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Richard Orange’s interview with the Migration Agency's legal chief about Sweden’s large number of deportations of British people after Brexit is depressing reading. It demonstrates why the agency is no longer capable of…
Annonsras, fallande räckvidd och AI som äter upp trafiken. Tidskriftsbranschen har gott om problem – men Sveriges Tidskrifters ordförande James Savage ser positivt på framtiden:.
Coercion and bribery have no place in elections. But before accusing immigrants of "clan voting", Swedes should look at themselves, argues The Local's James Savage..
Many people credit Jimmie Åkesson for his party’s successes, but his eventual departure won’t do the party any harm at all, argues James Savage..
The Centre Party is the kingmaker Sweden's next government, but it has boxed itself in with red lines in all directions. Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist should learn from Ebba Busch if she wants to find a way out, argues James…
On Sunday, Sweden will make a choice with profound implications for foreigners living here — and the latest polls show it could go either way. But don’t imagine the problems will evaporate with a change of government, sa…
SVT's televised immigration debate showed being tough on immigration isn't a straightforward vote-winner any longer. But by focusing almost entirely on refugees, the debate managed to ignore the people who actually migra…
From right-wing liberals to cake with the speaker: explaining the intricacies of Swedish coalition politics for your friends at home isn't always easy. James Savage has written a handy crib sheet to help you sound like a…
Time and again, Swedish migration laws lead to people whom nearly everyone agrees should be allowed to stay being forced out the country. Sweden needs to do better, says James Savage..
Sweden has kicked out three times more Brits after Brexit than any other European country. The European Commission has failed to lift a finger to help them. If it cares at all about the free movement of people it needs t…
This week on Sweden in Focus, James Savage, Mandy Pipher and Richard Orange discuss an election campaign already mired in scandals. And James quizzes Richard and Mandy about crayfish..
Swedes’ love of silence has saved us from the plague of talking unmanned supermarket checkouts — but its city centres need to turn up the volume, says James Savage..
This week, in a special summer episode of Sweden in Focus, James Savage interviews John Klopson, the American known on Instagram and TikTok as Lost Chef in Sweden..
Under måndagen blev det klart att Andy Burnham blir Storbritanniens nya premiärminister, den sjunde på tio år. Enligt James Savage, brittisk-svensk journalist och chefredaktör för The local väntar stora utmaningar för An…
Den 15 augusti ska det första medborgarskapsprovet skrivas i Stockholm. SvD lät några välkända profiler tycka till om testet – och formulera sina egna frågor om svenskhet.Elaf Ali väljer: En fråga för den som vill förstå…
I sommar väntar bad, böcker och rosévin på lantstället för James Savage. Samtidigt oroas han över en utveckling där journalister i ökande grad hamnar i skottlinjen..
This week in a special summer episode of Sweden in Focus, James Savage interviews AI expert Johan Falk..
This week in Sweden in Focus, James Savage, Mandy Pipher and Emma Löfgren discuss a new poll showing what foreigners in Sweden think of life here – and what the government's immigration policy means for their plans to st…
Sweden's election is a fight about which parties voters hate most, rather than which ones they like. Spooking voters with the spectres of the other side's scariest parties could determine the result, writes James Savage.…
Everyone's talking about AI – apart from our leading politicians. Why the silence, asks The Local's James Savage..
Many Swedes were horrified at American treatment of immigrants in Minneapolis, a city where many of their own compatriots once settled. But there are more parallels with Sweden than many would like to admit, writes The L…
Bottensiffror i lokalval, fem ministeravhopp och ett växande missnöje har satt Keir Starmer under massiv press. Väljarna anklagar Labour för att inte leva upp till sina löften. – De ville locka missnöjda Toryväljare med…
Utgivarna och Sveriges Tidskrifters ordförande James Savage är bekymrad över att rättegången skjuts på framtiden..
Techplattformen har redan polisanmälts och nu tar Utgivarna nästa steg: En advokat har anlitats för att förbereda stämning: ”Vi vill klarlägga om en domstol kan stoppa Meta från att fortsätta sprida bluffannonser”, säger…
Techplattformen har redan polisanmälts och nu tar Utgivarna nästa steg: En advokat har anlitats för att förbereda stämning: ”Vi vill klarlägga om en domstol kan stoppa Meta från att fortsätta sprida bluffannonser”, säger…
Medieorganisationen Utgivarna – som samlar en stor del av de svenska medieaktörerna – förbereder nu en stämning av techbolaget Meta. Skälet är de bluffannonser där kända medieprofilers namn används för bedrägerier. – Me…
Embracing the Sweden Democrats was supposed to give the Liberals access to much needed support from their allies. The risk is that it pushes their poll ratings even further into the basement, argues The Local's James Sav…
The US and Israel’s lightning attack on Iran has left Sweden with a dilemma. As Nato’s newest member with a large Iranian community – but also a traditional stickler for international law – Sweden has so far chosen to si…
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor har gripits av brittisk polis, enligt BBC. Nyheten har dominerat nyhetsflödet världen över, Dagens Media har frågat James Savage om hur mycket nyheten skakar om Storbritannien egentligen..
Utgivarna anmäler Meta för brott mot Digital Service Act. ”Att Meta fortsätter att publicera bluffannonser utan att göra tillräckligt för att stoppa dem är ett direkt brott mot DSA”, säger Utgivarnas James Savage..
Swedes are not opposed to immigration, they’re opposed to immigration that doesn’t benefit them. Throwing working people or their families out of the country is bad politics, argues James Savage..
Den 16 maj 2025 släpptes Joakim Medin ur turkiskt fängelse efter att ha suttit inspärrad i 51 dagar för sin journalistik. Imorgon inleds rättegången – och representanter från flera svenska medieorganisationer finns på pl…
Swedes, once some of the EU's most sceptical citizens, are now some of the project's greatest enthusiasts. James Savage asks: what happened?.
Sweden's public broadcasters are under attack from the right. James Savage asks whether attacks on Sweden's public broadcasters could prove counter-productive..
Sweden's three smallest parties are given attention completely out of proportion to their microscopic polling numbers. But they hold the cards, and this week Ebba Busch showed she was willing to play them, says James Sav…
BBC:s generaldirektör Tim Davie och nyhetschef Debra Turness avgår efter kritik mot hur ett bolagets program redigerade ett tal av Donald Trump. Dokumentären, som sändes inför det amerikanska presidentvalet 2024, anklaga…
Nu är det klart vem som tar över vd-posten på The Local efter James Savage..
Kung Charles har påbörjat processen att frånta prins Andrew hans prinstitel. Det innebär att han framöver kallas Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Senast en prins fråntogs sin titel var för över hundra år sedan under första vä…
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…
Interrupting a political debate isn’t good manners, but it is good TV — and good for democracy. Sweden needs more rowdy debates, not fewer, argues James Savage..