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  • Kosovo excluded from NATO exercise

    Kosovo’s decision to install Albanian mayors in the northern parts of the country has resulted in the US choosing to exclude Kosovo from a NATO exercise, the BBC reports.

    The local elections were boycotted by the Serbian majority in the area and turnout was 3.5 percent.

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  • Man shot in Malmö

    A man has been shot in or near an apartment on Gymnasistgatan in Malmö.

    The shot man is taken to hospital by ambulance.

    The police currently have no information on the extent of the damage.

    Gymnasistgatan is currently blocked off at Eriksfältsgatan in order to stop incoming traffic until further notice. A courtyard has been cordoned off pending forensics.

    Criminal classification has not yet been specified. This is what the police in the southern region write on their website.

    Read more here.

  • Large warehouse on fire

    Smoke from the fire outside Kumla. Photo: Sebastian Laneby

    A building just outside Kumla is currently on fire.

    The emergency services are on site and extinguishing the fire. The police are also there to assist.

    – The first patrol was there at 16.32. It’s burning to the brim, says Anders Dahlman, press spokesperson at the Bergslagen police.

    There must be a certain risk of spread.

    – The premises are around 700 square meters and are located along county road 647.

  • Expert witness does not believe that Tove was strangled to death

    The defense’s expert witness, Anders Eriksson, professor of forensic medicine, highlights two alternative causes of death for Tove’s death, the reports P4 Jönköping.

    He now questions whether Tove was strangled to death and believes that she may have suffocated from vomiting, alternatively that Johanna Leshem Jansson, who was convicted in the district court, got nerves that caused her heart to stop.

  • Man on moped exposed himself to students

    The police were alerted today to two locations in the Stockholm area. First to Alvik and then to Duvbo in Sundbyberg, according to information given to Aftonbladet.

    The alarm concerned a squatter on a moped.

    The moped man must have revealed the gender to students in Alvik.

    A few hours later, an alarm came from Duvbo about a man on a moped exposing himself.

    According to the alarms, similar information must have been left.

    – We are checking the information about a stripper in the area, says Helena Boström Thomas, press spokesperson for the police in the Stockholm region.

  • Kristersson: “Will youth prisons be required”

    Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Photo: Marko Säävälä/TT

    Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson believes that the Sis homes cannot handle serious criminals and now says that youth prisons will be required, this is reported by P4 Gothenburg.

    – Social services and Sis are not equipped to deal with serious criminals and young people prone to escape. This is a major failure that has gone on for far too long, says Ulf Kristersson.

    The background is that several people have run away from Sis homes during the spring.

  • Police investigate kidnapping – injured man chased

    The police received a call during the afternoon that an injured man was being chased in Eskilstuna.

    On site, the police were able to locate the man, who was not seriously injured.

    In addition to the injured man, there is also another person who is a plaintiff.

    Later in the afternoon, four men were arrested. The men are between 20 and 35 years old.

    – The four arrested are suspected of kidnapping. In some way, the two plaintiffs have been detained against their will, says Angelica Israelsson Silfver, press spokesperson at the police.

    The police have not yet been able to clarify what happened.

    – But one of these plaintiffs seems to have been hunted, says Angelisa Israelsson Silfver.

  • El-Haj: I regret that my party chooses to fold

    Jamal El-Haj (S) is now commenting on the decision by the Social Democrats’ group leader to pause his assignment in the Riksdag’s foreign affairs committee.

    – I can do nothing but regret the party’s decision. My participation in the European Palestinian conference this weekend was non-negotiable given my identity creation and international law, he writes in a statement on Facebook.

    The Member of Parliament writes that he does not share the S leadership’s decision and believes that he has been unfairly punished for his involvement in the Palestine issue.

    – The attempts to connect and equate me with the terrorist organization Hamas are pure accusations that I consider to be out of touch with reality, because they go against and are beyond everything I stand for. I will not accept being associated with Hamas, he writes.

    Read more here.

  • One person injured in collision

    Police, rescue services and an ambulance are on site on national highway 50 in Falun in connection with an accident.

    Two motorists have collided with each other. According to early information, one of them has managed to get out of his vehicle, the other should remain in his vehicle, injured.

    The type of injuries involved is unclear.

