The Swedish government is moving forward with language and civics tests for citizenship, with the aim of rolling them out 'as soon as possible'.
The government says the tests should be rolled out in two steps: first, a test which will quiz citizenship applicants on their knowledge of Swedish society as well as their Swedish reading and listening abilities.
The second step will test applicants on their written and oral Swedish.
The Local's Becky Waterton has the latest.
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The Swedish Migration Minister's plan to make the new longer wait for citizenship apply retroactively is a 'direct attack on well established principles of rule of law', according to a new petition.
Patrick Henry Gallen, an American in Malmö, launched the "No retroactivity in the new citizenship law" petition on Monday, with the online appeal receiving nearly 2,300 signatures by Friday.
But will it make any difference?
The Local's James Savage reflects on what needs to happen.
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This petition wants your help to stop new Swedish citizenship rules applying retroactively.
The Swedish Migration Minister's plan to make the new longer wait for citizenship apply retroactively is a 'direct attack on well established principles of rule of law', according to a new petition. ⬇️
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The Local Sweden’s editor Emma Löfgren hails from Skåne. In this week’s Sweden in Focus Extra she gives us some lessons in how to speak like a southern Swede.
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We’re releasing the podcast earlier than usual this week to bring you up to date information on this week’s horrific shooting in Örebro that left eleven people dead.
Here The Local's Richard Orange talks about the aftermath in a country in shock.
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Swedish police searching for motive in country's worst mass shooting
Police investigating Sweden's worst-ever mass shooting are still trying to pin down a motive for the attack, which claimed 10 lives on 4 February. The killing spree unfolded at an adult education centre in the town of Orebro, west of Stockholm, that reportedly offered Swedish classes to immigrants. Police say interviews with witnesses and those with links to the perpetrator are ongoing.
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Sweden reels from worse mass shooting in its history.
10 people plus the suspected gunman were killed in a shooting at an adult education centre in the city of Orebro in Sweden. Candles were lit and flowers laid out as people passed by to pay their respects to the victims. Police are working to establish the reason for the killing spree.
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More and more foreigners are leaving Sweden for Germany, The Local reported this week.
Straight after publishing the article, editor Emma Löfgren immediately started getting emails from readers who were also considering making the move south, as she explains here.
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A Swedish government inquiry has proposed lowering the age of criminal responsibility to make it possible to jail 14-year-olds for serious crimes.
In a month when Sweden's been rocked by more than 30 explosions, Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer says he's all in favour of the move, as our Nordic editor Richard Orange explains.
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Why did Sweden seize a ship belonging to Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’?
Joakim Paasikivi, a retired lieutenant colonel and one of Sweden's leading defence commentators, tells The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange why he thinks the Russians are behind the spate of cable sabotage in the Baltic Sea over the last few months.
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Will Sweden's government backtrack on its plan to further tighten salary requirements for work permit holders?
Last week Sweden's employment minister, Mats Persson, said his Liberal party was willing to cut the minimum salary level for a work permit, opening up the chance of reversing one of the government measures least popular with businesses.
But what price would the Sweden Democrats extract in exchange, James Savage wonders in this week's episode, out 25 January.
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