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 It’s safe to say that Bono does not like Jimmie Åkesson. For the second time this month, the U2 frontman compared the Sweden Democrats’ leader to a Nazi during a concert. https://www.thelocal.se/20180930/u2s-bono-takes-shots-at-swedish-and-danish-politics-during-copenhagen-gig Sun, 30 Sep 2018 15:57:51 +0200 u2s-bono-takes-shots-at-swedish-and-danish-politics-during-copenhagen-gig Sweden has banned fans from covering their faces at sporting venues to clamp down on violence by masked hooligans, while allowing exceptions for religious reasons. https://www.thelocal.se/20170126/sweden-bans-masks-at-football-matches Thu, 26 Jan 2017 11:46:51 +0100 sweden-bans-masks-at-football-matches A mayor in southern Sweden on Friday wrote on his blog that the burqa ought to be banned, describing women wearing the Islamic veil as modern-day “slaves”. https://www.thelocal.se/20150509/mayor-compares-burqa-with-slavery Sat, 09 May 2015 12:03:35 +0200 mayor-compares-burqa-with-slavery Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said definitively on Thursday that he is against introducing legislation which would ban women from wearing burqas. https://www.thelocal.se/20100128/24654 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:26:00 +0100 24654 A Stockholm woman has reported an adult education college in Spånga to the Equality Ombudsman (DO) after being told that she could not wear an Islamic headscarf in class. https://www.thelocal.se/20090212/17528 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:18:00 +0100 17528