The delegation had a very busy schedule in their short but very intense visit to Astana, Kazakhstan. The purpose of the trip was to launch and inform about the newly formed Sweden Kazakhstan Business Council to future partners in Kazakhstan. The trip kick off with a visit and meeting with the Swedish Ambassador in Astana,… Read more »

The 26th of October the founding members of the Agriculture business section gathered at Övergrans for its first workshop.  The meeting concluded the need to form a more structured working process in the exploration of the full potential in the bilateral commercial ambitions in the agriculture sector. Therefore the meeting formed the “Agricultural section” of the… Read more »

The Kazakh government has recently taken many measures to boost tourism and FDI (Foreign Direct Investments) into Kazakhstan, the chief among which has been the relaxation of the visa regime. On June 12th, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced at the Foreign Investors’ Council that citizens from FDI providing states will be allowed to enter freely… Read more »

On September 3, the World Economic Forum (WEF) published an annual report on global competitiveness for 2014-2015. The first place in the ranking, as in the past six years, was taken by Switzerland, then goes Singapore, Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands. Germany was ranked the 6th, the United States – 7th, U.K. – 8th, Hong… Read more »