Tag: Mikael Damberg

  • Therefore, your savings give the bank a profit party

    Therefore, your savings give the bank a profit party

    Host:Erika Mårtensson Cast and voices in the program:Peter Malmqvist, independent financial analystKristian Åström, economic commentator, EkotMatilda Gjirja, senior advisor, Financial Supervisory AuthorityClaes Hemberg, independent economistJens Henriksson, CEO, SwedbankCarina Åkerström, CEO, HandelsbankenJohan Torgeby, CEO, SEBMikael Damberg, economic policy spokesperson (S)Elisabeth Svantesson, Minister of Finance (M)Niklas Wykman, Minister of Financial Markets (M) Producer:Olof Wijnbladh Technician:Susanne Martinsson [email protected]

  • The Minister of Finance meets with the press before the budget vote

    The Minister of Finance meets with the press before the budget vote

    Today, the Riksdag votes on the spring budget, but it is still unclear which alternative will win, or even how many will be voted on. Minister of Finance Mikael Damberg holds a press conference ahead of the decisive vote in the Riksdag to tell how the government plans to get its budget through. Listen to…

  • The left’s problem with luxury yachts

    The left’s problem with luxury yachts

    After the weekend’s riots, the question of law and order has once again come into focus. Katherine notes a new type of positioning – which of the politicians has talked to the most police officers. It is moving in the NATO issue and this week Aftonbladet’s red leader side decided to change feet – a…

  • Right now: Budget news due to the refugee reception

    Right now: Budget news due to the refugee reception

    Minister of Finance Mikael Damberg (S) and Minister of Integration and Migration Anders Ygeman (S) hold a press conference to present budget news due to the reception of refugees. Sweden’s municipalities are now preparing to receive large numbers of refugees from Ukraine. Just over 20,000 refugees had registered last week.

  • Right now: Support package of 14 billion against price increases for fuel and electricity

    Right now: Support package of 14 billion against price increases for fuel and electricity

    Minister of Finance Mikael Damberg has called for a press conference due to economic consequences after the war in Ukraine. Hear Ekot’s broadcast from the press conference in the player above.

  • Sweden’s Prime Minister wants to increase military spending to 2% of GDP

    Sweden’s Prime Minister wants to increase military spending to 2% of GDP

    Referring to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Thursday that the country’s military spending must be significantly increased and is trying to raise it to 2 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) as soon as possible. In a speech to reporters about the plan in Stockholm, Andersson said…

  • Pandemic support for companies reintroduced – follow the Minister of Finance’s press conference here

    Pandemic support for companies reintroduced – follow the Minister of Finance’s press conference here

    Minister of Finance Mikael Damberg holds a press conference to present corona-related measures. Crisis support to support companies affected by covid is back. The government and the opposition agree, states the Moderates’ Elisabeth Svantesson for the news agency TT before the press conference. The so-called adjustment support and turnover support for individual entrepreneurs will be…

  • Sweden tightens covid-19 health measures

    STOCKHOLM, December 7 (Xinhua) – In response to the deterioration of the coronavirus situation in the country, the Swedish government announced new and improved restrictive measures on Tuesday. “The pandemic is still going on,” said Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson at a news conference. “We are seeing an increased spread of infection and in parts of…

  • Right now: The government is holding a press conference – new measures are being introduced

    Right now: The government is holding a press conference – new measures are being introduced

    The government and the Swedish Public Health Agency flagged last week that new restrictions are underway to stop the spread of infection. Now Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson is holding a press conference together with Minister of Social Affairs Lena Hallengren and Minister of Finance Mikael Damberg. Karin Tegmark Wisell, Director General of the Swedish Public…

  • Sweden’s first female prime minister presents her government

    Sweden’s first female prime minister presents her government

    Copenhagen, Denmark. (AP) – Sweden’s first female prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, presented her one-party-center-left-minority government on Tuesday with only a few changes compared to the previous government. Andersson, who has been Sweden’s Minister of Finance, chose Mikael Damberg to replace her in that role. Damberg had previously been Minister of the Interior. Andersson, the leader…

  • Minister of the Interior Mikael Damberg on the deadly shooting violence

    Minister of the Interior Mikael Damberg on the deadly shooting violence

    So far this year, 40 people have been shot dead and only in Stockholm, 21 have been killed. The interview was published in P1-morning on Monday, October 25, 2021.

