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Acupuncture Science Association in Sweden’s yearly meeting held in Stockholm

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STOCKHOLM, April 25(Greenpost)—Acupuncture Science Association in Sweden held its first yearly meeting in Stockholm on April 21.

Yang Chungui, President of the association made an important speech.

He reiterated that his association is  a member of the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies, observes the latter’s charter and relevant regulatations as well as Swedish relevant regulations. It also observes the WHO’s acupuncture standards which conduct treatment according to standards, aims at improving acupuncture doctors medical level and better serves the patients.

Yang expressed his gratitude to Swedish counterparts, Chinese Ambassador Gui who attended the Belt and Road Acupuncture seminar in 2017 and colleagues Elisa Liao, Xuehong Ma Yang, Dongqing Zhang, Defeng Lin, Sandra Tiejun Chen, Mehdi Ghazi, Shuhui Hu, Tie Xu and other colleagues for their donation to the association enabling the convening of the international academic exchange.

Yang said the association has developed rapidly over the past year. Another 14 acupuncture doctor passed the exam. Many of them have practised acupuncture for over 20 years. Academic exchanges continued. 2017 Sino-Swedish Belt and Road Acupuncture Summit Forum was held and a seminar on three needle treatment was also held.

Yang suggested an international acupuncture trade union be established and a website on Chinese acupuncture set up in order to better serve the acupuncture doctors and patients.

Yukio Danisman made a finance report on the association’s accountancy.

Bengt Wahrolen, a senior lawyer made an important speech on collective insurance for the acupuncture doctors . He promised to help pushing the Swedish Leg. Akupunktur Doktor and make them compatible with the Swedish medical care system.

Wahrolen also stated that after auditing, it is proved that the association’s funding came from their members yearly fee and members donation. They haven’t received any  government subsidies.

Then President Yang and Vice President Zhang Dongqing issued certificate for the 14 members who passed the exams.

All the doctors got a white uniform, a medal and a name bar to show their responsible attitude.

Vice President Zhang led the doctors to study the association’s charter and President Yang talked about the financial management system in the association.

Secretary Li explained Swedish International Acupuncture Doctors Management System.  During the discussion, all the questions from the members were answered showing the completion of the association’s various regulations and systems.

Vice President Zhang gave a presentation on Clinic Experience of Acupuncture Against Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Sweden.

Doctor Li Jian on Application of modern medicine and TCM on the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.

After academic exchange, all the doctors went to Doctor Yang’s clinic. Doctor Yang gave two patients’ treatment with embedding thread acupuncture. This method proved to be effective  for those who cannot get pregnant.

Doctor Defeng Lin showed his burning acupuncture method. The free treatment meeting stimulated even more heated discussions in sharing experiences and members have great confidence in the association’s acupuncture treatment level and formation of Swedish acupuncture legislation to accept these doctors’ treatment into the Swedish system.

Finally, the acupuncture doctors attended the Stockholm Kulturnatt Belt and Road Nordic Spring International Peace and Cultural Festival to enjoy some beautiful music and dances.

The yearly meeting was hosted by Vice Secretary Youji Lin and council member Yang Xi served as interpreter between Chinese and Swedish.

About 30 member doctors attended the meeting which also had a Taiji show in the middle.

 

Text and Photo/Xuefei Chen Axelsson. Part of the photos are from the association.

今日头条：瑞典针灸学术研究学会会员大会于斯德哥尔摩胜利召开

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中欧文化协会会长陈雪霏在斯德哥尔摩文化之夜“一带一路”北欧之春国际和平文化节上的讲话

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中欧文化协会会长陈雪霏在斯德哥尔摩文化之夜“一带一路”北欧之春国际和平文化节上的讲话。

在“斯德哥尔摩文化之夜”

2018“一带一路“北欧之春国际和平文化节

北京画家李丽山水花鸟国画画展活动上的讲话

中欧文化协会瑞典专业外国记者协会会长陈雪霏

 

尊敬的桂从友大使阁下和夫人宋景丽女士，

尊敬的各位嘉宾，女士们先生们朋友们大家晚上好！

 

Ärade ambassadör Gui Congyou och fru Song Jingli,

Ärade gäster, damer och herrar, och vänner

I egenskap av ordförande för China-Europe Cultural Association, PROFOCA och Greenpost, är jag jätteglad att vi ska fira tre olika evenemang. Först ska vi fira Stockholms Kulturnatt med alla svenska vänner. Som en kinesiska förening känner vi oss stolta att delta i Sveriges sociala aktiviteter och visa något av vår kultur. Det här är en bra signal att Sverige och Stockholm har en öppen och internationell atmosfär.

För det andra ska vi fira 2018 ”Belt and Road Nordic Spring International Peace and Culture Festival”. Den här är andra gången vi håller en sådan festival. ”Belt and Road” initiativet är en idé av Kinas President Xi Jinping. Syftet är att stärka fred och utveckling genom ökad handel och samarbete. Sverige har en lång tradition av handel med Kina som sträcker sig tillbaka till 1700-talet och jag tänker på Ostindiska kompaniet. Ni minns säkert det åter­skapad träskeppet ”Göteborg” som uppmärksammades i media för några år sedan.

 

Kina och Sverige har haft goda förbindelser under lång tid och vi hoppas det ska fortsätta.

Affärs- och kultur-kontakter har en del gemensamt.  Därför vill vi bidra med att förmedla något av kinesisk kultur här ikväll.

 

Det tredje vi ska visa är Beijingskonstnär Li Lis konstverk av vatten och bläck. Vi har ett mindre antal konstverk och som jag hoppas ni ska uppskatta.

 

Vi hoppas att kvällen skall bidra till att öka förståelse och utbyte mellan Sverige och Kina.

作为中欧文化协会会长，北欧绿色邮报网主编，瑞典专业外国记者协会主席，我非常高兴今天我们是三喜临门，一是庆祝斯德哥尔摩文化之夜，今晚有近百个单位都以紫花为标记搞不同的文化活动。作为华人团体，真正加入到瑞典社会活动中来，既保持自己的特色，又加入到主流活动当中，这让我们感到很自豪。这也是瑞典社会开放和国际化的一个标志。二是我们庆祝2018一带一路北欧之春国际和平文化节。今年是第二届以和平为主题的文化节，我们也加上了一带一路的主题。“一带一路”是中国国家主席习近平提出的促进和平与发展的创意。瑞典的哥德堡号正好是古丝绸之路的一个终点。现在，中瑞之间，乃至中国和北欧之间更应该继续加深友谊，深化经贸和文化合作。文化和商贸并不分家，加上一带一路主题，也是响应习主席的创意，为促进中瑞之间乃至中欧之间的文化交流做出贡献。

 

第三是北京女画家李丽的山水花鸟国画在瑞典展出。虽然规模不大，但是，意义深远，因为这正是促进中瑞文化交流的实际行动。当今世界，中国在一心一意搞现代化建设，全心全意促进世界和平与发展，我们非常赞同中国坚持和平发展的道路。但是，有些地方却出现了令人不满意的地方，那就是还有暴力和冲突。暴力和冲突是和平与发展的大敌。我们谴责一切暴力和冲突。其实，暴力和冲突的根本原因是因为没有文化。一带一路的创意，目的就是要避免暴力和冲突，通过和平与发展来提高中国人民乃至世界人民的生活水平，创建人类命运共同体。没有和平，就没有发展，更谈不上可持续发展。因此，我们必须珍惜和平环境，保卫和平环境，我们相信，举办文化交流活动有助于人与人，国与国之间的相互理解和交流，可以避免冲突，维护世界和平与稳定。

Kinas relation till omvärlden har utvecklats mycket de senaste årtiondena och bygger till stor del på hur Kina betonar fred och ömsesidig utveckling. Vi är stolta över Kinas fredliga avsikter. Krig och fiendskap har inget med ömsesidig uthållig utveckling att göra. Förståelse och respekt för varand­ras kultur är ett led i att stärka fred och goda förbindelser. Med ”Belt and Road initiative”hoppas vi att de fredliga- så väl som de ekonomiska banden ska stärkas och att levnadsnivån ska höjas i Kina och i hela världen.

去年，我们举办了首届北欧之春国际和平文化节，同时也积极组织出席斯德哥尔摩文化中心的活动，听取了濮存昕老师的讲座，体验了茶艺和江南的水墨丹青。我们还组织了太极和中国舞的培训，还有一部分人喜欢徒步。同时，我们也尝试做了有关瑞典社会的讲座。去年我很荣幸去北京报道了中国的十九大，亲眼目睹中国进入了习近平中国特色社会主义思想的新时代。今年，我们将继续努力为广大会员服务也为中瑞之间的交流做出我们应有的贡献。我们计划组织记者到中国去采访。

今天，还有包括中国，美国，俄罗斯和瑞典风格的精彩节目，中国食品，艺术欣赏，最后还有中国80年代的电影，看看我们的过去，再展望一下未来。预祝今晚的活动圆满成功！让我们一起嗨起来！

 

Vår förening arrangerade ”Nordic Spring international Peace and Culture Festival” förra året.

