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 Is Sweden really a 'rape capital' as repeatedly suggested by sections of the international media? The Local consulted experts to get to the bottom of the matter. https://www.thelocal.se/20170221/why-sweden-is-not-the-rape-capital-of-the-world Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:00:00 +0100 why-sweden-is-not-the-rape-capital-of-the-world Donald Trump’s presidency has thrown up a number of big questions to consider, not least in Sweden. With that in mind, The Local spoke to experts on politics, the economy, and technology in the Nordic nation about what his tenure could mean. https://www.thelocal.se/20161109/five-things-the-trump-presidency-could-mean-for-sweden Wed, 09 Nov 2016 14:02:17 +0100 five-things-the-trump-presidency-could-mean-for-sweden Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has revealed some of the details of his first phone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump, and the American has again delivered a signal that his views on the Paris agreement on climate change have altered from those stated during the presidential race. https://www.thelocal.se/20161125/swedish-pm-trump-open-minded-on-climate-deal Fri, 25 Nov 2016 11:45:57 +0100 swedish-pm-trump-open-minded-on-climate-deal A Swedish newspaper has published the congratulatory letter Prime Minister Stefan Löfven sent to Donald Trump after the New York businessman was elected to be the next US President. https://www.thelocal.se/20161123/heres-what-swedens-pm-wrote-to-donald-trump Wed, 23 Nov 2016 12:59:31 +0100 heres-what-swedens-pm-wrote-to-donald-trump 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 Donald Trump has yet to arrange to speak with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, despite the Swedish leader sending him a congratulatory letter and the US President-elect already calling Denmark’s Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. https://www.thelocal.se/20161118/swedish-pm-still-waiting-for-trump-phone-call Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:03:41 +0100 swedish-pm-still-waiting-for-trump-phone-call Americans aside, the promise of building a wall means Mexicans are arguably the nationality most likely to be impacted by Donald Trump's presidency. Yet while there has been no shortage of interviews with US citizens living abroad over their feelings on the election, the same isn't the case for Mexicans. With that in mind, The Local spoke to three Mexicans living in Sweden to hear what they think about an outspoken critic of their homeland becoming US president, and how it felt to watch the campaign from afar. https://www.thelocal.se/20161115/what-mexicans-in-sweden-think-of-donald-trumps-election Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:50:26 +0100 what-mexicans-in-sweden-think-of-donald-trumps-election Reactions to the news that Donald Trump will be the next president of the USA has come in a variety of forms, but one Swede's response is particularly unique. https://www.thelocal.se/20161110/american-worried-about-trump-this-swede-will-marry-you Thu, 10 Nov 2016 12:12:57 +0100 american-worried-about-trump-this-swede-will-marry-you A Swedish company which offered Americans the chance to leave the US should Donald Trump become president has told The Local that they didn't expect to ever open the hundreds of portfolios they received. https://www.thelocal.se/20161110/hundreds-applied-to-flee-us-in-swedish-great-trump-escape Thu, 10 Nov 2016 13:26:01 +0100 hundreds-applied-to-flee-us-in-swedish-great-trump-escape On the same day that Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US Presidential election, a prominent figure in American political history who will forever be linked to the losing candidate was thousands of kilometres away on Swedish soil. https://www.thelocal.se/20161109/why-monica-lewinsky-is-in-sweden-right-now Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:54:36 +0100 why-monica-lewinsky-is-in-sweden-right-now