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 UPDATED: Police in west Sweden have arrested a 25-year-old man after a blast in the suburb of Hisingen. https://www.thelocal.se/20160229/apartment-completely-blown-up-in-gothenburg Mon, 29 Feb 2016 12:21:10 +0100 apartment-completely-blown-up-in-gothenburg 189 people have been injured in shootings in the Swedish capital over the past five years, double the number in Copenhagen, Oslo and Helsinki put together. Rising gang-related crime has been blamed for the violence. https://www.thelocal.se/20151102/stockholm-worst-nordic-city-for-gun-crime Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:03:25 +0100 stockholm-worst-nordic-city-for-gun-crime Swedish police say one person has been taken to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds after an attack in the Gamlestaden area of Gothenburg on Wednesday morning, just months after several high profile shootings took place in the city in western Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20150513/one-injured-after-fresh-shooting-in-gothenburg Wed, 13 May 2015 13:12:00 +0200 one-injured-after-fresh-shooting-in-gothenburg Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven paid a visit to Gothenburg to meet with residents and council representatives following a fatal shooting at a restaurant in Sweden's second largest city on Thursday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20150319/several-dead-after-shooting-in-gothenburg Thu, 19 Mar 2015 07:32:59 +0100 several-dead-after-shooting-in-gothenburg The fatal shooting in Gothenburg on Wednesday happened in a violent area one expert has compared to 'the Wild West'. The Local has quizzed Amir Rostami, a leading authority on Sweden's organized crime groups, who is based at Stockholm University. https://www.thelocal.se/20150319/sweden-has-had-gang-problems-since-1990s Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:56:03 +0100 sweden-has-had-gang-problems-since-1990s A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for murder after a frenzied knife attack at a restaurant in Gothenburg in March. https://www.thelocal.se/20120713/42010 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:13:00 +0200 42010 A powerful explosion occurred at a police building on Hisingen in Gothenburg at around 7pm on Tuesday, causing a fire and prompting a police investigation. https://www.thelocal.se/20110914/36126 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:59:00 +0200 36126 Police say they are ready for Saturday's planned demonstrations for and against the nearly completed mosque on Hisingen in Gothenburg, reports news agency TT. https://www.thelocal.se/20110521/33906 Sat, 21 May 2011 13:32:00 +0200 33906 Confidential police photographs of a woman who was raped and murdered in Gothenburg last year have been leaked onto a pornographic website, local newspaper GT reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20110331/32930 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:19:00 +0200 32930 A series of mysterious poisonings which sent several people to hospital continues to baffle both police and employees from a home healthcare office in Hisingen near Gothenburg. https://www.thelocal.se/20090123/17108 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:34:00 +0100 17108 Police have arrested two 25 year-old men on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a man found on a street in the Hisingen area of Gothenburg on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20071209/9349 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:41:00 +0100 9349 Designs for a Saudi-funded landmark mosque in Gothenburg have received the final go-ahead from Muslim leaders in the city, meaning building can start next spring. https://www.thelocal.se/20071106/9021 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:17:00 +0100 9021 Five men accused of kidnapping a Gothenburg businessman this spring have gone on trial in the city's district court. https://www.thelocal.se/20070912/8465 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:32:00 +0200 8465 A man was found dead on Sunday morning on a street in the Hisingen area of Gothenburg. https://www.thelocal.se/20070729/8030 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:58:00 +0200 8030 A man was found dead on a street in Gothenburg on Saturday morning. Police believe he was murdered. https://www.thelocal.se/20070127/6220 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:43:00 +0100 6220 A man suspected of murdering his partner at their home in Gothenburg over the weekend was taken into police custody early on Monday morning after he called telling them of her death. https://www.thelocal.se/20060724/4406 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:14:00 +0200 4406