https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed When fighter aircraft from other countries enter Sweden's airspace, an alarm is activated. https://www.thelocal.se/20190410/denmark-encroaches-on-swedens-airspace-more-often-than-russia Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:11:43 +0200 denmark-encroaches-on-swedens-airspace-more-often-than-russia Authorities have called for a full investigation into a network failure that knocked out large parts of Swedish air traffic and closed Stockholm airspace last week. https://www.thelocal.se/20160527/transport-authorities-call-for-probe-into-tech-glitch Fri, 27 May 2016 19:15:01 +0200 transport-authorities-call-for-probe-into-tech-glitch UPDATED: Sweden's air traffic control authority has blamed maintenance work carried out by communications company Telia on their network for Thursday’s airspace closures. https://www.thelocal.se/20160520/knock-on-delays-for-air-passengers-in-sweden Fri, 20 May 2016 10:29:40 +0200 knock-on-delays-for-air-passengers-in-sweden UPDATED: A series of crisis meetings are being held in Sweden to discuss radio mast sabotage and air traffic radar failure. https://www.thelocal.se/20160520/sweden-investigates-after-series-of-tech-glitches Fri, 20 May 2016 09:37:17 +0200 sweden-investigates-after-series-of-tech-glitches UPDATED: A computer problem which led to the closure of Stockholm airspace has been fixed, according to Swedish air traffic control. https://www.thelocal.se/20160519/stockholm-airspace-closed Thu, 19 May 2016 14:13:21 +0200 stockholm-airspace-closed The same day that two unknown aircraft violated Swedish airspace, fifteen Russian military jets were chased out of Baltic airspace - leading one colonel to point the finger at Russia. But Foreign Minister Bildt said otherwise. https://www.thelocal.se/20140806/unknown-planes-belonged-to-russia Wed, 06 Aug 2014 10:23:00 +0200 unknown-planes-belonged-to-russia The Swedish Armed Forces on Friday published previously classified pictures of foreign aircraft taken close to Swedish airspace for the first time since the end of the Cold War. https://www.thelocal.se/20121102/44196 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:42:00 +0100 44196 Sweden is set to gradually open almost all of its airspace by 4pm on Wednesday, including Stockholm's three airports and one of Gothenburg's, the Swedish Civil Aviation Authority (Luftfartsverket - LFV) has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.se/20100421/26202 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:09:00 +0200 26202 Swedish authorities have begun reopening airspace in the north of the country although widespread disruption persists with Stockholm's main Arlanda airport unlikely to open until Saturday morning at the earliest. https://www.thelocal.se/20100416/26102 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:27:00 +0200 26102 Swedish and Norwegian health authorities and experts have urged caution after volcanic ash blew across the region from Iceland, although the grounding of helicopter ambulance services caused more concern than air quality. https://www.thelocal.se/20100416/26108 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:38:00 +0200 26108 Swedish national rail operator SJ is trying to increase seats on its trains as demand rockets following a decision to close almost all of Sweden's airspace from 6pm on Thursday as a cloud of volcanic ash spreads across Scandinavia. https://www.thelocal.se/20100415/26098 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:00:00 +0200 26098