Europe Sweden An all-party committee of the main parties has submitted a proposal to revoke Swedish citizenship from dual nationals convicted of crimes that pose a threat to the state, like espionage
Europe Sweden In 2024, Sweden granted the lowest number of residence permits to asylum seekers and their relatives ever recorded; the right-wing government pledged to continue with the reduction policy
Europe Sweden Most of Sweden's green energy transition infrastructure is planned in a region where the Sami live; one of the last indigenous peoples of Europe, they are now menaced by the impact on the habitat of reindeers, their most important source of income
Europe Sweden Swedish environmental technology company Chromafora has received a European Investment Bank loan of €22,5 million to advance technology to remove 'chemicals forever' from water
Europe Sweden Stricter rules on age limits for using social media are being considered in order to protect children from gangs, which increasingly use social platforms to reach teenagers
Europe Sweden Visit Sweden, the agency that promotes tourism, has applied to the European Union's Intellectual Property Office to register the trademark 'Sweden': the fact that numerous locations around the world have the same name can potentially create confusion
Europe Sweden Four out of ten social workers responding to a union survey say they have been subjected to threats or violence in the past two years, Swedish Radio News reports
Europe Sweden The largest mycoplasma outbreak in several years is affecting Sweden this autumn, with over 1000 people hospitalised since September; about one in 10 who are infected by mycoplasma get pneumonia
Europe Sweden Sweden's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point to 2,75%, in what has been described as the biggest reduction in a decade
Europe Sweden In a series of articles published on 'Aftonbladet', the Swedish Democrats, who support the right-wing government, accused the Swedish Committee to Combat Anti-Semitism, which systematically points out its regular slip-ups, of being a political actor
Europe Sweden The country recently started mass deportations of Iraqi immigrants, marking a significant change in its immigration policy in an effort to repatriate people who no longer have the legal right to remain in Sweden
Europe Sweden Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen set the country's online channelling rate at 86%, higher than operators' estimates and far above the previous year's figure of 77%
Europe Sweden Construction of a new nuclear reactor will begin by 2026; the country currently has six nuclear reactors, which generate around 30% of Swedish electricity, and the new reactor aims to double electricity production