The latest local news from Stockholmsområdet, in English.
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 politicsA car filled with 130 kilos of amphetamine valued at around 27 million kronor was found at a vehicle inspection. Now, two individuals are being prosecuted for extremely serious drug smuggling.
CrimeOne person has been arrested on suspicion of espionage, according to Säpo. The suspected crime is said to have taken place in Stockholm in May this year. According to information to SVT, the suspect is a Swedish diplomat.
CrimeThe former C-top Gustav Hemming is prosecuted for sexual harassment of children.
CrimeThe doctor who is suspected of nine rapes of eight patients is now being prosecuted.
CrimeBad proposal, think both electricity producers and customers. Now the government should give Svenska Kraftnät a new assignment, believes Magnus Thorstensson, analyst at Energiföretagen. They should put pressure so that trading capacities within Sweden increase to the benefit of customers, he says.
BusinessStockholmers can become the losers and southerners the winners. Several months delayed, the proposal for new electricity pricing areas will arrive on Monday, April 28, or there may be no change at all. A single electricity pricing area would be the best, says Mats Nilsson, electricity market expert and lecturer at Södertörn University College.
BusinessAround 60,000 Swedish golfers may have to look for a new golf club. This after the association voted through a maximum limit regarding the number of members.
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