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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.
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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.
More people study Ukrainian at university
Interest in studying Ukrainian at university has increased since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, reports Echo.
The University of Gothenburg started with a course in Ukrainian in 2018. At that time, 72 people applied, which they thought was a lot.
But this autumn, a total of 408 people applied for the course.
– On the one hand, there is a great demand from society, various authorities and voluntary organizations and aid organizations and so on. Then it is also the case that Ukraine is a large country in Europe, says university lecturer Thomas Rosén to the radio.
At least two dead after “atmospheric flood”
A so-called “atmospheric river” has hit large parts of Northern California, local radio station reports Cap radio.
At least two people are said to have died during the week, according to the report Reutersand on Sunday, more than 300,000 people are without power in Sacramento, as a result of extreme winds that swept across the area.
One “atmospheric river” is a band of very moist and precipitating air.
Two teenage girls dead – man suspect
Two teenage girls have been found dead after a suspected drug overdose in Norway, reports say VG.
During the night, the police received an alarm call to a private address in Spydeberg where the women were found lifeless.
The police started life-saving measures but their lives could not be saved.
A third girl is said to have also been found at the address. She is now being treated in hospital.
A man in his 20s was arrested on the spot on suspicion of supplying the women with the drugs.
Police smelled cannabis – found large cultivation
Two men are suspected of serious drug offences. Around 250 plants were found in a house they were in. Photo: TT
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of drug offenses in Mellerud, reports Gothenburg Post.
A police patrol is said to have smelled a strong smell of cannabis in connection with passing a property in Mellerud on Saturday evening.
– The patrol stopped at the property and later got a warrant to search the house. A very large cannabis cultivation is found inside the property, says Elisabeth Melander, on-call preliminary investigation manager at the police in Fyrbodal, to the newspaper.
According to P4 Whispert around 250 cannabis plants are said to have been found.
The male suspects were in the property and both were arrested during the night.
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What happened to the woman who drank cider in Systembolaget and threatened staff with a knife and broke bottles to the value of 72,000
Interesting to hear what the verdict was for her?
Is she in custody? She should be
But everything seems to be allowed in Sweden
Murat
Hey! The woman was recently charged, so no verdict has been handed down yet. We will see how the district court assesses it at the trial.
In any case, the system company in Norberg demands damages of just over SEK 80,000 for, among other things, destroyed goods, damage to the floor and broken cash registers.
Hi, I’m wondering what has happened to the Tove case since it hasn’t been written about in a while??
Gunilla
Hey! Right now, the preliminary investigation is ongoing and the suspected women are still in custody. We’ll see what happens now, but the last time we were in contact with the prosecutor, he said the evidence had been strengthened, in his opinion. However, we do not yet know whether charges will be brought or not, but we are following the investigation.
The reason why we have not reported on it for a while is because there has been no new information from the investigation.
Has AB written anything about what our neighboring countries and the rest of Europe consider to be the main cause of all the shootings in Sweden? It would be interesting to have input from the outside world, wouldn’t it?
Per O
Hey! In this article (from December) a comparison is made between Sweden and our neighboring countries when it comes to the number of shootings. A number of experts have also been interviewed there.
Isn’t it soon time for the prosecutor in the Tove case to press charges?
Marianne Berséus
Hey! So far there has been no new information about it, but we are following the investigation and will report on it when we learn more!
Hey! I am a little curious about the arrest of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s son, Ovidio Guzmán, which took place the day before yesterday in Mexico. Have you written anything about this?
Johannes
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