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 new numbers from the Swedish Unemployment Service Arbetsförmedlingen.At the end of September around 342,000 people were registered with the agency, almost 22,000 fewer than a year ago.But among some people unemployment is instead increasing. Listen to hear more about the latest developments from employment analyst Marcus Löwing.
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Swedish businesses remain pessimistic about their hiring prospects in the near future, with only one in four believing they will have more employees within a year, a survey suggests.
Unemployment in Sweden is falling slowly, with the biggest decline recorded among foreign-born residents, according to monthly figures from the Public Employment Service.
Albin Kainelainen, director general of the National Institute of Economic Research.Lyssna: More efficient companies could mean better wage increases, institute saysIt looks like there will be favourable conditions for wa…
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…
More and more employers in Sweden want their white-collar staff to go back to the office.
Accidents took place on roads across south and central Sweden on Wednesday night due to heavy snowfall, causing queues on the roads as trucks were forced to stop, with one person telling Swedish media at 7am she had been…
The Swedish Migration Agency will in the New Year begin closing down all of its 11 dedicated contact centres, with the services they perform instead carried out online, by phone, or by one of the 32 service centres servi…
Unemployment in Sweden is already high, and still rising. At the end of last month, around 19,000 more people were unemployed than the same time last year.
Johan Forssell, who almost all Swedish media revealed yesterday as the minister whose close family member has links to white power extremism and the far-right, said on Thursday morning that he has no plans to step down.
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