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Sweden's Twitter-friendly top diplomat, Carl Bildt, 62, has held almost all of the top political and diplomatic jobs in his native Nordic country. He's served as Sweden's Foreign Minister sincSwedish FM Carl Bildt and former US National Security Advisor
STOCKHOLM, Sweden Sweden's tweeting foreign minister plans to follow Barack Obama's lead and take questions on Twitter. Carl Bildt's office says he will answer questions directly from people on Twitter over a newly created account for 30 minutes after h
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt delivers the government's annual statement on foreign policy during a parliamentary session in Stockholm on February 15, 2012. Bildt called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down to avoid a civil war and... View Photo »
I am prepared to go along with that
STOCKHOLM Feb 14 (Reuters) - A property bubble, banks near collapse, a currency under pressure and the future of a cushy European social welfare state in question. This is not Europe 2012 but Sweden 1992. And Bo Lundgren, the fast-talking politician and
MUNICH: After the first four "real'' battlefields of land, air, sea and now increasingly space, India needs to get very serious about the virtual front as well. The country should begin planning a full-fledged military cyber command, instead of the curre
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (L) listens to Carl Bildt, Swedish minister of foreign affairs, during a panel discussion at the 48th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, southern Germany, on February 3, 2012. The... View Photo »
You might say that the crisis has been caused to a very large extent by people not respecting the rules that are already there ... if they don't abide by the previous rules it doesn't make much sense to impose new rules
“I think we are seeking a diplomatic solution. There is no military solution to it, none whatsoever. What you can achieve by military action is further military action and a further militarization of the conflict that is going to work to the detriment of
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has sparked ridicule for a tweet saying that he was looking forward to an elite Davos dinner to discuss "global hunger". "Leaving Stockholm and heading for Davos. Looking forward to World Food Program dinner tonight.
Nils Daniel Carl Bildt (help·info), KCMG (born 15 July 1949) is a Swedish politician and diplomat. Formerly Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994 and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999, Bildt has served as Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs since 6 October 2006. He has also been noted internationally as a... Full Article
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (L) listens to Carl Bildt, Swedish minister of foreign affairs, during a panel discussion at the 48th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, southern Germany, on February 3, 2012. The Security Conference is a three-day...
View Photo »Sweden's Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, right, addresses the delegates while Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych listens on, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 in Munich, Germany. Politicians and military representatives will join for the 48. Munich Security conference from Friday, Feb. 3...
View Photo »Carl Bildt, Swedish minister of foreign affairs, participates in a panel discussion during the opening day of Munich Security Conference in Munich, southern Germany, on February 3, 2012. The Security Conference is a three-day event bringing together top defence and diplomacy officials...
View Photo »(L-R) President of Azerbaijan Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev, EU Commissioner Guenther Oettinger, Michael Diekmann, chairman of the board of management of Allianz SE, Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, and Carl Bildt, Swedish minister of...
View Photo »High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton (L) speaks with Swedish Foreign Affairs minister Carl Bildt (C) and EU General Secretary for Foreign Affairs Pierre Vimond on January 23, 2012 prior a Foreign Affairs Council at the EU...
View Photo »Swedish Foreign Affairs minister Carl Bildt (L) speaks with his counterparts from France Alain Juppe (C) and Croatia, Vesna Pusic (R) on January 23, 2012 prior to a Foreign Affairs Council at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. The Council will discuss Iran and its nuclear programme,...
View Photo »Swedish Foreign Affairs minister Carl Bildt (L) speaks with UK Secretariat of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs William Hague on January 23, 2012 prior to a Foreign Affairs Council at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. The Council will discuss Iran and its nuclear programme,...
View Photo »Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L-R) gestures past his French counterpart Alain Juppe and Croatian counterpart Vesna Pusic during the European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels January 23, 2012.
View Photo »Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L-R), French counterpart Alain Juppe and Croatian counterpart Vesna Pusic attend an European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels January 23, 2012.
View Photo »(L-R) Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, and Carl Bildt, Swedish minister of foreign affairs, participate in a panel discussion during the opening day of Munich Security Conference in Munich, southern Germany, on February 3, 2012. The...
View Photo »Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (L) looks at Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister of Sweden during the 48th Conference on Security Policy in Munich February 3, 2012.
View Photo »Foreign Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt, left, Government Minister of Israel Yossi Peled, center, and Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi, right, stand together while opening an exhibition remembering Raul Wallenberg in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. The centennial...
View Photo »Foreign Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt delivers his speech while opening an exhibition remembering Raul Wallenberg in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. The centennial exhibition, 'Man Amidst Inhumanity' remembers the legendary Swedish diplomat Raul Wallenberg, the rescuer of...
View Photo »Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L) , Yossi Peled, Israeli Minister Without Portfolio, and Hungary's Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi (R) stand front of a picture of Raul Wallenberg at the opening ceremony of the Wallenberg Year in the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, January...
View Photo »Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the Wallenberg Year in the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, January 17, 2012. The exhibition commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who had helped save...
View Photo »Swedesh Foreign Minister Carl Bildt delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the exhibition of Raul Wallenberg at the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest on January 17, 2012.
View Photo »Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi (L) and his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt listen to explanations at an exhibition on Swedish Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg in the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest on January 17, 2012.
View Photo »Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi (R) and his counterpart Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L) with Israeli Minister Without Portfolio Yossi Peled (C) pose for a photo at the entrance of the exhibition of Raul Wallenberg in the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest on January...
View Photo »From left: Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi, his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt and Israeli Minister Without Portfolio Yossi Peled listen the explanation of Swedish writer Bengt Jandteldt at an exhibition on Swedish Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg in the Hungarian National Museum...
View Photo »Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L) poses for a joint photo with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (R) in Budapest on January 17, 2012 prior to their talks.
View Photo »Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt walks past the coffin during the state funeral of former Czech President Vaclav Havel at Prague Castle's St. Vitus Cathedral December 23, 2011. International leaders bade farewell on Friday to Vaclav Havel, the anti-communist dissident who led the...
View Photo »Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt walks past the coffin during the state funeral of former Czech President Vaclav Havel in the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague on December 23, 2011. Havel, a dissident and playwright who was the hero of the 1989 Velvet Revolution against communist rule...
View Photo »Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt arrives for the funeral service for former Czech president Vaclav Havel in Prague, on December 23, 2011. Havel, a dissident and playwright who was the hero of the 1989 Velvet Revolution against communist rule and became his country's first...
View Photo »Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt arrives at the funeral ceremony inside Prague Castle's St. Vitus Cathedral December 23, 2011. International leaders bade farewell on Friday to Vaclav Havel, the anti-communist dissident who led the peaceful "Velvet Revolution" and inspired human...
View Photo »Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bilt (L) and Latvian Prime Minister Valdies Dombrovskis talk to media after their meeting in Riga on November 28, 2011.
View Photo »Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (L) listens to Carl Bildt, Swedish minister of foreign affairs, during a panel discussion at the 48th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, southern Germany, on February 3, 2012. The Security Conference is a three-day...
View Photo »I am prepared to go along with that
You might say that the crisis has been caused to a very large extent by people not respecting the rules that are already there ... if they don't abide by the previous rules it doesn't make much sense to impose new rules
We need more Europe, but not more Europes
In some respects we have a twin-speed Europe. We have the growing economies of northern Europe and the indebted economies of southern Europe. That is the way it is at the moment
We are cautiously optimistic. Without a doubt, positive steps have been taken, but there is also much that remains ... It is good to have a diplomatic engagement policy of trying to influence (matters).
