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A woman in Raqqa, Syria, wearing a vest showing a pro-Isis slogan. Photo released in April 2015 by TT/AP

Fresh fears over Swedish women joining Isis

Up to 40 women have travelled from Sweden to join radical Islamist groups in the Middle East, according to Sweden’s Security Service, Säpo. READ

A fire tore through a retail park in western Sweden. Photo: Adam Ihse/TT

Two quizzed over 'arson' attack in Gothenburg

Two men were being held by police on Friday on suspicion of arson after a powerful blaze gutted a retail park building in Gothenburg. READ

The Local Recipes

West Coast Salad from Sweden's Bohuslän region. Photo: John Duxbury

How to make traditional Swedish west coast salad

This prawn and asparagus salad from the west coast of Sweden makes for the perfect summer meal. Food writer John Duxbury shares his favourite recipe with The Local. READ

Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka hug following their Wimbledon quarter-final match. Photo: Bob Martin/AELTC

Serena Williams pulls out of Swedish Open

World number one and six-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams has spoken about how an elbow injury forced her to pull out of the Swedish Open in Båstad at the last minute. READ

Sweden Prime Minister Stefan Löfven returning home after his short spell in hospital. Photo: Christine Olsson/TT

Swedish PM back home after hospital rush

UPDATED: Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven was rushed to hospital in Stockholm on Thursday immediately after landing in Sweden following a visit to Ethiopia, but returned home a few hours later. READ

Mediterranean migrant crisis

Ving staff handing out donated goods in Greece. Photo: Ving

Nordic tourists shun bag offer to help migrants

Thousands of tourists from Sweden and Denmark have been invited to donate to migrants arriving on Mediterranean islands by checking in an extra bag of unwanted clothes, but less than 30 are believed to have taken up the offer. READ

Cannabis plants like these were discovered. File Photo: TT/Glen Stubbe

Two jailed for cannabis farm at Swedish school

Eight months after 570 cannabis plants were discovered at a disused school in Lysekil in western Sweden, two men have been sent to prison. READ

The Gothia Cup attracts 1,650 teams from all over the world. Photo: Adam Ihse/TT

UK football parents 'threaten' Swedish kids

A UK-based football team has been reprimanded by organizers of the Gothia Cup tournament after a group of parents ran on to the pitch and threatened their children's 12-year-old Swedish opponents. READ

The world's oldest animal sperm. Photo: Sweden's Natural History Museum

Oldest sperm found by Stockholm scientists

Scientists at Sweden's Natural History Museum (Naturhistorika riksmuseet) have found global fame after they came across 50 million year old cells inside a fossilized worm cocoon, thought to represent the oldest animal sperm ever discovered. READ

Julian Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Photo: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Clock ticking for Assange prosecutors

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is likely never to face charges for some of the crimes he is suspected of, a lawyer representing one of the Swedish women accusing him of various sexual offences has said. READ

Features

The Local List

Go for an evening swim in central Stockholm. Photo: Viktor Gårdsäter/Folio/imagebank.sweden.se

Six reasons to stay in Stockholm this summer

Stuck in the city while your Swedish colleagues chill out in the countryside this July? Not to worry. Here are six reasons why The Local loves Sweden's capital in summer. READ

Opinion

Left, Malmö in southern Sweden, and right, workers in tech-hub region Silicon Valley. Photos: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu and Johan Nilsson/TT

'Immigrants could be Sweden's top resource'

With a large population of educated immigrants, Malmö could become Europe's Silicon Valley - but only if Sweden opens up its jobs market to foreign-born professionals, writes integration expert Sylvia Schwaag Serger. READ

My Swedish Career

Belgian entrepreneur Martin Vercouter. Photo: Emily Evans

'Swedish firms really want to be responsible'

Belgium-born entrepreneur Martin Vercouter tells The Local how he's building a business that helps young people in Stockholm's suburbs and encourages Swedish companies to think responsibly. READ

Opinion

Swedish kronor. Photo. Jessica Gow/TT

'Trust not taxes have made Sweden a success'

Writer Nima Sanandaji tells The Local that Sweden's large welfare state isn't responsible for its economic success and argues that struggling countries such as Greece would do better to learn from the Nordic country's trust and transparency instead. READ

The Local Recipes

Rye bread with apple. Photo: John Duxbury/Swedish food

How to make Swedish rye bread with apple

Here's a great snack to make during the summer, when you can make the most of those long Swedish evenings to prepare it before sharing with friends. John Duxbury shares his favourite recipe with The Local. READ

More News

What's on in Sweden

The food truck Mi Taquito at Street Food Saturday in Gothenburg. Photo: Hanna Axelsson/Avenyn

Five tasty events for foodies in Sweden

Hop on the food market trend while it's still growing. We've picked out the five best events in Sweden for you to get your teeth into this week, alongside our guide to the best other events around the country. READ