Vi deltog i aktiviteter vid Chinese Cultural Center i Stockholm, lyssnade på kände artist Pu Cunxins föreläsning och smakade kinesiskt te och tittade på sydkinas konst.  Vi organiserade Taiji och kinesiska danslektioner och promenader. Som journalist, var jag i Kina några veckor och rapporterade från 19 CPC Congress och ser med egna ögon hur Kina deklarerar en ”ny tid”. Vi ska försöka organisera en resa för utländska journalister i Sverige att komma till Kina och rapportera i år.

 

Tack till alla er som bidrar här i kväll. Utan er kan vi inte göra så mycket.

 

I år ska vi fortsätta tjäna våra medlemmar och läsare och bidra med utbyte mellan Kina och Sverige. Hoppas ni ska uppskatta vårt program som innehåller kinesiska, amerikanska, ryska och svenska bidrag. Vi bjuder både på musik, mat, och även filmvisning.  Vi hoppas att detta ger tillfälle till reflektion och tankar om vår framtid.

 

Jag hoppas att det ska bli en trevlig kväll – och låt os ”ooah hela natten”!

 

Välkomna!

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2018 “Belt and Road” Nordic Spring Peace and Culture Festival held on Stockholm Cultural Night

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By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

STOCKHOLM, April. 21(Greenpost) – 2018 Belt and Road Nordic Spring Peace and Cultural Festival and Li Li’s Chinese Paintings Exhibition  have been successfully held as a part of Stockholm Cultural Night which was a cooperation with over 100 museums, galleries, opera houses and other cultural locations to open free to the public from 18:00-24:00 on April 21.

The festival was held by China-Europe Cultural Association, Professional Foreign journalist Association or PROFOCA in cooperation with Chinese Teachers Association in Sweden.

Chinese Ambassador to Sweden Gui Congyou spoke highly about the festival.

“The opening of the Stockholm Cultural Night and Belt and Road International Peace and Cultural Festival is of great significance in such a period of time. China and Sweden have enjoyed  very good relations and the bilateral relations are on a new historical starting point with great potential to tap. With Chinese style in  Stockholm Cultural Night, it will make the night even more beautiful and be conducive to Sino-Swedish relations. ” said Ambassador Gui.

“China proposes Belt and Road initiative based on the principle of discussing together, jointly building and sharing the result to improve relations with various countries and  expand cooperation with various countries. People to people relation is one of the five parts of belt and road initiative and cultural exchange is an important way to communicate with each other. ”  he said.

“I understand that tonight there will be a big banquet of culture including instrument performance, dancing and singing, and Chinese woman artist Li Li’s painting and the Chinese film Romance on the Lushan Mountain, I hope you all have a good evening.  ” said Ambassador Gui.

China-Europe Cultural Association is a non-political , non-religious organization consisting 75% of Chinese women in Sweden aiming at enhancing Chinese culture and enrich their life in Sweden and serving as a bridge between China and Sweden.

Ambassador Gui said he also welcomed journalists from PROFOCA and other foreign friends to visit China. Over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, China has experienced great changes. Since the 18th Party’s Congress, China has entered a new era. Now China enjoys stable social and political environment and high quality economic development.  Nearly 1.3 billion people have shrugged off poverty and the rest 50 million will eradicate their poverty situation by 2020. In the International arena, China plays an important role in maintaining world peace, security and stability.  It is a main force for world harmony. I believe the journalists can find some good news from China.

Xuefei Chen Axelsson, President of China-Europe Cultural Association and PROFOCA explained why they held this event.

She said to be part of the Stockholm Cultural Night made her proud to be able to contribute to the cultural life in Stockholm with some Chinese flavour. This is also a sign that Sweden is open and international.

“We hold 2018 Belt and Road Nordic Spring Peace and Culture Festival in order to guard world peace.  Belt and Road Initiative proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping is not to impose Chinese influence by purpose, but treat it as a way to promote peace and development. Sweden was the destination of the maritime silk road taking the boat Gothenburg as an example. We like to promote cultural exchanges between China and Sweden and China and Europe. ” said Chen Axelsson.

“The third is to celebrate the exhibition of Beijing women artist Li Li. Although it is a small scale of 30 small pieces of paintings, it is profound and a real action of bilateral cultural exchange. ” she said.

As a journalist herself, Chen Axelsson said while China insists on peace and development, some other parts of the world are not very peaceful. She held that violence and conflict are the biggest enemy of sustainable development. We condemn all kinds of violence.  Violence and conflict are a result of illiteracy. Belt and Road initiative aims to avoid violence and conflict. Through peace and development, people’s living standards can be improved. Without peace, there will be no development. We must value the peaceful environment. We believe that cultural exchange is conducive to understanding between different people and countries, and further avoid conflict and maintain world peace and stability.

Last year, we held the first Nordic Spring International Cultural Festival, we also held other cultural activities such as holding lectures and listening to Chinese actor Pu Chunxin’s presentation held in Chinese Cultural Center . By learning Chinese culture, we feel more peaceful and life is more joyful.  By going to China and reporting the Party Congress, I saw China’s peaceful transition to a new era aiming at wiping out poverty completely and building a modern Chinese society. We shall continue to work hard to serve the members and contribute to Sino-Swedish good relations.

The performances began with Swedish Chinese Children’s choir’s singing.

Dong Jiajun’s Hulusi performance is very beautiful. The music is really very good for ear. Hulusi is an instrument from China’s Yunnan Province, Southwest China.

He Ruiyu sang the song Rolling up the Bamboo Curtain beautifully.

Chinese women choir also sang very well. Some of them are the mothers of the children’s choir .

Natali Dansstudio’s girls brought modern dance.

Tang Shiyu sang a beautiful Chinese song called the size of the heaven.

 

Li Zhanchun sang Tianbian, Little Populars Tree and I love you China reminding us the beautiful China of the 1980s.

Ric Wasserman sang Bob Dylan’s song Blowing in the wind.

Li Jia sang a song about Chinese River Liuyanghe.

Zhai Yijia played erhu horse racing, a master piece by Erhu.

Hao Jingxia sang the classic Kunqu Dream in the Garden looking like Peking opera.

Uppsala Confucius Class pupils performed a singing and dancing program attracting the attention of other children.

Xuefei Chen Axelsson sang an inner Mongolian song Take me to the Prairie.

Finally Ambassador Gui and all the artists and guests sang together My Motherland led by Li Jia.

 

Ric Wasserman also sang many other blues style songs with American flavour making the festival international.

Beijing woman artist Li Li’s paintings stand by the wall around the hall which hosts more than 200 people.

The programs attracts Swedish, Russians, Americans and Chinese.  The Chinese food is also part of Chinese culture.

Finally a film Romance on Lushan Mountain was played to end the cultural night at midnight.

Also present at the cultural night were Dou Chunxiang, Education Consular, Zhang Lei, Consular department director, Consular Li Xiaojie and Luo Jinsheng. Ye Peiqun, Execultive President of Sveriges Kinesiska Förbund, Duan Maoli, Anhui Association of Science and Commerce in Sweden, Jack Yu, President of Sino-Swedish Life Science Association, Yin Chang, Kinesiska Riksförbundet I Sverige, Sun Kai, President of Chinese Teachers Association in Sweden, Zhao Lijie, Vice President of China-Europe Cultural Association, Zhouzheng, Secretary of Europe-Asia Cultural Promotion Association, Yang Chungui, President of  Acupuncture Science Association Sweden and Zhao Lijie, Vice President of China-Europe Cultural Association.

The festival was hosted by Åsa and Arthur Lou Guofeng.

Text／Xuefei Chen Axelsson,  Photo／Wu Ming.

