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 can count on help from the UK if we are attacked by Russia, Britain's defence secretary, Ben Wallace, has said. https://www.thelocal.se/20220304/britain-promises-military-assistance-if-sweden-is-attacked Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:08:47 +0100 britain-promises-military-assistance-if-sweden-is-attacked The United Kingdom is set to get its first female ambassador to Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20190618/meet-new-british-ambassador-to-sweden-judith-gough Tue, 18 Jun 2019 16:33:35 +0200 meet-new-british-ambassador-to-sweden-judith-gough OPINION: The result of the UK's Brexit vote has had far-reaching implications for many Brits. The Local contributor Ellie Day writes about how that, and a sense of not wanting to lose her European identity, made her take a leap of faith, quit her job in London... and move to Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20171010/how-brexit-made-me-quit-my-job-pack-up-my-life-and-move-to-sweden Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:59:59 +0200 how-brexit-made-me-quit-my-job-pack-up-my-life-and-move-to-sweden Here's how Britain's closest ally in the EU reacted to news of a hung parliament, which risks sparking political turmoil in London in the run-up to Brexit negotiations. https://www.thelocal.se/20170609/how-swedes-reacted-to-uk-election-messy-sweden-brexit Fri, 09 Jun 2017 10:31:32 +0200 how-swedes-reacted-to-uk-election-messy-sweden-brexit Sweden's government has not done enough since the Brexit vote to tempt UK companies to move their headquarters to Sweden, according to Andreas Hatzigeorgiou, chief economist at the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. https://www.thelocal.se/20160816/sweden-must-do-more-to-tempt-uk-firms-after-brexit Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:52:57 +0200 sweden-must-do-more-to-tempt-uk-firms-after-brexit A young mother from Sweden was told to “fuck off back to your own country” after she was heard speaking Swedish to her children in York in the north-east of England. https://www.thelocal.se/20160629/foul-mouthed-attack-on-young-swedish-mother-in-england Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:49:49 +0200 foul-mouthed-attack-on-young-swedish-mother-in-england Sweden’s government and opposition want Britain to “take responsibility” and submit a formal application to leave the European Union as soon as possible. https://www.thelocal.se/20160627/sweden-wants-uk-to-move-quickly-towards-exit Mon, 27 Jun 2016 19:11:48 +0200 sweden-wants-uk-to-move-quickly-towards-exit Representatives for Sweden’s coalition government and the opposition Alliance convened on Monday morning to discuss the fallout from Britain’s vote to leave the EU. https://www.thelocal.se/20160627/brexit-swedens-leaders-meet-for-talks-about-our-friend Mon, 27 Jun 2016 12:51:22 +0200 brexit-swedens-leaders-meet-for-talks-about-our-friend Brits living in other European countries are among the most likely to want the UK to stay in the EU. In a new video from The Local, eight of them tell us why. https://www.thelocal.se/20160620/video-brits-in-europe-say-why-the-uk-should-stay Mon, 20 Jun 2016 19:01:17 +0200 video-brits-in-europe-say-why-the-uk-should-stay Sweden’s financial institutions are girding for wide-reaching market turbulence if Britain votes to leave to the European Union, the Swedish Finance Inspectorate (FI) warns. https://www.thelocal.se/20160614/swedens-financial-watchdog-prepares-for-bumpy-brexit-ride Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:15:15 +0200 swedens-financial-watchdog-prepares-for-bumpy-brexit-ride If Britain leaves the EU after its referendum in June, it won’t just affect Brits, but people from across Europe - none of whom will get a vote. Now Europeans can get involved – by love-bombing their British friends to encourage them to stay. https://www.thelocal.se/20160408/hug-a-brit-to-prevent-brexit-europeans-told Fri, 08 Apr 2016 18:57:00 +0200 hug-a-brit-to-prevent-brexit-europeans-told Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should leave Ecuador's London embassy and let Swedish prosecutors question him over a rape allegation, the British PM has said. https://www.thelocal.se/20160210/sweden-is-a-country-with-fair-reputation-for-justice Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:40:27 +0100 sweden-is-a-country-with-fair-reputation-for-justice The refugee crisis and Brexit were top of the agenda when Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven held talks with his UK counterpart David Cameron on an official visit to London. https://www.thelocal.se/20151103/i-dont-think-anybody-wants-treaty-change-now Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:28:31 +0100 i-dont-think-anybody-wants-treaty-change-now Swedish reactions to the death on Monday of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 87, ranged from celebratory to lumping her together with former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. https://www.thelocal.se/20130408/47212 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:22:00 +0200 47212 British politicians have a "big crush" on Sweden, according to the Economist magazine, a love affair shared by both the left and right despite lingering questions about how much of what works in Sweden can work in the UK. https://www.thelocal.se/20130315/46756 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:54:00 +0100 46756 The last surviving great-grandchild of Britain's Queen Victoria, Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg, has died at the age of 95. https://www.thelocal.se/20120506/40668 Sun, 06 May 2012 21:31:00 +0200 40668 British researchers who have come to Sweden to take bumblebees back to England have been threatened by bee-enthusiasts, who believe that Sweden’s bee population risks extinction. https://www.thelocal.se/20120503/40618 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:26:00 +0200 40618 The research team behind the project to translocate a 100 short-haired bumblebees in a bid to re-establish a population in the UK, has insisted that it has the full backing of the Swedish authorities despite widespread criticism. https://www.thelocal.se/20120429/40540 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:32:00 +0200 40540 A plan by British researchers to reintroduce an extinct bumblebee to the UK by collecting 100 queens from Sweden has prompted an angry reaction from Swedish environmentalists who fear for the species' survival. https://www.thelocal.se/20120429/40538 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:19:00 +0200 40538 The British Supreme Court will decide by Christmas whether to hear the appeal of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange against the earlier decision to extradite him to Sweden, a court spokeswoman revealed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20111208/37806 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:47:00 +0100 37806