in in trading across borders in 2016. These are the fastrunners towards better positions in the World Bank Doing Bysiness Review 2016, Traing Across Borders Index.
This week I have participated in the first ever European Union Customs-Private Sector Conference on Authorized EConomic Operators (AEO) and how to modernize the EU AEO Programme based on the new Union Customs Code (UCC). The UCC was introduced on Mah 1st earlier this year. During the first day of the conference I was …
The twelve-year-old springer spaniel Billy has been appointed this year’s K9 drug-detection-dog 2016. Billy has with his dog handler Anders Mårtensson from 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2016 contributed to 65 seizures of drugs in a total benefit to society of over SEK 119 million. Billy and Anders are working together in a …
At the draw tonight for the UEFA U21 EuroCup, it was decided that hosts Poland will meet Slovakia, holders Sweden and England in Group A of the UEFA European Chanpionship Under-21 final next summer. Last year Sweden won the Championship after beating Portugal in the final. In this years’ qualification Sweden won our group …
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I have during this week I have spent a few days in the beautiful town Senec in the Bratislava Region of south- in western Slovakia. The Slovak Republic is a beautiful country and it was great to be back. I enjoyed my days in Senec and we had some great workkng meetings as well. …
Last night Norwegian 26 year Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen defeated Russian Sergey Karjakin in a playoff in the chess world championships in New York. The chess wizzkid had earlier in the finals played at a different level than normally at times being on the defensive and under pressure from Karjakin. The regular parties …
The final countdown begins! With Dominica and Mongolia ratifying the Trade Facilitation Agreement, we now have a total of 100 ratifications. Only 10 more left to realize a global deal that could slash trade costs and delays. Read more at: http://bit.ly/2g18ow3
Governments are making slow progress in improving customs and border procedures despite huge potential for reforms to drive inclusive growth, says new report from the World Economic Forum and the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation. Findings come as the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement – the first global trade deal in 20 years, aimed at …
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s Joint Inspection Centre (JIC) has received royal approval, having been opened by King Willem-Alexander. The JIC is one project within the Schiphol SmartGate Cargo programme is designed to make cargo handling at Schiphol safer and more efficient by enabling different enforcement and inspection authorities to carry out checks together. Logistics and …
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Think back just a few years — social, mobile, cloud, and big data ruled the emerging technology landscape. Business and technology management executives wondered what big data meant, when the cloud would disrupt their companies, and how to engage effectively on social channels. In 2016, Hadoop turned 10, the cloud has been around even …
Europeans are most concerned about immigration and terrorism at a continental level according to recent surveys. On a country level, Europeans have a different concern at the top of their list: unemployment. The latest survey, conducted in May, sees the first fall in mentions of immigration in nearly three years. Terrorism sees a fourth …
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While we live in a turbolent world of crises and change – with many people talking about the increasing risks of protectionism and less multinatilnal cooperation, there is alsl some really good news. Chile and Swaziland have ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement, bringing the tally to 98 members. We now have nearly 90% of …
Imagine if it only took a day for products to travel over land from China to Germany. It could soon be a reality, if Russia goes ahead with a plan to introduce a new fast-speed pipeline called the Hyperloop. Much as oil and gas travel through pipes, cargo and passengers may soon find themselves …
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For the eleventh time – ten in a row – Zlatan Ibrahimovic yesterday evenkng was awarded the prize as Swedens’ best football player. The Golden Ball was handed over to Zlatan at a ceremony in Stockholm. Since Zlatan also stopped his knternational career in the Swedish natilnal team this year after the EuroCup 2016 …
Today I had meetings with the Federation of Brazilian Industry (CNI) in Brasilia. Together with Allianca Procomex, we have worked with CNI during the last three years on reform and modernization of Customs and Trade. It is a great partner in Brazil, always looking for ways to improve Brazilian competiveness.
This week I am in Brasilia working on AEO Brazil Phase III, Integrated AEO – crating a Single Government AEO Status. Exiting work. The pilot is done with Receita Federal (Customs), MAPA/Vigiagro (Agriculture) and ANVISA (Health), making reality of the WCO SAFE Framework of Standards Pillar III: Customs to other Government Agency Cooperation. Together …
We often hear about the dark web being linked to terrorist plots, drug deals, knife sales and child pornography, but beyond this it can be hard to fully understand how the dark web works and what it looks like. So just for a minute imagine that the whole internet is a forest – a …
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What does it mean to be a ‘sustainable city’, and which cities around the world are best at it? A new index sets out to find the most successful from a list of 100 cities. The Swedish capital Stockholm is at top of the list. The ranking from Arcadis, a design and consultancy firm, …
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Today, November 14, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven met President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, when the the President made his first official visit to Stockholm. President Poroshenkos visit is part of an intense stream of bilateral meetings between Sweden and Ukraine. During the meeting Prime Minister Löfven confirmed that Sweden stands by Ukraine in these …
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