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Orders for new wind turbines decrease sharply, report Swedens radio and refers to statistics from the industry organization Swedish Wind Energy.

Last year, 446 wind turbines were ordered, which is the lowest number since 2015.

– We see a certain slowdown. Partly there are the consequences after the pandemic, but also seeing that it has been a turbulent year with interest rate increases and inflation, which makes you look over the calculations a bit,” says Erik Almqvist, responsible for the electricity market at Svensk Vindenergi, to the radio channel.

Two cars have collided on the E45 in Åmål during the morning.

Motorists are driving south when the driver of the car in front made a left turn. It is then hit by the motorist behind.

The driver of the car in front is seriously injured and taken to hospital.

The road was closed in both directions during the rescue work.

One. bus and tram have collided at Chalmers in Gothenburg, GP reports.

The accident happened at eight o’clock.

– It’s a bus and a tram that collided. The traffic is rerouted, says Ivan Farmerin, disruption coordinator at Västtrafik to the newspaper.

More and more business leaders want Sweden to introduce the euro.

This is reported by TT, which refers to Dagens Industri’s business barometer.

Of the approximately 2,000 people who have been asked, 51 percent say that Sweden should introduce the EU’s common currency.

In 2020, the result was 40 percent.

Today, 39 percent say that Sweden should keep the krone, compared to 54 percent.

Jonas Fritz, opinion analyst at Ipsos, believes that the more uncertain outside world plays a role:

– Just as the NATO question has swung, this is another sign that they want to approach other countries and be part of a larger international context, he says to DI.

Regional police chief Mats Löfving was found dead in his home last Wednesday.

Colleagues and relatives have directed criticism at the police leadership for the lack of support during the investigation.

But according to the police’s HR manager Tomas Rosenberg, Löfving was offered both help and support.

– The national police chief had talks with Mats on a weekly basis where he was also offered professional support, says Tomas Rosenberg to SVT News.

Vo Van Thuong has been appointed as the new president of Vietnam, TT reports.

He was the only candidate for the post and, according to state media, received 487 out of 488 votes in the National Assembly.

The new president immediately promised to crack down on corruption in the country.

The announcement that representative Nguyen Xuan Phuc resigned came in January after a period of rumors that he would be fired. Several ministers have been dismissed as part of an anti-corruption drive, and several officials have been arrested.

Two people have died in Zaporizhzhya after a Russian attack on a five-story building, reports the Guardian.

According to the city’s mayor, the building was almost completely destroyed after the attack.

Rescue workers search for survivors under the rubble.

The chaos with the commuter trains in Stockholm is expected to continue during Thursday morning.

Several departures are canceled due to staff shortages and on Wednesday 35 train drivers did not come to work.

On Monday, traffic will go as usual again according to MTR’s forecast, reports P4 Stockholm.

Here you can read more about the commuter rail system.

The grocery giant Coop’s payment system was affected by disturbances on Wednesday evening.

Now the problems are solved, reports SR Ekot who spoke to Coop.

The problems started at 8.30pm on Wednesday and no customers could pay with their cards.

Large protests have erupted in the Greek capital Athens after the violent train crash on Tuesday night in which 43 people died.

Protesters and police clashed outside the headquarters of Hellenic Trains, the company responsible for Greek railway safety, reports the BBC.

“Pain has turned to anger for the dozens of dead and injured colleagues and citizens,” the railway union said in a statement.

Also in Thessaloniki, people have gathered for demonstrations.

A three-day mourning period has been declared in the country.

The torture centers established in Kherson during the Russian occupation were planned and financed by the Russian state.

This is according to a team of Ukrainian and international lawyers who investigated 20 centers in the city. According to them, they were part of “a calculated plan to terrorize, subjugate and eliminate the Ukrainian resistance and destroy the Ukrainian identity”. reports The Guardian.

In the torture chambers, the prisoners were, among other things, beaten and exposed to electric shocks.

According to them, they were operated by the Russian security service FSB.