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 The Swedish Central Bank, the Riksbank, is launching a pilot scheme for a new digital currency that will aim to show how it could be used by the public as a complement to cash. https://www.thelocal.se/20200220/sweden-launches-test-version-of-digital-currency Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:23:41 +0100 sweden-launches-test-version-of-digital-currency From today onwards, some cars will no longer be allowed to use one of southern Stockholm's main thoroughfares. https://www.thelocal.se/20200115/the-stockholm-street-where-old-diesel-cars-are-banned-from-today Wed, 15 Jan 2020 09:05:32 +0100 the-stockholm-street-where-old-diesel-cars-are-banned-from-today Commuters in southern Sweden were left unable to buy bus and train tickets on Monday, after a new transport app crashed. Here's what you need to know about the new system. https://www.thelocal.se/20191216/how-do-the-new-public-transport-tickets-work-in-southern-sweden Mon, 16 Dec 2019 14:52:14 +0100 how-do-the-new-public-transport-tickets-work-in-southern-sweden Sweden's Karolinska Institute (KI) has tumbled in a prestigious international reputation ranking released on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20180531/stockholms-karolinska-institute-suffers-fall-in-reputation-ranking Thu, 31 May 2018 13:34:51 +0200 stockholms-karolinska-institute-suffers-fall-in-reputation-ranking The Swedish government has predicted that unemployment will drop to 5.9 percent in 2018, taking a more optimistic view than in previous estimates. https://www.thelocal.se/20170824/swedish-government-predicts-unemployment-will-drop-to-59-percent-in-2017 Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:36:05 +0200 swedish-government-predicts-unemployment-will-drop-to-59-percent-in-2017 The Swedish startup which crowdfunded a sustainable electric "car of the future" has announced it will produce its vehicles in a ground-breaking new facility manned by robots. https://www.thelocal.se/20170317/swedens-crowdfunded-car-of-the-future-to-be-built-by-an-army-of-robots Fri, 17 Mar 2017 17:22:37 +0100 swedens-crowdfunded-car-of-the-future-to-be-built-by-an-army-of-robots Sweden has the world's third most expensive Big Macs, behind only Switzerland and Norway, the UK's Economist magazine reported in the 2017 edition of its famous global burgernomics index. https://www.thelocal.se/20170117/sweden-has-eus-most-expensive-big-macs Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:48:12 +0100 sweden-has-eus-most-expensive-big-macs Almost half of respondents living in Sweden (47.4 percent) answered ‘no’ to a survey question: “Do you feel well-informed about Brexit?”, the highest proportion of expats to do so. https://www.thelocal.se/20160617/british-expats-in-sweden-feel-uninformed-about-referendum Fri, 17 Jun 2016 11:02:23 +0200 british-expats-in-sweden-feel-uninformed-about-referendum If you're a pro-EU Brit living abroad, there's plenty you can do to keen Britain 'in', explains Laura Shields from the Brits Abroad: Yes to Europe initiative. https://www.thelocal.se/20160415/5-practical-things-brits-abroad-can-do-to-help-keep-the-uk-in-the-eu Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0200 5-practical-things-brits-abroad-can-do-to-help-keep-the-uk-in-the-eu Here's a great Easter recipe by The Local's favourite food writer John Duxbury. Start practising now to get it right next week. https://www.thelocal.se/20160318/how-to-make-swedish-roast-lamb-with-garlic Fri, 18 Mar 2016 07:59:59 +0100 how-to-make-swedish-roast-lamb-with-garlic Parents have hit out after their 13-year-olds were asked to write a suicide letter in Swedish class. But the school says the controversial assignment was only a misunderstanding. https://www.thelocal.se/20150923/swedish-pupils-told-to-pen-suicide-note Wed, 23 Sep 2015 19:14:31 +0200 swedish-pupils-told-to-pen-suicide-note Swedish rising supernova Alicia Vikander is set to star opposite Matt Damon in the fifth Jason Bourne film, her agent told The Local on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150624/swedens-alicia-vikander-signs-on-for-bourne-5 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:05:50 +0200 swedens-alicia-vikander-signs-on-for-bourne-5 Stockholm's first "pop-up" restaurant, Dill, served its last supper on Thursday, after a dirty little secret was revealed earlier this week. The Local's Katie Dodd tasted the Michelin-inspired fare before the gig was up. https://www.thelocal.se/20131004/50608 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:52:00 +0200 50608 As the 23rd Stockholm International Film Festival draws back the curtain this week, Peter Vinthagen Simpson explores this year’s theme of “power” to find out what Robert Redford and Pussy Riot have in common. https://www.thelocal.se/20121106/44264 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:26:00 +0100 44264 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said in an interview published Monday he has hired a legal team to establish whether he has a case to sue Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard for defamation. https://www.thelocal.se/20121008/43670 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 08:33:00 +0200 43670 Serbia's prime minister on Thursday said an art show featuring controversial images of Jesus was a "provocation" that contributed to the ban on Belgrade's gay parade. https://www.thelocal.se/20121005/43626 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:06:00 +0200 43626 An exhibit of a Swedish artist's controversial photographs depicting Jesus surrounded by gay men has prompted calls to ban a gay pride festival in Serbia where Swedish Minister for European Affairs Birgitta Ohlsson is scheduled to speak. https://www.thelocal.se/20121003/43596 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:08:00 +0200 43596 Fresh figures from the Swedish Agency for Non-proliferation and Export Controls (Inspektionen för strategiska produkter, ISP) show that a large percentage of Swedish arms exports go to undemocratic countries and dictatorships, despite a decision from the Riksdag last year to tighten regulation on arms exports. https://www.thelocal.se/20120222/39268 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:45:00 +0100 39268 From classic Scandinavian functionality to naked men and lambs, Stockholm Design Week has something for everyone. Here's The Local's pick of the weirdest and best designs on display this year. https://www.thelocal.se/20120209/39014 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:56:00 +0100 39014 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange applied Tuesday for Britain's Supreme Court to hear his appeal against extradition to Sweden, dragging out a legal saga that has already lasted more than a year. https://www.thelocal.se/20111116/37378 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:33:00 +0100 37378