Prosecutors want tougher prison terms for the spy brother
The appeal trial against the spy brothers Peyman and Payam Kia ends today.
The brothers have made concessions before the appeal court hearing, writes TT.
42-year-old Peyman Kia – who was sentenced in the district court to life imprisonment for aggravated espionage and unauthorized position with secret information, has admitted that he provided secret intelligence information to Russia for payment.
He is now trying to do everything he can to help the investigation move forward – saying much of the information he sold to Russia has been “100 per cent false”.
Payam Kia, 35, was sentenced to nine years and ten months in prison for aggravated espionage in the district court, has admitted that he handed over envelopes at the Russian embassy and collected payment at a library in Uppsala. However, he denies that it was espionage.
Today was the last day of the trial in the Court of Appeal – and the prosecutor thinks that the younger brother’s sentence should be increased to 14 years instead.
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Almost a million rats were caught last year
Another rat. Photo: Magnus Wennman
A total of 982,710 rats were caught in Sweden last year. That’s what recent figures from Anticimex’s digital rat units show.
– The increase in catches is partly due to the fact that we have placed more digital traps, but we cannot rule out that the rat problems have increased in Sweden, says Håkan Kjellberg to Norrländska Socialdemocraten.
Big problems with Spotify
Millions of Spotify users are currently experiencing major disruptions, reports the Daily Mail.
There must be a problem with both the app and the website. Several users are met with a message that they have no connection. The problems are said to have affected users in a number of countries, including the United States.
What caused the problems is still unclear.
On Twitter, Spotify announced that the situation should be “much better now”, but several users comment that they are still having problems.
Tintin’s father is sentenced to prison
On Wednesday, the Luleå district court sentences Tintin’s father to life imprisonment for the murder of the boy, reports P4 Norrbotten.
It was in January this year that Tintin, 8, was found dead in his father’s apartment in Luleå. The father had recently, after years of custody disputes over the boy, been granted visitation for a few hours every two weeks.
Read more here.
The Cultural Council in Moscow is called home
The Swedish Cultural Council in Moscow is called home when the appointment expires in August, reports Sveriges Radio’s “Kulturnytt”. The position will then be vacant indefinitely.
Culture Minister Parisa Liljestrand (M) states that it is no longer possible to promote Swedish culture in Russia, after the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
– In Moscow and in Russia right now, those opportunities do not exist. And then it is better that that money can do other things, she tells the channel.
Large police effort in Gothenburg
A large police operation is currently underway in Bergsjön in Gothenburg. Several police officers and an ambulance are on the scene.
– We are looking for something that can match an alarm we received several hours ago, but we still haven’t found anything, says Stefan Gustafsson, press spokesperson at the police.
Although the police have not found anything, they are still at the scene.
– We are investigating whether there might have been a mistake in the address, but we have no crime at all, says Stefan Gustafsson.
Two people robbed by masked man
At lunchtime, the police in Malmö received an alert about a robbery in central Malmö.
A man, masked with a mask, robbed two people. He then left the scene on a bicycle.
No one should have been injured in connection with the incident.
Alert about threatening letters to several companies
During the morning, the police received an alert about threatening letters sent to three companies in central Stockholm. The first alarm came to the police at half past eight in the morning.
– Some form of threatening text has been discovered on the letters, says Per Fahlström, press spokesperson at the police.
According to information to Aftonbladet, the letters must have contained powder.
– There was no dangerous content in the letters, says Per Fahlström.
A report of illegal threats has been drawn up and the police’s work on site has been completed.
US Defense Minister: Wants to see Sweden in NATO before the summer
Yesterday, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III landed at Arlanda. He will visit Sweden to follow the large military exercise Aurora, reports The Express.
On location in Sweden, he said that he is working on Sweden becoming a member of NATO before the summer.
– I look forward to being able to call you an ally shortly, says Austin according to Expressen.
Aftonbladet’s review nominated for a prize
Photo: Lotte Fernvall/Aftonbladet
The fashion giant H&M promises its customers that they take responsibility for the environment.
But in November of this year, Aftonbladet was able to reveal that contaminated water is pouring out of the clothing chain’s “fast fashion” factories in Bangladesh.
Now Aftonbladet’s reporter Staffan Lindberg and photographer Lotte Fernvall are nominated for a prize for the review.
Read the full report here.
Borgholm town hall evacuated
The fire in Borgholm broke out in an apartment building on Tuesday evening. Photo: READER’S PHOTO
After the fire in an apartment building in Borgholm on Öland yesterday, the city hall in the city has been evacuated, reports SVT Småland.
Firefighters are still working to extinguish the fire and smoke is spreading.
A VMA has been issued where residents are asked to stay indoors.
In addition to the town hall, the social welfare office and a school have also had to remain closed during the day.
Inflation is falling in the EU
Last autumn, the inflation rate in the EU reached record figures – but now it continues to fall instead.
This is reported by TT.
According to new aggregate figures from Eurostat, annual inflation across the EU was 8.3 percent in March, compared to 9.9 percent in February. The figure is thus the lowest since April last year, after peaking at 11.5 percent in October.
Even in the eurozone, it is rapidly decreasing at the same rate: to 6.9 percent in March, compared to 8.5 in February.
Sweden is in the middle of the EU countries, with an inflation rate of 8.1 percent.
Flumeride’s time is numbered
Children ride Flumeride 2001. Photo: Erik Svensson/TT Nyhetsbyrån
Liseberg plans to replace the attraction Flumeride, writes GP.
The announcement comes 50 years after one of Liseberg’s oldest attractions came to the park.
– At some point it will be replaced, but it is not entirely clear when that will happen. It’s a puzzle with some other projects in the park, so it’s important to do it smoothly, says Andreas Andersen to Göteborgsposten.
But anyone who likes to be drenched in water at the end of a rollercoaster can hope for its return.
– We are planning to replace Flumeride with a new Flumeride, but it is a longer-term project, so nothing is happening right now.
PM Nilsson returns to Dagens industri
PM Nilsson. Photo: Anders Wiklund/TT
PM Nilsson has landed another top job.
He will return to being a lead writer at Dagens industri, as of September 1, 2023, reports Everything.
In February, it also became clear that PM Nilsson will work at the Timbro think tank.
PM Nilsson was political editor at DI between 2013 and 2022.
Billion investment in semiconductors in the EU
Europe must strengthen its supply of semiconductors.
Yesterday, the Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement regarding the “Chips act”, as the regulation is called.
In a press release from the Council of Europe, the deal is described as being able to double the EU’s global market share in semiconductors from 10% to at least 20% by 2030.
– This agreement is of the utmost importance for the green and digital transition, while at the same time securing the EU’s resilience in turbulent times. The new rules represent a real revolution for Europe in the key semiconductor sector, says Energy and Industry Minister Ebba Busch.
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