The Syrian city of Homs where looting has been rife. Photo: AP/TT

Sweden to search for Syrian art stolen by Isis

Police in Sweden believe antiques plundered from Syria by the terror group Isis may have ended up in the Nordic nation and are setting up a new task force to investigate the so-called cultural heritage crimes. READ

Police investigating the shooting at a pub in Gothenburg in March. Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall/TT

Two charged with plot on Gothenburg 'killers'

After the most high-profile shooting in Sweden this year - an attack on a restaurant in Gothenburg - police have charged two men with plotting to murder the main suspects in an apparent revenge attack. READ

The Local List

Are Sweden and Greece more similar than you think? Photo: imagebank.sweden.se and AP Photo/Petros Karadjias

Five ways Greece crisis is like Swedish anthem

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis made global headlines this week when he compared the Greece crisis to the Swedish national anthem. But what if the analogy is not as random as it sounds? READ

Greece crisis

Anti-austerity protestors in Greece on Wednesday. Photo: TT

Worries Swedes will share Greek bailout bill

UPDATED: Sweden's Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson has said that EU taxpayers living outside the eurozone should not be concerned about funding the latest Greek bailout, insisting that Brussels has listened to her country's concerns. READ

Sweden's Princess Sofia with her husband Prince Carl-Philip. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT

New Swedish royal in focus at birthday show

Jubilant crowds turned up to celebrate Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria as she turned 38 – but the birthday girl found herself battling for the spotlight with one of Sweden's newest royal stars. READ

Forensic teams investigating the scene of the blast in Arlöv on Wednesday morning. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT

Cops probe another blast in southern Sweden

Police in southern Sweden are investigating after residents in Arlöv north of Malmö were shaken by the latest in a series of powerful explosions in the area just after midnight on Wednesday. READ

Iraqi security forces in Anbar province, where the Swede was killed. Photo: TT

Swedish Isis fighter killed in Iraq raid

A man from Sweden understood to have had a key role within Isis (also known as the Islamic State) has been killed in Iraq, according to reports in the Swedish media. READ

IN PICTURES

Princess Victoria on her birthday. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT

Soggy crowds celebrate Swedish royal's birthday

Sweden's future queen, Crown Princess Victoria, turned 38 on Tuesday, with crowds braving downpours on Öland island to join her celebrations. READ

A beggar in Stockholm. Photo TT

Fewer beggars in capital despite national rise

After a sharp rise in EU migrants begging in Stockholm earlier this year, officials say numbers dipped in the spring, in the wake of several high profile mass evictions from the city. READ

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Photo: Wiener Linien

New design for U5 metro line presented

Vienna’s planned new turquoise U5 metro line will be driverless and fully automated - with the first section operational in 2023. READ

Photo: Mateusz Atroszko

Teen falls ill after eating drug-laced meal in Zurich

A family night out turned into a drama when a teenager had to be hospitalized after getting high on a cannabis-laced vegetarian meal at Zurich’s Kaufleuten club. READ

Merkel attempts to comfort a crying Reem during their encounter. Photo: Norddeutsche Rundfunk/Screenshot

Merkel brings Palestinian refugee child to tears

Chancellor Angela Merkel was almost lost for words on Wednesday when a Palestinian girl among a group of schoolchildren she was meeting confronted her about the fact that she and her family were close to being deported from Germany. READ

The Danish Way

Photo: Colourbox

Danes have the right approach to discipline

Opinion columnist Jessica Alexander and her Danish husband had very different thoughts about how to raise their children but the American transplant eventually adopted 'The Danish Way' and thinks all parents should too. READ

Screenshot of the Currus & Co drone video.

Bakery set to be world's first to deliver by drone

A Spanish bakery is determined to become the first in the world to deliver its bread by a fleet of drones. READ

The cover of men's magazine Lui, features Marie de Villepin, the daughter of an EX-French Prime Minister. Phot: Screengrab Lui.

Ex-French PM's daughter in topless photo shoot

The ex-French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin might want to avoid looking at the news in France on Friday because his topless daughter is all over it. He's not the first French politician to perhaps feel a little embarrassed by their offspring's antics. READ

Italy's Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan has come under fire after the country's public debt hit a new record in May. Photo: Eric Piemont/AFP

Italy's public debt hits new record

The amount of public debt racked up by the eurozone’s third largest economy reached a new record of €2.2 trillion in May, up by €23.4 billion in a month, the Bank of Italy said on Tuesday READ

Hilde Krohn Huse hanging from a rope. Photo: Hilde Krohn Huse

Norway artist's naked tree stunt goes awry

A Norwegian contemporary artist has confessed to being left hanging naked in a tree for three and a half hours after an video art installation she filmed in a Norwegian forest went wrong. READ

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