Kristersson on Anna Kinberg Batra can remain in office: “No conclusions today”

Northolt is being investigated for work environment violations regarding grossly causing the death of another, writes The north.

This after a 25-year-old man died in connection with an explosion at the battery factory last year.

Within the next few weeks, it will hold hearings with the company.

– We will hear the company and hear their attitude, whether they consider themselves responsible or not, says prosecutor Christer B Jarlås, who leads the preliminary investigation, to Norran.

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Minister responsible for Sweden’s governors, Erik Slottner (KD) is now speaking out about JO’s criticism of Anna Kinberg Batra.

– There is serious criticism directed at the governor in Stockholm. We are now analyzing the decision. We have already said that the governor must take on board the criticism directed at her in a clear way.

– The county administrative boards have an important role in Swedish state administration. It is extremely important that the authority carries out its mission in a way that earns the trust of citizens and employees.

– We have always been clear that it is Anna Kinberg Batra’s responsibility to now restore trust in the County Administrative Board in Stockholm County. The government has confidence in all agency heads until further notice, says Minister of Civil Affairs Erik Slottner

Ida Karkiainen (S), chairman of the Riksdag’s constitutional committee, has difficulty seeing how Anna Kinberg Batra can remain as governor in Stockholm after the JO’s decision.

– JO directs extremely serious criticism at the way Anna Kinberg Batra has acted in these recruitment matters. Now Ulf Kristersson has to answer the question of whether she can stay or not.

What do you think, can she stay?

– I find it difficult to see that she can do it after this serious criticism. I am cautious about demanding the resignation of heads of authorities from the opposition and the Riksdag. But it is difficult to see how the conditions exist for her to stay. If you have destroyed your trust by acting in an authority, it will take a long time to rebuild it.

Now Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) is speaking out after JO’s criticism of Governor Anna Kinberg Batra.

– It’s serious criticism, it’s quite obvious, but I want to read JO’s decision before I have a position on this, he says to P4 Extra.

When asked whether the government continues to have confidence in the governor, the prime minister replies that they have confidence “until you announce otherwise”.

The police have been alerted to a riot between young people in the Midsommarkransen in Stockholm.

According to Aftonbladet’s information, it is suspected that a boy was robbed at knifepoint by other young people.

He is not said to be physically injured, but has lost several belongings.

The police are on the scene and working on the case.

The judicial ombudsman Per Lennerbrant directs serious criticism at the governor of Stockholm County because she did not follow the constitutional requirement for objectivity in three recruitments.

The Ombudsman for Justice, JO, today publishes the review of Governor Anna Kinberg Batra. The review was initiated after Aftonbladet’s revelation that Kinberg Batra hired friends for top positions at the authority without advertising the positions in a normal way. In one case the position was not announced at all, in the other only through a note at the reception.

The judicial ombudsman Per Lennerbrant directs serious criticism at the governor of Stockholm County because she did not follow the constitutional requirement for objectivity in three recruitments.

Plantagen is closing five stores in Sweden. However, not the one in the picture, which is located in Kungens Kurva in Stockholm. Archive image. Photo: Jessica Gow

The plant chain Plantagen has been undergoing reconstruction since August. Now the company writes in a press release that five stores will be closed as part of it.

The company is also closing its office in Solna and cutting back on the office in Helsingborg. In total, the number of employees in Sweden is expected to decrease by 150 people until the end of the year.

The stores being closed are Länna, Ludvika, Råå, Kalmar and Slagsta.

“This is a heavy message for the talented employees who are affected by the store closures and cutbacks. At the same time, this is a necessary step to secure Plantagen’s future in Sweden,” says the company’s CEO Jesper Lien in a comment.

In connection with Zelenskyi’s visit to the United States, American President Joe Biden now approves a new support package for Ukraine of up to eight billion to help the country militarily.

“There is more to do. That is why today I am announcing an increase in security support for Ukraine and a series of additional measures to help Ukraine win this war,” it said in a statement as published on the White House website.

At the same time, Biden announced that he has called for a summit in Germany during October.

“This is to coordinate the work of over 50 countries that support Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression,” the statement reads.

There is a fire in a food truck in the parking lot at Willys in Weda in Södertälje.

The fire service is on site to extinguish the fire.

It is unclear how it started. No injuries have been reported.

An after-school leader at the English School in Karlstad stalked students under the age of eight.

Now he is sentenced to two years in prison, for serious child pornography offences.

– I feel so terribly hurt because he was a person at school that I liked to talk to and felt safe with, one of the plaintiffs has previously told Aftonbladet.

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Major owner Harald Mix will contribute more money to Northvolt, he writes in a comment Economic echo.

During the week, the media criticized the billionaire for having unrealistic ambitions with the company and for putting the state’s money at risk.

But in the comment to Ekot, Mix believes that Northvolt has created thousands of highly qualified jobs and that the Swedish state contributed less than one percent in direct support.

Blå elefant is recalling the product “Birthday Train – Goki”, the Swedish Consumer Agency announces.

The reason is that the train poses a serious risk of suffocation for small children.

Of the 122,000 ninth-graders who left elementary school this spring, 20,000 lacked eligibility to continue studying at upper secondary school, according to new statistics from the Swedish National Agency for Education.

This is an increase of 1.5 percentage points compared to the previous year.

– For many students, it is precisely a passing grade in mathematics that is missing in order to be eligible for upper secondary school. The school system needs to focus on teaching mathematics, says Anna Castberg at the Swedish National Agency for Education in a press release.

Last year, Swedish municipalities paid over SEK 200 million to companies that run HVB homes and which, according to the police, have links to serious organized crime. This is reported by SVT, which via sources has identified the anonymized companies that appear in the police report on the HVB homes.

According to SVT’s review are among the company representatives people who were suspected of robberies with the Bandidos, employees who paid rent to gang leaders and homes where life jackets, narcotics and ammunition were found.

According to the review, the companies still have their permits and have children placed. Several of them have previously been criticized by Ivo. For example, a home had its permit revoked by the authority citing that there was a “danger to life”, but the decision was overturned in court.