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今日头条：瑞典针灸学术研究学会会员大会于斯德哥尔摩胜利召开

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北欧绿色邮报网报道（记者陈雪霏）– 4月21日，斯德哥尔摩春意盎然，阳光明媚。瑞典针灸学术研究学会会员大会胜利召开。

瑞典针灸学术研究学会会长杨春贵首先做了重要讲话。他重申瑞典针灸学术研究学会是世界针灸学会联合会的成员，遵守世界针灸学会联合会规章制度，及瑞典相关法律法规。遵循世界卫生组织针灸相关标准，开展循证针灸，提高中医针灸医师业务水平，更好的服务于患者。

杨会长代表学会向关心支持举办2017瑞典国际针灸会议的领导、同仁表示衷心的感谢。感谢桂从友大使出席会议并鼓励学会依照中医药“一带一路”规划在瑞典稳步发展。感谢廖蓉医师(Elisa Liao)、马雪虹(Xuehong Ma Yang)医师、张东青医师(Dongqing Zhang)、林德锋医师(Defeng Lin)、陈铁君医师(Sandra Tiejun Chen)、Mehdi Ghazi医师、胡淑慧医生(Shuhui Hu)、徐铁(Tie Xu)博士夫妇等人慷慨解囊，捐助学会。得益于各位同仁和朋友的无私帮助，学会于2017年顺利召开了国际性学术交流大会。

在2017年，学会得到强劲发展。对国际针灸医师进行了业务学习和考核，并继续扩大国际针灸医师队伍，又有14名考生通过了考试；其中包括多名从业20年以上的资深医师；学术交流继续进行，2017年11月举办了中瑞“一带一路”针灸高峰论坛、“筋骨三针专题讲座”以及与卡罗林斯卡医学院的科研合作研讨会。

杨会长还倡议筹建国际针灸医师工会和中医针灸网的建议，更好地为国际针灸医师和患者服务。

司库(Yukio Danisman)做了2017年财务报告，公布了收支明细，得到全体会员的认可。

之后，学会的法律顾问，国浩律师事务所瑞典办事处资深律师Bengt Wahrolén做了重要讲话，从法律角度说明了几个关键问题。

首先他汇报了为学会办理针灸医师保险的情况，他认为保险公司欢迎国际针灸医师这样的高水平针灸医师办理保险，其中有一些保险是针对集体的，要求国际针灸医师作为一个集体统一由学会申请办理。

然后Wahrolén律师列举了相关法律，详细阐述了在瑞典国际针灸医师可以使用针灸医师(Akupunktur Doktor)，并将帮助推动瑞典卫生部门认可注册针灸医师(Leg. Akupunktur Doktor)，与瑞典卫生体系接轨。

最后Wahrolén律师郑重声明，经过对学会财务检查，可以证明学会的资金来源是会费和捐助，未得到任何政府的资助。

律师在现场回答了会员的若干提问。

大会进入颁发证书环节，瑞典针灸学术研究学会杨会长为揭梅(Maggie Jie)和Bengt Wahrolén两位律师颁发了法律顾问聘书。

随后杨会长和张副会长为新一届国际针灸医师颁发了证书，之后全体瑞典国际针灸医师合影留念，他们身着统一的制服、佩戴国际针灸医师胸卡名牌和徽章，展现了国际针灸医师规范、专业的风采。

合影后，张东青副会长宣读了《瑞典针灸学术研究学会章程》，杨会长宣读了《瑞典针灸学术研究学会财务管理制度》.

林副秘书长宣读了《瑞典国际针灸医师管理制度》。与会会员积极讨论了上述制度，宣读人一一做了解答。至此完善了学会的各种规章制度。

公布重要制度之后，开始了学术讲座。首先是张东青副会长做了题为《针刺为主治疗肠易激惹综合症》的学术讲座，针对瑞典病人常见的五种证型采用“肠八针”为主治疗，疗效显著；黎坚理事随后做了题为《中西医结合一针疗法治疗老年性膝关节骨性关节炎关节疼痛》的学术讲座，阐述了基于西医明确病理后采用针灸治疗，对骨性膝关节炎往往能做到一针见效。

学术讲座之后，会场移到杨会长诊所，开始给会员及病人义诊，杨会长现场为两位病人义诊，演示了疗效显著的不孕症特效穴，采用埋线疗法新技术；

林德锋理事演示了火针疗法，为几位痛症病人治疗，当场见效。义诊现场气氛热烈，针灸医师们都受益匪浅，认为学会拥有很高的针灸水平，行为规范专业，对针灸在瑞典立法充满信心。

义诊结束后，针灸医师们带着喜悦的心情参加了中欧文化协会当晚主办的斯德哥尔摩文化之夜“一带一路”北欧之春国际和平文化节，为会员大会画上了圆满的句号。

大会主持人是林尤吉副秘书长，大会翻译是杨溪理事。大约30名会员出席了大会。

 

图文/陈雪霏，部分内容和图片由瑞典针灸学术研究学会提供。

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桂从友大使出席斯德哥尔摩文化之夜“一带一路”北欧之春国际和平文化节

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 北欧绿色邮报网报道– 4月21日，桂从友大使应邀出席斯德哥尔摩文化之夜“一带一路”北欧之春国际和平文化节。文化节由瑞典中欧文化协会、北欧绿色邮报网、瑞典专业外国记者协会共同主办。使馆教育参赞窦春祥、领事部人员、旅瑞侨胞和瑞典各界代表及部分旅瑞外国记者共200余人参加。

　　桂大使在致辞中表示，中瑞是传统友好国家，两国关系正站在新的历史起点上，面临广阔发展前景。值此斯德哥尔摩文化之夜举办“一带一路”北欧之春国际和平文化节具有重要意义，中国文化元素的加入不仅使斯德哥尔摩文化之夜更加绚丽多彩，也给中瑞关系发展注入正能量。

　　桂大使表示，中方基于共商、共建、共享原则提出“一带一路”倡议，致力于增进同世界各国的友好交往，扩大与世界各国的全面合作。民心相通是“一带一路”倡议的五大重要合作领域之一，人与人之间的友好交往和国与国之间的人文交流是民心相通的最重要途径，也是扩大各领域各作的基础和前提。希望旅瑞侨界加强与瑞社会各界和旅瑞外国侨界的接触交流，共同努力，致力于传播中华文化，进一步推动中瑞、中欧文化交流。

桂大使还对瑞典专业外国记者协会的来宾表示特别的欢迎，也欢迎他们多到中国采访，亲身感受中国改革开放40年来的发展变化，客观、公正报道中国各领域建设取得的伟大成就。

　　中欧文化协会会长、北欧绿色邮报网主编、瑞典专业外国记者协会会长陈雪霏表示，中瑞有着古代海上丝绸之路的历史渊源。举办文化节的目的就是希望通过文化交流促进瑞典不同族群的相互理解和信任，为深化中瑞乃至中欧之间的经贸和文化合作，为促进世界和平与发展作出贡献。

　　文化节上，瑞典华人爱乐合唱团等文艺团体和旅瑞美国、俄罗斯的记者和艺术家们表演了各具特色的文艺节目，为观众奉献了一场精彩的中国文化盛宴。桂大使和全体演员齐声高唱《我的祖国》，为文化节画上完满的句号。

　　斯德哥尔摩文化之夜是瑞典一年一度的大众文化盛事。这一天晚间，博物馆、剧院等文化场馆免费向大众开放，全市举办百余场文艺演出。“一带一路”北欧之春国际和平文化节作为本届文化之夜的重要组成部分，不仅上演了精彩的文艺节目，还举办了中国画家李丽作品展、中国电影欣赏和中华美食品尝，受到了参与者的好评。

来源：中国驻瑞典大使馆网站

Green-tech, Life, News

Eating fish could prevent Parkinson’s disease (吃鱼可以防止帕金森)

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By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

Stockholm, April 23(Greenpost)– A new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, showed that Parvalbumin, a protein found in great quantities in several different fish species, has been shown to help prevent the formation of certain protein structures closely associated with Parkinson’s disease, a statement from the university website says.

Fish has long been considered a healthy food, linked to improved long-term cognitive health, but the reasons for this have been unclear. Omega-3 and -6, fatty acids commonly found in fish, are often assumed to be responsible, and are commonly marketed in this fashion. However, the scientific research regarding this topic has drawn mixed conclusions. Now, new research from Chalmers has shown that the protein parvalbumin, which is very common in many fish species, may be contributing to this effect.

One of the hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease is amyloid formation of a particular human protein, called alpha-synuclein. Alpha-synuclein is even sometimes referred to as the ‘Parkinson’s protein’. 
What the Chalmers researchers have now discovered, is that parvalbumin can form amyloid structures that bind together with the alpha-synuclein protein. Parvalbumin effectively ‘scavenges’ the alpha-synuclein proteins, using them for its own purposes, thus preventing them from forming their own potentially harmful amyloids later on.

“Parvalbumin collects up the ‘Parkinson’s protein’ and actually prevents it from aggregating, simply by aggregating itself first,” explains Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, Professor and Head of the Chemical Biology division at Chalmers, and lead author on the study.

With the parvalbumin protein so highly abundant in certain fish species, increasing the amount of fish in our diet might be a simple way to fight off Parkinson’s disease. Herring, cod, carp, and redfish, including sockeye salmon and red snapper, have particularly high levels of parvalbumin, but it is common in many other fish species too. The levels of parvalbumin can also vary greatly throughout the year.

“Fish is normally a lot more nutritious at the end of the summer, because of increased metabolic activity. Levels of parvalbumin are much higher in fish after they have had a lot of sun, so it could be worthwhile increasing consumption during autumn,” says Nathalie Scheers, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, and researcher on the study. It was Nathalie who first had the inspiration to investigate parvalbumin more closely, after a previous study she did looking at biomarkers for fish consumption.

Other neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s, ALS and Huntington’s disease, are also caused by certain amyloid structures interfering in the brain. The team is therefore keen to research this topic further, to see if the discovery relating to Parkinson’s disease could have implications for other neurodegenerative disorders as well. Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede stresses the importance of finding ways to combat these neurological conditions in the future:

“These diseases come with age, and people are living longer and longer. There’s going to be an explosion of these diseases in the future – and the scary part is that we currently have no cures. So we need to follow up on anything that looks promising.”

