Swedish police officers may wear the hijab, kippah or turban on all duties. A Moderate politician now calls it a gross breach of neutrality, but his own party's justice minister has refused to change the rules.
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Social Democrat and Moderate representatives in Hässleholm have backed a recommendation to reject a general right for older residents to choose male or female home-care staff for intimate personal care, Samnytt reports.
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An Iranian orthopaedic doctor accused of using unauthorised equipment in a Swedish medical licensing exam has been acquitted of making a false declaration. UmeĂĄ District Court found that the declaration he signed was not covered by the criminal provision used by prosecutors, Samnytt reports.
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Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson wants a government with the Centre Party and the Greens, propped up by the Left Party. Her red line is keeping the Sweden Democrats away from power, and she promises a softer migration policy.
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Doctor and local-party politician Nils Littorin has entered Malmö's council after years of confronting the city's established politicians with a camera. In an interview with Samnytt, he says his priority is to challenge public spending and the privileges of elected office.
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Sweden's caretaker government wants the European Union to prepare more financial support for Ukraine, citing an estimated 70 billion euro funding gap for 2027.
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How the Sweden Democrats (SD) and Sweden's center-right coalition reshaped migration, criminal justice, and nuclear energy rules - and why municipal coalitions are pushing back.
EXPLAINER #2 · JUSTICE SYSTEMInside Sweden’s juvenile sentencing rules, closed state youth homes (SiS), and the legal clash when families intervene to rescue children from contract-killing networks.
EXPLAINER #3 · INSTITUTIONSWhy a 5.4-million-member Lutheran church with SEK 24B in annual revenue holds partisan elections and funds theological inquiries into polyamory and activist causes.
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The red-greens won 176 seats and celebrated with cake. Six weeks on, 248 MPs have voted against Magdalena Andersson, even the Left Party said no,…
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