Sweden's opposition parties have agreed to submit a joint reservation to add transitional rules which will be voted on alongside the stricter citizenship bill when it goes before parliament at the end of April.
With less than a month until parliament is set to vote on Sweden's biggest citizenship overhaul in years, Spotify Workers Unionen and the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees (TCO) have thrown their support behind a campaign to include transitional rules for those already in the Migration Agency's queue.
The Swedish government is moving forward with a bill to reject or revoke residency permits of foreigners who are not living up to its standards for good behaviour.
A government inquiry has proposed stripping dual nationals of their Swedish citizenship if they are found guilty of weapons and explosives crimes, money-laundering, or benefits fraud committed "as part of a criminal network".
Sweden's government has dropped plans to bring in compulsory language tests for those applying for permanent residency, a spokesperson for Migration Minister Johan Forssell has told The Local.
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson has called for the country’s controversial ‘teen deportations’ to be suspended with immediate effect until a solution has been found.
Douglas Thor, leader of the Moderate Party’s youth wing, raised the issue of unfair deportations long before it became a top political issue. He isn’t seeking credit – he wants a solution for those affected.
Sweden's government recently announced plans to tighten up citizenship rules for all applications from June 6th – even those already in the queue. The Local spoke to Patrick Gallen, spokesperson for Fair Transition, a campaign group calling for transitional rules in the new law.
Sweden is revoking the so-called track changes ('spårbyte') immigration path, which means that thousands of foreign workers may have to leave the country. The Local has looked into the nitty-gritty of who is affected and what their chances of staying are.
Fresh snow hit France on Wednesday morning, with around 140 flights cancelled at Paris airports and drivers advised to postpone journeys due to dangerous road conditions.
Germany's Bundestag on Friday approved a landmark military service law as thousands of school students walked out of classrooms to protest against the return of compulsory assessments for 18-year-olds.
French unions have issued a strike call for December in protest at the 2026 Budget, which is currently being debated in parliament and which one union leader described as a "horror show".
Oktoberfest remained closed for much of Wednesday as police investigated a bomb threat and the death of a suspect. Here's what we know so far about the closure and the explosions and blaze in northern Munich.
Drones flew over multiple airports across Denmark and caused one of them to close for hours, police said on Thursday morning after a similar incident this week prompted Copenhagen airport to shut.
Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabián Picardo has warned that The Rock's new post-Brexit status will make it "a very attractive place" for Britons wanting to skirt Schengen's 90-day rule, adding that an influx of residents could push property prices up.
Norway's left-wing bloc, led by incumbent Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, has won Monday's national election by a narrow five-seat margin with almost all the votes counted.
Low-cost airline Ryanair on Wednesday followed through on threats to cut 1 million passenger seats on flights to and from Spain, confirming that it will slash 36 routes.
A woman has died and nine people have been injured in a wildfire in southern France that has burned 15,000 hectares, making it the biggest wildfire seen in the country in 20 years.
Sweden’s housing market is famously difficult to break into, with first-hand rentals especially hard to come by. Or is it? One report reveals that while some areas have long queues, others have empty apartments ready to move into straight away.
Mahmut, originally from Turkey, came to Sweden as an asylum seeker back in 2017 due to political unrest in his home country. Now, he is in citizenship limbo and believes Swedish security police have branded him a security threat, without telling him why.
Sweden’s new security checks are likely to slow down the processing of citizenship applications even further than previously estimated, a new forecast suggests.
Sweden's Migration Agency is this week set to publish a list of the jobs which could potentially be exempted from a new salary threshold for work permits, but it stresses that there's little chance of these exemptions coming into force any time soon.
