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Scooter accident – man to hospital
A man drove into a tree outside a snowmobile trail at Transtrand, south of Sälen.
Mountain rescue, ambulance helicopter and police rushed to the scene.
– They had to close the road so that the helicopter could land. The terrain where the accident happened was too difficult to land, says Lars Hedelin, spokesperson for the police.
The extent of the injuries is unclear, the man has been taken to hospital.
– At least he’s talkable, but otherwise I can’t comment on the injury situation, says Lars Hedelin.
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Train stop on Bohusbanan
A crane truck has driven into a viaduct at Hisingen, it says GP. On the viaduct, trains run on the Bohusbanan between Strömstad and Gothenburg. Train traffic has been stopped between Ytterby and Gothenburg, but may be affected all the way up to Strömstad according to Västtrafik.
16 people arrested in a major police operation
In the past 24 hours, 16 people have been arrested at various locations in Stockholm, the police announce.
A large number of weapons and explosives have also been seized.
– We are in an intense phase right now. We are very close to the criminal individuals in the environment and assess that in the last 24 hours, but also in the past, we have been able to arrest several people who have been about to commit serious violent crimes, says Hanna Paradis, commanding officer for the special incident that handles the recent serious crime in the Stockholm region.
Alarm about suspected dangerous object
The police were alerted to an address in the Östermalm area in Finspång due to a suspected dangerous object being found on the ground.
– It is a person who called in about the object, says Monica Bergström, press spokesperson at the police.
The police have cordoned off an area of approximately 200 by 200 metres.
On site, the police also took pictures of the object and sent them to the national bomb disposal for assessment.
Update: 13.19: The item is deemed harmless and has been seized by the police for a forensic investigation.
Journalists are sentenced for revealing state secrets
Two Finnish journalists have been convicted of revealing a state secret.
The reason is an article about the country’s military intelligence activities – a text that was written, among other things, with the help of leaked, classified documents.
The article was about the Signal Intelligence Centre, an activity that the Finnish Defense Forces has been very quiet about.
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Turkey summons Denmark’s ambassador after Paludan’s statements
Turkey is recalling Denmark’s ambassador to the country after Islamophobic Rasmus Paludan’s statements about burning the Koran every Friday in Copenhagen – until Sweden is admitted to NATO.
This according to sources in Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Reuters reports.
The opposition demands the resignation of the prime minister
The opposition in Greece demands that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis resign and wants to carry out a vote of no confidence in the government, TT reports.
It is Alexis Tsipras, former prime minister and leader of the left-wing Syriz party, who initiated the no-confidence vote. This after Mitsotakis was accused of being the mastermind behind a wiretapping scandal in which a minister and several officials, with connections to the military, were wiretapped.
But Mitsotakis is taking the calls for a no-confidence vote in stride.
– It is welcome … it is a good opportunity to confirm the cohesion within the government, he says.
The police do not rule out a connection between the night fires
There have been fires in several places in Malmö during the night to Friday and early morning.
– It has happened approximately between 4am and 6am in quite different geographical locations, but it is absolutely possible for someone to have time to get between the locations by bicycle or car, says Calle Persson, press spokesperson at the Malmö Police, to TT.
These include several property and car fires.
– There is a lot that matches between them, but we have nothing to tie them together and we have no suspected perpetrator. But it is early in the investigations, says Calle Persson.
Expensive diplomacy pandas are sent back
The giant panda Pyry at Helsinki Airport when he first arrived in Finland in 2018. Photo: TT
For five years, the giant pandas Pyry and Lumi have lived at the Ähtäri Zoo in Finland. But now they are to be sent back to China where they came from, TT reports.
The panda pair was a gift to Finland in connection with the country’s 100th anniversary celebrations, but it appears that they were in fact sent on a 15-year lease agreement with China.
Pyry and Lumi cost Finland almost 1.5 million euros annually. And Ähtäri Zoo has recently been indebted to China.
In order to keep the pandas, it is now necessary for the Finnish government to contribute five million euros – which the government is not willing to do.
China is known for conducting “panda diplomacy” with the outside world. Leasing pandas are available on loan in several countries.
MSB investigates floods
In January, large parts of Jönköping County were affected by floods. SMHI then issued several red warnings, the agency’s highest warning level, for the county.
The masses of water entered people’s homes and flooded roads.
Now the Swedish Agency for Community Protection and Preparedness, MSB, will investigate the floods.
The decision is based on the EU flood directive from 2007 on flood risks. The aim is to reduce the negative consequences of floods and thus protect the environment and human health, among other things.
Man taken to hospital by ambulance after workplace accident
The police have been called to a workplace in Finspång due to a suspected workplace accident.
A man in his 20s is said to have fallen from a stand and passed out.
After questioning the man and witnesses, the police have filed a report of causing bodily harm through a workplace accident.
Man to hospital after workplace accident
During Friday, an employee at an industrial company in Karlskoga had a heavy cabinet fall on top of him. This is what the police write on their website.
The employee, a 45-year-old man, has been taken to hospital.
A police report about a workplace accident has been drawn up.
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Hi, I wonder if it is still possible to see the green comet from Gothenburg
K å Johansson
Hey! The best chance to see the green comet seems to have been on January 21 and 22. But even now, during the last week of January, it seems you can catch a glimpse of it, if the sky is cloudless and you have good binoculars!
Why is it not a crime to buy drugs in Sweden, only to sell them?
Thuja
Hey! It is a crime to buy, use and sell narcotics in Sweden.
The Kristersson government must be the most pathetic and pitiful ever! Why don’t they dare to face the consequences of their policies? They keep secret who gets electricity subsidies and how much, for 20 years!!! Why!?
Lars
Hey! The government states that it is about wanting to protect “individuals’ personal circumstances”. They have also referred to the security policy situation.
Freedom of speech, ok, but when does it cross the line. Hang a lifelike doll, burn book revered by millions.
Is there no legal scope to prosecute them for blasphemy, personal persecution, etc.?
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The blasphemy law was abolished in 1949.
The Freedom of Religion Act was abolished in 1970 because freedom of expression weighs more heavily.
Unlawful persecution means committing several criminal violations against one and the same person.
The burning of the Koran has been investigated for incitement against a ethnic group, but in Sweden you can express strong disrespect for a religion. It is not the same as expressing it to the believers.
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