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 Malmö has demanded that it be given direct control of the almost one billion kronor ($107m) a year in compensation paid by Denmark for taxes lost to those who commute across the Öresund Bridge. https://www.thelocal.se/20190222/malm-demands-a-billion-kronor-for-lost-danish-tax Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:08:19 +0100 malm-demands-a-billion-kronor-for-lost-danish-tax An American student has been refused the right to stay in Sweden because she briefly transferred some of the money she had saved over to her parents' account in the US for safe-keeping. https://www.thelocal.se/20180207/american-student-told-to-leave-sweden-over-money-error-i-feel-very-frustrated Wed, 07 Feb 2018 08:30:46 +0100 american-student-told-to-leave-sweden-over-money-error-i-feel-very-frustrated A Swedish newspaper has been criticized for running a cartoon of Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President-elect Donald Trump in which the two are being carried by an Orthodox Jew, a KKK member and a gun-carrying figure branded with the Israeli flag, with critics calling the drawing anti-Semitic. https://www.thelocal.se/20161121/swedish-newspaper-criticized-for-anti-semitic-trump-cartoon Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:19:58 +0100 swedish-newspaper-criticized-for-anti-semitic-trump-cartoon A proposed tunnel between Sweden and Denmark could at last see the light of day. https://www.thelocal.se/20161006/top-priority-for-new-tunnel-between-sweden-and-denmark Thu, 06 Oct 2016 13:00:53 +0200 top-priority-for-new-tunnel-between-sweden-and-denmark US expats can cast in-person votes for the Democratic primary election in Sweden as part of Super Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20160301/sweden-hosts-global-primaries-for-us-expats Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:35:26 +0100 sweden-hosts-global-primaries-for-us-expats Sweden's democracy minister wants to consider harsher sentences for politically motivated crimes, citing social media as a factor that has desensitized a generation to hate speech. https://www.thelocal.se/20140117/sweden-needs-to-punish-political-threats-minister Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:59:00 +0100 sweden-needs-to-punish-political-threats-minister The city of Malmö have issued a warning to parents urging them to be extra careful following a spate of sexual assaults against young children with police believing a serial sex offender is responsible for the recent attacks. https://www.thelocal.se/20131005/50612 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 12:02:00 +0200 50612 Government agencies are cashing in by selling personal information to advertising firms without Swedish citizens even knowing about it. https://www.thelocal.se/20130804/49428 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 14:21:00 +0200 49428 Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay has said it wants to launch its servers into the skies using GPS-controlled drone aircraft in a bid to avoid further crackdowns on illegal file sharing. https://www.thelocal.se/20120321/39796 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:25:00 +0100 39796 Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia plan to join other Nordic royals in New York next week for a glittering ball and exhibition of Scandinavian art. https://www.thelocal.se/20111013/36716 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:56:00 +0200 36716 There has been a sharp increase in the number of reported cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in Sweden this year, according to the Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control (Smittskyddsinstitutet). https://www.thelocal.se/20110827/35800 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:46:00 +0200 35800 A computer found hidden at Jönköping Airport in central Sweden in a case of suspected industrial espionage has been found to have been part of routine cooperation between the IT department and an airline. https://www.thelocal.se/20110216/32084 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:49:00 +0100 32084 Sweden's wolf hunt for the year began on Saturday, with nine wolves out of the allotted annual quota of 20 shot by 1pm, as protesters set off fireworks at a hunting area in Dalarna. https://www.thelocal.se/20110115/31448 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:54:00 +0100 31448 Swedish micropay site Flattr, which was launched by The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde, remains one of the sole online financial lifelines for embattled whistleblower site WikiLeaks. https://www.thelocal.se/20101209/30722 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:51:00 +0100 30722 The Migration Court (Migrationsdomstolen) in Malmö has halted the transfer of five asylum seekers to Greece even though EU rules stipulate the applications should be reviewed there. https://www.thelocal.se/20100906/28804 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:54:00 +0200 28804 Swedish men’s enlightened attitudes toward equality and gender roles make them among the best potential husbands in the developed world, a recent study shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20090804/21098 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:02:00 +0200 21098 A Swedish man who claimed to be wheelchair bound has been asked to repay millions of kronor in social insurance benefits after authorities obtained a picture of him dancing with a life-sized rabbit. https://www.thelocal.se/20090723/20864 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:41:00 +0200 20864 Sweden’s Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen – DI) has filed a complaint with the police about a website which posts information about sex offenders run by the Original Gangsters criminal gang. https://www.thelocal.se/20090318/18290 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:02:00 +0100 18290 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 According to a new poll, support for the Moderate Party is rising, something the party attributes to its success in dealing with the global financial crisis. https://www.thelocal.se/20081007/14800 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:20:00 +0200 14800