Radio Sweden News
October 16, 2003 |
| Freivalds' Honeymoon Over |
| Sweden's new Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds has found herself in hot water over the government s position on the proposed European Union constitution. |
| Police Access to Patient Records? |
| Swedish Radio News reports that the National Security Service says access to medical records of psychiatric patients would improve its protection of government ministers. |
| Interest Levels Unchanged |
| The Swedish Central Bank, the Riksbank, left its key interest rate unchanged Thursday. The repo rate remains at 2.75 percent. |
| Romanov Royal Remains to Russia |
| The Danish-born mother of Russia s last Czar is being returned to St. Petersburg, to be laid to rest with her family. |
| Polar Prize to Ligeti and BB King |
| American blues legend B.B. King and Hungarian composer György Ligeti have been named the winners of the annual Polar Music Prize. |
