Sweden’s rural development programme gets cash injection
The Swedish government wants to spend several billion krona on preventing rural businesses from closing, Industry Minister Annie Lööf announced Thursday.
A total of SEK 2.8 billion has been earmarked in the Spring budget to be added to the rural development programme, which is due to run between 2014 and 2020.
The total budget for the programme is SEK 36.1 billion.
The latest injection of cash will be spent on rolling out broadband internet access and helping local shops and petrol stations stay open, Lööf said Thursday. The cash will compensate for the drop in EU subsidies.
Related Links:
Canada: Feature Interview: The digital divide in the North, Eye on the Arctic
Greenland: Greenland seeks Canadian culprit for broken undersea telecom cable, CBC News
Norway: Norway plans broadband Internet in Arctic, The Associated Press
Sweden: Concern over quality as fiber net expands in Sweden, Radio Sweden
United States: Broadband Internet forges into rural Alaska, Alaska Dispatch
