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 was ranked the best place to raise a family out of 31 wealthy countries in a new report from Unicef which rated how family-friendly different countries' policies were. https://www.thelocal.se/20190614/sweden-ranked-among-worlds-best-places-raise-a-family-unicef-report Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:43:23 +0200 sweden-ranked-among-worlds-best-places-raise-a-family-unicef-report Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has said that the government will incorporate the Unicef convention on the rights of the child into Swedish law, following talks in New York during his state visit. https://www.thelocal.se/20141121/sweden-to-implement-unicef-rights-of-child-law Fri, 21 Nov 2014 08:43:00 +0100 sweden-to-implement-unicef-rights-of-child-law No need to be dead or iconic to be as kind as Jesus, Gandhi, or Mother Teresa? Not if Unicef Sweden's Christmas donation campaign is on to something in its new series of adverts. https://www.thelocal.se/20131217/jesus-gandhi-star-in-swedish-christmas-advert-mother-theresa-charity-unicef Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:36:00 +0100 jesus-gandhi-star-in-swedish-christmas-advert-mother-theresa-charity-unicef The education levels of Sweden's teenagers have dropped sharply over the past decade, according to a Unicef study into children's well-being across the industrialized world. https://www.thelocal.se/20130410/47244 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:18:00 +0200 47244 Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt, star of the Oscar-winning film "In a Better World" and who will feature in "The Hobbit", has been fined for cocaine use only a few months after a previous bust. https://www.thelocal.se/20110609/34248 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:00:00 +0200 34248 Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt, the star of the Oscar-winning film "In a Better World", could lose his role as an ambassador of the UN's children's fund Unicef after being caught using cocaine. https://www.thelocal.se/20110319/32692 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:37:00 +0100 32692 Cooperation between Swedish banks and police to stop the purchase of child pornography images over the internet has proved effective, the national banking association announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20101124/30398 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:44:00 +0100 30398 The economic downturn and rising unemployment figures have not dented Swedish support for charities according to new figures from the Swedish Fundraising Council (FRII) which show a sharp upturn in revenues. https://www.thelocal.se/20100314/25518 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:47:00 +0100 25518 Swedes have become all the more generous despite – or perhaps because of – the economic crisis. https://www.thelocal.se/20091221/23960 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:58:00 +0100 23960 When it comes to caring for children, Sweden ranks highest among the world’s wealthy countries, according to a new report from the United Nations children’s organization, Unicef. https://www.thelocal.se/20081212/16300 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:46:00 +0100 16300 Sweden has scored highly in a UNICEF report on children's well-being in 21 of the world's richest countries. https://www.thelocal.se/20070214/6408 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:05:00 +0100 6408