News from Danimarca

The Local’s editor Emma Löfgren rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.

From a multifaceted antiracism plan to the government’s objections to human rights conventions and the ‘new normal’ of massive military spending. Here are some of the news stories we’ve been talking about in Denmark this week.

In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at how a small rural Spanish village which “was dying” has been revived by the opening of a refugee centre that has filled its streets with families and children again.

In this week’s Inside Italy review, we look into claims that tourism fuelled by viral TikTok content is wreaking havoc at travel destinations across the country following high-profile overcrowding incidents.

From election fever with poll surprises to politicians on TikTok and the push to highlight the positive contributions of immigrants, here’s what we’re talking about at The Local this week.

From Emmanuel Macron’s push for a European defence force to the French Senate’s obsession with headscarves, via signs of spring and the start of the pétanque season, Inside France is our weekly round-up of news and talking points in France.

Despite the government last year cheering Sweden’s first negative net migration in more than five decades, figures for the full year show that net migration to Sweden in fact remained positive.

An updated threat report from the Danish Defence Intelligence Service has generated headlines across the world for its conclusion that Russia is preparing its military for a war beyond Ukraine. What does the report actually say?

Robert Kindroth, chief of the Swedish Center for Preventing Violent Extremism (CVE), answers The Local’s questions on whether the Örebro school attack could have been prevented and what can be done to lessen the risk of future attacks.

Swedish Migration Minister Johan Forssell insisted multiculturalism ‘enriches’ Sweden after far-right leader Jimmie Åkesson slammed him as ‘clueless’.

Swedish prosecutors are investigating suspected damage to an underwater cable in the Baltic Sea east of the Swedish island Gotland.

What will happen on the day, who can vote and what happens next? We round up all the key points to get you prepared for the snap election in Germany.

Norway and the UK, who have close ties in the energy sector, plan to beef up their cooperation to protect critical underwater infrastructure, Norway’s defence minister said on Thursday.

The Local’s readers are calling on Swedish politicians to tone down inflammatory rhetoric and stop treating foreigners as a threat to the country after the mass shooting in Örebro.

Sweden may change its marking system in the future, if a new inquiry into school grades gets its way.