A follow up study, looking at parvalbumin from another angle, is indeed planned for this autumn. Nathalie Scheers, together with Professor Ingrid Undeland, also of Chalmers, will investigate parvalbumin from herring, and its transport in human tissues.

“It will be very interesting to study how parvalbumin distributes within human tissues in more depth. There could be some really exciting results.”

More About: Fish and Better Neurological Health

The link between higher consumption of fish and better long-term health for the brain has been long established. There is correlation between certain diets and decreased rates of Parkinson’s disease – as well as other neurodegenerative conditions. “Among those who follow a Mediterranean diet, with more fish, one sees lower rates of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s,” says Tony Werner, a PhD student in the Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, and lead researcher on the study. This has also been observed in Japan, where seafood forms a central part of the diet. The team is careful to note that no definite links can be established at this point, however.

More About: Amyloids and Aggregation

Proteins are long chains of amino acids that fold into specific structures to carry out their function. But sometimes, proteins can fold incorrectly, and get tangled up with other proteins, a process known as aggregation.As these misfolded proteins aggregate together, they create long fibrous structures known as amyloids. Amyloids are not necessarily a bad thing, but can be responsible for various diseases. Some of them can interfere with neurons in the brain, killing those cells, and causing a variety of neurodegenerative conditions.

More About: The Study

The study was published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Abundant fish protein inhibits α-synuclein amyloid formation

Nathalie Scheers had looked at parvalbumin before in another context.

“I was on a previous study where we looked at possible compliance markers for fish intake. Parvalbumin is a cause of fish allergies, so we knew that it passed over to the blood, and that this form of parvalbumin is specific for fish”

She joined forces with Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, and together they took the idea forward.

“Because Nathalie had previously shown that parvalbumin passes into the body of the person eating fish, it made sense to study its interaction with human proteins. We already knew that they can meet in the gut, the blood, or the brain,” explains Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede.

Source: Chalmers University

Business, China, Chinese circle

SCEA signs MOU with Foshan Business Bureau

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STOCKHOLM, April. 23(Greenpost)—Swedish-Chinese Entrepreneur Association’s Vice President and Executive Manager Zhang Luping signed a Memorandum of Understanding  on cooperation with Su Yan, director of Foshan Business Bureau in Stockholm on April 20.

The signing came upon Foshan Mayor Zhu Wei’s visit to Sweden with a business and official delegation. SCEA Vice President Zhang Luping gave a brief introduction of the hosts.

David Lindblom from SCEA gave a brief introduction about Sweden saying that Sweden is an innovative country which has invented many products ranging from match to safety belt, from heart rescue machine to Skyppe and GPS locating system.

Joana Wang gave a brief introduction about SCEA aiming at serving as a bridge between Sweden and China.

Ulf Borbos gave an introduction about science park with one of the project is to find Chinese cooperation partners. Ms Wang serves as interpreter.

Mayor Zhu said he is very much interested in medical care cooperation with Karolinska Institute because in his city, they have achieved full scale urbanization meaning all the people enjoy the same urban medical care system. So they have enough patients for medical research while the medical  research environment is very good.

Retired Karolinska Institute Associate Professor in tumor Hu Lifu who is still very active in promoting Sino-Swedish medical cooperation introduced briefly about Karolinska Institutet.

The meeting also involved in two young startup forum founder who aims at helping young people to exchange between China and Sweden. They plan to take Swedish young people to China to visit Shenzhen, Guangzhou or Foshan.

Mayor Zhu welcome all to visit Foshan, the third largest city in Guangdong province, the vanguard of China’s reform and opening up begun in 1978.

Finally Zhang Luping and Su Yan signed the MOU on bilateral cooperation in exchanging business and trade information and providing assistance for each other when needed.

Zhang Yi, vice president of Swedish Chinese Federation was also present at the meeting.

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北欧绿色邮报网报道（记者陈雪霏）– 4月21日晚，斯德哥尔摩100多家文化团体和单位举办斯德哥尔摩文化之夜活动。作为斯德哥尔摩文化之夜的一个重要组成部分，中欧文化协会作为主办方之一牵头在恒运阁饭店举办了2018“一带一路”北欧之春国际和平文化节和中国女画家李丽的山水花鸟国画展。

晚上六点钟，恒运阁饭店188个座位爆满。文化节在宾客满堂欢乐祥和的气氛中开始。

中国驻瑞典特命全权大使桂从友.

中国驻瑞典大使桂从友阁下首先致辞。他说，在这冬去春来，万物复苏的美好时节，举办这样的斯德哥尔摩文化之夜和一带一路国际和平文化节具有重要的现实意义。象征着大家渴望光明，渴望和平，渴望美好，我和大家共同融入到这样祥和友好的气氛中，也感到非常荣幸，非常幸福，心情感到非常愉快。

“中瑞两国是传统友好国家，两国关系正站在新的历史起点上，面临广阔的发展前景。在斯德哥尔摩文化之夜，增加中国文化元素，不仅是文化之夜更加绚丽多彩，也为中瑞关系的发展注入新的正能量。中方提出一带一路倡议是基于工商共建共享原则，增进与世界各国的友好，扩大与世界各国的全面合作。民心相通是”一带一路” 创意领域的五大活动之一，人与人之间的友好交往和国与国之间的人文交流是民心相同的最重要途径。也是扩大各个领域合作的基础和前提。”他说。

据了解今晚将上演一场中国文化大餐，包括演奏，舞蹈，歌曲，还有女画家李丽的画展和电影《庐山恋》。相信大家一定能够度过一个收获满满的斯德哥尔摩文化之夜。

中欧文化协会是由瑞典华人华侨女同胞自愿发起的旨在传播中华文化，我相信通过这样的努力不仅有利于丰富旅瑞华人华侨的文化生活，也有利于更好地促进中瑞，中欧文化交流。

Ric Wasserman, 记者歌手，陈雪霏会长，桂从友大使和Toni Sica记者。

桂大使说，今天的主办方之一瑞典专业外国记者协会的记者和国际友人，欢迎你们到中国去走走看看。改革开放四十年来，中国发生了翻天覆地的变化。十八大以来，中国又进入了一个新时代。现在中国社会政治稳定，经济高质量发展，13多亿人民基本过上了小康生活。还有五千万贫困人口到2020年将全部实现稳定脱贫。在国际上，中国积极维护世界和平安全稳定，是和谐世界的主力军。相信外国记者和国际友人到中国后一定会体会到我所说的一切，有一定的感知认知。

中欧文化协会会长，北欧绿色邮报网和北欧中华网总编辑和瑞典专业外国记者协会会长陈雪霏介绍嘉宾后也致辞。

她说，我非常高兴今天我们是三喜临门，一是庆祝斯德哥尔摩文化之夜，今晚有近百个单位都以紫花为标记搞不同的文化活动。作为华人团体，真正加入到瑞典社会活动中来，既保持自己的特色，又加入到主流活动当中，这让我们感到很自豪。这也是瑞典社会开放和国际化的一个标志。

我们是斯德哥尔摩文化之夜的一部分。

二是我们庆祝2018一带一路北欧之春国际和平文化节。今年是第二届以和平为主题的文化节，我们也加上了一带一路的主题。“一带一路”是中国国家主席习近平提出的促进和平与发展的创意。瑞典的哥德堡号正好是古丝绸之路的一个终点。现在，中瑞之间，乃至中国和北欧之间更应该继续加深友谊，深化经贸和文化合作。文化和商贸并不分家，加上一带一路主题，也是响应习主席的创意，为促进中瑞之间乃至中欧之间的文化交流做出贡献。

第三是北京女画家李丽的山水花鸟国画在瑞典展出。虽然规模不大，但是，意义深远，因为这正是促进中瑞文化交流的实际行动。当今世界，中国在一心一意搞现代化建设，全心全意促进世界和平与发展，我们非常赞同中国坚持和平发展的道路。但是，有些地方却出现了令人不满意的地方，那就是还有暴力和冲突。暴力和冲突是和平与发展的大敌。我们谴责一切暴力和冲突。其实，暴力和冲突的根本原因是因为没有文化。一带一路的创意，目的就是要避免暴力和冲突，通过和平与发展来提高中国人民乃至世界人民的生活水平，创建人类命运共同体。没有和平，就没有发展，更谈不上可持续发展。因此，我们必须珍惜和平环境，保卫和平环境，我们相信，举办文化交流活动有助于人与人，国与国之间的相互理解和交流，可以避免冲突，维护世界和平与稳定。

