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 These stunning photos, shown in Stockholm on World Refugee Day, depict refugees' journeys across Europe. Serbian photographer Marko Risović says the project was "his duty". https://www.thelocal.se/20160621/world-refugee-day-the-journey-to-europe-in-pictures Tue, 21 Jun 2016 16:02:04 +0200 world-refugee-day-the-journey-to-europe-in-pictures To mark World Refugee Day on June 20th, The Local Voices spoke to Pia Prytz-Phiri, the UN refugee agency's regional representative. https://www.thelocal.se/20160621/its-hard-to-start-your-life-without-having-your-family-around Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:37:05 +0200 its-hard-to-start-your-life-without-having-your-family-around Swedish furniture giant Ikea has opened its first store in the former Yugoslavia, near Croatia's capital Zagreb. The move marks the company's first step in an expansion to the Balkans market. https://www.thelocal.se/20140822/ikea-pioneers-market-in-balkans Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:44:00 +0200 ikea-pioneers-market-in-balkans Ryanair has responded to the Swedish family "forced" to find their own way home from Croatia after a cancelled flight, explaining that the budget airline company had indeed emailed them with alternate arrangements. https://www.thelocal.se/20120918/43302 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:36:00 +0200 43302 A Swedish family is outraged after being told to find their own way home from Croatia when their Ryanair flight was cancelled, despite the fact that it still flew back to Sweden without any passengers. https://www.thelocal.se/20120917/43272 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:03:00 +0200 43272 H&M announced on Thursday that its second-quarter profit increased 24 percent, but it still narrowly missed estimates due to bad weather for spring sales. It added it will meet its objective of opening 240 new stores this year. https://www.thelocal.se/20100624/27430 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:39:00 +0200 27430 Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Wednesday oversaw a deal aimed at resolving a divisive border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia. https://www.thelocal.se/20091104/23076 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:39:00 +0100 23076 On the eve of Sweden’s taking over of the European Union presidency, foreign minister Carl Bildt encouraged Croatia and Slovenia to reflect on the border dispute which has halted Croatia's EU accession negotiations. https://www.thelocal.se/20090622/20204 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:56:00 +0200 20204 Sweden's Court of Appeal has issued a lifetime deportation order to a man who has lived in Sweden for 27 years. https://www.thelocal.se/20090302/17942 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:56:00 +0100 17942 A 17-year-old girl from Karlshamn in southern Sweden set to be expelled from the country following a controversial decision has disappeared ahead of her scheduled deportation. https://www.thelocal.se/20090121/17060 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:21:00 +0100 17060 A local councillor from northern Sweden has been arrested in Germany for a robbery allegedly committed in Croatia in 1991. https://www.thelocal.se/20070605/7515 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:18:00 +0200 7515 A man suspected of murdering 20-year-old Croatian au pair Jelena Ivanisevic in Gothenburg last week has confessed to the lesser charge of manslaughter. https://www.thelocal.se/20070420/7065 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:10:00 +0200 7065 A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Croatian au-pair Jelena Ivanisevic, according to police in Gothenburg. https://www.thelocal.se/20070418/7032 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:39:00 +0200 7032 An autopsy on the body of a Croatian au-pair found dead in a house in Gothenburg on Thursday night has confirmed police suspicions that she was murdered. https://www.thelocal.se/20070417/7027 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:14:00 +0200 7027