Sweden in Focus has a special episode this week from the Almedalen political festival, where James Savage went to interview experts on the hot topics of work permits and Russia's hybrid war against countries like Sweden..
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On current figures, a 'Tidö 2' government lacks a mandate, as does the Centre Party's dream 'middle government', and two of the four opposition parties who could form a majority refuse to rule together. If nothing change…
As part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Öresund bridge connecting Copenhagen and Malmö, the prime ministers of both countries pledged to make it easier to live and work across the Swedish-Danish border. The L…
The Local's Emma Löfgren tries to make sense of why Sweden doesn't have a new government, 34 days after the election, before running through the rest of this week's stories.
Why did it take almost a full week for the Swedish election results to come out? Here, we explain how the Swedish Electoral Authority counts votes and delve into why this year took a bit longer.
This week: Sweden Democrats campaign hard, Brexit deportations, citizenship tests and the "caterpillar from hell".
In this week's podcast: poor conduct law passes, language preschools, government retreats from plan to jail 13-year-olds, and making the most of Sweden's long summer holidays.
The work-life balance and generous support for family life offered by Sweden is the main factor attracting highly skilled workers to the country, eclipsing salary levels, and the opportunities offered by the labour marke…
In this week's podcast: PM says Sweden Democrats will get migration minister position if right wins election, inside Sweden's deportation centres, high-skilled workers losing trust in Sweden, and why is competition a dir…
In this week's podcast: Sweden backtracks on deportations; who is Felicia, Sweden's Eurovision hopeful? Why April could be a good month for personal finances, and the latest on work permit threshold exemptions.
Sweden's government last week ordered the Migration Agency to produce another list of professions to exempted from the new, higher salary threshold for a work permit, barely six months after ordering a similar list. Why…
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Pedro SánchezSpaniens premiärminister 2018–
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Richard JomshofSvensk politikerStatistics Sweden has released a report with data on which immigrant groups have become Swedish citizens after over a decade in the country – and how many have left again.
Payments between Nordic countries are still expensive, despite close economic ties, according to a new analysis from Nordic central banks.
A leading Swedish business organisation is urging the next government – whenever it is formed – to step up the work of attracting and retaining crucial international talent.
Following strong gains for the Moderate Party and the Sweden Democrats, a new poll has the right-wing side nearly four percentage points higher than their left-wing rivals.
Kristersson calls on speaker to force parliamentary vote to break Swedish government deadlock – and right-wing bloc takes clear lead over left wing in new poll. Here's the latest news.
As Sweden doesn't yet have a new government, outgoing Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson will present a caretaker budget in November. It will be completely devoid of election pledges and fresh policy initiatives – exc…
Sweden is expected to hike its interest rate – and the budget deadline is fast approaching, as well as the deadline for sending Christmas presents outside Europe. Here's that and everything else that changes in November.
This week's Sweden in Focus Extra podcast features an interview with Matilda Molander, head of the green and liberal Fores think tank.
A 60-year-old woman who was rejected for a job because of her age has been awarded 50,000 kronor in compensation.
Speaker to call party leaders after Centre Party fails to forge centrist government – and Swedish security firm pays out 50,000 kronor over age discrimination. Here's the latest news.
