4+ hour, 56+ min ago   (721+ words) Stockholm City Council votes no to keeping extended World Cup opening hours for bars, Southern Europeans flock to Sweden for cooler weather, and as of today humanity has used up all the planet's resources for the year. Here's today's news....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (149+ words) The surfing seal was spotted by one of the Swedish Coast Guard's reconnaissance vehicles as it flew over the bay in mid-July. "When the Coast Guard flight passed Hanö Bay last week, the camera caught sight of this seal surfing....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (489+ words) The Local's Mandy Pipher reflects on covering weather news in a time of climate crisis. It's a truism in newsrooms that summer is a time for fluffy news – for stories about friendly turtles, or about the weather. But weather news…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (173+ words) The Local Sweden - Do Not Process My Personal Information Around 25 million litres of untreated wastewater were released in Stockholm in mid-June, Swedish newspaper Dagens ETC has reported. On Wednesday June 1st, it became known that the wastewater treatment plant Syvab released…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (909+ words) Swedish parliament to vote on bill to abolish future permanent residency for refugees, government plans law to let elderly choose gender of care staff, and lilacs in bloom in far north as spring arrives earlier and earlier. Here's the latest…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (344+ words) A group of climate activists said Friday they were filing another lawsuit against the Swedish state for alleged climate inaction, after the Supreme Court threw out their case last year. The group behind the lawsuit, Aurora, first tried to sue…...