Hamayun got a score of 90% in the citizenship test.Lyssna: 1022 ENG Sweden's first citizenship test: Relief for some, uncertainty over neEight out of ten participants passed Sweden's first citizenship civics knowledge te…
Eight out of ten people passed Sweden's first citizenship civics knowledge test, says Anders Sandberg.Lyssna: 1022 ENG Eight in ten pass Sweden's first citizenship civics knowledge testEight out of ten participants passe…
Who are the Swedish parties and what do they want? The Local's guides help foreigners navigate the Swedish election with a special focus on the issues that matter to you..
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…
The Swedish government spent over eight million kronor on a campaign aimed at getting 200 Afghan nationals to return voluntarily to Afghanistan. However, not a single person has taken the bait so far..
De statliga stöden till After Eight har hållits konstant de senaste åren, medan kostnaderna ökat markant. Mångsidig verksamhet ger ändå mångsidig finansiering..
Sweden's Centre Party has proposed exempting foreigners who have paid more than half a million kronor in tax from the incoming eight-year residency requirement for citizenship..
The visit will enhance EU lawmakers’ understanding of China’s innovative tech sector and e-commerce dominance, while examining how EU rules are complied with in practice.Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Prot…
If the government decides to go through with a proposal to convert permanent residence permits into temporary permits, the Migration Agency predicts that processing all cases would take eight years..
Revoking permanent residencies would take 'eight years', hundreds of unresolved shootings after gang war, property prices rose in February and other news from Sweden on Monday..
Sweden's government has announced that it will push ahead with plans to increase the residency requirement for citizenship from five years to eight, with the new rules applying retroactively. We want to hear whether they…
The Swedish government has revealed the details of a new law designed to tighten up citizenship requirements, among other things demanding an eight-year residency period and a 20,000 kronor self-sufficiency requirement..
A Stockholm court on Wednesday jailed a 19-year-old for nearly eight years for having plotted to attack a culture festival on behalf of the Islamic State..
Sweden’s a supposedly liberal country, yet its debate is hamstrung by taboos on subjects from drugs to housing. We have eight parliamentary parties — they should use this to give voters a proper debate, and a choice, say…
Year after year, Scandinavian countries consistently dominate international competitiveness rankings – and 2025 is no exception. In the latest Competitiveness Report by Eight International, all of them made it to the glo…
A group of eight MEPs from the European Parliament’s Committee on Development and Subcommittee on Human Rights begin a three-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today.Committee on Development Source…
Eight of Sweden's 277 glaciers melted completely during 2024 and are now extinct due to global warming, the head of the Tarfala Research Station in northern Sweden told AFP on Monday..
Den välpatinerade bilen ser ut som en PV i jätteformat. Och mycket riktigt: – Det sägs att Volvo hämtade inspiration från Mercury Eight när de skulle designa PV:n, berättar bilens ägare, Bo Karlsson från Askersund..
Sweden’s summer holidays are often so long that it can come as a shock when normal service resumes. Here we've compiled some Swedish phrases you’re likely to hear that will help you readjust..
The Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) hasn't approved any standard citizenship applications for over a month. But why – and when can we expect it to be resolved? Here's everything you need to know to understand…