去年，我们举办了首届北欧之春国际和平文化节，同时也积极组织出席斯德哥尔摩文化中心的活动，听取了濮存昕老师的讲座，体验了茶艺和江南的水墨丹青。我们还组织了太极和中国舞的培训，还有一部分人喜欢徒步。同时，我们也尝试做了有关瑞典社会的讲座。去年我很荣幸去北京报道了中国的十九大，亲眼目睹中国进入了习近平中国特色社会主义思想的新时代。今年，我们将继续努力为广大会员服务也为中瑞之间的交流做出我们应有的贡献。

主持人奥萨真子老师和娄国峰博士。

整场演出有25个节目。瑞典华人爱乐少儿合唱团首先出场演唱：《小红帽》，《春晓》和《最美的画》，孩子们的精彩表演一下子吸引了大家的眼球。

董家俊老师演奏的《婚誓》，《月光下的凤尾竹》和《竹林深处》，不但代表了中国优美的音乐，而且这个乐器葫芦丝也非常具有中华民族文化的特色。

何瑞玉演唱了优美的《卷珠帘》，还加上了一段多情的独白，非常优美。她演唱的《甜蜜蜜》也真的很甜美。

瑞典华人爱乐合唱团演唱《女人花》和《南屏晚钟》。指挥杨筱音老师。这里有的是孩子的妈妈，他们和孩子们一样漂亮。

儿童舞蹈 《圣诞舞》， 表演者，俄罗斯娜塔莉儿童舞蹈队。她们还表演了《辣女孩儿》舞蹈。俄罗斯裔少年Artem演奏了小提琴。巴赫曲目Sabastian。

唐诗雨演唱《天之大》。

李占淳独唱《天边》，《小白杨》和《我爱你中国》让人享受男高音的气魄和魅力。

诺贝尔文学奖得主鲍勃迪伦的歌曲，《答案在风中飘荡》，音乐家歌手 Ric Wasserman,自弹自唱，拉师伴奏。

女生独唱《又唱浏阳河》，演唱者斯京知名女高音歌唱家李佳。

二胡独奏《赛马》表演者， 翟怡嘉。落落大方，给人留下深刻印象。

昆曲《游园惊梦》表演者斯京著名票友郝景霞，让人领略中国古典文化的韵味。

乌普萨拉中文学校翟怡佳老师指导的儿童表演《歌舞江南》吸引了小朋友们聚精会神的观看。

陈雪霏演唱了一首充满深情的有关内蒙古大草原的歌曲《带我去草原吧》。她还表演了24式太极以展示中华传统文化。

最后，桂大使和夫人上台和大家一起唱《我的祖国》并和部分演员嘉宾合影。

瓦瑟曼，吉它自弹自唱布鲁斯音乐穿插在两场演出中间。人们品尝了包括东坡肉在内的中华美食。

与此同时，北京画家李丽的国画作品，就在现场展出，人们尽可以一饱眼福。作品有山水和花鸟画，给人留下很美好的印象。

最后：放映了中国改革开放之初的老电影《庐山恋》。

斯德哥尔摩文化之夜国际和平文化节开到半夜12点才结束。

本次文化节收到很好的反响。首先是来的人数大大出乎意料。观众爆满。同时，很多歌曲和乐曲都是中国音乐和歌曲的经典，让人百听不厌。中国国画在这里放出光彩。另外，国际和平文化节也真正体现了国际意义，华瑞观众各半。

出席本次活动的嘉宾还有教育参赞窦春祥，领事部主任张磊，领事部领事李晓洁和罗锦生。瑞典华人总会执行会长叶沛群，瑞典安徽科技商业协会会长段茂利教授，中瑞生命科学协会和瑞典沈阳同乡会会长于江博士，瑞典华人联合会秘书长尹畅博士，瑞典中文教师协会会长孙凯，瑞典欧亚文化促进会秘书长周政，瑞典针灸学术研究学会会长杨春贵，瑞中企业家协会副会长张露萍，畅通国际总经理李凯和瑞典青田同乡会副会长周民伟和副秘书长徐力等。当晚200多人参加了本次活动。

出席文化节的嘉宾还有瑞典高级工程师Tomas Edlar, 瑞典专业外国记者协会的意大利记者Toni Sica, 美国和瑞典记者，音乐家歌手Ric Wasserman, 俄罗斯裔Natali 舞蹈队负责人Natali。

娜塔丽Natali Dansstudio.

瑞典华人总会执行会长叶沛群与大家合影。

 

 

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今日头条：瑞中企业家协会与佛山市商务局签署合作备忘录

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北欧绿色邮报网报道（记者陈雪霏）– 瑞中企业家协会执行会长张露萍20日在斯德哥尔摩世贸中心与来访的佛山市市长朱伟率领的代表团举行了商务交流会，并同佛山市商务局局长苏岩签署了合作备忘录。

 

张露萍首先介绍了来宾，并对朱伟市长一行表示热烈的欢迎。

她说，瑞中企业家协会是2015年创立的，目的就是帮助瑞中企业家实现对接。

项目经理大卫简要介绍了瑞典的情况。瑞典有很多创新和发明是个创新的国度。例如，安全带，拉链，心脏起搏器，调扳子，Skyppe, GPS定位系统等都是瑞典的发明。

瑞典科技园区孵化器园区项目负责人伍尔夫.波尔波斯介绍了瑞典的科技园区情况，其中一个有趣的项目就是要在中国找到合适和可能的公司来实现与瑞典企业的对接。

他们的环境和绿色科技项目引起了朱伟市长的极大兴趣。

朱市长也对卡罗林斯卡医学院非常感兴趣，希望卡罗林斯卡医学院可以到佛山各医院寻找科研基地。因为佛山市已经在医疗方面实现了全覆盖，统一医疗保障体制，城乡一体化，这一点可以说是提前进入小康社会。

交流过程中，瑞中初创企业论坛创始人毛立之和Jacky .于也介绍了他们希望帮助初创企业互相交流的意向。

朱伟市长对瑞中企业家协会组织协调的这些项目都比较感兴趣，他欢迎大家到佛山去看看。如果大家去广州，深圳，一定请到广东第三大城市佛山去看看，因为那里通高铁以后，距离广州不到半小时。

交流会是在和谐融洽的气氛中进行的。

最后，瑞中企业家协会执行会长张露萍和佛山市商务局局长苏岩签署了合作备忘录。双方同意将来在协助两地企业商贸合作交流与推广方面进行合作。

瑞典华人总会副会长张翼，卡罗林斯卡医学院专家胡力夫和瑞中企业家协会约翰娜王也出席了交流会。

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今日要闻：驻瑞典大使桂从友为优秀自费留学生颁发奖学金证书

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北欧绿色邮报网报道（记者陈雪霏）–  4月19日，中国驻瑞典大使桂从友先生为14位2017年度国家优秀自费留学生颁发了奖学金证书。

他说，虽然在瑞典的中国留学人员总量相比其他国家体量不大，但是每年国家优秀自费留学生奖的获奖比例却高于其他许多国家，这充分说明了在瑞典的中国留学人员学业精，能力强，素质高。

 

他深有感触地说，我也是研究生出身，但我上大学的时候正是我国改革开放初期，百废待兴，粮食和副食品按人口限量供应，人民生活条件相当艰苦。经过40年的艰苦奋斗，特别是党的十八大以来，我国社会经济发生了翻天覆地的变化。我国2017年GDP总量成为世界第二大经济体，人民生活基本达到了小康水平。因此，我想说，你们赶上了一个好时代，你们不仅在国内享受了良好的教育，而且还能够远渡重洋到国外留学。

他说，去年10月召开的党的十九大为中国未来30年的发展规划了宏伟蓝图，显现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦从来没有如此清晰的展现在我们面前。在这个波澜壮阔催人奋进的时代，你们作为建设社会主义现代化强国的有生力量，肩负着家庭的期盼和祖国的重托，在实现你们个人理想和人生价值的同时，也一定能够为实现富强民主文明和谐美丽中国的远景发挥应有的作用。

希望你们珍惜今天这份荣誉，这是国家对你们过去优秀成绩的肯定，更是对你们未来发展的鞭策。

使馆教育处窦春祥参赞主持颁奖仪式。他说，本次获奖同学有来自卡罗林斯卡医学院的吕东昊，张明冬，战义强，沈显力; 来自乌普萨拉大学的田博、吴力川、任毅、白汶松; 来自隆德大学的党君华、李超、林乐心; 来自斯德哥尔摩大学的杨彬; 来自林雪平大学的黄雨青以及来自查尔莫斯理工大学的李昭君。目前，在瑞典有8000多中国学子。

博士生吴力川发表获奖感言，他感谢老师的栽培，也感谢使馆和教育处的关怀，使他可以度过漫长的冬日。他说，他学习的科目正好是有关气候变化方面的知识，渴望将来为国家在气候变化方面做出贡献。

吴博士的导师安娜.本特松说，她的项目资金来自瑞典政府，但是，她是公开招收博士，她觉得来自中国的学生学苗好，勤奋努力，因此，她觉得非常高兴能有这位中国博士生。他们研究的大气课题有助于气候变化问题的研究和应对。

 

