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 Interview originally published in 2015: Two months after one of Sweden's biggest diplomatic disputes in decades, foreign minister Margot Wallström is ready to look to the future. In an exclusive interview with The Local, she discusses Sweden's strong stance on the Mediterranean migrant crisis and why she wants the UK to remain in the EU. https://www.thelocal.se/20150522/serious-blow-to-eu-if-uk-leaves-says-minister Fri, 22 May 2015 09:32:30 +0200 serious-blow-to-eu-if-uk-leaves-says-minister Sweden has hosted a meeting with "some key international actors," to support a solution to the political crisis in Venezuela, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20190615/sweden-hosts-meeting-of-key-venezuela-actors Sat, 15 Jun 2019 09:25:43 +0200 sweden-hosts-meeting-of-key-venezuela-actors Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström blasted Britain's political leadership on Tuesday for mismanaging the UK's upcoming departure from the EU. https://www.thelocal.se/20190129/swedens-foreign-minister-slams-brexit-as-horrible-mistake Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:56:31 +0100 swedens-foreign-minister-slams-brexit-as-horrible-mistake The Hungarian foreign affairs minister, Péter Szijjártó, has called on Sweden’s ambassador in Budapest to explain recent criticism from the Swedish government. https://www.thelocal.se/20180830/hungary-demands-answers-after-swedish-criticism Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:40:41 +0200 hungary-demands-answers-after-swedish-criticism Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallström has described the aftermath of the Brexit vote as "somewhat chaotic" after meeting British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in London. https://www.thelocal.se/20161117/swedish-foreign-minister-brexit-aftermath-somewhat-chaotic Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:20:48 +0100 swedish-foreign-minister-brexit-aftermath-somewhat-chaotic Sweden's foreign minister was holding talks with her Moroccan counterpart in Rabat on Wednesday in a sign of eased tension after a year-long quarrel over the Western Sahara. https://www.thelocal.se/20160907/sweden-and-morocco-ease-relations-after-diplomatic-spat Wed, 07 Sep 2016 15:37:46 +0200 sweden-and-morocco-ease-relations-after-diplomatic-spat Turkey has hit out at Sweden's foreign minister Margot Wallström after she took to social media to accuse Ankara over a court ruling which she claimed legalized sex with underage children. https://www.thelocal.se/20160815/turkey-summons-swedish-envoy-over-child-sex-tweet Mon, 15 Aug 2016 15:59:07 +0200 turkey-summons-swedish-envoy-over-child-sex-tweet Sweden's foreign minister Margot Wallström will not be charged over claims she was given special treatment to secure an apartment in Stockholm, the TT newswire reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20160524/sweden-wont-indict-foreign-minister-over-queue-jump Tue, 24 May 2016 10:53:45 +0200 sweden-wont-indict-foreign-minister-over-queue-jump Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallström argues that a 'Remain' vote in the forthcoming British EU referendum would benefit both Britain and Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20160510/a-united-europe-benefits-both-britain-and-sweden Tue, 10 May 2016 02:59:40 +0200 a-united-europe-benefits-both-britain-and-sweden Foreign Minister Margot Wallström came under fire on Wednesday for refusing to discuss Nato membership, while expecting other EU countries to help if Sweden were attacked. https://www.thelocal.se/20160224/swedens-200-years-of-peace-is-no-coincidence Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:05:18 +0100 swedens-200-years-of-peace-is-no-coincidence After claims she was given special treatment to secure an apartment in Stockholm, Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallström could be questioned as part of a corruption investigation. https://www.thelocal.se/20160119/apartment-scandal-leads-to-corruption-investigation Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:09:59 +0100 apartment-scandal-leads-to-corruption-investigation Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has defended his foreign minister Margot Wallström after she faced criticism for accepting an apartment from Sweden's biggest trade union in the midst of a housing shortage. https://www.thelocal.se/20160118/pm-backs-wallstrm-in-swedish-housing-scandal Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:43:40 +0100 pm-backs-wallstrm-in-swedish-housing-scandal A Swedish trade union is facing accusations of allowing top bosses and senior politicians jump its Stockholm apartments queue while the capital battles a record housing shortage. https://www.thelocal.se/20160115/swedish-labour-bosses-under-fire-over-housing Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:22:46 +0100 swedish-labour-bosses-under-fire-over-housing Israel has said it doesn't want Sweden's foreign minister to set foot in the country. So who is Margot Wallström and why is she splitting opinions? https://www.thelocal.se/20160115/who-exactly-is-the-swedish-woman-banned-by-israel Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:54:54 +0100 who-exactly-is-the-swedish-woman-banned-by-israel Sweden's foreign minister Margot Wallström has hit back after a fresh wave of criticism from Israel, suggesting recent comments which stirred controversy in the country were deliberately misunderstood. https://www.thelocal.se/20151207/sweden-foreign-minister-slams-israel-criticism Mon, 07 Dec 2015 08:21:24 +0100 sweden-foreign-minister-slams-israel-criticism Swedish PM Stefan Löfven has come out in defence of his foreign minister, who sparked an outcry when she appeared to link the Paris attacks to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. https://www.thelocal.se/20151117/pm-backs-minister-in-israel-row-over-paris-remarks Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:35:31 +0100 pm-backs-minister-in-israel-row-over-paris-remarks Israel has criticised "appallingly impudent" remarks by Sweden's foreign minister after she drew a parallel between the Paris attacks and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. https://www.thelocal.se/20151116/israel-in-fresh-spat-with-swedish-minister Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:30:30 +0100 israel-in-fresh-spat-with-swedish-minister Sweden's outspoken foreign minister, Margot Wallström, has hit out at fellow EU member states over the refugee crisis, saying the union needs to do more to relieve the pressure on her country. https://www.thelocal.se/20151030/in-the-long-run-our-system-will-collapse-in-sweden Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:21:11 +0100 in-the-long-run-our-system-will-collapse-in-sweden Foreign Minister Margot Wallström said relations between Sweden and Russia are “chillier than ever” after she met with the country's ambassador in Stockholm to ask him to explain comments that the Nordic country would likely face military action if it were to join Nato. https://www.thelocal.se/20150917/sweden-russia-relations-chillier-than-ever Thu, 17 Sep 2015 09:29:26 +0200 sweden-russia-relations-chillier-than-ever UPDATED: The UK's finance minister George Osborne has told a press conference in Stockholm that he hopes to work closely with his Swedish counterpart, Magdalena Andersson, as he attempts to push his case for reform in Europe. https://www.thelocal.se/20150824/uk-seeks-support-in-nordics-for-eu-reform Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:07:15 +0200 uk-seeks-support-in-nordics-for-eu-reform