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 Experts call on 'fat cat' Sweden to reform Several influential opinion-makers have claimed that Sweden is losing its competitive edge and is not taking renewal and reform seriously, warning that escalating healthcare costs are outstripping GDP growth. https://www.thelocal.se/20131003/50578 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:48:00 +0200 50578 Swedish free school system 'needs tweaking' Twenty years after Sweden's school system opened the door for independent profit-making schools and expanded parents' choice, sliding results have the left-leaning opposition saying the system is a textbook example of privatization gone wrong. https://www.thelocal.se/20130702/48806 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 09:33:00 +0200 48806 Swedes to get more name-changing freedoms Sweden may give its citizens greater leeway in changing their surname, but will still protect rare names including aristocratic families, if the government decides to push for a new proposal presented on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130528/48192 Tue, 28 May 2013 16:13:00 +0200 48192 Swedish parties agree to major free school reform The government and its main opposition have agreed to new rules governing performance requirements and profits at publicly funded, privately managed free schools. https://www.thelocal.se/20130523/48090 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:32:00 +0200 48090 Swedes set for slew of new laws in 2013 Free vaccines, higher parental leave benefits, and more job security for temporary workers, are among the many changes set to take effect in Sweden after the New Year as part of a potpourri of new laws, also covering a few controversial topics. https://www.thelocal.se/20121218/45138 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:41:00 +0100 45138 Major integration reform slow to yield results Newly-arrived immigrants are still struggling to find work two years after a labour market reform to help them get established in Sweden, a new study has shown, but officials argue the programme will work as long as immigrants stick to it. https://www.thelocal.se/20121122/44596 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:55:00 +0100 44596 Sweden looks at limits for profit-making schools The Swedish government plans to look at disciplining profit-making schools that don't make the grade by limiting how much money they can make. https://www.thelocal.se/20101021/29746 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:45:00 +0200 29746