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The Social Democrats are gathering strength for the 2030s
There has been a right-wing majority in the Riksdag for almost 20 years. This means that the Social Democrats have reason for self-examination.
Today, Magdalena Andersson and Tobias Baudin present the plan for a new social democratic policy.
It is called “Direction for Sweden”.
– Basically, it’s about our country. We will bring the best of the old into the new, says Andersson and continues:
– But there are also things we should leave on the dustbin of history.
The fact that the Social Democrats are in opposition gives them the opportunity to look up, says Tobias Baudin at the press conference.
– It is clear that we have managed it for eight years, it has not been easy years. There have been a lot of compromises, says Tobias Baudin.
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Prosecutor: Koran burning is not incitement against ethnic groups
Far-right activist Rasmus Paludan’s Koran burning outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm in January was not incitement to a ethnic group says the prosecutor to Dagens Nyheter.
– It is part of freedom of expression to burn a Koran, says prosecutor Fredrik Ingblad to the newspaper.
Also in the decision from March 12, it is stated that “the reported act does not include incitement against a group of people nor any other crime.”
The decision from March 12 states that “the reported act does not include incitement against a group of people nor any other crime”.
After the criticism – lowers the price
ICA lowers the price of over 300 to its stores by between five and 25 percent, they write in a press release.
Several grocery stores have received sharp criticism after the sharply increased prices. As a result of this, the Lidl store chain went out and lowered the price of goods.
Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson has previously summoned the food giants after the latest inflation figure.
– It is unacceptable if there are players who raise prices unnecessarily, she said then.
The change for ICA enters into force on April 11 and will apply for at least two months.
The goods include other suppliers’ and ICA’s own goods in the categories of bread, poultry, cheese, baby food and charcuterie, among others.
The armed forces ban Tiktok
Employees of the armed forces have been informed that they may no longer have the app Tiktok installed on their work phones, reports Ekot.
An email has gone out to the employees in which the authority writes that there is a concern that the Chinese state can access important information via the app.
The Tove trial is held behind closed doors
The trial against the two women suspected of murder in the Tovefallet case is not being held behind closed doors as requested by the defense.
That’s what the district court says.
Decisive for the issue is partly the age of the defendants, according to the district court. No one is under 18 and they were over 18 when the crime took place, they state.
There is a lot of interest in the trial and the district court has arranged an extra room for spectators.
Stockholm Stock Exchange up at opening
During morning trading, the broad OMXSPI index rose by 1.2 percent, reports DI.
The OMXS30 rises by 1.3 percent.
C leader’s government attack: Cheap copy of the Social Democrats
Muharrem Demirok. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT
The Center Party’s new leader, Muharrem Demirok, launches a fierce attack on the government, which he believes is leading Sweden towards increased unemployment.
– We have a government that is trying to tame the Social Democrats. Or as my children would say: They are a Wish copy of the Social Democrats. You ordered something but got something completely different in the package that came home, he says in an interview with GP.
As an example, he mentions that the employer’s fee for young people is raised on 1 April and makes it SEK 3,000 more expensive to hire a young person. The tightened rules around labor immigration will also hit many entrepreneurs hard, he says.
Robber threatened car
An unknown perpetrator threatened a car in Sigtuna during Sunday evening.
According to the police, the victim had parked the car and was unloading it when the perpetrator approached with a gun-like object and threatened to take the car.
The victim was not physically injured in connection with the robbery.
A preliminary investigation into aggravated robbery has been launched.
General strike underway in Germany: Paralyzed
As expected, large parts of Germany stand still during Monday morning, German media reports.
The central station in Stuttgart is open, but completely empty of both trains and people, reports Welt magazine.
At the airport in Hamburg, all 147 departures have been cancelled. The airports in Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn are reportedly paralyzed.
“Everything is closed here. It is now an ecological airport,” says a union representative at Cologne/Bonn airport.
50 demonstrations are expected to take place across the country today.
Elon Musk: Twitter has halved in value
Twitter’s owner Elon Musk has written down the value of the company to less than half of what he bought it for.
This appears in an internal email that was sent to the company’s employees and that the American media took note of, reports TT.
According to the email, Musk values Twitter at $20 billion – after buying the company for $44 billion.
Musk describes in the email that Twitter had major financial problems and that the company was close to bankruptcy for a while.
Suspects request closed doors in Tovefallet
The Tovefallet trial begins today.
The two suspected women, aged 18 and 20, are now requesting closed doors, reports SVT Jönköping.
The lawyers refer, among other things, to a rule where the court has the opportunity to decide on closed doors for defendants under the age of 21.
The 18-year-old’s defender, Mikael Svegfors, also does not want the media to be allowed to record audio from the interrogation of his client.
The plaintiff’s attorney, who represents Tove’s relatives, does not want closed doors.
Author Stewe Claeson dead
Author and translator Stewe Claeson has died at the age of 80.
The death notice is confirmed by Claeson’s family, reports Sweden’s Radio’s Kulturnytt.
Claeson was born in Gothenburg in 1942 and debuted in 1969 with the poetry collection “Semantica, op 18”. Since then, he has published several novels and collections of short stories.
Claeson was awarded several prizes for his writing, including Svenska Dagbladet’s literature prize and the Selma Lagerlöf prize.
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You write about the Great Strike in Germany. But not a word about why they are on strike?
Zem
I can’t read on my plus account
Thord bell pine
Is the trial in Eksjö open to the public?
Malin Ländin
Hi Malin! The lawyers of the two suspected women have requested closed doors. At this point we don’t know if the court will decide on it or if it will be open, we will update you readers as soon as we get word!
Will you be at the trial where 2 are charged with the murder of Tove
Lennart
Hi Lennart! We will not be at the trial on the day but we will report from it as things happen. However, we will have a reporter there on Wednesday when the two women are to be heard.
Units still mean vehicles AND crew. Otherwise, they would have said vehicles, which would be useless to deliver to an accident scene without a crew.
ZORAN PUCAR
Thanks for the clarification! I am also changing the answer below. That’s what I meant, but was a little unclear. 🙂
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