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 Swedish Justice Minister Beatrice Ask has rejected a proposal from Norway to rent space in Swedish prisons for its inmates. But she left the door open to the two countries "helping each other" in the future. https://www.thelocal.se/20140206/sweden-to-reject-norways-prison-rental-request Thu, 06 Feb 2014 10:21:00 +0100 sweden-to-reject-norways-prison-rental-request A proposal by Sweden's democracy minister seeking harsher sentences for politically motivated crimes found little support in parliament on Tuesday during a debate about political violence. https://www.thelocal.se/20140122/mps-cool-toward-tougher-penalties-for-political-violence Wed, 22 Jan 2014 08:55:00 +0100 mps-cool-toward-tougher-penalties-for-political-violence The Swedish government wants to make it easier for police and prosecutors to combat spying against refugees in Sweden and against the country as a whole. https://www.thelocal.se/20131010/50704 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:25:00 +0200 50704 Justice Minister Beatrice Ask's clumsy statements in response to criticism of police efforts to deport illegal immigrants have left historian and commentator David Lindén feeling like a criminal for looking "non-Swedish". https://www.thelocal.se/20130315/46732 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:07:00 +0100 46732 An open letter by Swedish author Jonas Hassen Khemiri challenging Justice Minister Beatrice Ask to "change skin" with him has sparked an unprecedented response in an ongoing debate about race and ethnicity, making him our pick for Swede of the Week. https://www.thelocal.se/20130314/46736 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:50:00 +0100 46736 While admitting there were questions about methods used by police in Stockholm that some labelled as "racial profiling", Justice Minister Beatrice Ask nevertheless defended the need to carry out deportations. https://www.thelocal.se/20130313/46702 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:42:00 +0100 46702 The government has finished its second revision of a much-scrutinized law that will ban taking "violating" photographs and video, after critics said the first draft could accidentally violate press freedom. https://www.thelocal.se/20121220/45194 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:58:00 +0100 45194 The lack of a shared database slows down Swedish authorities trying to detect terror threats, claims Sweden's Counter-Terrorism Co-operative Council (Nationellt centrum för terrorhotbedömning). https://www.thelocal.se/20121129/44756 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:51:00 +0100 44756 Sweden should extend the statute of limitations for child sex abuse crimes and make it easier to require criminal background checks on people who work with children, according to an inquiry submitted to the justice minister on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20121115/44446 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:11:00 +0100 44446 Sweden’s Justice Minister Beatrice Ask claimed on Monday to be unsatisfied with the country’s police force, pointing to a drop in effectiveness despite increased funding, and arguing for stricter penalties for burglars. https://www.thelocal.se/20121105/44230 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:16:00 +0100 44230 In the wake of several cyber attacks targeting Swedish government websites, Justice Minister Beatrice Ask has called for a toughening of criminal penalties for hacking and other attacks against computer systems. https://www.thelocal.se/20121010/43722 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:19:00 +0200 43722 The three maximum security units of Swedish prisons Kumla, Hall and Saltvik remain less than half-full, despite costing the Swedish Prison and Probation Service (Kriminalvården) 50 million kronor ($7.5 million) for 2011. https://www.thelocal.se/20120826/42834 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:41:00 +0200 42834 In the wake of several high profile cases at home and abroad, Swedish justice minister Beatrice Ask has called for stricter laws governing bribery and corruption. https://www.thelocal.se/20120126/38750 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:44:00 +0100 38750 In a proposal to the Swedish Council on Legislation's (Lagrådet) the government has suggested implementing stricter penalties for carrying a weapon in a public place. https://www.thelocal.se/20120120/38608 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:58:00 +0100 38608 Sweden's minister for justice, Beatrice Ask, says Swedish weapons laws will be looked over, after recent events in Malmö where five people have been shot within the space of a month. https://www.thelocal.se/20120104/38330 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:40:00 +0100 38330 Yet another man has been gunned down on the streets of Malmö, making him the fifth in just over a month to be shot dead in Sweden's third largest city. https://www.thelocal.se/20120103/38318 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:33:00 +0100 38318 Swedish law enforcement agencies should have access to signals intelligence gathered by the National Defence Radio Establishment (Försvarets radioanstalt, FRA) to help combat terrorism, the ministry of justice proposed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20111208/37820 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:49:00 +0100 37820 Sweden's justice minister Beatrice Ask has indicated that she is prepared to discuss the opening the Stasi archive of Swedish security service Säpo in response to calls for more transparency over the classified files. https://www.thelocal.se/20111109/37266 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:01:00 +0100 37266 Several political parties want to see a review of Sweden's gun laws in the wake of the twin terror attacks in Norway. https://www.thelocal.se/20110726/35158 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:39:00 +0200 35158 The Swedish government has proposed new legislation that would enable the country’s law enforcement agencies to sift through the DNA registers, fingerprint archives and vehicle databases of several other European countries. https://www.thelocal.se/20110324/32804 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:53:00 +0100 32804