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The Local (Europe)

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  • 1 week ago | thelocal.com | Emma Löfgren

    Only one track will be open to traffic until June 9th, warned Swedish public transport operator Skånetrafiken. Skånetrafiken asked for travellers' patience and understanding as urgent work is carried out to replace 3,500 metres of rails through the tunnel section of the combined bridge-tunnel connecting Denmark and Sweden.

  • 1 week ago | thelocal.com | Emma Pearson

    Visiting some of France's biggest tourist attractions - from the Chateau de Versailles to the Arc de Triomphe - could be more expensive for visitors from non-EU countries from next year, due to extra powers given to state-run museums by president Emmanuel Macron. Macron announced in January that the Louvre would begin, from January 1st 2026, charging a higher ticket price to visitors from non-EU countries.

  • 1 week ago | thelocal.com | Catherine Edwards

    Almost every Swedish households will have several of these in their cutlery drawer, and if you go to a souvenir shop you're bound to see plenty of them, perhaps with an elk or Viking decoration carved into the handle.

  • 2 weeks ago | thelocal.com | Clare Speak

    Trenitalia's famed Frecciarossa ('red arrow') high-speed trains are set to operate on international routes as soon as next year, Italy's national rail operator Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS Group) said on Wednesday as it confirmed long-discussed plans to Italian media.

  • 2 weeks ago | thelocal.com | Emma Löfgren

    What's going on? The Migration Agency has been unable to approve any standard citizenships through naturalisation since April 1st, due to extra security checks ordered by the government. The sticking point is that the agency hasn't had time to fully set up its routines to be able to carry out the in-person identity checks that are now required of all applicants. Who's affected?