  • The government wants increased data storage for law enforcement

    The government wants increased data storage for law enforcement

    Minister of the Interior Mikael Damberg (S) has called for a press conference to present a proposal that data storage can be used more efficiently in law enforcement. “Technological developments provide greater opportunities for planning crimes,” said the interior minister. An investigator is given the task of updating the laws for data storage so that…

  • Kristersson (M): This is completely absurd

    Kristersson (M): This is completely absurd

    The Moderates’ party leader Ulf Kristersson says about the Brå report which shows that Sweden has more fatal shootings than the rest of Europe that “this is completely absurd, so here we just can not have it”. Håkan Jarborg Eriksson, head of the police development center in Region South, says that the report confirms the…

  • Sweden stands firm on Swedish IS women following Denmark’s decision

    Sweden stands firm on Swedish IS women following Denmark’s decision

    Yesterday, the Danish government announced that they have changed their attitude and will take three Danish IS women and their children home to Denmark from the Kurdish prison camps in Syria. That does not change Sweden’s decision according to Interior Minister Mikael Damberg. “The Danish report states that it is not possible to repatriate only…

  • The government wants the police to be able to use DNA more easily

    The government wants the police to be able to use DNA more easily

    Tomorrow Thursday, the government will appoint an inquiry, which will review how the police can make greater use of biometric data in criminal investigations. For example, information about DNA, fingerprints or facial images. “We have a fairly complex set of rules on these issues and technological development makes it possible to work with biometrics in…

  • Right now: The Prime Minister is being questioned in the Constitution Committee

    Right now: The Prime Minister is being questioned in the Constitution Committee

    Prime Minister Stefan Löfven is asked in the Riksdag’s constitutional committee, KU, about Sweden’s corona handling. The hearing is expected to take several hours and concerns both restraining orders, infection tracking and testing as well as the overall strategy. Previously, both Minister of Social Affairs Lena Hallengren and Minister of the Interior Mikael Damberg have…

  • Prohibition of residence for children at risk shall be investigated

    Prohibition of residence for children at risk shall be investigated

    The government wants to investigate whether it is possible to introduce a ban on individual children staying in places where they risk being pressured to commit crimes. It is one of several measures to stop new recruitment to criminal gangs, several government representatives write on DN Debatt. “For example, it could be an open drug…

  • VMA in Norrköping, Östergötland •

    VMA in Norrköping, Östergötland •

    Today, it is time for Interior Minister Mikael Damberg to be questioned in the Constitutional Committee about the government’s handling of the corona crisis. Questions he has received so far are about a lack of protective equipment, the autumn increases and reductions in the number of participants at public gatherings and the strategy. Minister of…

  • Fewer shootings this year

    Fewer shootings this year

    The number of shootings decreased during the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year. From over 90 shootings in the first three months last year to 52 this year. This was stated by Minister of the Interior Mikael Damberg at a press conference today. The number of shootings is at…

  • Authorities satisfied with the work against organized crime

    Authorities satisfied with the work against organized crime

    The joint government work against organized crime in Sweden went well last year, according to National Police Chief Anders Thornberg, chairman of the Cooperation Council. Among other things, this led to an unusually large number of prosecutions and convictions. “Exciting, but above all the authorities are clear that there will be more,” says Interior Minister…

  • Damberg: Positive that the police use secret data reading

    Damberg: Positive that the police use secret data reading

    The Minister of the Interior is positive that the police use secret data reading more than expected, as Ekot reported. Mikael Damberg (S) is also opening up to give the Security and Integrity Protection Board more funding to carry out the supervisory work. “If the authority signals that they have increased costs, it is something…

