Electricity rationing after massive rocket attack in Ukraine

Estelle wishes Lucia happy

Princess Estelle is Lucia this year.

Now the court greets happy Lucia Morgon with a picture of the princess. The picture was taken by mother Crown Princess Victoria.

“Happy Luciamorgon from Haga!”, writes the court.

The princess is now 12 years old.

Trump does not rule out airstrikes against Iran

Donald Trump wants to stop Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons, and does not rule out airstrikes as a last resort The Wall Street Journal.

The newspaper writes that the future American president is worried that economic sanctions and diplomacy are not enough to stop Iranian nuclear weapons.

Storbanken lowers the variable mortgage interest rate

Handelsbanken, one of the two largest lenders on the Swedish mortgage market, is lowering the interest rate on floating mortgages with a three-month term by 0.25 percentage points.

The announcement comes after Skandia lowered its variable mortgage rate by 0.05 percentage points last Thursday.

The reductions come ahead of next week’s interest rate announcement from the Riksbank, where a reduction of the key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points is expected.

Four arrested after explosion

Four people have been arrested after last night’s explosion in Malmö

The police were called to the scene at 02:00 last night due to a loud bang in Rosengård. The police later find a hand grenade.

Initially, two 18-year-olds were found and arrested. They are suspected of being behind the explosion.

Later in the night, two more people were arrested. A 15 and 16 year old. All four are suspected of gross devastation.

After the power struggle – the municipal board deposed

The entire municipal board in Nynäshamn was dismissed on Thursday evening, reports Nynäshamnsposten.

The purpose of the dismissal was to depose the municipal board member and political savage Johann Wolf.

The Moderates, the Christian Democrats, the Liberals, the Center parties and the Sweden Democrats are behind the union.

The opposition parties criticize the dismissal and believe that it is against the municipal law. Some members are expected to appeal the city council’s decision.

Proposals for a new municipal board will be worked out.

The church is preparing to bury tens of thousands of fallen Swedes

As in part of Sweden’s crisis preparedness, the Church of Sweden is preparing to be able to bury a large number of fallen soldiers in a short time.

P4 Gothenburg reports that in Gothenburg alone they are preparing ten hectares of land where 30,000 dead can be buried in a short time.

– We need to prepare to take care of fallen soldiers, says Katarina Evenseth, from Gothenburg’s burial association.

Professor donates 34 million to universities

A former professor at Umeå University has donated SEK 34 million to the university’s department of mathematics and mathematical statistics.

The generous gift comes from Lennart Bondesson, who passed away this summer, reports SVT Västerbotten. The university will now name a new foundation in Bondesson’s name.

Ukraine helped Syrian rebels

Ukraine is said to have helped Syria with military support ahead of their offensive when the dictator Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, reports Echo.

According to a rebel Ekot has spoken to, they were mainly helped by using military drones.

– We have cooperated with Ukrainian special forces, because we have a common enemy, Russia, says Suheil Hammoud who fought with the Free Syrian Army (FSA).

Explosion in Malmö – two arrested

Two boys in their early teens were arrested during the night of Lucia after a suspected hand grenade exploded in Rosengård in Malmö.

An alarm was received shortly after 02:00 about an explosion in the residential area, writes Sydsvenskan.

– We have found traces that indicate that a hand grenade has been thrown. We have not found any impact site and the hand grenade is gone, says Thomas Paulsson, officer on duty at the police’s regional command center for Sydsvenskan.

The police were able to quickly arrest the two suspected perpetrators. They are now suspected of public destruction.

No injuries have been reported following the explosion.

S is waiting for news about nuclear power

The Social Democrats will not announce, yet, how they view government support for nuclear power or the future of nuclear power, announced Magdalena Andersson (S) in Ekot’s Saturday interview.

Andersson emphasizes that S will not be able to put its foot down on government support for new nuclear power until a better analysis of how much nuclear power is needed in a future energy mix has been done.

– There has been no such thorough analysis of how to achieve a good mix of energy in the future as well, says the S leader to Ekot.

She thinks that the analysis the government has previously presented is too one-sided, the government should have calculated the need for different types of energy before recommending a large expansion of nuclear power.

She says that S is working on his own analysis.

Tourist drove wrong – was shot in the head

An Argentinian tourist was shot in the head and chest after he accidentally drove into a slum in Rio de Janeiro.

The tourist, who is in his 50s, was taken to a hospital where he is being treated for serious injuries, according to emergency workers handling the case.

He was driving with his wife and daughter through an area where the Red Command criminal gang is based when he was attacked, according to police. After he was shot, the car crashed into a wall.

He is said to have used a GPS to try to get to the Christ statue.

The US donates weapons worth billions to Ukraine

The US announces a new support package for Ukraine worth 500 million dollars, corresponding to around 5.5 billion kroner.

“The United States is providing another significant package of urgently needed weapons and equipment to our Ukrainian partners as they defend against Russia’s ongoing attacks,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Thursday.

The package includes, among other things, artillery ammunition, drones, armored vehicles and other military equipment to be taken from US military stockpiles.

Judges are suspected of having fallen asleep – goals may be retaken

A judge at the Örebro district court is suspected of having fallen asleep in the middle of a trial. Now the whole goal must be rethought, reports Nerikes Allehanda.

The two men who stood accused during the main hearing were later sentenced to four years in prison for serious weapons offences.

“The chairman continued to sit slumped over with his eyes closed during parts of the main hearing and appeared to be very tired,” writes one of the men’s lawyers to the Göta Court of Appeal, according to NA.

According to the lawyer, there must have been complete silence at one point when the prosecutor turned to the judge.

The judge himself calls this “an infamous lie”.

According to the Göta Court of Appeal, it is not possible to establish whether the judge fell asleep or not, but that the judge “in any case was inattentive during such a time and in such a way that it has broken the court’s judgment”.

Tore clothes in store – elderly woman charged

The staff at an exclusive store in Karlstad found torn garments for several years.

Finally, a woman in her 80s admitted to the vandalism, reports say NWT

In questioning, she says that she felt badly treated when she was not allowed to return a jacket.

– And I became hateful towards the store. But that is no excuse for what happened today, she says.

At the same time, the woman admits that the action gave “a certain tension and some kick”.

As a weapon, she has used a small pink pair of scissors – which were found in her handbag when she was confronted by the police.

The woman is now being charged with vandalism on three occasions, where she ripped clothes worth SEK 8,000. However, the staff believe that the woman has caused at least SEK 20,000 worth of damage since 2020.