Several EU countries have caused a stir when they called to shut Spain out of the EU's visa-free Schengen travel zone after the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco was overwhelmed this week by thousands of migrant arrivals. Is that possible?. Läs mer på The Local
Non-EU travellers heading to EU/Schengen countries will soon face biometric border controls as the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) comes into force from October 12th. But can travellers opt out?
Certain non-EU nationals, including Indian citizens, can benefit from a new type of Schengen visa, which rewards travellers with an established travel history, and allows multiple entries to the EU/Schengen area over a l…
The borderless Schengen area guarantees free movement to tens of millions of EU citizens, residents and visitors. To mark its 40th anniversary Claudia Delpero explains how it all started and the problems it faces.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen raised the prospect on Wednesday of Canada becoming the 27-nation bloc's first "associate member', as she pitched closer cooperation on tech, defence and energy to Canadian leader Mark Carne…
The European Commission is planning a revision of Schengen rules on short-stay visas to make the EU’s visa policy "more coherent, secure and effective, while facilitating legitimate travel".
With countries across Europe reintroducing police checks at internal borders with neighbouring states there has been renewed attention on how the borderless Schengen area works and how it's linked to the EU"s free moveme…
Vid fronten i Ukraina finns inte längre en tydlig kontaktlinje. Ryssar och ukrainare befinner sig samtidigt i en föränderlig och livsfarlig gråzon där drönarna ser allt – ”the Kill Zone”. – Alla som rör sig öppet dör, sä…
Efter elva år i en och samma klubb ville Marinus Due Grandt testa något nytt. Den danske 26-åringen hamnade i Öster och vill nu komma ur sin ”comfort zone”.
Krisen i Ceuta väcker krav på att stänga ute Spanien ur Schengen. Hybridexperten Hanna Smith hoppas att beslutsfattarna ser frågan i ett större perspektiv.
Flera EU-länder kräver nu att Spanien sparkas ut ur Schengen om kaoset i Ceuta inte kontrolleras. ”Det är avgörande att Spanien agerar skyndsamt för att återfå kontrollen”, säger Sveriges EU-minister Jessica Rosencrantz…
Every year, tens of thousands of people sit högskoleprovet, the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test, the results of which can be used on university applications. Take The Local's English-ified version of the Swedish vocabul…
Sweden's first citizenship test on civic knowledge was held on August 15th 2026, with close to 1,000 people from across the country sitting for it in the Stockholm area. Now that the results are finally in, what do they…
Tributes paid to youth worker, 24, shot dead at Stockholm sports hall – Sweden issues emergency cybersecurity warning over global PHP crisis. Here's the latest news.
Matilda Molander, head of the green and liberal think tank Fores, shook up Sweden's political world last week with an article outlining the painful concessions the Sweden Democrats might need to make for the Centre Party…
Sweden on Wednesday charged a man described by media as a top gang boss with masterminding a slew of violent attacks, as the country sees a reduction in its decade-long organised crime wave.
Some 44 members of the European Parliament from 15 different EU countries and six political groups have called on EU transport ministers to break the deadlock and get the plan to end the seasonal changing of the clocks m…
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