BREAKING NEWS! Sweden has for a long time been one of the candidates for the United Nations Security Council 2016. The election was held today in the UN building in New York. It required 128 votes to be elected and Sweden received 134 votes in the first round, well over the two thirds majority …
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There are 330.000 citizens on Iceland and 33.000 football players whereof 15.000 are men playing football. 3000 play adult first team football and 100 of them play professional football. The eleven brave 11 of these players play England in the knock-out round of the EuroCup 2016 tonight. Are they without any chance to win? …
I have a Chilean part of my family and a lot of Chilean friends so I share their joy and hapiness over having become American (South, Central & North America) football Champions for a second time in a row last night, winning Copa America after 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out vs Argentina in the …
I love reading. I always have. I read everything; history, biographies, crime novels, classics. One of my favourite things in the world is to find new authors. To try something new, find out that I love it and then discover that the author has wrotten many more books. It is like striking gold or …
Former Swedish Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Bildt, has today written an interesting article about the new digital world in one of the leading Swedish newspapers. Bildt has as Head of the Global Commission on Governence Internet, just presented the ORCD report “One Internet”. Carl Bildt och OECD:s generalsekreterare José Ángel …
The last 15-20 years Customs administrations all around the world have changed their control strategies from traditional controls to risk management. Approximately 10-15 years ago we also started to think about the fact that if we can manage the risks better identifying high risks and doing more efficient controls through risk based profiling and …
Bruce Springsteen is in Sweden this weekend. He and his legendary E Street Band played at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg yesterday and they do another show tomorrow. Springsteen is a great friendnof Sweden, this was were he played his forst show outside USA inbthe 70s and there has always been a special bond between …
Customs have been safeguarding our countries and national states for thousands of years. Customs protects the borders. Initially Customs was there to bring in revenue. I always say that this is a brilliant idea. You draw a line on the gorund and decide that nobody can pass without paying. This is what Customs has …
Yesterday United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. This is sad. I am a firm believer in cooperation and in the European cooperation. However it is also a victory for democracy. Peoples’ vote should be respected. This is very important. Now we have to see what happens. UK will negotiate to leave the …
Today it is our biggest holiday of the year, Midsummer Eve. This is a day to spend with family and friends having a smorgasboard of typical Midsummer food and drinks; like e.g; herring, salmon, potatoes, meatballs, strawberries and vodka. In Sweden we love Midsummer. This is our holiday – a bridge and tribute …
So now it is over – UEFA EuroCup 2016. This was a tournament where Sweden were desided to play in a tough group and most people didn’t have too high hopes for this team. However, football is a strange game so you never know. Our chance was to win the first game against Ireland. …
In the shadow of the political turmoil, Brazilian Government agencies are transforming quickly towards international best practices. The Federal Revenue Authority (Receita Federal) and Brazilian Customs is In the forfront of this development. This is very promising for the Brazilian economy and business environment – and necessary since many Brazilian companies have suffered from …
Last week I was in Brazil for a number of different meetings and events. On Thursday evening I held a Masterclass on ‘Compliance Management, Security and our new global borders’ at World Trade Center in Sao Paulo. The event was the opening session of a new national Trade Compliance Officer (TCO) Certificate Education programme. …
When I travel I always read the local newspaper to learn more about the city and country I am in. I also find it interesting to see what type of news are covered in national and local media in different coutries, bothvthe domestic news and international news feeds. The politics and development news are …
In February this year Sweden re-inforced continued support for the East African Community integration process. Katarina Rangnitt, the Swedish Ambassador to Tanzania and the EAC, said at the time that cooperation among the five EAC Partner States was crucial to relations between Sweden and East Africa. And the support continues. Yesterday the Swedish Minister …
I like selfies. I have taken and posted many. When you travel as much as I do it is always nice to take a photo of the places you have visted and seen. When you do that, is actually nice to be in the picture to demonstrate that you really were there. Selfie at …
Tonight Cleveland Cavaliers did what nobody before have done – they came back from 1-3 in games to beat champions Golden State Warriors 4-3 by winning the 7th and final game 93-89. Having had a 89-89 tie just before the ending. The difference? The chosen one, LeBron James. James had 27 points, 11 rebounds …
Yesterday I changed my route on my way from Brazil, transfering at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Instead lf going home, I went to Dubai UAE for meetings today (Sunday). Schiphol is my favourite transit airport in Europe. It is way better than the rest. Even though they are rebuilding the airport right now …
Since we live in the age of globalization and information, our lives will be changing faster and faster, and the future will be less predictable. We need predictability. However only one thing is sure, the world will never be the same again. This means that our ability to innovate will become the single most …
One of the things that has fascinated mankind since the beginning of time is communication. It is one of the things that seperates us from other spiecies, the ability to use advanced communication. There are basically two important things for in relation to communication, the language and how we use it. Today there are so …
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