The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency is suing the insurer of shipping company TT-Line, alleging that it has not paid the full cost of the clean-up after oil leaked from the passenger ship Marco Polo, reports P4 Blekinge.
SwedenThe Crisis Information website is down on Tuesday afternoon because of a technical error.
SwedenThe warning message sent out on Monday afternoon was too long - that's why it didn't reach all mobile phones, Mikael Frisell, Director General of the Swedish Civil Defence Agency, told TT.
SwedenOn Monday at 3 p.m., mobile phones in Stockholm and Gotland counties will sound the alarm. This is the first test of the new warning system SE-Alert.
SwedenThe Swedish Civil Defence Agency (MCF) is tasked by the government with investigating and initiating a national construction and repair preparedness plan - to strengthen total defence.
Swedish politicsSweden's new warning alarm will be tested in the Stockholm area and on Gotland on September 7, the Civil Defense Agency said in a press release.
SwedenSweden has sent two water-bombing aircraft to Belgium, where a large fire is burning in a nature reserve, according to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB).
SwedenThere is a high to extremely high risk of forest and grass fires in large parts of Sweden in the next few days, according to SMHI.
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