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 Sweden's teachers union has rushed to defend a teacher reported to the police for physically removing a 15-year-old boy who called his colleague a "whore". https://www.thelocal.se/20190316/teacher-in-sweden-reported-to-police-for-ejecting-pupil Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:09:43 +0100 teacher-in-sweden-reported-to-police-for-ejecting-pupil A rising number of public swimming pools across Sweden are launching blanket bans on smartphones and tablets in a bid to make inattentive parents help protect their children from drowning accidents. https://www.thelocal.se/20151103/swedish-pools-ban-parents-from-using-smartphones Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:56:24 +0100 swedish-pools-ban-parents-from-using-smartphones Staff at a correctional services psychiatric facility in Växsjö are grappling with a surge in narcotics after inmates gained the right to use mobile phones. https://www.thelocal.se/20130821/49758 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 12:35:00 +0200 49758 The smartphone revolution in Sweden has come at the price of mobile phone coverage, reveals a new report that argues that the operators' coverage maps are out of date. https://www.thelocal.se/20130418/47406 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:10:00 +0200 47406 Many of Sweden's most dangerous convicts have access to illicit drugs, guns, and child pornography from inside the walls of psychiatric clinics where they are serving their sentences, newly released documents show. https://www.thelocal.se/20120227/39366 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:16:00 +0100 39366