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 Sana Abdullah says that determination and learning the language are key to fitting in and finding work in Sweden - and no-one cares if you look different. https://www.thelocal.se/20160623/swedes-dont-treat-me-differently-for-wearing-the-veil Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:50:03 +0200 swedes-dont-treat-me-differently-for-wearing-the-veil A Swedish woman has told The Local how she was denied a job at a factory on the basis of wearing a veil. https://www.thelocal.se/20160530/swedish-woman-denied-job-over-head-scarf Mon, 30 May 2016 15:03:48 +0200 swedish-woman-denied-job-over-head-scarf A worker at the Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) who told a family of Iraqi asylum seekers that their newborn baby looked like Saddam Hussein will not lose his job over the incident, the agency's disciplinary committee has ruled. https://www.thelocal.se/20120128/38774 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:56:00 +0100 38774 Teachers in Swedish schools can, in certain situations, prohibit students from wearing Islamic veils that reveal only their eyes, the country's school's agency has ruled. https://www.thelocal.se/20120111/38452 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:46:00 +0100 38452 Three women wearing head scarves completely shielding their faces were denied entry to a Gothenburg courtroom on Friday during the remand hearing of one of the suspects in the Röda Sten murder plot case. https://www.thelocal.se/20111028/37026 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:30:00 +0200 37026 Shoving, spitting, and ethnic slurs are a daily fact of life facing women bearing headscarves in Malmö, according to a new report. https://www.thelocal.se/20091021/22780 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:11:00 +0200 22780