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arrow The war in Ukraine
Hungary ratifies Finland on Monday
Hungary will ratify Finland’s membership in NATO on Monday, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg confirms, according to TT.
– I spoke this morning with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and he confirmed that there will be a vote on March 27 in the Hungarian Parliament on ratification by Finland and we will then work further to make progress on ratification for Sweden, Stoltenberg says
After the press conference, Stoltenberg confirms to TT and SR Ekot that Hungary will not vote for Sweden on Monday.
– They continue (the process with Sweden), but (vote) not on Monday, says Stoltenberg in passing on his way to a television appearance, according to TT.
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Fire in industry: “Open flames”
There is a fire in an industry in Grums, the police write on their website.
According to SOS Alarm, it should burn with open flames.
Emergency services and an ambulance are on their way.
Set fire to man outside mosque – man arrested
A man was on his way home from a mosque in Birmingham when an unknown man rushed up and set him on fire, reports Sky News.
The man was taken to hospital with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries.
One person has been arrested by anti-terrorist police.
Images from the attack, which took place on Monday night, are circulating on social media, according to Sky News.
It shows the perpetrator talking to the man before spraying something flammable on his jacket.
No reason to worry about another financial crisis
Governor of the Riksbank Erik Thedéen. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT
Riksbank Governor Erik Thedéen speaks SVT News that the Swedes do not need to worry about a new financial crisis despite the banking crisis that is ongoing internationally.
In April, the forecast is still an increase of 0.25 to 0.5 points.
– The Swedish banking system and the financial system are strong. We have well-capitalized and profitable banks, so in that sense you shouldn’t be worried, says Erik Thedéen to SVT and continues:
– You should also feel secure that the responsible authorities cooperate closely with the government and that there is a great readiness to act if it were to enter another phase.
No one arrested after woman found dead in wooded area
The police are investigating a murder after a woman has been found dead in a town outside Jönköping.
According to information, it concerns a woman who had been missing since the end of February.
– I have seen that there is information about it, but the identity has not been established yet, says Stefan Sundling, head of the serious crime group in Jönköping at a press conference.
According to Sundling, the woman’s body has been at the site for at least a day.
He says that the incident is being investigated as a murder and grave breach.
A house has been cordoned off near the scene.
– It’s a question that I can’t answer any more at the moment than that we can’t rule out that it has significance in the investigation, says Stefan Sundling.
The police have not arrested any suspects. A neighbor has told Aftonbladet that the police took two people away in two police cars.
– We have questioned several people in the area and at the police station, says Stefan Sundling.
Read more here.
530 people have been shot dead in Haiti this year
531 people have been shot dead in Haiti since the turn of the year.
It is reported by AFP with reference to a UN report that expresses “serious concern about the extreme violence that continues to spin out of control”.
Many of the victims have been shot dead by snipers who, according to the UN, shoot people in their homes or on the street at random.
In addition to the 531 dead, 300 have been injured and 277 people kidnapped in gang-related violence so far this year.
The Norwegian decision: Banning TikTok – immediately
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has decided to ban TikTok with immediate effect for ministers, state secretaries and political advisers, reports VG.
The decision comes after Norway’s National Security Agency recommended stopping TikTok and Telegram on service phones.
USB bombs were sent to journalists
The police in Ecuador are investigating cases where journalists have received bombs disguised as USB sticks, reports the BBC.
A journalist was injured when the stick exploded after he inserted it into his computer.
At least five news organizations have received the sticks.
The police have launched an investigation into terrorist crimes.
Suspected electricity subsidy fraudsters were arrested by civil police
A 90-year-old woman in Borås has been the victim of an attempted electricity subsidy fraud.
The woman was called by an unknown man who wanted to help her manage her electricity allowance money.
She sensed trouble and alerted a neighbor who called the police.
Civil police were sent to the woman’s house and were able to arrest two people who approached the residence. Two more people were arrested nearby.
The incident is being investigated as attempted theft.
Two people have been arrested and two have been released at large.
The king goes on a state visit to Estonia
The King and Queen Silvia during their visit to Västerås. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT
The King and Queen Silvia will go on a state visit to Estonia on May 2-4, the Royal House announces in a press release.
The delegation will also include members of the government and representatives of business.
The purpose of the visit is to deepen the relationship between the countries and, among other things, to discuss a deeper cooperation in security and defence.
The visit will take place in Tallinn and Tartu.
Two teenage boys badly beaten in grocery store
The police were alerted to an assault in a grocery store in Södertälje on Tuesday morning.
Several young men allegedly ran into the store and knocked over goods and furnishings, the police report. They then assaulted a teenage boy.
The boy has been kicked and beaten. Another abused boy is also found in the shop.
None of the teenage boys required treatment for their injuries.
The crime classification is aggravated assault.
The perpetrators are said to have run from the scene. No one is arrested.
Suspected dangerous object – operation underway
A police operation is underway in Stadshagen in Stockholm.
According to information to Aftonbladet, an employee at Region Stockholm must have opened a letter with powder in it.
The emergency services state that they are on the scene.
– We are investigating whether it should be some unknown substance. We check whether it is going to be dangerous or not, says Henrik Gynnersjö, commanding officer at the rescue service in Stockholm.
The rescue service does not want to go into any further details.
The police are on the scene and are assisting the emergency services with help.
– What the emergency services do is that they examine a shipment. At the moment, no crime is suspected, but later that may change, says Daniel Vikdahl, press spokesperson for the police in the Stockholm region.
The alarm came in at 09:30.
There should be no danger to the public.
Read more about the event here.
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Why is one of the two men who murdered Ulf mentioned with a picture and name and not the other??? After all, both were sentenced as a return.
Ginger
Hello! The man whose name and picture we published is sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.
Life-sentenced murderers are often named, because the public interest in those cases often outweighs possible publicity damage.
The other man, whose name and picture we have not published, was convicted of aggravated robbery.
But all cases are different. And name publication is decided on a case-by-case basis.
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I have been looking for an article I read about a police officer who lent his bank card to his father who was in debt settlement, are you able to link it to me? ☺️
Sara
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It was a policeman who lent a card to his father-in-law. Guess that’s the one you’re referring to. You can read about it here.
Hello, why has interest in the Ukraine war cooled so much in the Swedish press and news reporting? In foreign reporting, there are lots of analyzes and status reports!
Otjonsson Otjonsson
It may feel cold compared to how it was in the first months at the outbreak of the war, when a very large part of the news reporting was devoted to the Ukraine war.
But I would say we are still reporting intensively. Among other things, we have a team in place now that reports on many fatalities. Feel free to follow our collective reporting here!
Hello. What was the big police operation in Stockholm city about yesterday? Nothing more has been written about it.
Alex
Hello Alex! We wrote about it yesterday here. It seems to have been about a fight at a hamburger restaurant.
Difficult to read the posts…. It’s usually white text on a black background! But now the text is kind of gray on a black background??? Is it just my phone that is ghosting or???
Etc. Thomas Engman
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