https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Europe's news in English en-us editor@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Generator Here's what's changing about life in Sweden this April. https://www.thelocal.se/20210330/heres-what-changes-about-life-in-sweden-this-april Fri, 02 Apr 2021 12:51:30 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210330/heres-what-changes-about-life-in-sweden-this-april Having a summer house is close to obligatory in Sweden. But with prices now sky-high anywhere near the big cities, it's out of many people's reach. So our reporter Richard Orange's Swedish wife Mia decided to build one herself, and he reluctantly agreed. Here's what happened. https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/i-built-my-own-swedish-summer-house-heres-what-i-learned Thu, 01 Apr 2021 16:14:34 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/i-built-my-own-swedish-summer-house-heres-what-i-learned A Californian-Israeli food entrepreneur behind one of Stockholm's first food trucks has recently learned the business will not qualify for Sweden's coronavirus business support programme, despite being pushed into a loss last year. Erez explains how he fell through the gaps. https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/its-a-death-sentence-for-our-business-how-a-pioneering-stockholm-food-truck-lost-out-on-covid-19-support Thu, 01 Apr 2021 16:02:15 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/its-a-death-sentence-for-our-business-how-a-pioneering-stockholm-food-truck-lost-out-on-covid-19-support The World Health Organization on Thursday slammed Europe's vaccine rollout as "unacceptably slow" and said it was prolonging the pandemic as the region sees a "worrying" surge in coronavirus infections. https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/europes-slow-vaccine-rollout-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-as-infections-surge Thu, 01 Apr 2021 15:48:39 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/europes-slow-vaccine-rollout-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-as-infections-surge Sweden’s Public Health Agency said people can go ahead with Easter travel plans as long as they take sufficient precautions, https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/easter-travel-can-go-ahead-but-if-youre-unsure-stay-home-swedish-health-agency Thu, 01 Apr 2021 15:46:28 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/easter-travel-can-go-ahead-but-if-youre-unsure-stay-home-swedish-health-agency Follow the latest news about how the coronavirus outbreak is developing in Sweden with The Local's paywall-free blog. https://www.thelocal.se/20200902/coronavirus-the-latest-news-about-the-outbreak-in-sweden-timeline-part-two Thu, 01 Apr 2021 14:20:48 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20200902/coronavirus-the-latest-news-about-the-outbreak-in-sweden-timeline-part-two "Moving anywhere and making friends as an adult is hard," said The Local reader Gabrielle, who lives in Umeå with her family. "With kids, it's harder. And then in Sweden, it's next level. Plus pandemic? Sigh." https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/even-more-isolating-than-before-how-the-pandemic-changed-friendships-for-swedens-foreign-residents Thu, 01 Apr 2021 14:00:31 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/even-more-isolating-than-before-how-the-pandemic-changed-friendships-for-swedens-foreign-residents Find out what's going on in Sweden today with The Local's short round-up of the news in less than five minutes. https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/today-in-sweden-a-round-up-of-the-latest-news-on-thursday-20210401 Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:05:37 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/today-in-sweden-a-round-up-of-the-latest-news-on-thursday-20210401 Sweden has formally abandoned its earlier plan to offer Covid-19 vaccinations to all adults in the first six months of 2021, setting a new target of August 15th and limiting that deadline to first doses only. https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/sweden-delays-vaccine-target-all-adults-to-be-offered-one-dose-by-mid-august Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:04:23 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/sweden-delays-vaccine-target-all-adults-to-be-offered-one-dose-by-mid-august Today, let's talk about the Swedish word for the day when witches fly away to dance with the devil. https://www.thelocal.se/20190418/swedish-word-of-the-day-skartorsdagen Thu, 01 Apr 2021 08:33:24 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20190418/swedish-word-of-the-day-skartorsdagen Sweden has extended several of its coronavirus measures, including restricted restaurant opening times and customer limits in shops, as a result of the current high spread of infection. https://www.thelocal.se/20210331/swedens-government-extends-coronavirus-measures Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:52:45 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210331/swedens-government-extends-coronavirus-measures Sweden last year suffered the highest level of murder and manslaughter for at least 18 years, with 124 people losing their lives through violent attacks, according to the latest annual report from the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå). https://www.thelocal.se/20210331/lethal-violence-in-sweden-at-highest-level-in-nearly-20-years-report Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:21:30 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210331/lethal-violence-in-sweden-at-highest-level-in-nearly-20-years-report To travel into Denmark from Sweden you need a recent, negative coronavirus test and a 'worthy reason'. But how long does it take, and how strict are the Danish border police? Here's what Richard Orange experienced when he made the journey. https://www.thelocal.se/20210331/whats-it-like-crossing-the-border-between-sweden-and-denmark-now Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:12:46 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210331/whats-it-like-crossing-the-border-between-sweden-and-denmark-now Here's what Swedes do slightly differently to other nations when it comes to Easter. https://www.thelocal.se/20160326/six-super-swedish-family-easter-traditions Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:11:56 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20160326/six-super-swedish-family-easter-traditions There have been a lot of Brexit deadlines over the last four years - many of them missed - but March 31st is an important one for some UK nationals if they don't want to end up in trouble with immigration authorities. https://www.thelocal.se/20210324/why-some-britons-will-have-to-leave-their-eu-countries-by-march-31st Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:53:21 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210324/why-some-britons-will-have-to-leave-their-eu-countries-by-march-31st Find out what's going on in Sweden today with The Local's short round-up of the news in less than five minutes. https://www.thelocal.se/20210331/today-in-sweden-a-round-up-of-the-latest-news-on-wednesday-20210331 Wed, 31 Mar 2021 07:58:59 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210331/today-in-sweden-a-round-up-of-the-latest-news-on-wednesday-20210331 Sweden's state epidemiologist has called for civil society to work together to encourage people to follow the country's coronavirus restrictions as levels of adherence continue to fall. https://www.thelocal.se/20210330/society-needs-to-work-together-to-make-people-follow-covid-rules-tegnell Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:22:09 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210330/society-needs-to-work-together-to-make-people-follow-covid-rules-tegnell The reality of life as an expat is different from the romantic tropes, and the 'exile' of foreignness is often self-imposed. https://www.thelocal.se/20210331/opinion-writing-isolation-stockholm-writers-festival Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:15:10 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210331/opinion-writing-isolation-stockholm-writers-festival Happy påsk! https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/swedish-word-of-the-day-pask Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:59:13 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210401/swedish-word-of-the-day-pask As vaccination programmes progress around the world, those who have received protection against Covid-19 may be wondering about their travel options. https://www.thelocal.se/20210330/reader-question-can-i-come-to-sweden-if-ive-been-fully-vaccinated-against-covid-19 Tue, 30 Mar 2021 13:44:55 +0200 https://www.thelocal.se/20210330/reader-question-can-i-come-to-sweden-if-ive-been-fully-vaccinated-against-covid-19