Norway votes yes to historic abortion law

Both cable breaks caused by excavator

Finnish authorities now confirm to the newspaper Ilta Sanomat that the cable breaks in both Vihti and Espoo were caused by an excavator by mistake – in connection with excavation work.

– The police have no reason to suspect crime in any of the cases, the damage was caused by excavation work. The police do not initiate a preliminary investigation into the cases, the police told the newspaper.

Europol has cracked encrypted service

In a joint operation with Eurojust, Europol has cracked a new encrypted messaging service. This is stated by Europol in a press release.

According to Eurojust, it has managed to intercept more than 2.3 million messages in 33 different languages ​​from the service, which went by the name Matrix.

The investigation has been conducted by French and Dutch police.

The messages that have been intercepted have been linked to serious crimes such as international drug trafficking, arms trafficking and money laundering.

The service was taken down on Tuesday and several strikes have been made in four different countries. Among other things in France, where a suspect was arrested after a house search. In Spain, two suspects could be arrested following a European arrest warrant. In Lithuania, six different homes were searched.

South Korea: Martial Law Against ‘Communist Forces’

South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol is imposing martial law or a special state of emergency to protect the country against “communist forces”.

He accuses the country’s political opposition of sympathizing with the communist dictatorship North Korea.

– (It is happening) to secure a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements, Yoon justified his decision on live television.

It is unclear exactly what effect the president hopes the measure will have.

Yoon, who belongs to the conservative PPP, accuses the country’s political opposition of conducting anti-state activities. He claims that the opposition “paralyzes the state apparatus” and sympathizes with the neighboring dictatorship North Korea.

Foreign flags are prohibited in Denmark

From the turn of the year, it is once again illegal to raise another country’s flag in Denmark. But there are some exceptions.

The Folketing has voted for a regulation of this, after Denmark’s Supreme Court made a decision this year that effectively overturned a previous prohibition law from 1915.

Then it was about a family in Jutland who were taken to court for having raised the American flag on their flagpole. A long legal process was pushed to the highest instance, where it was determined that there is no reason for the authorities to intervene when someone wants to raise another country’s flag on their own flagpole.

Denmark’s current government has then initiated new legislation to prohibit this. With the support of opposition parties on the right, it was finally hammered through on Tuesday.

The Court of Appeal confirms the sentence for case managers who leaked to gang criminals

A court clerk at Attunda district court was sentenced to one year and nine months in prison for leaking secret information from the court to a gang criminal man.

The Court of Appeal does not change the prison sentence for the woman. However, she is acquitted of a serious breach of confidentiality. She is convicted of gross data breach, data breach of the normal degree and three counts of breach of confidentiality.

According to Court of Appeal adviser Carina Sjögren, the woman has taken advantage of her position as a court administrator.

– Her actions have also had serious consequences for the work of the law enforcement authorities. The trust of these authorities and the public in the court has also been at risk of being damaged, which is of course serious, says Carina Sjögren in a statement.

Truck and car in head-on collision

According to the police’s initial information, a truck and a car have collided head-on on the E45 between Kil and Sunne.

The accident has a very large impact on traffic, according to the Swedish Transport Administration.

It is currently unclear if anyone is injured. The emergency services are on the scene.

Christmas lights may fall – Drottninggatan blocked off

At lunchtime, the emergency services received an alarm that some form of Christmas arrangement hanging over Drottninggatan in Stockholm was coming loose from the facade it was on.

– There is a risk of it falling, says the rescue service in Stockholm.

The area nearby is cordoned off.

Now the emergency services are investigating who owns the property on which the Christmas decoration is hanging.

Suspected sabotage against a telestation in Växjö

A telephone station in the Öjaby district in Växjö has been subjected to sabotage, reports P4 Kronoberg. No one has been arrested.

Last week one or more people got through a barbed wire fence and cut cables. The consequence was that telephone connections in the area were cut.

According to the radio, the police do not consider it to be an attempted theft of copper cables, but a gross sabotage.

Lokalradion has previously reported on similar events in Växjö on two occasions this spring.

Eon announces – closing down several operations

The electricity giant Eon announces and closes down several operations in Sweden, reports Dagens Industri.

Up to 200 positions are affected. The cut is made after the German energy group liquidates and sells several operations in Sweden.

“It is very sad news to have to announce. But we also want to emphasize that it is too early to say how many people will have to leave Eon. We will do everything to offer employment in other parts of the group if possible,” says Johan Mörnstam, head of Eon’s operations in Sweden and the rest of the Nordic region, told the newspaper.

A death after a traffic accident

A 35-year-old man has died after a traffic accident in Mölndal in Gothenburg during the morning, the police say.

– It was a pedestrian who was hit and who later died of his injuries, says Christian Bratt, police spokesperson.

A report of negligence in traffic and causing the death of another has been drawn up.

Relatives have been notified.

Drones over Copenhagen airport – several arrested

Air traffic was temporarily stopped during the morning at Copenhagen Airport after drones were observed over the area, the Copenhagen police write on X.

A number of people have been arrested, but the police do not want to specify how many.

Traffic was down for about ten minutes at nine in the morning, Rasmus Baad at the airport’s press service told the Ritzau news agency.

For 30–40 minutes, a different runway than planned had to be used, but since 10.45 it is normal operation at the airport.

Details: Aggravated robbery in Huddinge

There has been a serious robbery in Huddinge, according to information given to Aftonbladet.

– We are there in an investigation case, I cannot say more at the moment, says Carina Skagerlind, press spokesperson at the police.

Several perpetrators are said to be on the run in a car and the police are conducting an intensive hunt for them, sources say.

New yellow warning for slippage – and flooding

SMHI has issued a new yellow warning for sudden ice slippage – now in southern and central Götaland.

The warning applies from 16.00 to 23.00 today.

SMHI urges people to drive carefully and adjust their speed.

A yellow warning has also been issued in Skåne.

The warning applies to high water levels along Skåne’s south coast, which poses a risk of flooding and erosion damage.

This applies from 21.00 tonight until 03.00 tonight.

Cyclist hit – ambulance helicopter called

A cyclist has been hit by a car on E20 in central Alingsås.

– There were several ambulances on site and an ambulance helicopter, so they probably judged it as serious, says Bo Sandström, officer on duty at the rescue service in Södra Älvsborg.

Two people are involved, and at least one has been taken to hospital.

The accident has affected traffic.

– The road is completely blocked in both directions and traffic is being diverted, says Christian Bratt of the police.