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 Seven EU nations have received more asylum applications than Sweden during 2017, according to new figures from EU stats office Eurostat. https://www.thelocal.se/20170721/uk-and-france-now-more-popular-than-sweden-for-asylum-applicants Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:06:57 +0200 uk-and-france-now-more-popular-than-sweden-for-asylum-applicants Denmark's prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says he is glad that Sweden has decided to scrap ID checks on crossings between the two Scandinavian countries in the Öresund region. https://www.thelocal.se/20170503/swedens-id-checks-were-not-fun-danish-pm-rasmussen Wed, 03 May 2017 16:54:38 +0200 swedens-id-checks-were-not-fun-danish-pm-rasmussen Sweden is to end ID checks on buses, trains and ferries travelling between the country and Denmark, the Swedish government has announced. https://www.thelocal.se/20170502/breaking-sweden-to-end-id-checks-on-trains-from-denmark Tue, 02 May 2017 18:36:27 +0200 breaking-sweden-to-end-id-checks-on-trains-from-denmark Sweden carries out by far the most border controls among the countries given special permission to do so by the EU, according to numbers reported by public broadcaster Sveriges Radio. https://www.thelocal.se/20170321/sweden-carries-out-most-border-controls-among-schengen-nations-granted-special-permission Tue, 21 Mar 2017 09:45:11 +0100 sweden-carries-out-most-border-controls-among-schengen-nations-granted-special-permission Sweden will extend border controls and ID checks in the south of the country by a further three months, the country's government has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.se/20170201/sweden-extends-border-controls-until-spring-2017 Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:48:54 +0100 sweden-extends-border-controls-until-spring-2017 Controls at the southern borders of Sweden introduced during the height of the refugee crisis are likely to be extended yet again, over a year after the temporary measures were first introduced. https://www.thelocal.se/20170130/swedens-border-controls-likely-to-be-extended-again-minister-says Mon, 30 Jan 2017 09:47:53 +0100 swedens-border-controls-likely-to-be-extended-again-minister-says The Swedish government’s initiation of temporary border controls has been criticized by the country’s state auditor (Riksrevisionen), which argues that the initial decision to put them in place was vague, and the grounds for extending them was poor. https://www.thelocal.se/20161117/swedens-border-controls-criticized-by-state-watchdog Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:52:51 +0100 swedens-border-controls-criticized-by-state-watchdog Sweden's border controls will be extended by a period of three months until February 11th, 2017, the Swedish government has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.se/20161111/sweden-extends-border-controls-into-2017 Fri, 11 Nov 2016 12:03:15 +0100 sweden-extends-border-controls-into-2017 EU countries including Sweden should be granted permission to extend temporary border controls by a period of a further three months, the European Commission has decided. https://www.thelocal.se/20161025/sweden-can-extend-border-controls-european-commission-says Tue, 25 Oct 2016 19:52:01 +0200 sweden-can-extend-border-controls-european-commission-says Sweden could be allowed to keep ID controls on its border with Denmark beyond the current end date of November, following discussions among EU leaders in Brussels last night. https://www.thelocal.se/20161021/border-controls-could-stay-after-eu-meeting Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:52:48 +0200 border-controls-could-stay-after-eu-meeting Swedish border police in Skåne are recruiting an extra 72 new border control officers, according to Swedish Radio. https://www.thelocal.se/20160228/huge-increase-in-number-of-swedish-border-police Sun, 28 Feb 2016 20:10:17 +0100 huge-increase-in-number-of-swedish-border-police The European Commission on Monday warned Denmark that it has failed to justify a controversial decision to increase controls at its borders with Sweden and Germany. https://www.thelocal.se/20110718/35014 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:02:00 +0200 35014 A mission of European officials visiting Denmark's controversial border controls on Thursday found no sign of the customs officers deployed earlier this month, the Danish Ritzau news agency reported. https://www.thelocal.se/20110715/34944 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:23:00 +0200 34944 Denmark on Tuesday deployed 50 new customs officers at its borders with Germany and Sweden as part of a widely-criticised government plan to reintroduce permanent controls at border crossings. https://www.thelocal.se/20110706/34762 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:36:00 +0200 34762 The Sweden Democrats demanded increased border controls when the Riksdag debated free movement within the European Union on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110628/34614 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:13:00 +0200 34614 Sweden's finance minister, Anders Borg, sees no immediate problems with Denmark's decision to increase border controls between the two countries. https://www.thelocal.se/20110513/33762 Fri, 13 May 2011 16:24:00 +0200 33762