Foreigners seeking permanent residency in Sweden should pass language tests and demonstrate knowledge of how Swedish society works, according to a report presented to the government on Monday. According to the report by Court of [Read More]
Tenants in Sweden face the highest rent increase in three decades, local media reports. The average increase will be 4.2 percent following negotiations between the Swedish Union of Tenants and the landlords, Swedish TT news [Read More]
Businesses and households in the Swedish capital have a very gloomy outlook on the economic future, according to a new report. While the confidence level among businesses in Stockholm stood at 89.8 (100 is neutral), [Read More]
The Iranian foreign minister has condemned the Swedish parliament’s designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist” organization. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone call with his Irish counterpart Micheal [Read More]
The Swedish Armed Forces concluded their rescue operations in Sudan, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Thursday. In total, 160 people, including 60 Swedish citizens, had been evacuated from the conflict-ridden country on seven flights operated [Read More]
Sweden’s central bank (Riksbank) announced a 50-percentage-point key interest rate hike to 3.5 percent on Wednesday, to curb continuous high inflation. The Riksbank said the rate hike, which will come into effect on May 3, [Read More]
The Swedish government has lowered its gross domestic product (GDP) forecast and declared the country to be in a state of recession in its spring amendment budget presented on Monday. The Swedish GDP is now [Read More]
Representatives of Sweden, Finland and Türkiye held talks in Brussels on Thursday to discuss progress on fulfilling Türkiye’s conditions for agreeing to the Nordic countries’ accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the military [Read More]
The largest nuclear reactor in Sweden will be taken off the grid for eight days due to a damaged fuel rod, Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper reported on Tuesday. Unit 3 at the Oskarshamn nuclear power [Read More]
The Swedish government said on Friday the country will provide Ukraine with “around 10” Leopard 2 tanks as well as air defense systems. “On Germany’s initiative and after discussions in what we refer to as [Read More]
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