  • FHM wants to lift the entry ban from Norway and Denmark

    FHM wants to lift the entry ban from Norway and Denmark

    The risk that travelers from our neighboring countries would contribute to the continued spread of the British variant of the coronavirus is considered to be small, the Public Health Agency writes in a petition to the government. According to the authority, the entry ban from Norway and Denmark can therefore be lifted and instead the…

  • “Every attack on innocent people will be met by the whole of Sweden’s power”

    “Every attack on innocent people will be met by the whole of Sweden’s power”

    On Thursday, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Minister of the Interior Mikael Damberg held a press conference on the occasion of the act in Vetlanda. It was the first time the Prime Minister had spoken about the act. “Whoever harms Sweden, whoever harms people here must be found and brought to justice,” said the Prime…

  • Mikael Damberg (S): Disgusting actions

    Mikael Damberg (S): Disgusting actions

    In a comment to Ekot, Minister of the Interior Mikael Damberg condemns the act in Vetlanda, but also talks about the importance of waiting for the investigation. “It’s awful – heinous acts,” he says.

  • Clearer responsibility for reintroducing civil defense

    Clearer responsibility for reintroducing civil defense

    To build up the Swedish civil defense, a number of changes are now proposed and today an investigation was submitted to the Minister of the Interior Mikael Damberg. The inquiry has aimed to propose a structure for what responsibility, leadership and coordination within a civil defense would look like. It is proposed that ten emergency…

  • Increased control should stop explosions

    Increased control should stop explosions

    The government presents a new bill with measures against the illegal use of civilian explosives. Interior Minister Mikael Damberg said at a press conference this morning that the government wants to increase control of people who hold or handle civilian explosives. The purpose is to prevent explosives from ending up in criminals and thereby reduce…

  • The government opens for diving off Estonia this summer

    The government opens for diving off Estonia this summer

    The government is complying with the Accident Investigation Board’s requirements and will enable diving at Estonia’s wreck site. The Ministry of Justice is now working on an adjusted grave peace law that enables underwater investigations in Estonia, says Minister of the Interior Mikael Damberg. According to Mikael Damberg, the legislation will hopefully be in place…

  • Damberg does not rule out that the flight stop will be extended

    Damberg does not rule out that the flight stop will be extended

    Interior Minister Mikael Damberg (S) does not rule out that the flight stop from the UK to Sweden will be extended. In an interview with Anna Hernek in P1-Morgon, Damberg also said that it may be relevant to have several closed borders in the event of large local outbreaks, but that it is more difficult…

  • Face recognition tested at Skavsta: Will become the norm in the future

    Face recognition tested at Skavsta: Will become the norm in the future

    New face recognition technology is being tested at the border control at Skavsta airport outside Nyköping. The technology has previously been rejected by the Data Inspectorate, but the government then presented a new bill that makes the technology possible. “This will become the norm in the future,” says Interior Minister Mikael Damberg (S).

  • Right now: The government is holding a press conference

    Right now: The government is holding a press conference

    Minister of the Interior Mikael Damberg (S) and Minister of Culture and Sports Amanda Lind (MP) will hold a press conference.

  • It is unclear whether the cinemas will be open with the new advice

    It is unclear whether the cinemas will be open with the new advice

    Today, the government has presented a proposal for new restrictions that a maximum of eight people may gather. But it is unclear whether cinemas are covered by this. – At first we interpreted exactly like that, that it was eight people. But it seems a little unclear. Where we stand right now, we choose not…

  • The police are increasing their preparedness against terrorism

    The police are increasing their preparedness against terrorism

    Following the suspected terrorist attacks in Austria and France, the police have launched a national special event. The purpose is for the police to be able to act quickly in the event of a possible terrorist attack. The level of terrorist threats remains at an unchanged high level, a third on a five-point scale. The…

  • M votes no to new weapons directive

    M votes no to new weapons directive

    The Government’s new proposal on how the EU Weapons Directive should be introduced into Swedish law currently lacks support in the Riksdag. It is clear after the Moderates now announce that they intend to vote no. As Ekot reported this morning, the new bill, presented by Interior Minister Mikael Damberg, receives widespread criticism from right…