The Local Sweden

Housing crisis forces record number of young Swedes to live at home: report

Thu, 18 May 2017 11:57:08 +0200

A record number of young Swedes continue to live at home with their parents out of necessity despite wanting to live on their own, according to a new report from the Swedish Union of Tenants (Hyresgästföreningen).

Sweden rejects less than a quarter of asylum seekers

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 15:17:19 +0100

Sweden’s Migration Agency accepted 77 percent of the record 112,000 asylum claims it processed in 2016, it has revealed in its end of year figures.

'There is equality in accommodation in Sweden: Everyone is suffering'

Mon, 18 Jul 2016 18:42:40 +0200

Janty Ossman, a 24-year-old from Damascus, Syria, opens up to The Local Voices about the housing crisis in Sweden - and what he thinks we should do about it.

Why home owners in Sweden fear rising borrowing rates

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:15:14 +0200

Swedes’ mortgage debts are continuing to grow and a lot of people will struggle to pay their bills if and when record-low interest rates start to climb, new figures show.

Refugees beg to leave 'inhuman' Malmö shelter

Sun, 29 Nov 2015 15:27:34 +0100

Refugees sheltering in Malmö's 2013 Eurovision venue are begging to leave, with one describing it as a "prison" with "inhuman conditions", while Swedish nurses working there have been pulled out because of the health risks.

Refugees threaten to jump off ferry in Sweden

Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:21:46 +0200

Emergency services were called out to a port in southern Sweden on Thursday night after refugees reportedly threatened to leap from a ferry into the waters below if they were to be forced to stay in Sweden.

PM open to fiscal target easing in EU countries

Thu, 30 May 2013 09:51:00 +0200

Sweden's prime minister has said it may be time to ease fiscal targets for certain crisis countries in the EU, but nonetheless signalled that for some there were still tough reforms that needed to be done.

Outrage over 'crisis bonuses' for SAS bosses

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:00:00 +0100

Employees of the struggling SAS airline have expressed their anger that top managers have received bonuses to entice them to stay with the struggling airline only a few months after the airline was on the brink of bankruptcy.

Sweden, UK team up for EU bank rules battle

Wed, 02 May 2012 13:15:00 +0200

Britain and Sweden, backed by eastern European allies, squared off with Germany, France and other EU states Wednesday over rules to harden the defences of banks against any crisis.

'Sweden needs laws against politicians' reckless spending'

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:56:00 +0200

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Sweden needs to change its constitution to ensure that spendthrift politicians' failure to curb public spending doesn't leave the economy in ruins, argues Jacob Lundberg of the Moderate party's youth wing.

Social Democrats affirm eurozone pact opposition

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:34:00 +0100

The Social Democrats remain opposed to having Sweden join the eurozone stability pact, while the Centre Party said on Wednesday it supported the deal "with conditions".

Sweden to support eurozone stability fund

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:58:00 +0100

Sweden agreed on Monday night to help stabilize the euro by pledging to make loans to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to strengthen a eurozone bailout fund.

Swedish euroscepticism at record high: poll

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:58:00 +0100

Close to nine out of ten Swedes are keen to remain outside the eurozone and retain the krona, according to a new poll published on Tuesday in the wake of renewed problems afflicting the European single currency.

Reinfeldt: danger not over for the euro

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:05:00 +0200

Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has warned that the settlement among eurozone leaders over the writing down of the Greek debt, has not removed the risks facing the single currency.

Expert: build Nordic union 'if the euro falls'

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:08:00 +0200

As the eurozone crisis continues to dominate European political business, Gunnar Wetterberg, an analyst at white collar union Saco, has stated the case for a Nordic Union and currency, to counter the threat of a euro collapse.

Swedish tourists head to Greece despite crisis

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:54:00 +0200

Greece's spiraling economic and political crisis has done little to dissuade Swedes' from choosing the Mediterranean country as a holiday destination, Swedish travel companies report.

Swedish tents save lives at stricken nuclear plant

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:38:00 +0100

Swedish-made equipment is being used in the rescue operation at the Japanese nuclear plant Fukushima and surrounding areas.

Swedish consumers at 'low risk' of radioactivity

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:16:00 +0100

Following the Japan crisis the EU-commission has urged member states to begin measuring radioactivity levels in imported Japanese foods, but according to National Food Administration (Livsmedelsverket) there is little risk to Swedish consumers.

Japan Swedes to take iodine tablets

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:47:00 +0100

The Swedish foreign ministry has advised Swedes within a 250 km radius of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant to take Iodine tablets as a preventive measure.

'Financial crisis over in Sweden': Nordea

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:24:00 +0100

The financial crisis is over in Sweden, Nordic financial services group Nordea declared in a report on Wednesday.