The Green Party and the Left Party have filed a joint motion in the Swedish parliament calling for an immediate freeze on ongoing deportation cases involving young adults – keeping the pressure on the ...

Readers of The Local have given the government's agreement to reduce deportations a cautious welcome, although several ...

The Migration Agency has detailed the thinking behind its decision to pause rejections in certain cases involving young adults after the government and the Sweden Democrats announced a U-turn on ...

Births fall in Sollefteå after maternity ward closure, cold winter brings risk of water damage, a-kassa applications down last month and more news from Sweden on Wednesday.

Finance minister Elisabeth Svantesson at a press conference on Wednesday. Photo: Lars Schröder/TT The Swedish government has lowered the country's growth forecast for this year from 3 percent to 2.8 ...

This week’s episode of Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with Johanna Nylander, acting head of the Swedish Games Industry Association.

Right-wing extremist ideology is gaining ground among youths in Sweden owing in part to social media and its algorithms, with primarily boys and young men openly spreading antisemitic memes and hatred ...

EU's energy chief Dan Jorgensen called on member states to help consumers and businesses by lowering taxes on energy where possible, as war in the Middle East saw oil and gas prices surge.

Felicia, the pop star who will represent Sweden in Eurovision in Vienna in May, is in hot water after saying that she didn't think Israel should be in the competition.

Scandinavian airlines SAS and Norwegian are introducing "temporary" price increases due to soaring oil prices triggered by the war in the Middle East.

A tax rebate, cheaper food and even a potential pay rise ‒ April looks like it could be a good month financially for many ...

Sweden's government has struck an agreement with the Sweden Democrats to stop the deportation of young adults and of ...