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The Finnish foreign minister on the Koran burning: A burden
The Turkish reactions to Rasmus Paludan’s Koran burning have been strong and the relationship between Sweden and Turkey is tense. Now Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto is commenting on the incident and says that Saturday was a difficult day in Sweden.
– The provocations easily affect the mood and atmosphere and provoke backlash. Now it is important to keep our eyes on the ball in the NATO process, says Haavisto to the Finnish news agency STT according to Hufvudstadsbladet.
He calls Saturday’s events a “burden on the journey” towards Swedish and Finnish NATO membership.
That the planned meeting between Foreign Minister Pål Jonson (M) and his Turkish ministerial colleague later this week has been canceled is not good, he believes.
– Of course, it is certainly bad for the NATO ratification process itself, if you postpone meetings concerning the contacts between the countries
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New Estonia images are presented
The accident commissions in Sweden, Finland and Estonia will present on Monday a first report with preliminary conclusions regarding the information about a hole in the passenger ship Estonia that came to light in the fall of 2020.
In connection with a press conference in Tallinn, images from the investigation will be made public, with a 3D model of the hull.
– You can very clearly see details on the ship, says accident commission chairman Jonas Bäckstrand to Sweden’s Radio Ekot. (TT)
72-year-old mass murderer found dead
The man suspected of shooting dead 10 people at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, is dead after shooting himself as police approached.
Police Chief Robert Luna stated this at a press conference last night.
The killer was named as 72-year-old Hur Can Tran.
“The suspect sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene,” said Robert Luna.
Read more here.
Burkina Faso asks France to leave
Burkina Faso wants French soldiers to leave the country within a month, according to a diplomatic letter from the Burkinabe authorities to Paris seen by AFP.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that he expected clarification of the request from the “highest level”.
Macron said he was awaiting clarification from Burkina Faso’s junta leader Ibrahim Traore. (TT)
Several trucks on fire
Several trucks started burning in Borås during Sunday evening, reports say Gothenburg-Posten.
– There were trucks of various sizes that were on fire. They were standing close to a building, but thanks to us being on the scene quickly, the building survived, says Bo Sandström, duty officer of the rescue service to the newspaper.
The trucks must be owned by a moving company.
Germany allows Poland to send armored vehicles to Ukraine
Germany will not stand in the way of Poland delivering the Leopard tank to Ukraine, TT reports.
This was announced by the German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Sunday.
Poland wants to deliver 14 tanks to Ukraine, writes TT.
Major police operation – people with weapons arrested
Several police patrols are currently participating in an operation in Jordbro south of Stockholm.
According to information to Aftonbladet, the police have stopped a car after a chase and arrested several people.
They allegedly had weapons in the car.
The text is updated here.
The Minister of Defence: The protests do not facilitate the NATO process
Defense Minister Pål Jonson (M). Photo: Svt
Defense Minister Pål Jonson (M) commented on the protests that were organized in Stockholm on Saturday in Svt’s Agenda.
Partly Rasmus Paludan’s Koran burning outside the Turkish embassy and partly a protest against Sweden’s NATO membership.
– It does not facilitate our conditions to become members of NATO, says Jonson.
At the same time, Jonson emphasized freedom of expression and freedom of demonstration in Sweden
Pål Jonson was supposed to have a meeting with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akbar on January 27. But Turkey canceled it as a consequence of the protests.
Twelve injured in new mass shooting
Twelve people were injured in a shooting at a nightclub in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Sunday night.
That’s what the news agency writes AP.
A person must be life-threateningly injured.
The shooting happened at 01:30 last night.
No one has been arrested after the incident and the motive is unclear – but the police say they have leads to go on.
On Saturday night, at least ten people died in a shooting in Los Angeles, in connection with the celebration of the Chinese New Year.
Paludan: Didn’t turn out as I imagined
Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Stram Kurs party. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT
Rasmus Paludan’s burning of the Koran has caused enormous reactions in Turkey, as well as in several other Arab countries.
During Sunday’s protests in Istanbul, pictures of Paludan were burned.
Now he says The Express that he had not expected the great commotion.
– I thought that when I had scored against Turkey, “that was it”. It didn’t turn out the way I imagined, says Paludan.
But he doesn’t regret it.
– Oh no. I did it because I think there were important political reasons. Then I feel sad that so many people threaten to kill me.
He says that the threat to him is more serious than before.
– I receive very specific threats. On social media, I get maybe 20 messages a minute, five of which are threats.
The Turkish election is brought forward
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: Vyacheslav Prokofyev/AP
President Erdogan has announced that this year’s presidential election in Turkey will be brought forward and will be held on May 14 and not June 18, as originally planned. Reuters reports.
Erdogan already hinted a few days ago if he intended to call an earlier election, citing religious holidays and school exams as the reason.
USA: Russian agents behind letter bombs
Russian agents from Russia’s military intelligence service GRU may be behind the letter bombs sent to a series of embassies in Spain last November. It reports New York Times.
Letter bombs were sent, among other things, to the Ukrainian and US embassies in Madrid, as well as to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
The statement comes from US authorities who are investigating the events.
If true, it could be a signal that Russia may carry out more terrorist attacks in Europe if countries continue to provide military support to Ukraine, according to US authorities.
The US suspects that the Russian intelligence service gave a far-right Russia-based group the task of sending the letter bombs, the newspaper writes.
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Hi Lina, Do you think we would have reacted the same if it was a Bible that Paludan burned?
Per
Don’t know Peter. So probably don’t think anything special about it.
But if that happens, we will report on any reactions ?
Hi, I know you can’t deny Rasmus Pauldan burning the Koran, but you can’t deny him protection now that there’s such a shortage of police officers. We have to put a stop to the Danish pig.
Tobias Ljungberg
Joakim Nergelius, professor of jurisprudence, explains how it works in this article.
Oisín Cantwell pondered the question in this column last spring.
Peter Kadhammar has also written about it, here you can read how he reasoned.
Why not just totally ignore Paludan when he burns the Koran!? After all, every individual who worldwide gets upset every time the Koran is burned makes themselves Paludan’s useful idiots. He thus gets exactly the attention he desires, plus a little more.
Lasse
In Råslätt in Jönköping, the residents chose to do just that – in the middle of the burning riot chaos last Easter.
Here you can read about it.
Does the price increase for snus also apply to tobacco-free snus?
leif
It seems unclear.
We have contacted Swedish Match regarding this, but they have not yet given an answer.
Should I, as a Swede, be upset by the burning of Swedish flags by offended people in, among other places, Ankara? In fact, I don’t care one bit! So easily offended, I’m glad I’m not ???
Lasse
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