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 Police in the Malmö commuter town of Vellinge have started cracking down on beggars, a fortnight after Sweden’s top administrative court said its begging ban could go ahead. https://www.thelocal.se/20190104/police-start-enforcing-swedens-first-begging-ban Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:38:26 +0100 police-start-enforcing-swedens-first-begging-ban The top administrative court in Sweden has given the go-ahead to a begging ban in a town in Skåne, the first to introduce such a regulation. https://www.thelocal.se/20181217/swedens-highest-court-confirms-local-begging-ban Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:26:34 +0100 swedens-highest-court-confirms-local-begging-ban The Moderate party mayors of three wealthy municipalities near Malmö have called for the party to enter into discussions with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats. https://www.thelocal.se/20180913/malm-commuter-belt-moderates-call-for-sweden-democrats-talks Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:42:30 +0200 malm-commuter-belt-moderates-call-for-sweden-democrats-talks Sweden's first ever begging ban has been overturned by an administrative court on the grounds that those collecting money do not cause enough of a public disturbance. https://www.thelocal.se/20180208/swedens-first-begging-ban-overturned-by-court Thu, 08 Feb 2018 18:23:05 +0100 swedens-first-begging-ban-overturned-by-court A county administrative board on Monday overturned Sweden's first begging ban after ruling that the collection of money did not amount to disturbance of public order. https://www.thelocal.se/20171023/vellinge-swedens-first-begging-ban-overturned-by-county-board Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:24:20 +0200 vellinge-swedens-first-begging-ban-overturned-by-county-board A human rights organization has launched an appeal against a potential begging ban that moved one step closer to becoming the first of its kind in Sweden after a municipal council gave its approval. https://www.thelocal.se/20170921/human-rights-group-appeals-move-to-introduce-swedens-first-begging-ban Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:56:36 +0200 human-rights-group-appeals-move-to-introduce-swedens-first-begging-ban Local politicians have moved to make a municipality in the south of Sweden the first in the country to introduce a ban on begging. https://www.thelocal.se/20170830/skane-town-moves-closer-to-introducing-swedens-first-begging-ban Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:05:33 +0200 skane-town-moves-closer-to-introducing-swedens-first-begging-ban A Carema-run nursing home in southern Sweden has been reported to health authorities after maggots were found crawling in a wound on a resident's foot and the man's leg was later operated due to bone rot. https://www.thelocal.se/20121130/44766 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:22:00 +0100 44766 A 15-year-old girl from southern Sweden took her own life after several years of bullying during which her school's idea of combatting the problem had been to make her go tell the other students that their taunts upset her. https://www.thelocal.se/20120206/38954 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:58:00 +0100 38954 Snowfalls and a slew of road accidents in southern Sweden, has led to calls from the authorities for drivers to leave their cars at home. https://www.thelocal.se/20101202/30560 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:58:00 +0100 30560 The local council in Vellinge in southern Sweden has agreed to allow the municipality to house refugee children, reversing its long standing position on the issue. https://www.thelocal.se/20100113/24352 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:23:00 +0100 24352 A fire was deliberately started outside a hostel housing refugee children in Vellinge in southern Sweden on Saturday. Demonstrations for and against the controversial refugee centre will be held in the country on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20091122/23410 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:50:00 +0100 23410 Local politicians who previously voiced their disapproval at a move to house asylum seeker children in Vellinge look set to sign an agreement to invite more children to reside in the municipality in the future. https://www.thelocal.se/20091120/23382 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:45:00 +0100 23382 Six of ten residents in Vellinge in southern Sweden are positive toward housing refugee children in the area, despite claims by local politicians that locals oppose the move. https://www.thelocal.se/20091117/23302 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:37:00 +0100 23302 The Moderate party secretary Per Schlingmann has warned party members in Skåne in southern Sweden over comments regarding the housing of refugee children at a Vellinge youth hostel. https://www.thelocal.se/20091115/23274 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:03:00 +0100 23274 Government parties have called for legislation to force municipalities to care for children seeking asylum amid recent protests over the housing of young refugees in Vellinge in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20091113/23248 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:01:00 +0100 23248 A school principal from southern Sweden has infuriated health workers and disabilities rights advocates after claiming in a newspaper article that dyslexia and anorexia are made-up diseases. https://www.thelocal.se/20091028/22934 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:27:00 +0100 22934 Police believe than an arson attack may have led to a fire in a small town outside Malmö that destroyed a medical centre, a dental practice and parts of a school on Tuesday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20071017/8812 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:24:00 +0200 8812 A Swedish coastguard plane has crashed into a canal in southern Sweden with four men on board. The body of one man has been recovered from the plane. Rescue services say there is no hope of finding any survivors. https://www.thelocal.se/20061026/5325 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:20:00 +0200 5325 A Moderate Party politician in southern Sweden is a the centre of a storm after saying the Sweden Democrat surge in Landskrona was down to "all the bloody immigrants living there." https://www.thelocal.se/20060920/4972 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:59:00 +0200 4972