New legislation proposed by the European Commission this week seeks to make the recognition of professional qualifications easier for non-EU citizens, a common complaint of many who've moved to the bloc from abroad..
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Starting December 1st, registered residents of Sweden who don't have citizenship can apply for SverigeID – a new, state-issued, alternative to BankID. What is it, and how can you apply for it?
An initiative filed by the Green Party calling for a new bill adding transitional rules to the upcoming stricter citizenship law has been voted down by a parliamentary committee in what the Green Party have called "a ser…
The Swedish government has posted the proposed text of a new law changing the rules for citizenship, set to come into force on June 6th ? and there are no transitional rules, meaning that people who apply before then cou…
New passport rules for British dual citizens reflect border control and citizenship in a digital age, writes Nando Sigona in The Conversation.
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…
Fewer than 100 Swedish citizenship applications – and only 20 through naturalisation – were approved in July, the month after new and stricter citizenship rules came into force.
The number of people awarded Swedish citizenship fell by more than half in June after new stricter rules came into force, new statistics from the Migration Agency have shown.
On Thursday, Parliament gave its final approval of new EU circularity rules covering a vehicle’s entire lifecycle, from design to end-of-life treatment.Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food SafetyCommittee…
Only three countries have passed into national legislation new EU pay transparency rules by the June 7th deadline, MEPs and trade unions have denounced.
If your application for Swedish citizenship is at risk of getting rejected because it will be judged on the new rules which didn't exist when you applied, can you get a refund on the 1500 kronor application fee?
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Xi JinpingGeneralsekreterare för det kinesiska kommunistpartiet och Kinas ledare 2012–Sweden's Centre Party has chosen to continue negotiating with the centre-left parties in the hope of forming a government, party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist announced late on Sunday.
Citizenship policy is increasingly used by governments in rich countries to define migrants’ “integration expectations,” according to a landmark report on international migration.
The Local's Mandy Pipher writes about experiencing Umeå moving from autumn to full-on winter overnight, and rounds up the week's biggest stories.
Sweden's government said Friday that it wanted to prevent Russian athletes from competing there, following similar announcements from neighbouring Finland and Norway.
A Swedish journalist claims that coverage of the deportations of Brexit Brits amounts to nothing more than "sob stories". She couldn't be more wrong: the cases are an example of state failure, argues The Local's James Sa…
Sweden's Social Democrats and Moderates are set to present their government proposals to the Centre Party today, in a last-ditch attempt to win them over to their side.
As the process to form a Swedish government drags on past the two-month mark, The Local decided we could all use a bit of comic relief.
The Local has reported on several cases recently where foreigners have been forced to leave Sweden to apply for a residency permit on new grounds. Here are the rules to the best of our understanding.
Drivers told to leave their car at home after heavy snowfall continues in parts of northern Sweden – and Sweden Democrat MP resigns after sexual misconduct allegations. Here's the latest news.
A bitter blame game has erupted between leading Left Party and Centre Party MPs, with each accusing the other of squandering a chance to stop unfair deportations by blocking a Magdalena Andersson government.