Interest in Sweden for joining the euro may be growing, and although multiple parties have ruled out a new referendum, two of the ruling parties haven't closed the door entirely..
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This election, for the Moderates at least, marks the point voters give their verdict on the bold experiment the party has run over the past four years: ruling with the backing of the far-right Sweden Democrats. Will it g…
The far-right Sweden Democrats broke with longstanding parliamentary tradition in the citizenship vote – blocking an opposition motion on transitional arrangements by sending two MPs to vote which it had agreed to make s…
Despite joining the EU in 1994, Sweden still hasn’t joined the euro. Why is this, and could it ever happen in the future?
The voting board following Thursday’s vote for Prime Minister in the Riksdag chamber.Lyssna: 1019 ENG Centre Party takes centre stage in Sweden’s government deadlockCentre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist has been…
The register would help prevent the same donors being used for too many families.Lyssna: Support for Sweden's proposed national sperm and egg donor registerThe National Board of Health and Welfare's proposed national reg…
If this year's Swedish election is about anything, it's about how much money various parties are promising to put in voters' wallets. Here are the tax cuts (and tax increases) promised by the various parties which might…
Sweden's Left Party backtracks after leader seemingly relaxes stance on joining government – and a record 416 parties sign up for Swedish election, including Evil Chicken and JESUS. Here's the latest news.
Sweden’s government could face a defeat in the final day of parliamentary voting of the term, as an opposition MP said the four parties planned to unite to reject a proposal requiring foreigners to wait more than two yea…
Sweden's election is a fight about which parties voters hate most, rather than which ones they like. Spooking voters with the spectres of the other side's scariest parties could determine the result, writes James Savage.
Sweden's finance minister Elisabeth Svantesson has said that she wants to investigate the possibility of joining the euro if her party is in government after the election in September.
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The Social Democrats, Centre Party, Green Party, Christian Democrats, and Liberals have agreed to govern Region Stockholm together.
Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist has been tasked with exploring the prospects for her party's stated ideal: a centrist government led by Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson. But the Liberals have alre…
Immigration was at the heart of the political debate in the past four years, but the voices of immigrants themselves were comparatively rarely centred in the media coverage, an analysis by The Fix Advisory & Research in…
Liberals vow to block Magdalena Andersson's return as prime minister, third teenager arrested after Stockholm shooting, and more news from Sweden on Wednesday.
In this week's Politics in Sweden, Richard Orange argues that only one question will determine which candidate gets to be Sweden's next prime minister: the ultimate wishes of Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist…
This week’s Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with Brenda and Marcus Ramström, a couple in western Sweden who spoke to The Local just days before she was forced to return to her native Brazil following a Migrat…
Police are warning drivers to take extra care, after a day of at least five fatal accidents in Sweden.
The opportunities for building or renovate a home in Sweden are mind-boggling, with empty plots galore and rural areas crammed with run-down houses. Are you building or renovating a property? We’d love to hear about your…
Palantir boss expands massive land grab in rural Sweden – and can the Centre Party break Sweden's political deadlock? Here's the latest news.