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卫生与健康, 科技教育

驻瑞典大使桂从友为祝贺陈竺教授荣获舍贝里奖举办招待会

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 北欧绿色邮报网报道（记者陈雪霏）– 4月14日，中国驻瑞典大使桂从友在使馆举办招待会，热烈祝贺陈竺教授荣获舍贝里奖。
陈竺教授和夫人陈赛娟教授，瑞典卡罗林斯卡医学院校长奥特森、瑞典红十字会国际部主任莫拜克、舍贝里基金会理事英格玛·舍贝里等瑞典医药卫生领域著名人士、科学家，以及中国驻瑞典使馆全体外交官出席。

桂从友大使向陈竺教授表示热烈祝贺。

他说，陈竺教授和他领导的团队经过长期不懈努力，与法国科学家合作，发明了治疗白血病的革命性方法，拯救了中国乃至世界千千万万患者的生命，对世界医学发展和人类健康作出巨大贡献。荣获舍贝里奖是对他们长期深入研究、携手攻克世界医学难题的充分肯定，也是对他们成功开展国际科技合作的充分肯定。陈竺教授应邀率团来瑞领奖，对促进中瑞友好合作和相关领域国际合作具有重要意义。桂大使表示，推进重大疾病防治是中共十九大提出的健康中国战略的重要组成部分。中国愿在医学研究领域不断加强同瑞典等各国的国际合作，为全人类健康作出更大贡献。

　　陈竺教授在致辞中表示，瑞典皇家科学院授予我舍贝里奖，再一次让治疗急性早幼粒细胞白血病 的“中国方案”为世界医学界所瞩目。这一研究成果是国际合作的成功范例，是东西方交汇、中国传统儒家思想与西方现代医学相结合的动人故事。科学研究超越国界。在医学健康研究中，各国科学家怀抱同样信念，致力于为人类健康服务。这极大促进了国与国之间的人文交流与相互信任，是“一带一路”建设不可或缺的组成部分，也是推动构建新型国际关系和人类命运共同体的重要内容。我和我的团队将与国内外合作者们继续努力，破解其他类型血液癌症的发病机理，发展新的有效治疗策略，造福人类社会。

　　陈竺表示，多年来，在两国政府间科技合作协议框架下，中瑞在卫生、水资源、能源、矿业、空间等多个领域开展了广泛有效合作，科研合作保持良好势头。中瑞两国人民友谊历史悠久，18世纪“哥德堡”号商船远航中国成为两国友好交往的独特象征。瑞典是首个同中国建交的西方国家，两国交流合作不断迈上新台阶，中国已成为瑞典在亚洲最重要的贸易伙伴。祝愿中瑞友好合作不断向前推进，为世界和平发展作出更大贡献。

　　卡罗林斯卡医学院校长奥特森在致辞中表示，陈竺教授荣获舍贝里奖，生动诠释了医学研究如何为千万患者带来希望，如何促进国与国之间的友谊和互信。我们都认为，要让医学研究成为“一带一路”建设的重要组成部分，在健康领域开展广泛合作，为沿线国家的人民带去健康和希望。卡罗林斯卡医学院愿同中国和各国科学家加强合作，破解医学难题，共同促进健康和医疗平等，更好造福各国人民。

　　瑞典企业家本特·舍贝里2016年捐献20亿瑞典克朗（约合2.5亿美元）创立舍贝里基金会，用于推动癌症、健康和环境领域的科学研究。舍贝里基金会资助的舍贝里奖由瑞典皇家科学院颁发。

来源：中国驻瑞典使馆网站。

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Affisch: Stockholm Kulturnatt och Nordic Spring International Peace and Culture Festival

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You are warmly welcome to Stockholm Kulturnatt and Nordic Spring International Peace and Culture Festival as well as Beijing artist Li Li’s art exhibition!

Time: April 21, 18:00-24:00.

Address: Ynglingagatan 17, Stockholm.

Program：18：00-19：00  Grand opening concert with singing and dancing as well as instrument performance. such as Gittar, violin, Hulusi and erhu.

19:00–20:00   Chinese dinner with five dishes with Hangzhou flavor (100 kronor for cost)  Jazz and blues hour

20:00-21:00   concert again with singing, dancing, Taiji and instrument performance.

21:00- 22:00  Introduction of Beijing artist Li Li and her works. She couldn’t come this time because she has to visit another country. But she will come to Sweden later.

22:00- 24 :00 play a Chinese film   titled  Romance on Lushan Mountain, a romantic film from the 1980s in China.  Looking back how Chinese were like in the 1980s.

A man Geng Hua from Peking went to Lushan Mountain to have a meeting. He studied English and just met a young beautiful woman who just came back from America.  They fell in love with each other,  but……….

Hope you enjoy it!

The concert is open for all. Welcome!

       

 

Exchange, Finland, Green-tech

PM SipiläFinland and India have good opportunities for cooperation

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STOCKHOLM, April 18(Greenpost) — Prime minister Juha Sipilä and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting in Stockholm.

The development of economic relations between the Nordic countries and India was the main theme in the India-Nordic Summit in Stockholm on Tuesday 17 April. Prime Minister Juha Sipilä also held a bilateral meeting with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, including negotiations on trade relations between Finland and India and on promoting investment and other cooperation.

“Finland’s exports to India have grown over the past few years. Prime Minister Modi and I noted that opportunities for cooperation between our two countries exist especially in sectors such as energy, satellites and education. We have agreed to deepen cooperation in these fields and will hold further negotiations on concrete projects at the level of public officials, Prime Minister Sipilä said.

“I first met Prime Minister Modi in 2016 in India in conjunction with the Team Finland trade mission to India. India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and it is important for Finland to continue fostering good economic relations with India. There are many opportunities for cooperation,” observed Sipilä.

In the meeting, Prime Minister Sipilä also raised the importance of free trade; indeed, negotiations on free trade and investment protection agreements are on-going between the EU and India. Sipilä also stressed the importance of international cooperation in regard to climate change and counter-terrorism.

India interested in Nordic solutions

The initiative for the India-Nordic Summit of the prime ministers of the Nordic countries and India was made by India. The premiers of all five Nordic countries attended in the summit.

In the summit, Prime Minister Sipilä held an introductory presentation on the impact of innovations, digitalisation and artificial intelligence on trade and commerce, jobs and economic growth worldwide.

During Prime Minister Modi‘s premiership, India’s infrastructure, economy and society have been modernised. Economic growth in India is forecast to continue to at a rate of over 7% both this and next year. Last year, the value of goods exports from Finland to India amounted to EUR 532 million and the value of imports was EUR 340 million. Finland’s main export products are machinery and equipment as well as paper and cardboard. In 2017, our services exports totalled EUR 747 million and services imports amounted to EUR 534 million.

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瑞典首相勒文和印度总理莫迪举行会谈

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北欧绿色邮报网报道（记者陈雪霏）– 瑞典首相勒文17日与来访的印度总理莫迪举行会谈后举行了十分钟的新闻发布会。他说，瑞典和印度关系有很大的互补性，双方在可持续发展城市和数字化方面合作。同时，瑞典将向印度提供国防方面的材料。

勒文说，非常高兴您的来访，感谢您两年前对我对印度的访问时的热情接待。这是自1988年以来首位印度总理对瑞典的正式访问。

“我们两国之间的关系非常好，有广泛合作基础。我相信瑞典和印度之间是很好的合作对象，印度在制造业和数字化方面雄心勃勃，我们瑞典在可持续发展和创新方面可以提供解决方案。自从2016年在孟买的会见之后，这两年间我们的政治经济关系加强了，我们在绿色技术和智慧城市和创新领域可以合作，最终，这一切都是为了创造就业。实现可持续增长。”

勒文赞扬印度有很多很好的想法，例如，印度制造，起步印度和数字化印度这些创新理想，这些都是瑞典可以在合作中提供解决方案的。我们双方制定了一个联合行动计划，签署了创新合作伙伴协议，这都是两年前在孟买就定下来的。勒文宣布为开启创新合作伙伴关系，瑞典向印度提供5000万瑞典克朗的援助款，用于可持续发展城市和智慧城市项目。相信这对双边应对气候变化和创造就业都会有帮助。

勒文说，瑞典也和印度在磋商为印度提供国防材料的一些信息。这将是我们双方在国防方面关系的进一步深化。我们也同意建立一个共同的突击队专门攻坚黑客袭击，印度已经成为一个全球大国。没有印度参与，不管是气候变化问题还是可持续发展问题，都是不完整的。瑞典是欧盟成员和联合国安理会非常任理事国，我们一起谈论各自地区的安全状况和挑战十分重要。欧盟印度战略合作伙伴关系有很大潜力。

我希望欧盟印度投资保护和自由贸易谈判可以再次展开。双方将进行高级商务会谈，以及北欧印度高峰会谈。北欧外长将参与莫迪勒文高峰会谈。

希望您的访问将使我们的双边关系进一步加深。

莫迪说，这是我第一次访问瑞典，也是印度总理30年之后首次访问瑞典。非常感谢勒文及其政府对我们的盛情接待。

访问期间我们将举行印度北欧峰会，我非常感谢。印度和瑞典关系非常紧密。我们今天要讨论的是瑞典如何利用这个机会与印度形成双赢的合作伙伴关系。我们在投资，创新印度制造，中小企业和可持续发展城市等方面都有合作空间，可再生能源也可以。

我们将和瑞典的CEO进行交流。

我们将在国防方面进行合作，在应对黑客方面合作。在国际层面我们也有很密切合作，今天我们就亚洲形势广泛交换意见。

17日，瑞典首相勒文，印度总理莫迪和芬兰总理尤哈.西皮来，丹麦总理拉斯姆森，冰岛总理卡特琳·雅各布斯多蒂尔和挪威首相埃尔娜·索尔贝格及北欧外长举行了印度北欧峰会。

莫迪来瑞典之前还在芬兰进行了访问。芬兰总理西皮来会见了他。

Sweden-India Joint Action Plan, agreed by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Visit of H.E. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, to Stockholm 16-17 April 2018.

