Radio Sweden News
September 5, 2003 |
| Budget Negotiations Resume |
| Negotiations on next year s Swedish budget resumed Friday morning between the minority Social Democrat government and its parliamentary allies, the Green and Left Parties. |
| Riksbank Governors Support Euro |
| With the "no" side continuing to enjoy a lead in the polls, the entire governing board of the Swedish Central Bank, the Riksbank, has issued a joint statement supporting joining the euro zone. |
| Denmark Calls for More UN in Iraq |
| Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the United Nations should increase its involvement in rebuilding postwar Iraq. |
| EU Mercury Warning |
| The Environment Ministers of the Nordic countries have sent a letter to the European Commission calling for stronger action against mercury. |
| New Polar Bear Signs |
| The polar bears in Norway s Arctic Spitsbergen archipelago are changing color, at least on the road signs that warn residents and visitors that the animals are both an attraction and a danger. |
