Six in ten foreign doctoral students still in Sweden three years after graduating
Six out of ten foreign doctoral students stay in Sweden at least three years after graduating, but they struggle to compete with their Swedish peers on the job market.
Unemployment among university graduates in Sweden reached its highest level in 20 years in July, new figures show..
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Six out of ten foreign doctoral students stay in Sweden at least three years after graduating, but they struggle to compete with their Swedish peers on the job market.
The EU and Canada want to bring their relationship to the "highest level possible" as they face a "world of growing rivalries," the 27-nation bloc's chief said Thursday ahead of a meeting with Canadian leader Mark Carney…
It took until April 2025 – more than five years after the UK left the EU – for Gavin Watkins to realise he should have applied for post-Brexit residency. He has since lost his job, unemployment insurance and risks deport…
Nichola Stanlick has lived in Sweden almost continuously since she arrived, aged seven, 40 years ago. But she's now thinking of taking a third job to help her chances of staying after her application for post-Brexit resi…
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi was received by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard in Stockholm on Saturday – marking the first visit by a Chinese foreign minister to Sweden in 2…
June 23rd marks exactly ten years since the Brexit vote. We'd like to hear from in particular our British readers in Sweden to find out how their lives have been affected.
Twenty-three innocent bystanders have been killed and 30 wounded in gangland shootings in Sweden in the past three years, according to statistics released that highlighted its battle to rein in violent crime.
Unemployment is at the lowest level since the end of 2023, but layoff notices are on the increase and the war in Iran could put another damper on things.
The number of people born abroad who are working has risen dramatically in recent years, and the gap between immigrants and Swedes has been shrinking since 2020, according to a new report by Nordea.
In this week's podcast: what's it like getting divorced in Sweden? More international flights. What are conditions like in Sweden’s immigrant detention centres? And is there any room for optimism in Swedish politics.
PersonerLast month, The Local's Mandy Pipher wrote a grumpy op-ed about Swedish attempts at Halloween – but then actually had a good time going trick-or-treating in her Umeå neighbourhood. Read about her experience – and the wee…
Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist has launched a bidding process for her party's support, saying it will back whichever candidate for prime minister can offer the best 'total package' of policies and governme…
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson has announced that his party will unconditionally 'tolerate' Ulf Kristersson as prime minister, dropping its demand for both ministerial positions or policy promises. What does this…
At a press conference in his hometown of Sölvesborg, Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson dropped his party's demand for governing positions in order to allow a right-wing government, however he said his party intends t…
Authorities are yet to confirm who is behind the bomb hoaxes affecting air travel in Europe this week, but experts suggest there are indications to explain who might be behind the spate of threats.
The National Anti-Corruption Unit has closed the investigation into voter fraud which originated from information in a newspaper opinion piece.
This week: Is Sweden heading for a second election? How can a citizenship test take half a decade to produce? Why are the Sweden Democrats bickering about Swedishness? And what's the hardest Swedish sound to pronounce?
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson is set to hold a press conference in his hometown of Sölvesborg around lunchtime today to address the ongoing government formation talks.
Sweden Democrat leader to give update on far right's cabinet demands – and Stockholm taxi firms rattled as low-cost rival branches into Sweden. Here's the latest news.
No one outside of Sweden has heard of it, and people in Sweden's larger cities farther south tend to speak about it with a drop of disdain, but The Local's Mandy Pipher says she wouldn't want to live anywhere in Sweden b…