Europe

Swedish gang leader 'The Greek' arrested in Mexico

The Swedish gang leader Mikael Tenezos – known as Greken or "The Greek" – has be...

'Norwegian office workers are lazy': How do Swedes rate...

What’s the difference between living in Sweden and Norway? Is life in one countr...

The Tomahawks are coming? As Trump sours on Putin, Ukra...

Whenever Donald Trump boasts of solving eight wars in eight months, the U-S pres...

Russian FPV drone strikes in Ukraine's Donbas region on...

Attacks by First-Person View or FPV drones are more and more frequent in the Don...

Trump says US can't 'deplete' own Tomahawk stocks, cast...

President Donald Trump cast doubt Thursday on giving Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv a...

Russia not interested in negotiated settlements, hybrid...

Donald Trump said he would meet Vladimir Putin in Budapest after making "great p...

The French Exception: Why both reform and compromise ar...

Sébastien "Lazarus" Lecornu miraculously shakes off the shortest term of a prime...

Syria and Russia rekindle realpolitik romance fuelled b...

The nascent Syrian leadership now seeks to "redefine" ties with Russia as the Da...

EU unveils 'flagship' defence projects to counter Russi...

The European Commission on Thursday unveiled a roadmap proposing four major defe...

France’s Fiscal Reckoning: Can Lecornu defy gravity, as...

Angela Diffley is joined by fellow journalist Antonia Kerrigan and Damien Lecomt...

Gang deportations and goose blood: What changes in Swed...

A new Centre Party leader, an inquiry reports on deporting suspected gang crimin...

Swedish prosecutors suspect Syrian man of murdering Qur...

Swedish prosecutors on Thursday sought the arrest a young Syrian man for killing...

IN PICTURES: Readers capture Sweden’s autumn in all its...

From city parks to rural wilderness, these pictures, all taken by The Local's re...

Greek MPs to vote on 13&hour workday bill amidst mass s...

In Greece, workers went on strike to protest a controversial labour reform bill ...

US and Ukraine in talks for Tomahawk missiles

A Ukrainian government delegation has met with prominent American weapons manufa...

Russia has 'captured' the Georgian state, EU 'too compl...

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili say...

Last four digits: What's in a Swedish personal number?

The personal number or personnummer is the key to life in Sweden, the handle to ...

The British Museum tries to raise money to buy Henry VI...

Buried jewellery linked to Henry VIII is now at the heart of a modern-day treasu...

NATO looks to bolster air defences in wake of Russian i...

NATO defence ministers meet Wednesday in Brussels to confront growing fears that...

NATO defence chiefs meet in Brussels to discuss aid to ...

NATO defence chiefs meet in Brussels as European countries feel growing security...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's address following N...

Rewatch NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's address to journalists following a N...

NATO allies agree to increase US weapon deliveries to U...

Following a meeting between NATO defence ministers in Brussels on October 15, 20...

Syria's Sharaa tells Putin he wants to 'redefine' Russi...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin he ...

'I never feel safe': Swedish Centre Party leader steps ...

Sweden's Centre Party leader Anna-Karin Hatt, who took over as leader in May thi...

Why is it important that the Centre Party leader has st...

Centre Party leader Anna-Karin Hatt announced on October 15th that she will step...

Swedish military says tracking Russian sub in Baltic Sea

Sweden's armed forces said on Wednesday they were following a Russian submarine ...

Biggest challenge for Lecornu govt: 'Show that democrac...

Amid political and economic turbulence, few issues have illuminated the fault li...

France's inability to form coalitions: All parties in p...

Embattled French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu gave a high-stakes speech to a...

Sweden to establish emergency grain stocks in north

Sweden will set up its first emergency grain stocks in the north of the country,...

Sweden sees migrant 'return hubs' as crucial for voters...

The European Union should forge ahead with plans to boost migrant deportations a...

Parents of Malmö's hummus bar owner given weeks to leav...

Ibra Idrees set up Malmö’s first hummus bar, Hummusson, after applying for count...

British viceroy: Dr Hellyer warns Gaza can't be run by ...

As international attention turns to the high-level Gaza peace summit in Sharm el...

Petition to stop move to revoke permanent residence get...

A petition calling on the Swedish parliament to reject a "deeply unjust and dama...

Sweden deported foreigner despite request from UN Commi...

Sweden risks being found in violation of the UN Convention against Torture after...

One krona home: The three&room flat on sale for just on...

HSB, Sweden's largest housing cooperative is selling a three-room flat in Filips...

Record number of child suspects in Swedish murder cases...

So far this year, at least 127 children under the age of 15 are suspects in murd...

Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt win Nobel Prize in economics f...

The Nobel memorial prize in economics was on Monday awarded to Joel Mokyr, Phili...

EU accuses Russia of 'gambling with war' after airspace...

Kaja Kallas, the European Union's top diplomat, on Monday called on Europe to tu...

Floods trap motorists as torrential rain batters Spain’...

Floods trapped people in vehicles and homes in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia re...

What you need to know about Sweden's EES biometric bord...

Sweden on Sunday began implementing the new EES biometric border checks, with al...

Russia attacks Ukraine power grid, Moscow expresses 'ex...

Russia attacked energy infrastructure in the regions of Donetsk, Odesa and Chern...

NEW: Europe launches long&awaited EES biometric border ...

From Sunday, non-EU travellers entering Europe's Schengen open-borders zone will...

Russian attack on Ukraine's energy facilities plunges t...

Large parts of Kyiv were plunged into darkness in the early hours of Friday afte...

‘Pawns in Putin’s war game’: African women lured into d...

Russia has been accused of making false promises to recruit young women from acr...

Morocco king urges speedy social reforms following yout...

Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday said improving public education and healthc...

What's too expensive in Sweden (and what do you miss wh...

In this week's podcast: new increase in salary requirement for work permits, and...

Does Sweden's government even understand its own perman...

Sweden’s migration minister says revoking permanent residence will only affect a...

How can Europe protect its skies against 'escalating' d...

Drones flying over airports, commercial sites and other sensitive infrastructure...

Populists win Czech election: Is the EU fractured as Ru...

Elections in Europe are a rollercoaster these days. EU elites were relieved when...