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 EU countries have finally agreed to reopen their external borders on July 1st to visitors from 15 countries but American tourists will still not be allowed to travel to Europe because the US is still considered a risk due to the high number of Covid-19 cases. https://www.thelocal.se/20200629/eu-to-allow-visitors-from-14-safe-countries-but-not-the-us Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:17:02 +0200 eu-to-allow-visitors-from-14-safe-countries-but-not-the-us "Trust in Trump's America is gone." The coronavirus crisis has caused a dramatic deterioration in the European public perception of the US and left many believing the EU had become "irrelevant", new polling finds. https://www.thelocal.se/20200629/how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:22:08 +0200 how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu American travellers look set to be denied entry to the EU when the bloc reopens its borders on July 1st, according to reports. While those from Australia and New Zealand will likely to be allowed to return. https://www.thelocal.se/20200623/will-americans-be-barred-from-travel-to-europe Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:28:46 +0200 will-americans-be-barred-from-travel-to-europe US authorities are investigating Swedish banking giant Swedbank over transactions that may have violated American sanctions against Russia, according to new reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20191121/swedbank-accused-of-violating-us-sanctions-against-russia Thu, 21 Nov 2019 08:36:19 +0100 swedbank-accused-of-violating-us-sanctions-against-russia Swedish climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg joined hundreds of other teenagers protesting outside the United Nations Friday in her first demonstration on US soil since arriving by zero-carbon yacht. https://www.thelocal.se/20190831/hundreds-of-us-teens-join-greta-thunberg-in-protest-outside-un Sat, 31 Aug 2019 11:29:12 +0200 hundreds-of-us-teens-join-greta-thunberg-in-protest-outside-un A top North Korean diplomat was travelling to Sweden on Tuesday, she told reporters, as speculation mounts over the next summit between the isolated state's leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump. https://www.thelocal.se/20190115/top-north-korean-diplomat-coming-to-sweden-for-talks-report Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:03:42 +0100 top-north-korean-diplomat-coming-to-sweden-for-talks-report Sweden's PM Stefan Löfven will meet Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday against a backdrop of concerns over the US President's announcement that he plans to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminium. https://www.thelocal.se/20180306/tariffs-on-the-agenda-as-donald-trump-hosts-swedish-pm-stefan-lfven Tue, 06 Mar 2018 10:01:06 +0100 tariffs-on-the-agenda-as-donald-trump-hosts-swedish-pm-stefan-lfven Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven will hold a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump when the Nordic leader visits the US in March. https://www.thelocal.se/20180223/swedish-pm-to-hold-joint-press-conference-with-donald-trump Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:43:18 +0100 swedish-pm-to-hold-joint-press-conference-with-donald-trump The brainchild of three former Obama aides, with 120 million downloads in a year, Pod Save America is the liberal answer to conservative talk radio. Co-founder and ex Obama spokesperson Tommy Vietor explained to The Local why it's coming to Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20171221/i-dont-think-trump-has-much-knowledge-of-sweden-why-three-former-obama-aides-are-bringing-hit-us-podcast-to-stockholm Thu, 21 Dec 2017 07:59:00 +0100 i-dont-think-trump-has-much-knowledge-of-sweden-why-three-former-obama-aides-are-bringing-hit-us-podcast-to-stockholm Several authorities have criticised plans to introduce a new law that would provide for US security checks on United States-bound passengers at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport. https://www.thelocal.se/20171008/swedens-us-style-airport-security-plans-criticised Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:43:15 +0200 swedens-us-style-airport-security-plans-criticised A new government decision paves the way for Swedish police to strike a deal with their American counterparts to get permission to use each other's fingerprint databases to look for suspects. https://www.thelocal.se/20170622/sweden-agrees-to-exchange-fingerprints-with-us Thu, 22 Jun 2017 10:26:44 +0200 sweden-agrees-to-exchange-fingerprints-with-us Julian Assange’s lawyer has filed a request at Stockholm District Court on Wednesday asking for an immediate end to the arrest warrant against his client, arguing it should be dropped now that the US has openly expressed a desire to charge the 45-year-old. https://www.thelocal.se/20170503/assange-asks-sweden-to-drop-arrest-warrant-now-us-has-expressed-intent Wed, 03 May 2017 10:53:59 +0200 assange-asks-sweden-to-drop-arrest-warrant-now-us-has-expressed-intent Swedish foreign minister Margot Wallström has called on the UN Security Council to reach a resolution on Syria following Donald Trump's decision to launch missile strikes in response to a chemical attack. https://www.thelocal.se/20170407/sweden-urges-political-solution-to-syrian-conflict-trump-assad-wallstrom Fri, 07 Apr 2017 13:00:04 +0200 sweden-urges-political-solution-to-syrian-conflict-trump-assad-wallstrom In a guest blog for The Local, American author Pat DiGeorge explains how she retraced the mysterious activities of her parents in wartime Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20170330/a-true-story-of-love-and-espionage-in-wwii-sweden Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:27:24 +0200 a-true-story-of-love-and-espionage-in-wwii-sweden The head of Swedish furniture giant Ikea's stores in the US has branded Donald Trump's controversial travel ban as "troubling". https://www.thelocal.se/20170201/ikea-us-boss-calls-trump-travel-ban-troubling Wed, 01 Feb 2017 09:49:14 +0100 ikea-us-boss-calls-trump-travel-ban-troubling A tumultuous year in American politics appears to have left its mark on Sweden, with the results of a new survey showing that significantly more Swedes see the US as a problem for peace and security than a year ago. https://www.thelocal.se/20170110/swedes-increasingly-worried-about-us-impact-on-peace-poll Tue, 10 Jan 2017 09:45:57 +0100 swedes-increasingly-worried-about-us-impact-on-peace-poll A newspaper has published the uncensored version of a letter Prime Minister Stefan Löfven wrote to Donald Trump – and the congratulatory note he would have sent to Hillary Clinton. https://www.thelocal.se/20161129/heres-swedens-pms-letter-to-donald-trump Tue, 29 Nov 2016 15:40:07 +0100 heres-swedens-pms-letter-to-donald-trump Airspace over central Stockholm will close temporarily this week for US Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Sweden, the Swedish Transport Agency has decided. https://www.thelocal.se/20160823/stockholm-airspace-to-close-for-joe-biden-visit Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:53:05 +0200 stockholm-airspace-to-close-for-joe-biden-visit American Secretary of State John Kerry – and his inevitable entourage – have been causing a stir in Sweden. However the statesman is not in Sweden on official business, but for a family wedding. https://www.thelocal.se/20160819/john-kerrys-private-visit-to-stockholm Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:06:55 +0200 john-kerrys-private-visit-to-stockholm Swedish companies can do almost no wrong - at least in the eyes of Americans - according to a recent survey by The Local, which also reveals that Americans’ love of Sweden extends across many areas. https://www.thelocal.se/20150428/why-americans-trust-swedish-companies-what-us-thinks-of-sweden Tue, 28 Apr 2015 13:15:00 +0200 why-americans-trust-swedish-companies-what-us-thinks-of-sweden