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Higher electricity prices on Monday
The electricity price will rise on Monday, TT reports.
In electricity area 4, i.e. in southern Sweden, electricity costs SEK 1.36 on Monday and in electricity area 3, in central Sweden, it costs SEK 1.32.
In electricity areas 1 and 2, in northern Sweden, it costs 85 öre on Monday.
On Sunday, the price was 43 öre per kilowatt hour throughout Sweden.
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NATO denies Serbia’s request for troops to Kosovo
NATO says no to Serbian government’s request to send army personnel and police to Kosovo, reports Reuters.
The request came in December, after the situation again became tense between Serbia and the former Serbian province of Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008.
According to a UN resolution, Serbia may only station troops in the area if NATO’s commission in Kosovo, KFOR, approves. But KFOR now says no, because they see no reason for Serbian forces to return to Kosovo.
Kristersson on Turkey’s demands: Things we don’t want
Ulf Kristersson at People and Defence. Photo: Björn Lindahl
Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says that Turkey makes demands on Sweden that cannot be met.
He says that Sweden is neither able nor willing to fulfill certain requirements to join NATO.
– They want things that we cannot and do not want to give them. Now the decision lies with Turkey, he says at the People and Defense conference.
Newly opened bathhouse is closed after cases of illness
The new bathhouse “Lugnet” in Falun is closed until Tuesday as two children are suspected of having contracted the bacterial disease bathhouse feet, reports Saint Dalarna.
Bathhouse feet means that the soles of the feet swell up, which can cause severe pain and itching.
The bacteria can occur on surfaces in pools and bath toys in swimming pools. The disease was diagnosed for the first time in Sweden in 2019. About 20 children then fell ill after visiting a swimming pool in Uppsala.
Onion shock in the Philippines
The price of red onions has skyrocketed in the Philippines.
One kilo costs 650 pesos, which corresponds to approximately 123 Swedish kronor. This means that onions were three times as expensive as chicken.
Now the Ministry of Agriculture wants to solve the problem by importing 22,000 tons of red onions.
This is reported by the Norwegian economy site E24.
The reason is to try to curb the record high inflation in the country, and the price of red onions is one of the goods that drives the general price increase.
But first the import must be approved by the president.
The country consumes 17,000 tons of onions a month, according to E24.
House fire alarm
There is a fire in a villa in Frölunda in Gothenburg, reports Gothenburg Post.
The alarm came in at 12 o’clock.
– We have just arrived there and gone in to investigate and put out the fire, says the emergency services’ alarm and control operator to the newspaper.
According to the police, it is a minor fire.
All persons must be out of the building.
Ukraine faces energy restrictions
Ukraine faces energy restrictions across the country, writes Kyiv Independent. Due to the cold weather, energy consumption has risen sharply. The state power grid company Ukrenergo announces that if the limit for energy use is exceeded, the grid will be shut down.
It urges all Ukrainians to use electricity “sensibly”.
E16 closed after head-on collision
Two cars have collided on the E16 in Vansbro municipality. Emergency services and an ambulance are on site.
– One car is on its side in the ditch and the other is still on the road, says Jenny Holmberg, team leader at SOS-Alarm, who is responsible for the Bergslagen region.
Six people are involved in the accident, but all are said to be out of the cars and awake and talking. No one has been loaded into an ambulance.
However, the road is completely closed and is expected to open after 12 noon.
38 dead in bus accident
At least 38 people have died in a bus accident in Senegal, AFP reports.
87 people are said to have been injured.
The serious accident occurred when two buses collided near the town of Kaffrine in central Senegal on Sunday.
Truck drove into funeral procession – 19 dead
Early Sunday morning, a major traffic accident occurred in Nanchang County in eastern China. A truck is said to have driven into a funeral procession.
19 people have been confirmed dead and 20 injured, reports Reuters.
The injured were first taken to hospital and the cause of the incident is now being investigated.
According to the police, it was very foggy in some parts of the region. “Driving visibility is poor, which can lead to traffic accidents,” they wrote on Weibo (a Chinese social networking service).
Finland waits for Sweden before NATO membership: “Not in such a hurry”
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto. Photo: Björn Lindahl
This year’s People and Defense conference has just started in Sälen. On site are among others NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Tobias Billström and Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto.
Ahead of the conference, Haavisto stopped by the reporters on site to talk about Sweden and Finland’s applications to join NATO.
– Finland is not in such a hurry to join NATO that you cannot wait for Sweden to get the go-ahead, he says.
He also underlined that the countries must complete the process together, according to Aftonbladet’s reporter Emil Forsberg, who is on site in Sälen.
Car overturned in roundabout – total stop on E20
There is currently a complete standstill in traffic on E20 in Laxå.
A passenger car has overturned in a roundabout. A total of four people are said to be involved, and all four have been taken to hospital.
The road was initially completely blocked off, but now traffic is moving again. Road users are asked to be careful at the site.
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Isn’t it the case that if it had been Russia that was behind the Nordstream attack, it would have been trumpeted out!?
But maybe it’s not Russia and then you have to SILENCE it!
That’s how the media works!!
Ugh
Hey Uff! At the moment there is nothing new to report about who is behind the sabotage. On Christmas Eve, we published an article on the hunt for perpetrators, citing European intelligence sources who are unsure of the Russian trail. You can read the article here.
But the fact that we would, as you claim, “shut down” something is therefore not true.
Hey! Do you have any new info on how Jeremy Renner is doing?
Monica
Hey! According to a spokesperson, Jeremy is said to be on the mend.
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Here is our latest article about it.
Hello, I have a question. Do you know who is behind the attacks on Nord Stream yet?
JOHN
Hey! There is nothing that has been confirmed yet, so at the moment it is not known who is behind it.
How is Finland’s application to NATO going? Have they received the go-ahead from all countries?
Ann
Hey! Hungary or Turkey have not yet ratified either Sweden’s or Finland’s applications to NATO.
What happened to the 10-year-old who fell down a pipe in Vietnam? Have looked here on the evening paper but haven’t seen anything about how things have gone for the boy
The stomach
Hey! According to foreign media, the boy has been confirmed dead. Including BBC wrote about it earlier this week.
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