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 Swedish environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg on Saturday asked US voters to choose Joe Biden, saying the outcome of the US presidential election was crucial for fighting climate change. https://www.thelocal.se/20201011/greta-thunberg-get-organised-and-get-everyone-to-vote-biden Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:36:35 +0200 greta-thunberg-get-organised-and-get-everyone-to-vote-biden Norwegian Air Shuttle said on Thursday it would temporarily lay off up to half its staff, following the US travel ban and the novel coronavirus outbreak. https://www.thelocal.se/20200313/norwegian-airline-to-lay-off-half-its-staff-after-trump-travel-ban Fri, 13 Mar 2020 12:09:46 +0100 norwegian-airline-to-lay-off-half-its-staff-after-trump-travel-ban US President Donald Trump has announced a travel ban from most European countries in response to the coronavirus spread. https://www.thelocal.se/20200312/trump-imposes-travel-ban-from-europe-over-coronavirus-outbreak Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:50:29 +0100 trump-imposes-travel-ban-from-europe-over-coronavirus-outbreak Sweden is ready and willing to host a historic meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20180311/sweden-ready-to-host-us-north-korea-meet-pm Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:13:39 +0100 sweden-ready-to-host-us-north-korea-meet-pm In an extract from his new book Good Sweden, Bad Sweden, The Local's Paul Rapacioli explains how Donald Trump wasn't the first US president to malign Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20180112/how-swedens-good-reputation-is-being-challenged-by-ignorance Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:55:02 +0100 how-swedens-good-reputation-is-being-challenged-by-ignorance A publicity shot of the prime ministers of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland has an uncanny resemblance to a shot of Donald Trump posing with the Saudi and Egyptian leaders. https://www.thelocal.se/20170531/are-the-nordic-leaders-trolling-trump-with-this-photo Wed, 31 May 2017 13:05:26 +0200 are-the-nordic-leaders-trolling-trump-with-this-photo Only 10 percent of Swedes like US President Donald Trump, a new opinion poll shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20170315/only-10-percent-of-swedes-like-donald-trump-poll Wed, 15 Mar 2017 11:45:31 +0100 only-10-percent-of-swedes-like-donald-trump-poll Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallström was to hold a telephone meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday afternoon, newspaper Aftonbladet reported. https://www.thelocal.se/20170303/sweden-foreign-minister-margot-wallstrom-rex-tillerson-trump Fri, 03 Mar 2017 13:24:38 +0100 sweden-foreign-minister-margot-wallstrom-rex-tillerson-trump Sweden has sought to set the record straight after Donald Trump linked immigration to a supposed rise in violence in the Scandinavian country, publishing "facts" to correct "simplistic" and "inaccurate information". https://www.thelocal.se/20170225/sweden-fires-back-at-trump-with-facts Sat, 25 Feb 2017 09:37:45 +0100 sweden-fires-back-at-trump-with-facts A march will be held in Copenhagen in solidarity with those affected by the "last night in Sweden" incident mentioned on Saturday by US President Donald Trump. https://www.thelocal.se/20170221/a-thousand-sign-up-for-copenhagen-pray-for-sweden-march Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:48:38 +0100 a-thousand-sign-up-for-copenhagen-pray-for-sweden-march Scandinavian airline SAS has had to adjust its staffing on US-bound flights in order to comply with US President Donald Trump’s entry ban targeting the nationals of seven predominately Muslim countries. https://www.thelocal.se/20170131/sas-forced-to-change-us-bound-flight-crews-to-comply-with-trumps-entry-ban Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:15:18 +0100 sas-forced-to-change-us-bound-flight-crews-to-comply-with-trumps-entry-ban More than a thousand gathered in Stockholm’s central Norrmalmstorg on Saturday in a peaceful protest against the inauguration of businessman and US reality TV star Donald Trump as US president. https://www.thelocal.se/20170121/thousand-march-against-trump-in-stockholm Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:51:03 +0100 thousand-march-against-trump-in-stockholm Donald Trump’s presidency has thrown up a number of big questions to consider, not least in Sweden. With that in mind, The Local spoke to experts on politics, the economy, and technology in the Nordic nation about what his tenure could mean. https://www.thelocal.se/20161109/five-things-the-trump-presidency-could-mean-for-sweden Wed, 09 Nov 2016 14:02:17 +0100 five-things-the-trump-presidency-could-mean-for-sweden Feeling disconnected in post-Brexit Britain or a USA soon to be presided over by Donald Trump? Consider moving to Sweden, according to a new list highlighting the "most liberal countries you could move to in 2017". https://www.thelocal.se/20170118/tired-of-brexit-and-trump-move-to-sweden-most-liberal-countries-ranking-recommends Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:18:51 +0100 tired-of-brexit-and-trump-move-to-sweden-most-liberal-countries-ranking-recommends Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has revealed some of the details of his first phone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump, and the American has again delivered a signal that his views on the Paris agreement on climate change have altered from those stated during the presidential race. https://www.thelocal.se/20161125/swedish-pm-trump-open-minded-on-climate-deal Fri, 25 Nov 2016 11:45:57 +0100 swedish-pm-trump-open-minded-on-climate-deal But what exactly did they talk about? https://www.thelocal.se/20161124/swedish-pm-gets-phone-call-from-donald-trump Thu, 24 Nov 2016 08:37:58 +0100 swedish-pm-gets-phone-call-from-donald-trump A Swedish newspaper has published the congratulatory letter Prime Minister Stefan Löfven sent to Donald Trump after the New York businessman was elected to be the next US President. https://www.thelocal.se/20161123/heres-what-swedens-pm-wrote-to-donald-trump Wed, 23 Nov 2016 12:59:31 +0100 heres-what-swedens-pm-wrote-to-donald-trump A Swedish newspaper has been criticized for running a cartoon of Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President-elect Donald Trump in which the two are being carried by an Orthodox Jew, a KKK member and a gun-carrying figure branded with the Israeli flag, with critics calling the drawing anti-Semitic. https://www.thelocal.se/20161121/swedish-newspaper-criticized-for-anti-semitic-trump-cartoon Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:19:58 +0100 swedish-newspaper-criticized-for-anti-semitic-trump-cartoon Donald Trump has yet to arrange to speak with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, despite the Swedish leader sending him a congratulatory letter and the US President-elect already calling Denmark’s Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. https://www.thelocal.se/20161118/swedish-pm-still-waiting-for-trump-phone-call Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:03:41 +0100 swedish-pm-still-waiting-for-trump-phone-call Americans aside, the promise of building a wall means Mexicans are arguably the nationality most likely to be impacted by Donald Trump's presidency. Yet while there has been no shortage of interviews with US citizens living abroad over their feelings on the election, the same isn't the case for Mexicans. With that in mind, The Local spoke to three Mexicans living in Sweden to hear what they think about an outspoken critic of their homeland becoming US president, and how it felt to watch the campaign from afar. https://www.thelocal.se/20161115/what-mexicans-in-sweden-think-of-donald-trumps-election Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:50:26 +0100 what-mexicans-in-sweden-think-of-donald-trumps-election