Europe

Whatever it takes? EU in race to shore up sovereignty

Can Europe man the ramparts on its own? As the US war secretary snubbed a NATO d...

'Keep Europe strong from the inside': Kata Tütto, presi...

Europe's regions are in danger of being squeezed as the EU considers sweeping ch...

At the Munich security summit, a push to rebuild Wester...

Leaders are gathering at the Munich Security Conference as transatlantic relatio...

France eyes new space record with 9&month ISS mission f...

Sophie Adenot is preparing for a nine-month mission aboard the International Spa...

Live: Germany's Merz tells Munich conference US culture...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday addressed the Munich Security Conference in ...

Sweden proposes making gang membership a jailable offence

A Swedish government inquiry has proposed making both membership of and associat...

Swedish fighter jets to patrol Greenland under NATO mis...

Sweden said on Thursday that it would send fighter jets to patrol Greenland as p...

Sweden's finance minister says 'no money for new spendi...

Sweden's finance minister, Elisabeth Svantesson, has warned that "most of the le...

Ukraine military aid pledges from Western allies reach ...

Ukraine’s Western allies have already pledged €30 billion in military aid for Ky...

EU leaders back major economic overhaul to counter pres...

European Union leaders on Thursday agreed on an action plan to overhaul the bloc...

Arctic Sentry: Europe takes the lead in NATO Arctic sec...

At Thursday's NATO meeting in Brussels, US Secretary of State Pete Hegseth was a...

Analyst Peter Zalmayev 'not very hopeful US tone has ch...

On a day when NATO has promised new help for Ukraine, while thousands more peopl...

Thousands of costumes from Geneva's Grand Theatre opera...

The Grand Theatre, a majestic building in the heart of Geneva which opened in 18...

Fractures in NATO exposed amid Ukraine and Greenland talks

NATO defence ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss Ukraine’s defence amid...

Crans&Montana fire: hearings continue with Morettis und...

Jacques Moretti and his wife were questioned again over the Crans-Montana bar fi...

Ukraine war: Why is a teenager accused of burying his f...

Multiple social media users – many of them pro-Russian accounts – have shared a ...

NATO defence ministers to meet on Ukraine weapons, Gree...

NATO defence ministers hold a key meeting on Ukraine and Greenland this Thursday...

'The price of our dignity': Ukraine athlete disqualifie...

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Winter ...

Kosovo parliament elects Albin Kurti as PM, ending year...

Kosovo’s parliament elected Albin Kurti as prime minister on Wednesday, securing...

Russia blocks WhatsApp for failing to comply with local...

The Kremlin said on Thursday said that US messenger app WhatsApp has been comple...

Live: IOC’s ban on skeleton racer ‘plays into hands’ of...

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday reacted with outrage at the Internation...

Swedish citizenship almost impossible for stay&at&home ...

The sweeping new changes to Swedish citizenship laws set to take effect on June ...

What are the proposed solutions to Sweden's teen deport...

Teen deportations – the deportation of young adults after they turn 18 – is now ...

'Well&functioning democracy': Does Norway look closely ...

For Spotlight, François Picard welcomes Carl Henrik Knutsen, Professor of Politi...

Ukraine will not hold elections until a ceasefire is in...

Presidential elections in Ukraine will only happen once a ceasefire has been rea...

Swedish PM: 'Not feasible to revoke permanent residenci...

Sweden's prime minister Ulf Kristersson has said a proposal to revoke existing p...

Swedes are far more pro&migration than you think

Swedes are not opposed to immigration, they’re opposed to immigration that doesn...

How can you show proof of Swedish and civics knowledge ...

Citizenship applicants will need to prove knowledge of Swedish language and civi...

Epstein fallout confined to Europe, prominent figures i...

Angela Diffley is pleased to welcome former New York State Assistant Attorney Ge...

Macron aims to reopen Putin dialogue with 'European app...

French President Emmanuel Macron said he wants to include European partners in a...

'I'm done with Sweden': Why citizenship changes are mak...

An overwhelming majority of the readers who answered The Local's survey are eith...

'4&hour queues': Europe's airlines and airports fear su...

Airlines across Europe have called on EU chiefs to review the ongoing roll-out f...

Swedish PM says no plans for a freeze on teen deportations

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Tuesday that his government woul...

Gisele Pelicot publishes memoir of rape trial that shoo...

Gisele Pelicot on Tuesday published a memoir reflecting on the landmark rape tri...

Milano Cortina Olympics: Row over medal quality

????#Medals breaking and falling as athletes celebrate have sparked a growing ro...

EU lawmakers back tougher asylum rules allowing fast&tr...

EU lawmakers on Tuesday approved changes to the bloc’s asylum system that would ...

Norway to set up independent commission over Epstein re...

The release of the cache of new files in the US has revealed a host of new Jeffr...

Sweden's language requirement to be enforced from June ...

The new language and civics requirements for Swedish citizenship will start to a...

What we know about Sweden’s new self&sufficiency requir...

Sweden’s government has revealed more details about its plans to tighten up citi...

'Collective punishment': Reader views on Sweden's stric...

Comments by readers of The Local Sweden ‒ whether opinions, advice, or tales of ...

UN presses for clarity on nearly $4 billion owed by US ...

The United Nations says it is awaiting confirmation from the Trump administratio...

Ukraine war live: Macron aims to reopen Putin dialogue ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants to include European partners ...

Russia pummels Ukraine's Odesa and Kharkiv with deadly ...

Russian overnight drone attacks killed at least four people in Ukraine's northea...

Swedish government tells Migration Agency 'limited need...

Sweden's government has asked the Migration Agency to start from the premise tha...

Italy: Armed gang blows up armoured van

On February 9, an armed #gang blew up and set fire to an armoured van on the Lec...

Epstein files: Suspense focused on exposing elite and p...

Angela Diffley is pleased to welcome Dr. Sam Martin, Political Communication Sch...

Q&A: Your questions about Sweden's new citizenship law

Sweden's government announced more details of its new citizenship law on Februar...

Will my Swedish citizenship application be rejected due...

The Swedish government has now confirmed that any citizenship application not co...

'People in Sweden are really raising their voices now a...

Annika Hirvonen, the immigration spokesperson for the Green Party, tells The Loc...

Live: Russia pummels Ukraine's Odesa and Kharkiv with d...

Russian overnight drone attacks killed at least three people in Ukraine's northe...