New Swedish Prime Minister visits SSE Riga
28 October, 2014
On his first trip abroad as Prime Minister, Sweden’s recently elected Stefan Löfven visited Finland and the three Baltic countries on September 20-21, 2014.
In addition to meeting his Latvian counterpart, he visited the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE Riga) during his stay in Latvia.
Following a short discussion with SSE Riga Rector Anders Paalzow, Mr. Löfven met with the President and Vice-President of the Student Association as well as students from the Eastern Partnership countries (Belarus, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine) who study at SSE Riga within the Swedish Government-funded scholarship programme.
The lively discussion between the Prime Minister and the students covered a wide range of topics from life as a student at SSE Riga and the role of education in the economic and political development in the region to Sweden’s foreign policy.