Europe

Kaja Kallas says Washington EU's 'biggest ally' after U...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Saturday that the United...

Popular Lucia songs, and why does northern Sweden face ...

In this week's podcast: Bias against northern Sweden, learn some Lucia songs, Ma...

INSIDE SWEDEN: Why the grass back home often looks greener

The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the we...

How immigration trends will change around Europe in 2026

Residency and citizenship crackdowns, repatriation grants, caps on foreign popul...

Live: Russia launches massive overnight attack on Ukrai...

Russia launched a massive overnight assault on the Kyiv region early Saturday, f...

Nigel Farage to rally in Scotland as Reform UK gains gr...

Right-wing politician Nigel Farage is set to address supporters in Falkirk on Sa...

Hearings in absentia 'conceivable' for Putin and Netany...

Hearings in absentia could be possible for Russian President Vladimir Putin and ...

Liberty, equality, invincibility: Cultural highlights o...

France's Ukraine Season (December 1, 2025-March 31, 2026) is an invitation to “t...

US and Ukrainian officials hold further talks on Trump'...

US and Ukrainian officials are holding a second day of talks in Florida on Frida...

Germany to bring back military service with voluntary p...

German lawmakers on Friday approved the government's plan to attract more milita...

'You can't build peace just with Russia': Ex&EU Commiss...

With France going through major government instability and facing an alarmingly ...

Forever chemicals found in cereals, bread, pasta and ot...

A new study finds that breakfast cereals, bread and other cereal-based foods in ...

Diplomacy to end Ukraine war gets bogged down: Europe's...

A ceasefire in Ukraine remains a distant prospect, to say nothing of an actual p...

Live: Thousands of Ukrainian kids ‘must be brought back...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that thousands of Ukrainia...

EurNOvision: Spain, Ireland, Netherlands and Slovenia b...

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, December 5: The European Broadcasting Union votes to keep...

'The cold changes people's brains': Do Indians in Swede...

A viral post by an Indian engineer and influencer based in Gothenburg has ignite...

Why does the Swedish right love to bash SVT?

Sweden's public broadcasters are under attack from the right. James Savage asks ...

Sweden's government proposes stripping gang criminals o...

Sweden's government has proposed changing the constitution to allow dual citizen...

Russia says it 'can't agree' to some points of US peace...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia and the US have go...

Pandas and ping&pong: Macron meets Xi in rare visit out...

Chinese President Xi Jinping accompanied his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron ...

US envoys to meet Ukrainian negotiators for peace talks...

US envoys will meet with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks o...

EU sets 2027 deadline to end Russian gas imports

The EU has agreed to fully phase out Russian gas by September 2027 and ban LNG i...

Live: Trump's top envoys to meet Ukrainian negotiator i...

US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, as well as son-in-law J...

The future of wine has hints of artificial intelligence

This episode of People & Profit explores how artificial intelligence is reshapin...

‘Culture strikes back’: Author Andrei Kurkov’s invitati...

A cultural event called "Season of Ukraine – Journey to Ukraine: Culture strikes...

France and Germany warn US could 'betray' Ukraine in pu...

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned Ukr...

Eurovision song contest debate inclusion of Israel

Eurovision will hold a key meeting Thursday to discuss Israel’s participation in...

'Three businessmen in Miami lounge: Trump has re&injec...

Europe has largely been left on the sidelines of US President Donald Trump's pus...

Russian neo&Nazi group 'Rusich' regularly posts images ...

Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary group Rusich took to Telegram in mid-November to p...

Putin bears 'moral responsibility' for 2018 Skripal poi...

Russian President Vladimir Putin bears "moral responsibility" for the 2018 poiso...

Sweden 'has plan' to push forward citizenship law despi...

Sweden's government has a plan to bring in its centrepiece citizenship law next ...

How good is your Swedish vocabulary? & Quiz 15

It's quiz time again in this week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Members...

Nordic countries seize thousands of potentially harmful...

Authorities in Denmark have issued a warning over potential harmful chemicals in...

EU plans €90 billion fund for Ukraine using Russian ass...

The EU on Wednesday presented a plan to provide Ukraine with €90 billion of fund...

‘People know so much more about Russian literature’: An...

A cultural event called Season of Ukraine – Journey to Ukraine: culture strikes ...

NATO ‘must provide Ukraine with tools to protect its so...

Speaking after a meeting of NATO and EU foreign ministers on Wednesday, Secretar...

EU agrees deal to ban Russian gas by end of 2027

European Union lawmakers and member states reached a deal Wednesday to ban all i...

EU presents plan to use Russian assets for Ukraine as B...

The EU on Wednesday laid out a plan to use frozen Russian assets to help fund Uk...

Putin has 'something to back his confidence with', anal...

NATO chief Mark Rutte hit back at Vladimir Putin's hawkish comments on Wednesday...

Dual citizenship for Americans in Europe threatened by ...

A US Senator has introduced a bill that aims to eliminate the possibility of dua...

'You do everything alone': Indian IT engineer's Sweden ...

An Indian computer programmer and blogger based in Gothenburg has gone viral in ...

Swedish Migration Agency finally starts accepting UK pa...

Citizenship applicants from the UK, Ireland, and elsewhere were still being told...

EU’s Mogherini charged in procurement fraud probe

Federica Mogherini has been charged in a probe over alleged fraud and corruption...

Back to the Kremlin: Will Witkoff plan seal Ukraine's f...

A peace plan allegedly made in Moscow, a week of furious scrambling to dial it b...

Pro&European political prisoners: Georgian mothers figh...

For over a year, authoritarianism has been gaining ground in Georgia. More than ...

US, Russia find 'no compromise' on key territory issue ...

Russia–US talks on ending the war in Ukraine produced no breakthrough on Decembe...

Faberge's rare Winter Egg fetches record £22.9M at auction

Fabergé's The Winter Egg sold for nearly £23 million ($30 million) at Christie's...

Talks with Putin and US envoy Witkoff conclude without ...

Russia and the United States held five hours of talks in the Kremlin aimed at ad...

Ukraine: Vladimir Putin says Russia ‘ready’ for a war w...

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on Tuesday that Russia is "ready" for ...

Sinking Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’: Has the Ukraine war re...

A Turkish-owned oil tanker that recently visited a Russian port was heavily dama...