CNN's Max Foster talks with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt about Ireland's austerity measures.
The prime minister of Sweden said Thursday his country's offer to loan Ireland $1.5 billion to help it through a tight financial spot is not wholly altruistic.
Residents in Sweden turned out to the polls to vote in what could become a historic election. CNN's Per Nyberg reports.
Sweden's ruling center-right coalition secured a return to power in Sunday's election. But the alliance -- which includes the Moderate Party, Liberal People's Party, Christian Democrats and the Center party -- lost its outright majority. CNN's Per Nyberg looks at the significance of the vote.
Sweden's ruling center-right coalition won re-election Sunday, marking a historic moment as a non-socialist government was elected to a second term for the first time in the country's political history.
Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty Tuesday, he announced on his Web site, paving the way for major changes to the way the 27-nation bloc is run.
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