Blue-collar unions are putting pressure on the Left Party to drop its demand for ministerial posts – and 350,000 SAS passengers hit by major data breach. Here's the latest news on Tuesday..
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Björn Söder, one of the so-called 'gang of four' who took over the far-right Sweden Democrats in 2005, has become the second senior party figure to call for it to drop its demand for ministerial positions and so open the…
Left Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar has repeatedly said that if the 'red-green' parties win the election, she will demand Minister posts for her party – a prospect which spooks many in Sweden's political centre. Why?
The Left Party has removed 13 candidates from its party lists for upcoming municipal elections after the newspaper Expressen reported that they had praised terror organisations or their acts.
The Centre Party has announced in a press conference that its aim is for Sweden to have a new government after the next election – one which is not reliant on the Left Party or the Sweden Democrats.
It's always exciting when a new party bubbles up in Sweden, even if they tend to pop fairly quickly. But could a new far-left splinter party have an impact on next September's election?
Magdalena Andersson says her proposed future government would include the Centre Party and the Greens, in cooperation with the Left Party.Lyssna: Social Democrats say they don't want the Left Party in governmentAfter Fri…
Centre leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist.Lyssna: Centre Party’s Friday ultimatum to Sweden’s PM hopefulsThe Centre Party announced today they want both the Social Democrats and the Moderates to present complete packages o…
MPs in parliament during Tuesday's Prime Minister debate and vote.Lyssna: Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist loses Sweden's second Prime MinisMPs have rejected Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist as…
Ida Gabrielsson, deputy leader of the Left Party.Lyssna: Gabrielsson: Left Party will not back down — the door is closedThe Left Party will not back down from the demand to be part of any new red-green government, deputy…
Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats and Nooshi Dagdostar of the Left Party.Lyssna: Fewer voters want to see Left party in governmentMore voters say they don't want to see the Left party in government, according t…
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Thomas MassieAmerikansk politikerHundreds of thousands of SAS passengers may have had their booking details exposed in a massive data breach.
Stockholm is set to get its first snowfall on Thursday, with large swathes of Sweden also expecting snow this week.
More than 50 days after the election, Sweden's government negotiations are suddenly moving fast, with the Centre Party currently playing the role of king-maker. What do you think of it all?
The Sweden Democrats' bombshell decision to drop its demand for cabinet posts and the Centre Party's threat to switch sides sparked a flurry of activity from Sweden's political parties over the weekend. But what are the…
Eighteen months after Stockholm University was instructed to develop language tests for citizenship, it has finally hired a project manager. Lars Bokander told The Local that when it comes to developing test items, he is…
Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, has cut the key interest rate from 1.75 percent to 2 percent, with more increases expected in the new year. Does this mean that its time to switch to a fixed mortgage?
Social Democrats shut out Left Party in bid to form centre-left government, Vattenfall to invest billions in Västerbotten, and more news from Sweden on Monday.
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…
