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…
Jimmie Åkesson held a press conference about the prime ministeral vote today.Lyssna: Sweden Democrats say they can tolerate Kristersson as prime ministerJimmie Åkesson, the leader of the Sweden Democrats, held a press co…
Nicklas Berglund is Hunting and Wildlife Coordinator at the Police.Lyssna: Widepread use of illegal drones in this fall's elk huntThis fall the police in Norrbotten county in northern Sweden has been receiving many tips…
Chair of Sweden's Climate Policy Council, Olof Johansson Stenman.Lyssna: Climate experts warn of a weaker Swedish voice at COP31Next week, the UN climate summit, COP31, begins in Antalya, Turkey.Sweden's Climate Policy C…
The research led to new discoveries around the development of Old Norse in Scandinavia.Lyssna: New clues to the origins of the Vikings and their language uncoveredInternational researchers have examined ancient DNA to le…
Sweden's Riksbank has raised the country's key interest rate from 1.75 percent to 2 percent, with more increases expected in the new year. How can foreigners in Sweden best plan their finances accordingly?.
American Democrats gathered over pancakes and coffee in Malmö on the morning of November 4th to celebrate their party's victories in the US midterm elections. But alongside the jubilation, some described the frustration…
Tartu prison in Estonia.Lyssna: Sweden paying for empty prison cells in EstoniaThree months into a deal where a number of Swedish prisoners will serve their time in Estonian prisons, only 52 out of 100 prison places have…
The leaders of the Red-Green parties, Jonas Attenius (S), Marie Brynolfsson (Left) and Klara Holmin (Greens) who are in the majority on Gothenburg City Council.Lyssna: Top politicians in Gothenburg cut their own salaries…
Supermarkets in a number of places around Sweden have spent Monday throwing out spoiled food on account of the hack.Lyssna: Swedish supermarket freezers hacked — temperatures raised to 50 degreesA number of supermarkets…
A handful of Swedish supermarkets saw temperatures in their refrigerators and freezers soar, following similar incidents related to cyberattacks in other countries..
Sweden's five major industrial trade unions – IF Metall, Unionen, Engineers of Sweden, GS and Livs – will today announce their joint wage demand ahead of the 2027 bargaining round..
Some Sweden Democrats think the only true Swedes are those who can trace back their ancestry to the dawn of time. It's an extreme idea that collapses under its own contradictions, argues The Local's James Savage..
Spin the wheel and you can have the first component of your very first poem. Librarian Lova Berggren is showing the kids during the autumn 'reading' break.Lyssna: Librarian's top tips for how to get kids into readingTen…
Halloween is more popular with Swedish youth than with the older population.Lyssna: Halloween divides Sweden by age and family lifeOver half of Swedes, 52 %, will not celebrate Halloween this year, according to a poll fr…
Anna Sundin, area manager for municipal adult education in Stockholm, says SFI exams aren't necessarily a quick solution for citizenship applicants.Lyssna: Citizenship rules spark demand for SFI exams — but schools warn…
The EU and Canada want to bring their relationship to the "highest level possible" as they face a "world of growing rivalries," the 27-nation bloc's chief said Thursday ahead of a meeting with Canadian leader Mark Carney…
Ebba Busch, party leader of The Christian Democrats. Lyssna: Christian Democrats propose deportations to third countriesThe Christian Democrats want Sweden to explore the possibility of deporting people to countries othe…
The Christian Democrats believe that Sweden should explore the possibility of deporting people to countries other than their home countries..
Sales of plastic bags have soared after the tax was removed two years ago.Lyssna: Plastic bag sales jump 45 percent after tax scrappedSales of plastic bags have increased since the tax on plastic bags was scrapped two ye…
Gilbert Tribo, who's the former group leader for the Liberals in the Skåne region.Lyssna: Conflict within the Liberals continues — 'it's a purge of dissenters'Several Liberal politicians who were part of a group that rep…
Following strong gains for the Moderate Party and the Sweden Democrats, a new poll has the right-wing side nearly four percentage points higher than their left-wing rivals..
Lovisa Rambjer, a researcher at IFAU.Lyssna: Study: Stricter oversight doubles the chances of landing a jobStricter monitoring to ensure that those registered unemployed are managing their job searches as planned leads t…
Richard Orange suggests that Sweden should stop splitting couples and families by forcing people to leave Sweden when applying for residency on new grounds, before running through the week's news..
Sweden's farmers may get to milk their cows in daylight, but most other people will have to leave work as it's already getting dark. The clocks are about to go back in Sweden, a clear sign that winter is around the corne…
Long queues at Kastrup. File photo.Lyssna: Chaos at Copenhagen airport with passengers missing flights due to security queNew security routines continue to cause long queues at Copenhagen's Kastrup Airport which is used…
More than 350 passengers at Copenhagen Airport have had to rebook their flights due to queues at security, with an additional 230 travellers missing their flights..
From blockaded schools in Rome to tent camps in Madrid and street protests in France, young people across Europe are turning their anger on a political class they say is not listening..
File photo.Lyssna: Funds from industrial projects in Sweden's north flowing to countries under sanMajor industrial projects in northern Sweden have resulted in funds flowing to countries that are currently under sanction…
Stefan Björkencrona at Swedish customs explains the new handling fees coming in November.Lyssna: Parcels coming into Sweden to become more expensive — in time for ChristmasThe EU is bringing in new fees for handling parc…
Flowers and candles outside the sports centre when their young woman was shot.Lyssna: Two teenagers remanded in custody over Älvsjö murderTwo teenagers have been remanded in custody, suspected of the murder of a young wo…
Social Democrat Marie Svensson and Moderate Party's Filip Rundström in Eskilstuna where their two parties have governed together since 2014.Lyssna: Moderates and Social Democrats forming coalitions in more than 50 local…
Muharrem Demirok of the Centre Party and Håkan Svenneling of the Left Party.Lyssna: No quick fix for Sweden’s government deadlock, MPs warnThe obstacles to forming a government led by the Social Democrat Magdalena Anders…
Mats Gullberg says there are still a rotation of different staff in his home almost daily. Lyssna: New home care law not helping elders as intended -- staff don't have enough timMore elders with home care services are be…
My Levin Klintfors (on the right) thinks young people drink less because they spend more time on their screens than being social and partying. Lyssna: Report: Fewer Swedes drink alcohol: 'Spend more time on screens than…
American economists Robert Hall and Michael Woodford were awarded the Nobel economics prize for their work on how monetary and fiscal policy can help stabilise fluctuations in the economy..
Expectations are low as the red-green parties gather for their first meeting following the September 13th election, as there are still no signs of a breakthrough in Sweden's government formation deadlock..
The Local's readers come from around the world, but what they missed from their homelands now that they've built a life in Sweden was remarkably similar – which probably says more about Sweden than it does about other co…
The Sweden Democrats are reshuffling several of their top figures in parliament..
The Nobel medicine prize was awarded to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work in the field of optogenetics..
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