Europe

Spain welcomes record 21.8 million summer vistors as ov...

A record number of tourists travelled to Spain in summer 2024 amid protests from...

MAP: Which towns and cities in Sweden have the lowest t...

Stockholm city council has announced it will be raising taxes next year. Here's ...

Three men arrested after attacks on Israeli embassies i...

Police in Sweden and Denmark were on Wednesday investigating suspected gun and b...

How to halve the cost of non&prescription medicine in S...

Medicines in Sweden can be expensive, and the last thing you want when you’re un...

Suspected attacks on Israeli embassies in Stockholm and...

Suspected shots were fired at the Israeli embassy in Stockholm on Tuesday evenin...

Are Swedish language tests for citizenship a good idea?

In this week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ subscribers: wha...

Wikileaks' Assange says he 'pleaded guilty to journalis...

Wikileaks founder Julien Assange spent years living in the Ecuadorian Embassy in...

Mark Rutte takes over as new NATO chief, dismisses Trum...

NATO's new chief Mark Rutte took over the leadership of the military alliance fr...

What's on in Sweden? Submit your autumn event to The Lo...

Are you organising an event for Durga Puja, Diwali or Halloween, does your weekl...

Spotify to 'move tasks abroad' for 250 workers after co...

A Swedish appeals court has rejected streaming giant Spotify's request to let st...

Stockholm city council to hike taxes next year: 'Not ea...

Stockholm's city council, run by the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Gr...

Rwandan former doctor goes on trial in France accused ...

A former doctor, Eugene Rwamucyo, 65, goes on trial Tuesday for alleged genocide...

Russia plans to boost defence spending by a quarter for...

Russia will boost its defence budget by nearly 30% next year, surpassing welfare...

Swedish word of the day: sliten

Today’s word of the day is a great one for when you (or your clothes) are a bit ...

Venezuelan opposition figure Machado wins European righ...

Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado said Monday she was "honoured"...

When did Swedes get so crazy about cinnamon?

It's not just kanelbullar, Swedes put great spoonfuls of cinnamon in their porri...

How can I stay in Sweden if I lose my job?

Whether you’re affected by the recent layoffs at Northvolt or work somewhere els...

Man held after breaking into Morocco's embassy in Stock...

A man was arrested on Monday after breaking into Morocco's embassy in Stockholm ...

Britain becomes first G7 nation to end coal power with ...

Britain's last remaining coal power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire,...

Kyiv says Russia hit a medical centre in Ukraine's Sumy...

Russian forces hit a medical center in Sumy in northeastern Ukraine on Saturday ...

Austria's far&right Freedom Party comes out ahead in le...

Vote projections showed that Austria’s far-right Freedom Party won national legi...

Austria holds tight election with far right bidding for...

Austrians were voting on Sunday to elect a new parliament, with the far-right Fr...

Russia to formalise revised nuclear doctrine in warning...

Amendments to Russia's nuclear doctrine have been prepared and "will now be form...

Austrian far&right party hopes for its first national e...

Austria’s far-right Freedom Party could win a national election for the first ti...

Russia says it downed more than 100 Ukrainian drones in...

Moscow said on Sunday that its air defences downed 125 Ukrainian drones overnigh...

Austrians vote in tight election as far right eyes unpr...

Austria’s far-right Freedom Party could win a national legislative election for ...

Inside Sweden: How The Local covered the Northvolt layoffs

The Local's editor Emma Löfgren rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our...

Why Sweden risks blowback from 3&month limit for jobsee...

In this week's episode: how Northvolt's crisis is hitting foreign workers, how r...

Launch of EU's border system could be delayed again to ...

The EU's much awaited Entry/Exit border checks for non-EU visitors is scheduled ...

Victims of clerical sex abuse demand justice on pope’s ...

Pope Francis was set to meet Belgian victims of sexual abuse by clergymen on Fri...

Climate activists sentenced to jail for throwing soup a...

Two climate activists who threw soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at Londo...

Ukraine war 'leading nowhere'; give diplomacy a chance:...

Talking Europe sits down with one of the most high-profile EU Commission preside...

Repeated crossing of Moscow's red lines shows Russia is...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met his US counterpart Joe Biden at the W...

Some 60 more women accuse Mohamed Al&Fayed, ex&owner of...

Some 60 women have come forward with new allegations since a BBC documentary air...

Oscar&winning British actress Maggie Smith has died at 89

British actress Maggie Smith has died at the age of 89, her publicist and family...

France’s debt rose to 112 percent of GDP in second quar...

France’s public debt increased to near €3.23 trillion, or 112 percent of GDP, be...

People living with disabilities in the EU: The battle f...

One in four adults in the EU have a disability, according to Eurostat. That's mo...

Trump, Zelenskyy meet ahead of a US election with high ...

Republican nominee Donald Trump on Friday sat down with Ukrainian President Volo...

Putin’s nuclear threats: empty rhetoric or a shift in b...

President Vladimir Putin made a chilling declaration this week when he proposed ...

The role of tourism in fostering international peace

Friday 27th of September is World Tourism Day, a United Nations day of observanc...

Employment minister warns Sweden risks losing high&skil...

Sweden's government plans to work hard with the local authorities to keep the fo...

'It was terribly mismanaged': Former Northvolt workers ...

Two former Northvolt employees have told The Local that they believe the top man...

Swedish PM vows to start building new nuclear reactor b...

Sweden will begin construction on a new nuclear reactor before the country's nex...

Reader photo of the week: Fairies dance as autumn arriv...

Every week, The Local invites readers to submit their pictures to our photo comp...

Putin issues nuclear warning to the West over strikes o...

President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia could use nucl...

Far&right lawmakers nominate Musk for top EU rights award

Far-right lawmakers have proposed Elon Musk for the EU's top rights prize for th...

Residents of Spain’s Menorca say ‘enough’ to overtourism

Venice, Barcelona, Marseille... For several summers now, these European cities h...

Zelensky’s ‘victory plan’: Is the war in Ukraine reachi...

The coming weeks could be decisive for the war in Ukraine: As President Volodymy...

The best places to visit in Sweden each season

Spring, summer, autumn or winter – the changing seasons and geography of a count...

Where are the best places to live in Sweden?

In this week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ subscribers: Whe...