Very är ett musikalbum av Pet Shop Boys som utkom 1993. Det är deras återuppståndelse efter "floppen" Behaviour 1990. Very skulle bli ett stort discoalbum och hade 12 låtar istället för 10 som bandet alltid hade haft hittills. Very blev också en stor succé för bandet och en storsäljare.
Amalia Rud Stenlöf represents the Social Democrats in the Constitutional Committee.Lyssna: Swedish parliament votes to allow revoking citizenship in certain casesThe Swedish Parliament has voted today on a constitutional…
The 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) has begun in Turkey this week.Lyssna: Sweden drops to 15th in Climate Change IndexSweden has fallen to 15th in the annual Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI),…
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…
Caretaker Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says forming a new government will be "very difficult".Lyssna: Kristersson's turn for new government talksModerate Party leader Ulf Kristersson has accepted the Speaker's mandate…
Political scientist Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson comments on the election trust survey. Lyssna: Survey: public trust in elections not what it wasPublic trust in Sweden regarding the integrity of general elections in the cou…
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…
Volvo Cars factory in Torslanda, Sweden.Lyssna: 2,000 positions to go in Sweden at Volvo CarsSweden-based car maker Volvo Cars has announced a cost-cutting plan that will result in a reduction of its global workforce by…
Flooding in Sweden in 2024.Lyssna: Report: Sweden's adaptation to extreme weather 'too slow'Sweden's response to extreme weather is "too slow' and "insufficient" with shortcomings in funding and the allocation of respons…
Many remain worried about falling victim to online scams, according to the report.Lyssna: Fewer people worried about crime in SwedenSwedes are less worried about crime, according to a new survey from the Swedish National…
The mood at the polling station at Stenkula school in Östra Sorgenfri, a Left Party stronghold in Malmö, was downbeat on Sunday morning, with voters complaining of a dirty campaign and a lack of inspiring proposals from…
The Liberal Party leaped over the 4 percent parliamentary threshold in a poll out on Wednesday, putting this Sunday's national election very much in play. Play around with our election widgets and see if you can make a w…
Scientist Pedro Veliça is one of thousands of foreign-born voters ready to for the first time cast their ballot in Sweden's national election. He tells The Local about the issues that matter to him, and what he wants nat…
Brent rose 6% last week as hopes for a reopening faded. Brent crude rose 6% last week as hopes for ”an imminent reopening” of the SoH, as heralded by Trump again and again, faded completely. Brent traded in a range of $8…
The SoH doesn’t look like it will open any time soon sending Brent crude sharply higher. The Brent crude M1 contract has rebounded sharply since the middle of last week (+10%) following earlier sharp declines on hopes on…
As is implied by their name, the Centre Party are very, well, in the centre of the political spectrum. That means they could end up being the kingmakers in coalition talks after the election. Which side are they likely t…
En övergiven raketdel från SpaceX har kraschat på månen och de första observationerna har nu presenterats.Via Very Large Telescope i Chile har forskare identifierat spår av natrium- och litiumgas i det dammoln som bildad…
Sweden's government is set to buy four new frigates for its navy from France's Naval Group in what it called "a very large international defence-industrial deal"..
Sweden's Migration Minister Johan Forssell of the Moderates said it was "very important" that parliament stopped transitional rules for the new citizenship law..
En halv miljon magellanska pingviner i Argentina ska nu kartläggas med satellitsändare. Vissa pingviner är extra intressanta för forskarna. – Vi kallar dem för VIP, ”Very Important Penguins”, säger Pablo García Borborog…
It can feel very rude to foreigners, but if you've had the experience in Sweden of a stranger looking coldly at you, only to look away when you return the look with a smile, try to take comfort in knowing that it might a…
Below, Benjamin Jones, Global Head of Research and Strategy, and Ashley Oerth, Senior Investment Strategist at Invesco, share their analysis of the latest developments in the Gulf and the implications for the economy and…
Ett olycksbådande bröllop planeras i skräcktvserien ”Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen” på Netflix.Vår kritiker Joakim Silverdal tycker att serien staplar läskigheterna på varandra och sen försöker rädda upp handling…
Scandinavian Airlines to cancel more than 1,000 flights in April, Persian fire festival goes ahead as planned in Malmö, 'very, very low risk' that Canterbury meningitis outbreak spreads to Sweden, and more of the latest…
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Mejlet inleds med “Dear Jeffrey” och slutar med orden ”warm regard from a very gray Malmö”. Bland över tre miljoner nysläppta dokument som visar hur sexbrottslingen Jeffrey Epstein umgicks med kändisar och världsledare f…
Annika Hirvonen, the immigration spokesperson for the Green Party, tells The Local that now the issue of teen deportations has shot to the top of the political agenda in Sweden, she is more and more hopeful that the law…
Sweden views US claims to Greenland as ‘very problematic’, but Nato’s newest member still sees the United States as a vital partner for European defence and security, Sweden’s Minister for EU Affairs Jessica Rosencrantz…
Just because northern Swedes can be good-humoured about southern prejudice doesn’t mean it doesn’t bother them. Behind the jokes there are some very material resentments, and a complicated history..
Finding a specialist immigration lawyer in Sweden can be very difficult for many foreign residents, so The Local asked readers to share their own recommendations and experiences..
A proposal to retroactively remove permanent residency from over 100,000 people in Sweden might not become law in its present form – but the very fact that it's being proposed will make many immigrants less secure, says…
Sweden's education system is built on a very different philosophy from those of many other countries, with less focus on who is top of the class, and more focus on group cooperation and life skills. We asked readers of T…
Sweden's generous new budget, and a very useful Swedish language lesson. For Membership+ subscribers: What's the government planning with the election a year away? And tighter rules for family reunification..