Politics notices and news from Sweden.
A Swedish journalist claims that coverage of the deportations of Brexit Brits amounts to nothing more than "sob stories". She couldn't be more wrong: the cases are an example of state failure, argues The Local's James Savage.
20h ago · Read at The Local Sweden →
Sweden's Social Democrats and Moderates are set to present their government proposals to the Centre Party today, in a last-ditch attempt to win them over to their side.
1d ago · Read at The Local Sweden →
As the process to form a Swedish government drags on past the two-month mark, The Local decided we could all use a bit of comic relief.
1d ago · Read at The Local Sweden →
A bitter blame game has erupted between leading Left Party and Centre Party MPs, with each accusing the other of squandering a chance to stop unfair deportations by blocking a Magdalena Andersson government.
1d ago · Read at The Local Sweden →
This week: Temperature rises but still stalemate in Swedish politics, cost of living on the up, and why is goose blood on the menu this weekend?
2d ago · Read at The Local Sweden →
The Centre Party has hit back at the Left Party's ultimatum by throwing down its own gauntlet – giving it a deadline to announce whether it is willing to drop its demand for cabinet seats.
2d ago · Read at The Local Sweden →
Sweden's Left Party will be ready to negotiate with the Centre Party, its leader Nooshi Dadgostar announced at a hastily called press conference, but didn't immediately drop her party's demand for cabinet seats.
2d ago · Read at The Local Sweden →
People traveling from Denmark to Sweden by car, bus or train must continue to be prepared for passport and identity checks after Sweden extended its temporary border controls for another six months. The extension takes effect Thursday and allows Swedish police to conduct spot checks at border crossi
2d ago · Read at The Copenhagen Post →
After almost 60 days without a new government, there's suddenly a flurry of activity among Swedish party leaders. We asked The Local’s readers how you feel about this nail-biter.
2d ago · Read at The Local Sweden →
Sweden's parliament has approved a constitutional change to allow the citizenship of dual nationals to be revoked if they obtained it fraudulently or were convicted of crimes threatening national interests.
2d ago · Read at The Local Sweden →