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…
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…
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..
Lyssna: Digital welfare services can create barriers for older immigrants to SwedenNew research shows that increasing digitalisation of welfare services can lead to social exclusion for older people with an immigrant bac…
Klarar EU av att bli tillräckligt handlingskraftigt? Lars Ilshammar läser en plädering för ett federalt Europa.
”You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one”… Många har nog sett en lite världsfrånvänd John Lenn…
En mängd namn har figurerat under året, men Hollywood Reporter kokar nu ned listan till två kända skådespelare, med reservation för att det kan finnas upp till ytterligare tre namn med i leken. Callum Turner, känd från f…
Falun will host the Nordic Ski World Championships in Februar-March 2027.Lyssna: Swedish Ski Association urges visa ban for Russian and Belarus skiersSweden's Ski Association and Sports Confederation has asked the govern…
In this week's Politics in Sweden, Richard Orange argues that only one question will determine which candidate gets to be Sweden's next prime minister: the ultimate wishes of Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist…
Rapid testing showing that the seized tablets contain diazepam, a narcotic-classified sleeping medication.Lyssna: Women over 50 linked to illegal sleeping pill importsWomen over the age of 50 make up a large portion of p…
Parliament's speaker Andreas Norlén has tasked the Centre Party's Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist to explore support for a centrist government in Sweden.Lyssna: Centre Party leader given task to explore support for a centrist…
Henrik Landerholm was Sweden's first National Security Advisor between November 2022 and January 2025.Lyssna: Former national security advisor convicted of 'gross negligence' by appeals' coSweden's former national securi…
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…
France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving the mystery of why only one form of certain molecules appears in nature, a discovery decisive for the manufacture of pharmaceutical…
After a rollercoaster decade since the Brexit vote, the idea of the UK rejoining is still only a distant prospect and the European Union is waiting first to see what London wants next..
"Wouldn't it be nice" och "God only knows" kommer att eka mellan kyrkväggarna i Målilla på söndag.En blåsorkester ska spela musik från The Beach Boys klassiska album "Pet Sounds" som firar 60-årsjubileum i år.– Brian Wil…
The European Union will ban social media for children under 13 and allow only limited, supervised access until the age of 15 under plans unveiled Wednesday by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen..
Election officials in Sweden will only finish counting the the last early and overseas votes on Thursday, the country's elections authority confirmed on Wednesday morning..
Han vill att kronobergarna ska ha egna husläkare, att personalen ska styra vårdcentralerna och att sjukhuset ska ligga i stan. Men om partiet åker ut efter valet sätter han på låten ”The only way is up” när han kommer he…
Sweden isn't only holding national elections on September 13th, but regional and municipal ones too. Here's what you need to know about the issues in the Stockholm elections..
Futuristisk-romantiska ”One night only” tecknar ett totalitärt samhälle där techbolagen håller människors sexliv i schack. Blott en kväll om året får singlar söka passionen. Man blir nyfiken på den här världen men det sk…
Fewer than 100 Swedish citizenship applications – and only 20 through naturalisation – were approved in July, the month after new and stricter citizenship rules came into force..
Children should have "phased and gradual access" to social media, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Monday, as experts recommended under 13s only use online platforms under supervision..
English speakers who don't speak Swedish can currently only donate blood in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Uppsala, but The Local has been told of plans to roll out the service to southern Sweden this autumn..
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Only three countries have passed into national legislation new EU pay transparency rules by the June 7th deadline, MEPs and trade unions have denounced..
New salary thresholds aren't the only changes for work permit holders in Sweden that began on June 1st: the changed law also includes expanded possibilities for work permits to be denied because of problems linked to the…
When I moved to Umeå with my Swedish husband, our two-year-old understood Swedish but spoke only in English. After a month of preschool in Sweden, that flipped – long before I could follow along, writes The Local's Mandy…
Sweden's government has decided to exempt only 27 professions from the new higher salary threshold for a work permit, choosing to follow the most restrictive recommendation made by the Migration Agency back in March..
JLT Mobile Computers and Visy at TOC Europe Hamburg – Built for Uptime At TOC Europe Hamburg, JLT Mobile Computers and Visy showcase rugged computing and intelligent automation built for uptime in 24/7 port operations…
What is Bitcoin and should you invest? In this video, Dan from 21shares breaks down the 4 things every investor needs to know about Bitcoin – including what it is, why people buy it, how it fits in a portfolio, and how t…
When Migration Minister Johan Forssell announced that Sweden was pushing ahead with phasing out permanent residency, he only mentioned asylum migration. But people seeking Long-Term Resident status are also affected..
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…