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 The head of Sweden's Security Service Säpo will leave his role to become the new chief of the Swedish police. https://www.thelocal.se/20180201/security-service-head-named-new-swedish-police-chief Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:04:33 +0100 security-service-head-named-new-swedish-police-chief 'Lone wolves' pose the biggest terror threat to Sweden in 2017, according to a new national report. https://www.thelocal.se/20170118/the-biggest-terror-threat-facing-sweden-in-2017 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:01:19 +0100 the-biggest-terror-threat-facing-sweden-in-2017 Strip club owner Dragan Bratic, due to open up a club near the hugely popular Swedish ski resort Åre in the north, is suing the local politician who said his new club would “attract criminal elements” for libel and defamation. https://www.thelocal.se/20120104/38338 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:13:00 +0100 38338 A small village near the ski resort Åre, in northern Sweden, is in two camps over plans to convert a traditional country inn, located between the church and the cemetery, into a strip club. https://www.thelocal.se/20111215/37962 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:45:00 +0100 37962 The government’s much touted integration policy reform has failed to ensure that refugees arriving in Sweden start the process of finding work before receiving welfare benefits from local authorities, a new study has shown. https://www.thelocal.se/20110914/36134 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:32:00 +0200 36134 Stockholm and the Sweden's west coast are the two most popular destinations for Swedish tourists this summer, according to a new survey. https://www.thelocal.se/20110602/34142 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:27:00 +0200 34142 The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority has put over 500 fake stockbrokers and other swindlers on its warning list so far this year, a significantly higher number than in the whole of 2009. https://www.thelocal.se/20101101/29942 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:25:00 +0100 29942 A special police unit in Stockholm combating share scams was closed last week by the chief safety ombudsman due to a large influx of cases. https://www.thelocal.se/20101029/29912 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:40:00 +0200 29912 The two political blocs have drawn to within three percentage points of each other in a new voter poll from Demoskop published in the Expressen newspaper on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100205/24820 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:16:00 +0100 24820 Three peace activists were sentenced to prison and fined on Tuesday for attempting to destroy three Saab Gripen fighter planes last month. https://www.thelocal.se/20090421/18994 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:55:00 +0200 18994 Low cost airline easyJet has begun flying to Milan and Geneva from Stockholm’s Arlanda airport, in direct competition with Scandinavian airline SAS. https://www.thelocal.se/20081021/15096 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:58:00 +0200 15096 Nurses took to the streets in Stockholm and Gothenburg on Sunday to demonstrate for higher pay. A strike beckons on Monday as mediators called off talks on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080420/11232 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:14:00 +0200 11232 The Swedish Association of Health Professionals (Vårdförbundet) approved an additional round of industrial action on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080416/11154 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:01:00 +0200 11154