France's prison population hit a record high on May 1, with 83,681 inmates held in facilities that have a capacity of just 62 ...

Sweden on Saturday announced new rules upping checks on foreign vessels in the Baltic from July 1, reinforcing a crackdown on ...

The Local's reader Patrick Henry Gallen argued convincingly in Dagens Nyheter (and The Local) this week against the unjust ...

Sweden calls for sanctions on Israeli ministers, and why are the Sweden Democrats promoting cookie-cutter 'Sweden houses'?

A music festival in Sweden on Friday cancelled a concert with rapper Yasin, following media reports of a murder plot against ...

Social Democrats swing left, Swedish economy shrinks unexpectedly and other news from Sweden on Friday. Sweden’s economy ...

Until you've engaged a Swede in a discussion about, say, how best to sand a parquet floor, you haven't really understood them ...

If the government is serious about its pledge to attract international talent, including transitional rules when Sweden rolls ...

Citizenship applicants across Sweden have over the last few days started to receive letters inviting them to book an ...

The red and white 'Sverigehus', the Sweden Democrats' attempt to bring back an idealised type of Swedish architecture, looks ...

Ascension Day is a public holiday in Sweden, where Swedes have a day off to mark the day Christ ascended into heaven ...

The EU's Temporary Protection Directive has given refuge to tens of thousands of people fleeing Russia's war on Ukraine. But ...