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During the third quarter, SEK 5.6 billion was paid out from the unemployment fund, an increase of 43 percent compared to the same period last year. The increase is broad across the country.
“The fact that unemployment is high can be seen in the record-breaking payments from the unemployment insurance fund. It will be clear proof that in difficult times the unemployment insurance fund has an important function as both security and adjustment insurance,” says Tomas Eriksson, head of office at Sweden’s unemployment insurance funds in a press release.
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Quarterly figures from the mining group Boliden. Stock photography Photo: Johanna Norin/TT
The mining giant Boliden seriously beats the market’s expectations with its latest quarterly report. Revenues amounted to almost SEK 22.2 billion, significantly higher than the analysts’ forecast.
Boliden has recently had a series of setbacks, including delivery problems regarding the Norwegian zinc smelter Odda. In connection with today’s quarterly report, an update is given where the company’s CEO Mikael Staffas writes that it is doing “everything to complete this historic investment”.
At the same time, the company reports an operating profit of almost SEK 3.3 billion for the third quarter of the year, compared to the profit of SEK 1.9 billion in the same period last year.
Due to a fallen catenary, there is a complete standstill on the cross track between Stora Essingen and Sickla on Tuesday morning. Monday morning was also affected by major disruptions due to a catenary fault.
Even the subway’s green line has delays and canceled departures during the morning, this due to a lack of carriages.
– Yesterday we had delays due to slippery leaves, today’s wagon shortage may be related to this, says SL’s press spokesperson Natalie Nordenswan.
Kramas goes on, but no more than three minutes. A small airport in New Zealand has introduced a three-minute maximum time for hugs to avoid traffic congestion where air travelers are dropped off before departure. Photo: Sarah Soper/AP/TT
Kramas takes over, but does so fairly quickly.
A small airport in New Zealand has taken an unusual tack – a three-minute limit on hugs at the drop-off point. This is so that the traffic is not blocked again.
“For a more extensive farewell, please use the parking lot” travelers, relatives and friends are asked on the sign with the message “Max hug time 3 minutes” at the top.
Reactions to the new signs at Dunedin Airport on the nation’s South Island have been swift. They were set up last month.
– We have been accused of violating basic human rights and asked about what kind of people we are who try to set a limit on how long you can hug, says airport manager Dan De Bono.
What then happens to those who hug for too long in the wrong place?
– We will not have any riot police, says the airport manager.
Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson becomes chairman of the World Bank’s and IMF’s joint development committee.
She tells that in TV4’s “Nyhetsmorgon”.
Svantesson will take up the new role in November. The new assignment is in addition to her already existing ministerial post.
Huge queues on the E20. Photo: Reader image
Several cars have collided with a moose on the E20 at the intersection of Läggesta in Mariefred.
The emergency services were called to the scene at 06:20.
– Two people were stuck in a car, we worked there with extrication. Both have been taken to hospital, says duty officer Daniel Kaissidis.
One person is seriously injured.
The accident caused a complete standstill in both directions and massive queues.
Read more here.
Norway’s Minister of Justice Emilie Mehl (Sp) announces that the country is extending the temporary internal border control until November 11.
The border control was introduced earlier in October due to the increased threat level, particularly against Jewish and Israeli targets.
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein, 72, has bone marrow cancer, reports NBC News citing sources.
According to the sources, Weinstein is being treated from Rikers Island in New York where he is serving his prison sentence.
The rewritten film producer was the starting point for the metoo movement. He was sentenced in 2020 to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. Last September, he was indicted again after new accusations were leveled against him.
Read more here.
At least six people have died after Hurricane Oscar swept across parts of Cuba, according to the country’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel. The storm moved in over a country more or less paralyzed by a massive blackout lasting several days.
On Monday evening, local time, Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy stated that most of the capital Havana’s approximately two million inhabitants had received power again.
Cubans are not used to long power outages, but the current outage is the worst in a long time. It started on Thursday and grew to a total shutdown of the electricity grid for the country’s eleven million inhabitants on Friday. The reason was a chain reaction after the biggest power plant broke down in an already stressed situation.
On Sunday, the storm Oscar moved in over the easternmost, lower part of the island and made it difficult to restore the electricity grid.
Schools and business activities are planned to remain closed in Cuba until at least Wednesday, due to the power problems.
One of Peru’s former presidents, Alejandro Toledo, is sentenced to over 20 years in prison for having been bribed by a Brazilian construction company. Photo: Guadalupe Pardo/AP/TT
One of Peru’s former presidents, Alejandro Toledo, is sentenced to over 20 years in prison for accepting millions in bribes from the infamous Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.
Toledo will serve his sentence in a prison built for former Peruvian presidents, outside the capital Lima.
Toledo, who has denied wrongdoing, was in power from 2001 to 2006 and is one of four Peruvian presidents who, according to a US investigation, have been bribed by Odebrecht. He was extradited from the United States in 2022.
A woman has been taken to hospital after a suspected rape in Ängelholm on Monday evening. The police were alerted at 22.31 by passers-by whom the woman sought help from.
– We have a person detained. The suspicion is rape and an outdoor crime scene has been cordoned off, says Ola Sunesson Almström, officer on duty at the police.
Photo: Mattias Landström/jkpg.news
A man in his 40s has been found injured in a residential area in Jönköping following an alarm about a serious crime in progress.
– At the moment I cannot go into the extent of the injury, but he was immediately taken to hospital for treatment. We have not heard from him yet, says police spokesperson Mats Pettersson.
A large operation is underway at the scene and the police are looking for at least one suspected perpetrator.
According to information to Aftonbladet, the man was hit by several shots.
– We are collecting information and want to talk to people who have seen or heard important things, and are interested in talking to them. Then, of course, we have an initial picture of the situation and a theory about what might have happened.
Shortly after midnight, the police stated that the man died of his injuries.
Read more here.
A passenger car has collided with several wild boars on a national road in Lessebo municipality.
The driver is said to have injured himself but did not have to accompany the ambulance that was called to the scene.
The accident happened at 9.20pm on Monday evening.
There is a stop in the train traffic between Gothenburg and Stockholm due to an accident at the height of Västra Bodarna, write Gothenburg Post.
There is no forecast for when traffic can be up and running again.
– It’s a total stop for all trains, says Ronny Hörstrand, on-call press spokesperson at SJ to GP.
A car has collided with a moose on national highway 40 at the height of Eksjö.
The accident happened at 6:30 p.m.
Two people are involved in the accident.
A woman in her 60s has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.
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