At the invitation of Prime Minister Löfven, Prime Minister Modi paid an official visit to Stockholm on 16-17 April 2018.

Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Löfven met on 17 April and recalled their Joint Statement issued in Mumbai in 2016, welcomed progress so far on its implementation and reconfirmed their commitment to the Joint Statement as the overall political framework for cooperation.

India and Sweden share values of democracy, rule of law, respect of human rights, pluralism and a rule-based international order. Both Prime Ministers reiterated their commitment to dialogue and cooperation on key international issues of mutual concern, including climate change, Agenda 2030, international peace and security, human rights, gender equality, humanitarian issues, international trade. The Prime Ministers underlined the urgency to step up global efforts to combat climate change, and emphasized their common continued commitment to the Paris Agreement. Both sides agreed to continue security policy dialogue at the level of National Security Advisors, in line with the Joint Statement.

Both Prime Ministers agreed to close cooperation in the UN, and other multilateral fora. They took note of the UN Secretary-General’s reform efforts to ensure a UN fit to support Member States to deliver on Agenda 2030. They also reaffirmed the need for reform of the UN Security Council, including its expansion, to make it more representative, accountable, effective, and responsive to the realities of the 21st century. Prime Minister Modi thanked Prime Minister Löfven for Sweden’s support to India’s candidature for non-permanent membership of United Nations Security Council (2021-22) and for Sweden’s support to India’s permanent membership of a reformed and expanded United Nations Security Council.

Both Prime Ministers expressed their commitment to support and strengthen global export control, non-proliferation and disarmament objectives and looked forward to close cooperation in these areas. Prime Minister Löfven welcomed India’s recent accession to the international export control regimes, including to Australia Group (AG), Wassenaar Arrangement (WA), Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), and The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC), and expressed support for India’s membership of the Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG).

Both Prime Ministers called for greater unity and stronger international partnership to counter terrorism, disrupt terrorist networks and financing, and to prevent violent extremism. They emphasized that the global counter terrorism legal framework should be regularly updated to address the changing threat of terrorism with strength, and underscored that any measures taken to counter terrorism comply with international law. In this regard both countries called for an early finalisation of the draft Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT).

To further promote bilateral cooperation, they decided on the following India-Sweden Joint Action Plan, under which India and Sweden, through relevant ministries, agencies and actors, aim to:

Innovation

– Initiate a multi-stake holder Innovation Partnership for a Sustainable Future, underpinning our mutual commitment to drive prosperity and growth and address societal challenges such as climate change and sustainable development through innovation.

– Carry out dialogue and cooperative activities in the field of intellectual property rights under the MoU signed between the Swedish Patent Registration Office and the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion of India.

Trade and investment

– Encourage trade and facilitate investment in both directions, such as Sweden’s investment in India through ‘Invest India’ and Indian investment in Sweden through ‘Business Sweden’.

– Encourage the work of the India-Sweden Business Leaders Round Table (ISBLRT) to further strengthen India-Sweden business cooperation within inter alia smart cities, digitization, skills development and defence, and to move its relations, ideas, partnerships and recommendations forward.

Smart Cities and Next Generation Transport

– Exchange knowledge and explore cooperation on smart cities, including transit-oriented urban development, air pollution control, waste management, waste-to-energy, waste-water treatment, district cooling and circular economy, including through dialogue and capacity building.

– Exchange know-how and explore cooperation in the areas of electro-mobility as well as renewable fuels.

– Exchange know-how and explore cooperation in the area of railways, such as railway policy development, safety, training and operation and maintenance of railways.

Smart, sustainable and renewable energy

– Engage and seek mutual collaboration on the demonstration and development of smart grid technologies such as smart metering, demand response, power quality management, distribution automation, electric vehicle/charging infrastructure as well as renewable integration, through research, capacity building, policy cooperation and learning on market design prerequisites including business models.

– Expand research, innovation and business cooperation on new innovative energy technologies through the India-Sweden Innovations’ Accelerator, focusing on technologies to utilise renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Women’s skills development and empowerment

– Encourage joint efforts towards women’s empowerment by skilling employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for women through projects such as “Kraftsamla”- a project undertaken by Swedish and Indian actors in Pune, Maharashtra which provides skills training for women in jobs suitable for industry such as forklift drivers, warehouse managers, assembly operators and more.

Defence

– Explore the finalization of a bilateral agreement on exchange and mutual protection of classified information for cooperation in the defence area.

– Enhance Indo-Swedish dialogue on defence cooperation. Proceed with India-Sweden defence seminars in India and Sweden in 2018-19 and explore, together with the ISBLRT, opportunities for investment in Defence Production Corridors in India.

– Encourage industry partners to develop supply chains for small and medium sized enterprises (SME) with major Defence & Aerospace Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).

Space and science

– Acknowledge the importance of bilateral cooperation on space research, technology, innovation and applications. Encourage the space agencies and other space entities to enhance space cooperation under the Memorandum of Understanding, particularly in Earth observation, planetary exploration and satellite ground station activities, through inter alia an Indo-Swedish Space Seminar and a visit by an Indian delegation to Swedish space establishments.

– Explore possible collaboration between the European Spallation Source (ESS), hosted by Sweden, and Indian partners.

Health and Life Sciences

– Enhance collaboration on the priority issues identified in the field of health, such as health research, pharmacovigilance and anti-microbial resistance, under the Memorandum of Understanding in the field of health care and public health.

Follow-up

– The Indo-Swedish Joint Commission on Scientific and Economic Affairs, Foreign Office Consultations and other relevant bilateral fora and Joint Working Groups will oversee the implementation of this Action Plan.

Joint Press Statement from the Summit between India and the Nordic countries

Visit of H.E. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, to Stockholm 16-17 April 2018.

Today in Stockholm, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the Prime Minister of Finland Juha Sipilä, the Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg and the Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven held a Summit hosted by the Swedish Prime Minister and the Indian Prime Minister.

During the Summit, the Prime Ministers pledged to deepen cooperation between the Nordic countries and India, and focused their discussions on key issues related to global security, economic growth, innovation and climate change. The Prime Ministers reaffirmed the importance of free trade as a catalyst for achieving inclusive growth and realising the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Prime Ministers acknowledged that innovation and digital transformation drive growth in an interconnected world and underpin a growing engagement between the Nordic countries and India. The role of the Nordic countries as global innovation leaders was underlined. The Nordic approach to innovation systems, characterised by a strong collaboration between public sector, private sector and academia, was discussed, and synergies were identified with India’s rich pool of talent and skills.

The Summit emphasised the Indian Government’s strong commitment to innovation and digital initiatives as key to prosperity and sustainable development, with national flagship programmes such as Make in India, Startup India, Digital India and Clean India. Nordic solutions in clean technologies, maritime solutions, port modernisation, food processing, health, life-sciences and agriculture were mentioned. The Summit welcomed the Nordic Sustainable Cities Project aimed at supporting the Smart Cities Program of the Government of India.

The Prime Ministers noted that the unique strengths of India and the Nordic countries offer immense opportunities for trade and investment diversification and mutually beneficial collaboration. During the talks, the importance of the rules-based multilateral trading system as well as open and inclusive international trade for prosperity and growth was underlined. The Ease of Doing Business practices were emphasised as a priority for both the Nordic countries and India.

The Prime Ministers acknowledged that terrorism and violent extremism are major challenges for the international community. They discussed global security, including cyber security, based upon their shared values of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, and their commitment to uphold the rules-based international system. They also discussed export control and non-proliferation. The Nordic countries welcomed India’s application for membership of the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group and reaffirmed their commitment to work constructively within the Group with the aim of reaching a positive outcome at the earliest opportunity.

