Three new unions have thrown their weight behind a looming strike at King, the games company behind Candy Crush Saga, which is aimed at ending the company's long refusal to sign a collective bargaining agreement..
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With four days to go until workers at the Swedish game developer King are set to go on strike, The Local spoke to Camilla Frankelius, negotiations chief at the Engineers of Sweden union, about why it's necessary to win a…
Sweden's five major industrial trade unions – IF Metall, Unionen, Engineers of Sweden, GS and Livs – will today announce their joint wage demand ahead of the 2027 bargaining round.
Sweden's National Agency for Education says upper-secondary schools should offer fewer places on some more theoretical programmes, and more on vocational courses.Lyssna: 1020 ENG Vocational programs urged to become moreS…
Jan-Erik Lindenblad Heed is one of many retirees with side hustles today, earning them extra income. Lyssna: More Swedish retirees continue working: 'Extremely low taxes'More and more Swedish retirees opt to work post re…
Unemployment is down in all of Sweden, with exceptions for older people and people with disabilities. Lyssna: Swedish unemployment down -- companies hiring moreUnemployment levels in Sweden are decreasing according to ne…
When Gavin Maycroft arrived in Stockholm aged 28 to join his Swedish girlfriend, he’d mainly been a waiter. But he soon blagged his way into DJing and music events, and 20 years later is one of the main bookers for the S…
Efter förra årets samarbete med Thundercat fortsätter mobilspelet Candy Crush Saga sin musikaliska satsning. Nu har turen kommit till countryikonen Shania Twain och producenten Zedd, som tillsammans skapat en ny version…
A Swedish Migration Court has ruled that the Migration Agency was right to reject citizenship for an applicant who failed the new eight-year residency rule, despite having applied under the previous rules. The landmark c…
Godisjätten Orkla Snacks, som äger Bubs fabrik i Jönköping, köper den nederländska godistillverkaren The European Candy Group. Affären ska göra det möjligt att sälja Bubs på fler marknader.
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Alexander StubbFinlands president 2024–A 19-year-old man in Sweden has been charged with planning a knife attack on a high school in the name of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, prosecutors said Friday.
Last 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.
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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.
