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Expectations are low as the red-green parties gather for their first meeting following the September 13th election, as there are still no signs of a breakthrough in Sweden's government formation deadlock.
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Hamayun got a score of 90% in the citizenship test.Lyssna: 1022 ENG Sweden's first citizenship test: Relief for some, uncertainty over neEight out of ten participants passed Sweden's first citizenship civics knowledge te…
Eight out of ten people passed Sweden's first citizenship civics knowledge test, says Anders Sandberg.Lyssna: 1022 ENG Eight in ten pass Sweden's first citizenship civics knowledge testEight out of ten participants passe…
Sweden's Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari brought her baby to an EU meeting, in a barrier-breaking move she said showed it was possible to be both "a present minister and a present mother".
A self-driving bus was involved in a crash with a tram on its first day carrying passengers in the Swedish city of Gothenburg.
Sweden's speaker of parliament has called the group leaders of all parties to an extraordinary meeting after the dispute over adding transitional rules to the citizenship vote brought down a long-standing agreement.
The group leaders from parties in the Swedish parliament are meeting on Thursday afternoon to discuss how to rescue the system of pairing-off after the far-right Sweden Democrats shattered the agreement by sending MPs to…
"They have many members who do not see me as Swedish," Liberal party leader Simona Mohamsson is heard saying of the Sweden Democrats, in SVT audio of an internal meeting of the party's Stockholm association.
In the meeting, the Liberals are expected to come up with a new position statement on the party's openness to working with a government that includes the hard-right Sweden Democrats. The issue is dividing top figures in…
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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.
When something in a culture becomes so iconic that it's ubiquitous, it can be easy to assume that its status is overblown. But even after all this time and exposure, Pippi Longstocking still lives up to the hype, writes…
