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The Security Service has two separate ongoing criminal investigations against staff at the Government Offices. One person is suspected of espionage and another of unauthorized handling of confidential information. The prosecutor simultaneously denies reports that there are links to the process involving journalist Joakim Medin, who is imprisoned in Turkey.
Swedish politicsAfter eight months, the trial for Sweden's largest environmental crime is going to court. The prosecutors are demanding six years in prison for "waste queen" Fariba Vancor and four others in the Think Pink scandal. There is no basis either for the charges or the sentence requested, says Vancor's lawyer Thomas Olsson.
CrimeThe 64-year-old man harassed Frida Karlsson for nearly a year and a half. Now he is sentenced to probation and is to pay 40,000 kronor in damages to the skiing star.
SportsThe skiing star Frida Karlsson was allegedly stalked by the 64-year-old for nearly a year and a half. When the accused man was outside her home, she became scared. After that, I started looking over my shoulder. I slept at a friend's place because I felt unsafe, says Karlsson when she is heard during the trial.
SportsWhen ski star Frida Karlsson stands at the starting line for the charity race, a man calls out to her. She immediately recognizes the voice – and soon he is running beside her. It is the 64-year-old man who has stalked her for nearly a year and a half.
SportsThe fatal shooting in Skurup last August had a connection to a planned attack in Stockholm that never materialized and a subsequent conflict in a criminal network, the prosecutor believes.
CrimeThe Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute has issued yellow warnings for snow and icy roads during the day. Already early in the morning, snow has fallen in large parts of Central Sweden.
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