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 Denmark's prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says he is glad that Sweden has decided to scrap ID checks on crossings between the two Scandinavian countries in the Öresund region. https://www.thelocal.se/20170503/swedens-id-checks-were-not-fun-danish-pm-rasmussen Wed, 03 May 2017 16:54:38 +0200 swedens-id-checks-were-not-fun-danish-pm-rasmussen Sweden is to end ID checks on buses, trains and ferries travelling between the country and Denmark, the Swedish government has announced. https://www.thelocal.se/20170502/breaking-sweden-to-end-id-checks-on-trains-from-denmark Tue, 02 May 2017 18:36:27 +0200 breaking-sweden-to-end-id-checks-on-trains-from-denmark Sweden will extend border controls and ID checks in the south of the country by a further three months, the country's government has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.se/20170201/sweden-extends-border-controls-until-spring-2017 Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:48:54 +0100 sweden-extends-border-controls-until-spring-2017 Controls at the southern borders of Sweden introduced during the height of the refugee crisis are likely to be extended yet again, over a year after the temporary measures were first introduced. https://www.thelocal.se/20170130/swedens-border-controls-likely-to-be-extended-again-minister-says Mon, 30 Jan 2017 09:47:53 +0100 swedens-border-controls-likely-to-be-extended-again-minister-says The Swedish government has decided to extend photo ID checks on buses, trains and ferries into the country for a further three months. https://www.thelocal.se/20161102/sweden-extends-id-checks-for-three-months Wed, 02 Nov 2016 13:32:18 +0100 sweden-extends-id-checks-for-three-months Set to testify before parliament on the efficiency of Sweden's new refugee ID checks, the head of the Swedish Migration Agency was turned away by guards unable to verify his own identification. https://www.thelocal.se/20160122/swedish-migration-head-stumped-by-id-checks Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:00:00 +0100 swedish-migration-head-stumped-by-id-checks Sweden and Denmark have agreed to lift temporary border checks as soon as possible but must first slow migrant flows, the EU said on Wednesday after emergency talks on Europe's passport-free Schengen zone. https://www.thelocal.se/20160106/swededenmark-agree-to-lift-border-checks-soon-eu Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:28:11 +0100 swededenmark-agree-to-lift-border-checks-soon-eu Infrastructure Minister Anna Johansson has warned public transport companies that failing to check traveller identities before they enter Sweden could result in fines of up to 50,000 kronor. https://www.thelocal.se/20151220/check-travellers-ids-or-be-fined-sweden-warns Sun, 20 Dec 2015 18:02:25 +0100 check-travellers-ids-or-be-fined-sweden-warns