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 Sweden Democrat party presented its 105 election proposals on Tuesday, with an estimated cost of 63 billion kronor in 2015. The manifesto focused on increasing Swedish welfare and limiting immigration. https://www.thelocal.se/20140826/sweden-democrats-present-election-manifesto Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:19:00 +0200 sweden-democrats-present-election-manifesto A man in Gothenburg grabbed a flier from the Sweden Democrat party and crumpled it up - prompting a campaign worker to run after him and spray him with red paint. https://www.thelocal.se/20140708/sweden-democrats-spray-paint-passerby Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:44:00 +0200 sweden-democrats-spray-paint-passerby No one has the right to obstruct right-wing extremists from passing out literature at schools, Sweden’s Chancellor of Justice has ruled. https://www.thelocal.se/20080425/11342 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:55:00 +0200 11342 Members of the far-right Sweden Democrats should be denied trade union membership, according to a large proportion of leading union representatives. https://www.thelocal.se/20071126/9209 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:20:00 +0100 9209 After days of heavy criticism, councillors representing Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's Moderate Party in the southern Swedish port of Karlskrona have said they will strike no more deals with the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats. https://www.thelocal.se/20071123/9184 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:48:00 +0100 9184 Members of Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's Moderate Party in a town in southern Sweden have defied the party leadership to start cooperating with the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats. https://www.thelocal.se/20071121/9158 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:52:00 +0100 9158 Sweden's largest direct marketing company has joined the national postal service in refusing to distribute a political newspaper containing a caricature of the Muslim prophet Muhammad. https://www.thelocal.se/20071114/9094 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:48:00 +0100 9094 The far right Sweden Democrats party is to unleash a new national campaign attacking 'mass immigration', reports Sydsvenskan. https://www.thelocal.se/20071020/8851 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:46:00 +0200 8851 The far-right Sweden Democrats could soon be the third most popular party among Swedish men, according to a new poll. https://www.thelocal.se/20070923/8581 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:41:00 +0200 8581 The girlfriend of a leading Sweden Democrat politician was attacked on Wednesday at the couple's home in Bromma in west Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20070816/8201 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:17:00 +0200 8201 A Social Democrat politician from central Sweden is being prosecuted for interfering with an election for removing ballot papers for the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrat Party at a polling station during last year's election. https://www.thelocal.se/20070605/7506 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:52:00 +0200 7506 The Sweden Democrats were gathering in Karlskrona on Friday ahead of the opening of their annual conference. They are due to be met by demonstrations from opponents and a major police presence. https://www.thelocal.se/20070518/7344 Fri, 18 May 2007 14:43:00 +0200 7344 One in three politicians from the far-right Sweden Democrats live on state handouts, it has been calculated. The party is now being accused of hypocrisy; it frequently slams immigrants for living on benefits. https://www.thelocal.se/20070517/7332 Thu, 17 May 2007 14:08:00 +0200 7332 A local politican was shut out of a council meeting in southern Sweden after he turned up in what were described by another councillor as "tricot underpants". https://www.thelocal.se/20070507/7218 Mon, 07 May 2007 11:11:00 +0200 7218 A man who was fired last year as an intern at the Swedish Embassy in Tel Aviv is to run for a top position in the Sweden Democrats, a far-right party. https://www.thelocal.se/20070502/7176 Wed, 02 May 2007 17:26:00 +0200 7176 Fredrik Reinfeldt has said he will not debate with Jimmie Åkesson, leader of the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats. https://www.thelocal.se/20070421/7071 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:00:00 +0200 7071 The Sweden Democrats almost had to postpone their annual congress due to the lack of a venue. https://www.thelocal.se/20070417/7018 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:43:00 +0200 7018 Per Schlingmann, secretary of Sweden's governing Moderate Party is to meet the leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats in a televised debate. The debate will be the first time that a leading Moderate has debated on television with the Sweden Democrats. https://www.thelocal.se/20070412/6971 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:11:00 +0200 6971 A new opinion poll has shown that Sweden's opposition parties would sail the victory if a general election was held today. The Christian Democrats would fall short of the four percent necessary for a place in the Riksdag, while the far right Sweden Democrats edge ever closer to the parliamentary threshold. https://www.thelocal.se/20070409/6941 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:02:00 +0200 6941 People with criminal pasts have been appointed as judges in Swedish courts by the far-right Sweden Democrat Party. https://www.thelocal.se/20070207/6332 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:31:00 +0100 6332