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Twelve years in prison for shooting at a pizzeria
A man in his 20s is sentenced to twelve years in prison after a shooting at a pizzeria in Ockelbo last year, reports TT, which refers to local media.
The incident occurred in August 2022 when staff at the pizzeria tried to reject a disorderly man from the premises.
The man left the restaurant but returned with a gun and fired a shot that hit one of the employees in the arm.
According to the verdict, the man then pointed his gun at the same person’s forehead.
Now the man is sentenced for attempted murder, aggravated weapons offence, aggravated unlawful threat and causing danger to another. The man must also pay SEK 269,000 in damages.
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Putin gave friendship award to Steven Seagal
American action actor Steven Seagal has been awarded the Russian Order of Friendship by Russian President Vladimir Putin, TT reports.
The award is given to people who are considered to contribute to improved international relations.
Seagal received Russian citizenship in 2016.
He and Putin became personal friends through their shared interest in martial arts, and in recent years Seagal has also become a member of the pro-Putin party “Only Russia – Patriots – For Truth” (rough translation).
Police officers alluded to their professional role to enter pubs and restaurants
Two police officers in the Stockholm region have, in a drunken state, alluded to their jobs as police officers when they were denied entry to, among other things, a restaurant and a pub, reports Siren news agency.
The one man is said to have said that he would see to it that “the officers appointed by the security guards are recalled” when he was refused entry during a visit to a restaurant. The other showed his service ID when he was turned away from a pub.
They both now risk receiving a disciplinary sanction. According to the police in Stockholm, a possible penalty cannot stop at a warning.
Knife robbery against Coop in Töreboda
A man in his 20s threatened shop staff at Coop in Töreboda with a knife on Tuesday, the police report. The man took a few thousand kroner in cash with him.
No one was injured in connection with the incident.
The man was arrested shortly after the police arrived on the scene.
Stoltenberg: Ukraine will become a NATO member in the long term
Ukraine will become a member of NATO in the longer term, according to the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
This is reported by the AFP news agency.
Four men are sentenced after the murder on Länsmanstorget – a life sentence
In July last year, a young man was shot dead outside an ICA store on Länsmanstorget in Gothenburg. A 20-year-old man admitted during the first day of the trial that he fired several shots. Now he is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder, reports Gothenburg Post.
Three more people are sentenced to long prison sentences in the case. A woman was also charged – but she was acquitted, according to the newspaper.
35-year-old charged with death threats against Annie Lööf
In a post on the then party leader’s Instagram account last August, the man wrote a comment, which was clearly a threat to her safety, reports SVT Småland.
Annie Lööf has told in questioning that she received the message and perceived it as a threat.
The man is now charged with illegal threats, he denies the crime.
Danish battle over anti-nuclear power brand
Here the anti-nuclear mark is used on Sergel’s square in Stockholm on the 30th anniversary of the Swedish nuclear referendum. Archive image. Photo: HENRIK MONTGOMERY / TT
A legal battle has erupted in Denmark over the anti-nuclear power logo from the 1970s, the happy red sun surrounded by the words “Atomkraft? No thanks”.
The right-wing party Nye Borgerlige has used the well-known symbol to instead say “yes, thank you” to nuclear power.
The fund that owns the rights sued the party and demands that it be banned from using the symbol.
– We consider it unacceptable that they should use our logo and change the text to the opposite, says Siegfried Christiansen, representative of the OOA fund to the news agency Ritzau.
The Tax Agency’s telephone switchboard is down
The switch to both the Tax Agency and the Tax Information Office was down during the morning. The caller was reached by the message that “the number has no subscriber”.
– We just became aware of the problem and don’t know what it is. Work is underway to fix the problem right now, said Johan Persson, press secretary at the Tax Agency.
By 9:40 a.m. the problem had been fixed.
– Now the switch works as it should again, says Johan Persson.
Airport in St. Petersburg closes after alarm about UFOs
Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg has closed after an alarm about an unknown flying object in the air, reports the Russian news site Gazeta.
On the site Flightradar, you can see how planes are forced to turn away from the airport.
According to Gazeta, the airspace around the city is currently empty. An anonymous source tells the Russian television channel REN TV that an airspace of 200 kilometers has been closed.
According to several media, military flights have increased.
According to local Russian authorities, there are delays of up to 12 hours at the airport.
Heavily armed police guard the police station in Norrköping
Police patrols guard the entrance to the police station in Norrköping on Tuesday morning after a policeman was attacked with a sharp knife on Monday. The police are heavily armed and equipped with reinforcement weapons, reports Norrköping Tidningar.
The police had finished for the day and were on their way home when he was attacked and stabbed. The case is classified as attempted murder.
The police will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. regarding the attack.
Russian TV and radio stations went out with air raid alerts
In several Russian regions, television and radio broadcasts were interrupted during the morning by announcements of flight alerts and calls to take cover.
The messages went out, among other things, in the Moscow region.
Russian authorities say it is a false alarm and that the TV and radio stations have been hacked, reports the Russian site Kommersant.
According to a Moldovan news site, the false alarms were also heard in Transnistria, the Moldovan breakaway region.
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FYI: Different flights are now both taking off & landing at St Petersburg airport again.
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Read about the problem of access to vegetables in England. Have UK imports and exports changed significantly due to Brexit?
Elin
Hi Elin!
The Guardian has previously reported that exports to the EU decreased by 14 percent after Brexit.
In the case of the availability of vegetables, several British media reports that Brexit seems to have a rather small impact. The main reasons are believed to be problems linked to supplies and the somewhat isolated location of the UK. As well as the high electricity prices that affect domestic production.
Is the war in Ukraine over? Minimal news from there! Perhaps more important with the melody festival?
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Hi Anna! Where and how do you see that the electricity subsidy is on its way? Who leaves a message that you wrote that you received? Thanks in advance!
Thaw
It seems that the companies do things a little differently, but many seem to be able to see the electricity subsidy when they log on to their supplier’s website.
In the article about the police officer Erik and his attitude to cannabis, I think a small mistake has been made.
In the headline (before you click on the article) it says that he thinks cannabis should become legal. But when you then read the article, it is about decriminalization, which is a completely different matter!
Caroline
Good point Caroline. We’ll take a look at that headline.
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