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 No city in Sweden has transformed itself quite as much as Malmö. So to help you keep track of the changes, we've dug some pictures out of the archives. https://www.thelocal.se/20190116/twenty-images-that-show-malmo-through-the-ages Wed, 16 Jan 2019 08:59:59 +0100 twenty-images-that-show-malmo-through-the-ages Swedish defence and aeronautics group Saab said Tuesday it had completed the acquisition of German heavy industry giant ThyssenKrupp's submarine shipyard in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20140722/saab-buys-thyssenkrupps-swedish-submarine-shipyard Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:08:00 +0200 saab-buys-thyssenkrupps-swedish-submarine-shipyard Swedish defence giant Saab has completed its acquisition of the German owned submarine shipyard for 340 million kronor ($50.4 million) the company announced in a statement late Sunday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20140629/saab-completes-kockums-shipyard-deal Mon, 30 Jun 2014 01:12:00 +0200 saab-completes-kockums-shipyard-deal Swedish defence giant Saab is pushing forward with a deal to acquire the German-owned submarine shipyard, with an announcement expected in the coming days. https://www.thelocal.se/20140626/saab-in-final-stages-of-kockums-deal Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:57:00 +0200 saab-in-final-stages-of-kockums-deal UPDATED: New details have emerged about why the Swedish military raided the Malmö premises of German defence giant Thyssen Krupp last month. A military expert tells The Local that submarines have become a "major concern" in Sweden since unrest in Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.se/20140519/swedes-took-engine-in-raid-on-german-sub-makers Mon, 19 May 2014 17:22:00 +0200 swedes-took-engine-in-raid-on-german-sub-makers A Swedish lawyer says the Swedish military may have broken the law when it raided the Malmö premises of German defence giant Thyssen Krupp. https://www.thelocal.se/20140417/kockums-raid-may-be-illegal-lawyer Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:11:00 +0200 kockums-raid-may-be-illegal-lawyer After the Swedish military raided the Malmö premises of German defence giant Thyssen Krupp, a military expert tells The Local why recent Russian aggression means Sweden's Saab needs to take control of national submarine production. https://www.thelocal.se/20140415/defence-expert-baffled-by-kockums-raid Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:35:00 +0200 defence-expert-baffled-by-kockums-raid Saab announced on Monday that it had agreed with the German owner of Kockums to buy its Swedish submarine production sites. The understanding followed months of tensions, which culminated in staff poaching. https://www.thelocal.se/20140414/saab-bid-on-kockums-to-keep-swedens-submarines Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:08:00 +0200 saab-bid-on-kockums-to-keep-swedens-submarines The German owner of submarine makers Kockums is offering its Sweden staff extra money in the face of a poaching onslaught by Saab, but only if three quarters of its staff remain loyal. https://www.thelocal.se/20140402/kockums-offer-cash-to-stem-saab-bleeding-its-staff-2 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:55:00 +0200 kockums-offer-cash-to-stem-saab-bleeding-its-staff-2 A defence source told The Local on Monday that Saab had begun to poach Kockums staff, the latest twist in a standoff, said to threaten Swedish defence capacity, between the Swedish submarine makers and their German owners. https://www.thelocal.se/20140310/saab-poaches-kockums-submarine-engineers Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:01:00 +0100 saab-poaches-kockums-submarine-engineers The future of Sweden's flagship submarine manufacturer, Kockums, is on the rocks and key export deals are at risk thanks to a campaign of "internal warfare" waged by its German parent to effectively sink the company. https://www.thelocal.se/20131015/50812 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:00:00 +0200 50812 Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has been met by around 50 protesting shipbuilders during a visit to the southern naval port of Karlskrona. https://www.thelocal.se/20070910/8444 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:51:00 +0200 8444