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 Sweden's prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has called for a new, more aggressive social policy to prevent children being drawn into gang crime in deprived areas of Sweden's cities in his speech to the Almedalen political festival. https://www.thelocal.se/20230628/pm-at-almedalen-sweden-needs-a-new-more-intrusive-social-policy Wed, 28 Jun 2023 16:11:51 +0200 pm-at-almedalen-sweden-needs-a-new-more-intrusive-social-policy This week Sweden’s top politicians will travel to the Baltic Sea island of Gotland for the biggest event in the country’s political calendar. https://www.thelocal.se/20230626/politics-in-sweden-security-at-almedalen-week-one-year-after-murder Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:14:26 +0200 politics-in-sweden-security-at-almedalen-week-one-year-after-murder Prime Minister Stefan Löfven spoke about democracy and his own upbringing as a foster child in his speech on the island of Gotland during Sweden's annual political festival Almedalen. https://www.thelocal.se/20180706/sweden-will-never-let-anti-democratic-forces-take-advantage-of-democracy-vows-swedens-stefan-lfven Fri, 06 Jul 2018 09:57:23 +0200 sweden-will-never-let-anti-democratic-forces-take-advantage-of-democracy-vows-swedens-stefan-lfven Almedalen Week could become a sought-after global platform to share new ideas. It has everything going for it, writes senior Indian journalist Rupali Mehra. https://www.thelocal.se/20170705/almedalen-week-has-the-makings-of-a-global-event-give-it-ten-years Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:45:21 +0200 almedalen-week-has-the-makings-of-a-global-event-give-it-ten-years