Karolina Pudlo from Poland is one of thousands of foreign-born voters ready to cast their ballot in Sweden's regional elections. She explains why she left the Moderate party over transitional rules for citizenship..
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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…
House speaker Andreas Norlén has denied the Green Party's request to have an emergency revote on transitional rules for Swedish citizenship be brought to parliament, The Local learns.
Sweden's Migration Minister Johan Forssell of the Moderates said it was "very important" that parliament stopped transitional rules for the new citizenship law.
The far-right Sweden Democrat party have been accused of "cheating" the parliamentary system to block an opposition proposal to add transitional rules to the citizenship law, by sending to MPs to vote that it had agreed…
With a majority of just one vote, parliament rejected adding transitional rules to Sweden's June 6th citizenship reforms. But there's still reason to be hopeful, writes The Local's Richard Orange.
Sweden’s opposition parties failed to add transitional rules to the new stricter citizenship bill when it was voted through by parliament, meaning the tougher rules will apply even to pending applications when they come…
The former Sweden Democrat MP Elsa Widding has come out in favour of including transitional provisions in the upcoming stricter citizenship bill, arguing that "you can't change the rules mid-match". But she has not said…
Sweden's four opposition parties have included a joint counter-motion in the citizenship bill which goes before parliament on Wednesday, calling for transitional rules to be brought in for existing applications and ongoi…
Fair Transition has succeeded in pushing the campaign to add transitional rules to Sweden's upcoming citizenship law up the political agenda. But what chance does it have of actually changing the law?
If the government is serious about its pledge to attract international talent, including transitional rules when Sweden rolls out next year's far-reaching citizenship reforms is the only way not to undermine that goal, w…
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As of November 10th, passengers flying with Europe's biggest budget airline must check their luggage at least an hour before departure.
The Social Democrats and Green Party are due to meet with both the Centre Party and the Left Party today to discuss ways to overcome the obstacles to forming a viable government coalition.
Sweden's national weather agency, SMHI, has issued yellow weather warnings for snowfall on Thursday and Friday across parts of the country.
The Centre Party won the trust of foreign-born voters by promising to stand up for their rights and keep the Sweden Democrats out of power. If it abandons these central election pledges, many will see it as a betrayal th…
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson still has his eyes set on the prime minister role in four years' time – and SMHI issues yellow warnings for first major snowfall of the season. Here's the latest news on Wednesday.
Arguably untranslatable into English, svek covers a wide span of situations where trust has been breached, from treachery and betrayal to infidelity, to just letting someone else down.
This week's Sweden in Focus Extra podcast features an interview with Jackie Rulander, a cross-cultural strategist from Barbados who is based in Jönköping.
Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson has said that she is ready to again try to form a government – but needs more time.
On Friday, the Sweden Democrats dropped their demand for ministerial posts. The Left Party hasn’t budged on its own. Between them, they’ve given the Centre Party the cover it needs to back Ulf Kristersson as the least il…