  • Former KD leader met Orbán: Approves at the same time as Turkey

    Alf Svensson, former party leader for the Christian Democrats. Photo: Kai Rehn/AFTONBLADET

    Hungary has not yet approved the Swedish NATO application.

    They will do that when Turkey does it, says former KD leader Alf Svensson.

    He met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Slovenia.

    – Then I told him with all that force that it is pitiful because you have no reason not to vote yes for Sweden in NATO and now I want to know when it will be, he says to SR Ekot.

    – Yes, it will be when Turkey votes yes, Orbán then answered according to Svensson.

  • Kristersson on scandal derby: “Totally unacceptable”

    Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Photo: AFTONBLADET / 3226

    Prime Minister Ulf Kristerssons (M) is now commenting on the scandalous scenes in the derby between Djurgården and AIK on Sunday.

    – It is incredibly unfortunate. That something that is so unifying and so joyful for so many people in Sweden as football should degenerate in this way, says Kristersson to TT.

    – That a few people destroy for so many, it is completely unacceptable.

  • Fire in apartment building – one to hospital

    There is a fire in an apartment building in Arboga.

    The emergency services are on site with several units to fight the fire.

    – It is a fully developed fire in two apartments. We have started work on the roof to prevent the fire from spreading, says Lena Hoffman, the management operator of the rescue service, to SVT News.

    One person has been taken to hospital with unclear injury status, according to the channel.

  • Bus hit a cyclist – batter

    A male cyclist in his 60s has been rear-ended by a bus in Högsbo, Gothenburg.

    The extent of the damage is unclear.

    The driver of the bus must have driven away from the scene after the accident.

    Police are on the scene to investigate the accident.

  • Jamal El-Haj takes a timeout

    The Social Democratic Member of Parliament Jamal El-Haj is taking time out from his assignment in the Foreign Affairs Committee, reports Sweden’s radio.

    The background is his participation at the European Palestinian Conference in Malmö.

    The S member gave a speech and sat on the first bench next to the chairman of the event, Amin Abu Rashid, who is considered to be close to the terrorist movement Hamas.

    When the connections became known, the Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Left Party withdrew and are said to have also advised against participating in the event.

    Read more here.

  • Warning alarm at Arlanda Airport

    A warning alarm was triggered this morning at Arlanda Airport.

    A plane that took off from Arlanda airport has incorrectly indicated and reported that the plane collided with a bird in the air, a “bird strike”, according to the rescue service.

    – We have alerted our resources and most are already on site, says Lena Hoffman, management operator at the rescue service.

    The plane is now dumping fuel to be able to return to Arlanda.

    At 11:30, Swedavia announced that the plane, with 179 passengers on board, had landed and that everything had gone well.

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  • Have you written anything about Uganda unfortunately voting for the death penalty for homosexuals? You can’t believe it’s true, 2023! What does the Swedish government say about this? Suffer with those who cannot love who they want without risking being killed

    Emma

    Hello Emma!

    There is an article about it that you can read here.

    I have not seen any statement from the Swedish government now, but in the past they have spoken out on the matter. Then wrote Swedish Foreign Ministry:

    “If the law is finally adopted, it violates Uganda’s international commitments on human rights and non-discrimination”

  • Do you know why the water in Venice’s main canal, the Grand Canal, has been dyed green?

    Kell

    Hello! No, it’s actually unclear. In any case, the police in Venice have started an investigation into it.

  • Is Arlanda Express running again? It says they are going to replace approx. 1 km of rail, so does that mean no traffic will get to Arlanda?

    The Ericsson family

    Hello! Earlier this weekend, Arlanda express announced that it may take about a week before traffic is up and running again.

  • How did the little thin man who disappeared?

    Bengt

    Hi Bengt!

    The man was found the same day he disappeared.

    According to the police, he was taken by ambulance to the hospital for a check-up.

    Unfortunately, the police have not shared more information about how the man was when he was found.

  • Regarding the flag day when the king celebrates 50 years on the throne. It is very appropriate. But will it be an annual flag day or will it only happen in 2023?

    Rolf

    Hi Rolf!

    The government’s proposal is for a “temporary public flag day”. It therefore only applies to 2023.

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