Europe

'Sweden is saying it wants experienced workers, but not...

Software developer Besnik Barani works at one of Sweden's biggest engineering co...

Parents lash out at Sweden's 'absurd' teen deportations

This week’s episode of Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with the fath...

17th century wreck reappears from Stockholm deep

A 17th century Swedish Navy shipwreck buried underwater in central Stockholm for...

Live: Russia conducts missile, drone strikes ahead of p...

Russia conducted missile and drone strikes across Ukraine on Tuesday ahead of US...

2026 Winter Olympics: Ukrainian athletes targeted by di...

In recent weeks, Ukrainian athletes and visitors at this year's Winter Olympics ...

'Made in Europe': New push to buy European causes split...

Everyone in Europe agrees the EU needs to rescue its industry but the bloc is sp...

Rubio shows US support for Orban ahead of elections in ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed Viktor Orban's leadership during a visi...

’Ready to govern’ Hungary: Former ally Magyar challenge...

“We’re standing on the threshold of victory,” Peter Magyar confidently declared ...

Russia using Africans as 'cannon fodder' in Ukraine: IN...

Russia is accused of "aggressively recruiting" people from across the African co...

Rubio meeting 'did not produce any movement' on issues ...

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Monte Francis, Marc Loustau, Affiliated Fellow at the ...

Europe bashing: EU's top diplomat rejects US talk of 'c...

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas pushed back against what she described as "E...

Trump committed to Hungarian PM Orban's success, Rubio ...

President Donald Trump is committed to the ​success of Hungarian Prime Minister ...

Unlocking the secrets of glaciers: Scientists, mountain...

Glaciers are vital to Earth's water supplies, yet they are being pushed to the b...

Rubio meets with pro&Trump allies Orban and Fico on Eur...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Hungary’s Viktor Orban and Slovakia’s...

Ukraine ex&energy minister named suspect in laundering ...

Ukraine's former energy minister German Galushchenko has been formally named as ...

Ukraine makes fastest battlefield gain in 2.5 years

Ukraine recaptured 201 square kilometres of territory from Russia in five days l...

Rubio tells Orban ‘your success is our success’ during ...

During a visit to Budapest Monday, just weeks before Hungary’s parliamentary ele...

Ukraine ex&energy minister named suspect in laundering ...

Ukraine's former energy minister German Galushchenko has been formally named as ...

Ukraine’s former energy minister detained as suspect in...

Ukrainian investigators on Monday named former energy minister German Galushchen...

The Munich hangover: Security fest or defence insecurit...

In the wake of the Munich Security Conference, we ask: what happens now? With Ru...

Munich Security Conference, Epstein files, Confessions ...

This Friday in The World This Week, we talk about the unravelling of the Epstein...

'NATO has been woken up by President Trump, and it's st...

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte disc...

'Europe managed to support Ukraine': Former Ukrainian P...

Gavin Lee is pleased to welcome, live from the Munich Security Conference, forme...

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Do you like and trust The Local? Then please take a moment to add us as a prefer...

What it’s like being stuck in Sweden’s nightmare citize...

A senior software engineer from Iran who has been living in Sweden for fifteen y...

Swede suspected of helping over 100 men buy sex with hi...

A man in northern Sweden is suspected of helping more than 100 men buy sex with ...

Rubio strikes 'same ideological notes' on Europe tour

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on the final leg of a whirlwind trip to Eur...

Rubio visits Slovakia and Hungary to bolster ties with ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio began on Sunday a two-day visit to eastern Eur...

Ukrainian drones strike key oil terminal in Russia's Kr...

The Ukrainian military claimed responsibility on Sunday for a drone attack on a ...

European leaders discuss role at Munich Summit

It is the third and final day of the Munich Security Conference, the annual gath...

Europe bashing: EU's top diplomat rejects US talk of 'c...

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas pushed back against what she described as "E...

Live: Ukrainian drones strike key oil terminal in Russi...

The Ukrainian military claimed responsibility on Sunday for a drone attack on a ...

Rubio heads to Slovakia and Hungary to bolster ties wit...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio began on Sunday a two-day visit to eastern Eur...

Hungary PM Orbán gives inflammatory speech before April...

Following his appearance in Munich, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is travell...

NASA's crew&12 docks at International Space Station

Four astronauts docked at the International Space Station on Saturday for a rese...

Russians suffering 'crazy losses' in Ukraine, NATO chie...

Russia is suffering "crazy losses" in Ukraine, tallying around 65,000 soldiers o...

Live: Russia says Ukrainian drones struck Black Sea por...

A Ukrainian drone attack damaged Russia's Taman port, sparking a fire at the str...

US doesn't want to separate from Europe 'but revitalise...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to assuage European leaders' worries ab...

Russia fatally 'poisoned' Putin critic Navalny with rar...

Five European countries accused Russia of "poisoning" opposition leader Alexei N...

"NATO has been woken up by President Trump, and it’s st...

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte disc...

Live: Russians suffering 'crazy losses' in Ukraine, NAT...

Russia is suffering "crazy losses" in Ukraine, tallying around 65,000 soldiers o...

European debate over nuclear weapons gains pace

European leaders, worried about threats from a nuclear-armed Russia and doubts a...

Europe, UK seek closer ties a decade after Brexit

Ten years after the referendum that led to Brexit, Britain and the European Unio...

'You arrived before things got insane': Moving to Swede...

The Local’s Nordic Editor Richard Orange reflects on how easy it was for him to ...

Munich, Epstein, Confessions of Love Cheat

This Friday in The World This Week, we talk about the unravelling of the Epstein...

'Europe managed to support Ukraine'

Gavin Lee is pleased to welcome, live from Munich, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Former Ukr...

Macron urges world to ‘take cue’ from Europe, not criti...

France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Friday addressed the Munich Security Confe...

Macron tells Munich conference that Europe must become ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday told the Munich Security Conference t...

'For Azerbaijan, peace with Armenia is achieved,' Presi...

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declared that...

German chancellor's call to repair transatlantic trust ...

Friedrich Merz urged the United States and Europe to rebuild trust as global ten...