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's border controls will be extended by a period of three months until February 11th, 2017, the Swedish government has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.se/20161111/sweden-extends-border-controls-into-2017 Fri, 11 Nov 2016 12:03:15 +0100 sweden-extends-border-controls-into-2017 EU countries including Sweden should be granted permission to extend temporary border controls by a period of a further three months, the European Commission has decided. https://www.thelocal.se/20161025/sweden-can-extend-border-controls-european-commission-says Tue, 25 Oct 2016 19:52:01 +0200 sweden-can-extend-border-controls-european-commission-says Swedish product design company Teenage Engineering made a splash at the CES fair in Las Vegas this week after presenting its latest innovation - the world's first 'cloud speaker'. https://www.thelocal.se/20130112/45576 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:43:00 +0100 45576 Politicians in southern Sweden are smoking mad over plans by the mayor of Copenhagen to legalize the sale of cannabis in the Danish capital. https://www.thelocal.se/20121122/44584 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:07:00 +0100 44584 Lead levels up to ten times above recommended levels have been found in the water from coffee vending machines in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20110126/31642 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:18:00 +0100 31642 The Swedish National Debt Office's (Riksgälden) controversial takeover of investment bank Carnegie in 2008 has been given the green light by the European Commission. https://www.thelocal.se/20100514/26646 Fri, 14 May 2010 17:48:00 +0200 26646 A Swedish documentary filmmaker has been sued for defamation by US-based banana producer Dole Foods for a new film featuring a Los Angeles lawyer’s fight for Nicaraguan fruit workers. https://www.thelocal.se/20090710/20576 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:34:00 +0200 20576