The Local Sweden 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 Swedish municipalities allow customers to opt out of 'foreign staff' as home care All municipalities in one northern Swedish county allow people who use home care services to request non-foreign helpers, according to a review carried out by a local radio station. https://www.thelocal.se/20170531/swedish-municipalities-allow-customers-to-choose-not-to-have-foreign-staff-as-home-care Wed, 31 May 2017 09:56:05 +0200 swedish-municipalities-allow-customers-to-choose-not-to-have-foreign-staff-as-home-care 'Foreigners give more to Sweden than they get' Foreigners in Sweden bring in more to the country's economy than they take out, according to a new report from the OECD that measured the fiscal impact of immigration. https://www.thelocal.se/20130613/48482 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:28:00 +0200 48482 More foreign workers in Sweden's public sector One in four workers employed in Sweden's public sector last year was foreign-born, according to new statistics published on Tuesday, a figure experts claim reflect Sweden's own diversifying society. https://www.thelocal.se/20130430/47632 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:33:00 +0200 47632 'To hell with traditional Swedish behaviour' Youth centre worker and columnist Milad Mohammadi questions whether traditional Swedish behaviour is really all it's cracked up to be if it often means not helping those in need. https://www.thelocal.se/20121130/44770 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:24:00 +0100 44770 Foreign-born denied benefits more frequently People born in the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey are denied sick benefits twice as often as applicants born in Sweden, statistics from the country's social insurance agency reveal. https://www.thelocal.se/20110223/32206 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:08:00 +0100 32206 'Free tuition for students who stay in Sweden' Gifted foreign students should be allowed to take their Masters’ for free at Swedish universities, in exchange for a promise to stay in Sweden and work after completing their courses, Higher Education Minister Tobias Krantz has suggested. https://www.thelocal.se/20100824/28540 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:32:00 +0200 28540 Foreigners 'blocked' from college courses Sweden’s new university admissions system discriminates against foreign students and breaks EU law, according to the country’s university regulator. https://www.thelocal.se/20100719/27878 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:04:00 +0200 27878 Fifth of Swedish population foreign Latest figures from Statistics Sweden reveal that in the last 50 years the number of foreigners living in Sweden or those with two foreign-born parents has risen from four to nearly 20 percent. https://www.thelocal.se/20100129/24678 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:08:00 +0100 24678 Swedish population "well below nine million" The Swedish population has still a long way to go before reaching the nine million mark, a new study shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20050706/1708-2 Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:35:00 +0200 1708-2