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Police chased a-tractor – four people fled on foot
During the night, the police tried to stop an A-tractor in Stenungsund. The attempt failed and a car chase was launched.
The journey sometimes went at very high speeds, the police say.
The A-tractor could finally be stopped with the help of a nail mat, but four people ran from the vehicle.
Despite searching with a dog patrol, the police could not find any suspicious persons.
The vehicle has been impounded and the police are continuing to investigate the matter.
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Lorry has overturned on the E4 – affecting traffic
At 03:36 SOS was alerted that a truck overturned on the E4 in Knivsta municipality.
According to the police, the truck has driven off the road in the outer lane and then ends up on its side, reports UNT.
The truck was traveling in a southerly direction at the height of Mora stones.
According to initial information, the driver is said to have escaped unharmed, but is said to be shocked.
According to the Swedish Transport Administration, the incident initially affected the traffic, but at 06.30 the traffic should flow again.
Police student shot classmate – suspended
During an ongoing exercise, a police student shot a lying classmate with a practice weapon in October. He was then separated from police training because, according to the police, he was “indifferent to given instructions and other people’s health”.
Now the responsibility committee has decided that the suspension must stand, writes Dagens juridik.
Among other things, it is stated that it is remarkable to fire a weapon in the back of a defenseless person.
(TT)
Roadblocks in Kosovo are removed
Roadblocks at the border in northern Kosovo will be removed Thursday morning, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced.
The president and representatives of Kosovo Serbs agreed on this during a crisis meeting on Wednesday evening, writes TT.
Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo have during December set up roadblocks on country roads near the border with Serbia.
Tensions have worsened since a former police chief was arrested three weeks ago on suspicion of terrorism after beating a Kosovo police officer during an earlier protest.
The announcement that the barricades are to be lifted comes after information that he is to be released from custody and instead placed under house arrest.
Gas terminal replaces Russian gas
The state-owned company Gasgrid Finland has chartered a vessel to receive liquefied fossil gas (LNG), writes TT.
The vessel, located at Ingå outside Helsinki, will convert LNG into gas that is fed into the Finnish distribution network.
– Finland will permanently phase out its dependence on Russian gas and will significantly improve society’s security of supply, says Olli Sipilä, CEO of state-owned Gasgrid Finland.
Russia stopped gas deliveries to Finland in May. The reason was that Finland refused to pay in rubles after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Until then, almost all gas was imported from Russia.
The terminal is expected to be operational in mid-January 2023.
Colombia and Ecuador cooperate against drug trafficking
Colombia and Ecuador have signed an agreement to prevent drug trafficking and organized crime, Reuters writes.
The two countries share a 586 kilometer long border and have major problems with gangs and armed groups.
The cooperation must take place on an operational, strategic and tactical level, says Ecuador’s Ministry of Defense in a press release.
Alarm about shooting in Gubbängen
Police on site in Gubbängen.
According to information to Aftonbladet, there must have been a shooting in Gubbängen in southern Stockholm around midnight. The police patrol is on site according to residents in the area.
Read more about it here.
Young people shot rockets into a bus
Young people set off fireworks on board a city bus in Malmö on Wednesday evening, the police write on their website.
The police were called to Rosengård just before 7pm and the bus was filled with smoke in connection with the incident.
The suspects ran from the scene and have not yet been arrested. No one should have been injured. The police are classifying the incident as vandalism.
Loud bang alarm in Farsta
The police have been called to an address in Farsta in southern Stockholm after an alarm about a loud bang, according to information to Aftonbladet.
Residents in the area state that several police patrols are on site.
Read more about it here
Danish New Year’s campaign: “Save an idiot”
Danish authorities have launched the “save an idiot” campaign to reduce the number of people injured by New Year’s rockets.
The campaign assumes that idiots are especially vulnerable on New Year’s Eve and that you should speak up when someone behaves like an idiot.
Ophthalmologist Nils Bull is delighted with the initiative.
– I think it is absolutely brilliant. It tackles the big problem, namely men feeling invulnerable. It’s idiotic to set off fireworks without safety glasses because you think you won’t get hurt, Bull tells The daily newspaper
Major fire at casino hotel
The flames engulf the building. Photo: Twitter
A massive fire has broken out at a casino hotel in Poipet, Cambodia on the border with Thailand, local media reports.
Pictures from the scene show how several parts of the building are in flames and people who have climbed onto the roof. The fire is said to have spread through several floors and people are feared to be trapped.
It is still unclear what caused the fire and how many people were affected.
Read more here.
The ex-pope is seriously ill
Former Pope Benedict during a visit to Germany in June 2020. Photo: Sven Hoppe/AP
The former Pope Benedict XVI is seriously ill, reports Reuters.
Current Pope Francis on Wednesday called on church members to pray for him.
– Let’s remember him. He is very ill, says Franciskus.
According to a statement from the Vatican, Benedict XVI has suffered from a “sudden deterioration in his health”. He receives constant care and his condition is said to be stable.
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Will sickness benefit be increased in 2023?
Jane
Hi Janne!
Yes. The so-called price base amount is increased by 8.7 percent, which affects a number of different grants and allowances. Including the sickness benefit.
How do they know that there are 32,000 fish, did they count them or
Mikael Jakobsson
Hi Mikael!
Counting cod by cod sounds like a real Sisyphus project. The figure is likely an estimate of the number of dead fish.
Will the tax-free mileage allowance be increased from 1/1 2023?
Jenny
Hello Jenny!
Yes. The tax-free mileage allowance for work trips with your own car will be increased at the turn of the year from SEK 18.50 to SEK 25 per mile.
Here The Swedish Tax Agency has compiled which amounts and percentages apply for 2023.
How can the electricity be knocked out by 5-10 cm of snow as you write? Isn’t that a very common amount of snow in winter? Exactly what is the problem for our power grid this year with those kinds of normal snow amounts?
Wind
It can be due to a few different things.
If the snow is wet and heavy, trees can fall and tear down power lines, for example.
If it is cold, high electricity consumption can cause the electricity networks to become overloaded.
Slippery and a lot of snow on the roads also make it more difficult for the electricity companies’ staff to get there to repair things that have broken.
Here you can read more.
What happens in the Tove case?
Katarina Berglund
Hi Katarina,
The last thing we reported on in the Tove case was that one of the young women suspected of murdering the 21-year-old has asked to change lawyers.
You can read more about the case here.
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