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'Incompatible positions': No end in sight to Sweden's political stalemate a month after election

Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson has not managed to unite the parties on the centre-left to form a government, she ...
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Swedish MP seeks to apply old rules to all pre-June 6th citizenship applicants

Senior Green Party MP Annika Hirvonen has told The Local she wants to allow everyone who applied for Swedish citizenship ...
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All Swedish parties back emergency freeze on teen deportations

All parties in the Swedish parliament are backing a proposal to introduce emergency legislation halting the so-called 'teen ...
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'Life's uncertain for immigrants in Sweden but it's important not to despair'

This week’s Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with AI consultant Anna Bärlund, who won an appeal last week against ...
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Foreign researchers make up half of new hires at Swedish universities

The number of foreign researchers in Sweden has doubled since 2012, and now make up around half of all new hires in ...
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How Sweden's 'new majority' can already move on deportations and citizenship

The Green Party's top MP Annika Hirvonen has started the new parliamentary term with a flurry of initiatives on teen deportations. She tells The Local how she hopes a new majority will allow action on ...