The Prime Ministers reaffirmed their support for the United Nations and the Secretary-General’s reform efforts to ensure a UN fit to support Member States to deliver on Agenda 2030 and took note of his proposals to strengthen the UN, including in the areas of development, peace operations, peacebuilding and conflict prevention. The Nordic countries and India reaffirmed the need for reform of the UN Security Council, including its expansion in both permanent and non-permanent seats to make it more representative, accountable, effective and responsive to the realities of the 21st century. The Nordic countries agree that India is a strong candidate for a permanent seat in a reformed Security Council expanded with both permanent and non-permanent members.

The Prime Ministers reaffirmed their full commitment to implementing the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development as well as the ambitious implementation of the Paris Agreement. They agreed to continue efforts to develop cleaner energy systems, renewable energy and fuels, increased energy efficiency and technologies for cleaner energy production. The Prime Ministers noted that women’s full and meaningful participation in political, social and economic life is key to inclusive development and agreed to promote the empowerment of women.

The Prime Ministers agreed that a strong partnership can help spur innovations, economic growth, sustainable solutions and mutually beneficial trade and investments. The Summit emphasized the importance of strong people-to-people contacts through education, culture, labour mobility and tourism – all areas where the Nordic countries and India see a continuous increase in both interests and number。

Joint Declaration on Sweden-India Innovation Partnership for a Sustainable Future

The governments of Sweden and India hereby agree to deepen our collaboration in the field of innovation through a strategic innovation partnership. The innovation partnership represents a step-change in India-Sweden science and innovation
collaboration, underpinning our mutual commitment to drive prosperity and address global challenges such as climate change and sustainable development through innovation.

The partnership sets the framework for future cooperation to jointly tackle societal challenges including innovation driven challenges on cross sectoral issues with multi-stakeholder/agency participation from both countries. The partnership will cover co-operation across a wide spectrum, from the creation of effective innovation systems to the commercialisation of new technologies. The partnership is based on the principles of co-funding, co-development and co-creation, towards mutual benefits, making full use of our complementary strengths. The partnership will deepen the long and fruitful relations between our countries, building upon the Joint Statement between our Prime Ministers issued in Mumbai 2016 and the Joint Action Plan agreed in Stockholm in 2018. Existing MoUs in areas such as science and technology, sustainable urban development, biotechnology, energy,
environment, space, and health and disease prevention will play an encompassing role in the partnership.

Sweden and India will explore ways to increase the impact of our bilateral cooperation in innovation, science and technology, at multiple levels and by engaging stakeholders from government, agencies, industry, enterprises and academia. We also agree to encourage innovation funding agencies and industry to develop joint programmes and calls, in dialogue with relevant stakeholders.

The Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation in Sweden, together with the Ministry of Science and Technology in India (Department of Science and Technology and Department of Biotechnology) are the leading partners for developing collaboration within the partnership, including, but not limited to, the following areas and activities:

Areas for collaboration

  • Smart cities and transportation including e-mobility
  • Smart industry, digitalisation, start-ups and IPR issues
  • New materials and advanced manufacturing
  • Space and aeronautics
  • Circular and bio-based economy including biomaterials
  • Health and life sciences including biomedical devices

Activities to deepen our cooperation

Sweden-India Innovation Dialogue

Both countries will explore how to optimize the formal bilateral collaboration mechanisms, to increase synergies between policy areas and enable exchange of experiences and best practice regarding innovation policies and the creation of innovation ecosystems. This will include establishing a Sweden-India Innovation Dialogue with key innovation stakeholders from relevant line ministries and
agencies to provide overall strategic direction for innovation policy development. The dialogue will be supported and advised by an Expert group.

Sweden-India Partnership Development Activities

Both countries will organise Partnership Development Activities (PDA) in the identified areas of collaboration, to enable information dissemination and promote networking of key research agencies, industry players, enterprises, R&D institutions and other funding agencies to identify common challenges and develop joint projects. The PDA will also be a forum for communicating and showcasing the wide range of existing Indo-Swedish innovation activities.

Sweden-India Joint Industrial R&D Projects

Both countries will jointly commit to co-funding for support of bilateral innovation projects. Both countries will launch challenge-based joint industrial R&D and technological innovation projects to address challenges and opportunities identified by both sides. The projects will be funded on an ‘n+n model’ that combines funding from government and businesses. The joint funding will increase the impact and concrete deliverables of the innovation collaboration by investing in jointly developed projects, making full use of the comparative strengths of our industries and innovation systems.

Sweden-India Start-up Collaboration

Both countries will explore opportunities for start-up innovation collaboration, to accelerate the transition of research and technology development into commercial propositions. The start-up collaboration can be based out of existing structures in India, and may include the creation of an incubator exchange program for Swedish and Indian start-ups, including incubator managers, as well as offering a forum to facilitate cooperation between incubators and technology clusters. The start-up collaboration may result in the creation of bilateral innovation challenges for start-ups in Sweden and India. Both countries will also encourage activities to bring the innovation clusters in Sweden and India together.

Research and Innovation Infrastructure and Testbeds

Both countries will explore the establishing of mechanisms to facilitate mutual access to research and innovation infrastructure in both countries. This may include collaboration between testbeds and the creation of open innovation arenas, new testbeds and living labs, within the areas for collaboration mentioned above.

The way ahead

The implementation of the innovation partnership will be supported by a roadmap document that will be developed by the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation together with the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology (Department of Science and Technology and Department of Biotechnology) in consultation with
other line ministries, as appropriate. Meetings will be set up on a regular basis throughout 2018 and onwards, with due involvement and support from both sides. Joint activities will be coordinated between agencies designated by the Indian government and the Swedish government. To ensure a comprehensive approach with maximum impact, relevant institutional and government stakeholders on both sides, as well as business representatives, research institutes and academia will be invited to contribute to these activities, as appropriate.

Progress in the implementation of the partnership will be reported to the Ministers of Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation and the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology in 2020, for review and assessment.

Innovation and sustainable development the focus of Indian official visit

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Sweden on 16–17 April. India is currently the world’s fastest growing major economy, and the Swedish Government is working to strengthen Sweden’s role as a key partner in the areas of sustainability and innovation.

  • Prime Minister Stefan Löfven receives India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Arlanda Airport.
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    Prime Minister Stefan Löfven receives India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Arlanda Airport.

    Photo: Sören Andersson/Government Offices

  • Prime Minister Löfven and Prime Minister Modi outside Rosenbad.
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    Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Prime Minister Narendra Modi outside Rosenbad.

    Foto: Ninni Andersson/Government Offices.

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    Prime Ministers Löfven, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister for Enterprise and Innovation Mikael Damberg met Swedish business leaders at round-table discussions at Stockholm City Hall.

    Photo: Ninni Andersson/Governemnt Offices

  • Löfven, Modi and a group of children.
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    India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Sweden on 16–17 April.

    Photo: Ninni Andersson/Government offices

  • Prime Ministers from the Nordic countries and India at the Nordic–Indian summit.
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    Prime Ministers from the Nordic countries and India at the Nordic–Indian summit.

    Foto: Ninni Andersson/Government Offices.

Global economic growth is predominantly happening in Asia, not least in India. Swedish companies have a significant presence in India, and Indian companies are making substantial investments in Sweden. Increased trade and investment between the two countries creates more jobs and higher growth.

Areas of expertise including the environment, renewable energy, health, research and innovation are at the heart of the discussions on Sweden and India’s continued bilateral cooperation.

During the official visit, Prime Ministers Stefan Löfven and Narendra Modi will hold talks at Sager House and Rosenbad. At 13.20 they will each make a statement on the discussions in the entrance to Rosenbad.

Prime Ministers Löfven and Modi and Minister for Enterprise and Innovation Mikael Damberg will meet Swedish business leaders at round-table discussions at Stockholm City Hall. There will be an outdoor photo opportunity on Tuesday 17 April from 13.15, as the participants arrive. It will then be possible to take photographs indoors during the introductory talks, and a group photograph will be offered at the close.

The official visit also includes an India-Nordic Summit, during which Prime Ministers Löfven and Modi will host a dinner at Grand Hôtel in Stockholm attended by the Prime Ministers of all the Nordic countries. On Tuesday 17 April from 16.45 there will be an opportunity to take group photographs of the Prime Ministers at the India-Nordic Summit.

On the evening of 17 April, Prime Ministers Löfven and Modi will visit Stockholm University, where Mr Modi will give a speech in Hindi to the Indian diaspora.

 

 

 

 

  

Finland, Norway

Sweden holds presidency of Nordic Council of Ministers this year

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By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will attend the Nordic foreign ministers’ meeting in Stockholm from 17 to 18 April 2018, according to a statement from Finland’s government. 

The Nordic foreign ministers will discuss, among other things, topical UN affairs and international questions, such as North Korea and Syria, the development of transatlantic relations and Russia, Ukraine, and security in the North Atlantic. Topical EU issues will also be on the meeting agenda, including Brexit and the Western Balkans.

The Nordic foreign ministers meet approximately three times a year on the invitation of the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers. This year, the Nordic Presidency is held by Sweden.