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Swedish journalist held on arrival in Turkey jailed, employer says

Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who was detained on his arrival in Turkey on Thursday to cover street protests, has been jailed, his newspaper's editor-in-chief told AFP on Friday.

Partial solar eclipse to cross swathe of Europe on Saturday

Skygazers across a broad swathe of the Northern Hemisphere will have a chance to see the Moon take a bite out of the Sun on Saturday when a partial solar eclipse sweeps from eastern Canada to Siberia.

Why immigrant tech workers are challenging Sweden on citizenship

This week: Immigrants in tech petition government, Sweden fights for slow-driving youths, how Sweden Democrats view Social Democrats. For Membership+ subscribers: Watchdog slams Migration Agency over citizenship, and Sweden's mildest swear words.

How to respond to the consultation on a proposed new Swedish law

Sweden has an impressively thorough system for developing legislation, and this includes a 'remiss' consultation stage where anyone at all, even you, has the right to send in a submission outlining their views and proposing changes. Here's how to make a submission.

When will Europe roll out its ETIAS visa waiver for non-EU travellers?

From April 2025 the UK will demand European travellers obtain an ETA travel authorisation, but when will the EU / Schengen area finally roll out its own equivalent visa-waiver for non-EU arrivals?

Foreign ministry calls on Swedes in Thailand and Myanmar to contact relatives

Sweden's foreign ministry asked Swedes in Thailand and Myanmar to contact relatives to inform them of their situation, following a series of major earthquakes that hit the two countries on Friday morning.

'A trust breaker': Foreign tech workers campaign against new Swedish citizenship law

When Sweden's migration minister told The Local that a new law tightening citizenship rules wouldn't scare away highly skilled foreign workers, Spotify software engineer Eric Peterson decided to collect signatures to prove him wrong.

'The time has come': Will Europe finally put an end to changing of the clocks?

This weekend the clocks will go forward across Europe but back in 2019 the European parliament voted to end the biannual changing of the time. What happened to the move and could it be back on the agenda once again?

Is it worth submitting a request to conclude to the Swedish Migration Agency?

In the past year or so, the Migration Agency has rejected a whopping 99 percent of all requests to fast-track citizenship or permit decisions. But could submitting a so-called 'request to conclude' still help move your application to the top of the pile?

Swedish word of the day: hoppsan

Here's a helpful word to help make your Swedish sound more natural.

Seventeen! How to NOT swear in Swedish (while feeling like you are)

Like English speakers, Swedes absolutely love to use fake swear words – and you should too, as they sound gloriously quaint coming from the mouth of a foreigner.

What Trump's voting executive order means for Americans in Europe

US President Donald Trump signed his latest executive order on Tuesday, which aims to tighten requirements to register to vote. Here's how it affects the voting rights of Americans in Europe.

My Swedish Career: 'I decided I wanted to take this huge risk'

Human rights consultant Saba Wallace, originally from Pakistan, has spent over half her life abroad, living in 12 different countries, primarily in southeast Asia, before moving to Sweden with her two children in 2017.

EU tells citizens to stockpile three days of supplies in case of attack or disaster

Bottled water, energy bars, a flashlight and more: the EU is pushing for every household in the 27-country bloc to have a three-day survival kit ready in case crisis strikes -- be it a conflict or natural disaster.

Today in Sweden: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday

Wages delayed for thousands of Northvolt workers, Swedish economy experts predict higher interest rates in 2028, and six jailed over riots at Eritrean festival in Stockholm. Here's the latest news.