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Published 5 November 2024 at 17.17 Foreign. Ikea in Germany has agreed to voluntarily contribute €6 million to a new German state fund to compensate victims of forced labor during the East German communist dictatorship. CNN reports. Share the article TwittraShare During the Cold War, prisoners, including political ones, in the East German GDR were…

Published 5 November 2024 at 08.11 Foreign. Previously unreleased recordings of Jeffrey Epstein reveal that the late billionaire described himself as Donald Trump's “closest friend” and claimed to have insights into Trump's sexual habits. The Daily Beast reports. Share the article TwitterShare The recordings with Jeffrey Epstein – who “committed suicide” in a cell in…

Published 5 November 2024 at 09.47 Domestic. On Friday, a new provision will come into force which will enable the taking of assets of criminal origin from criminals – “independent forfeiture”. The property does not need to be linked to any concrete crime or proceeds of crime in order to be seized and confiscated. Share…

Published 5 November 2024 at 11.08 Foreign. According to Lebanon's Ministry of Health, over 3,000 people have been killed in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah since October 7 last year. Share the article TwittraShare The government of Lebanon also reports that around 1.2 million people have been forced to flee as a result of…

Published 5 November 2024 at 12.33 Domestic. The government is stepping up efforts against illegal immigrants in Sweden through a new special group at the Government Office. Migration Minister Johan Forssell (M) estimates that “hundreds of thousands of people” live illegally in the country. Share the article TwittraShare The State Council group is to task…

Published 5 November 2024 at 14.08 Foreign. Kemi Badenoch has been appointed as the new leader of the British Conservative Party. It makes her the first black woman to lead a major political party in Britain. Share Article TwittraShare Kemi Badenoch, 44, takes over from former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and has vowed to return…

Scroll for video… Published 4 November 2024 at 06.58 Media. Dagens Nyheter's editor-in-chief Peter Wolodarski fled in panic when he was asked questions by Alternative for Sweden party leader Gustav Kasselstrand. Share the article TwittraShare The incident took place during a seminar where Finnish President Alexander Stubb was also present, and Kasselstrand has posted a…

Published 4 November 2024 at 15.52 Domestic. The Chemicals Inspectorate has decided that the toy “Miniverse – Make it mini” should stop being sold and recalled from stores due to health risks. Share the article TwittraShare Miniverse – Make it mini is popular and available in many stores. According to Frida Ramström, inspector at the…

Published 4 November 2024 at 16.29 Domestic. The government now announces that it does not grant permission to build and operate 13 planned wind farms in the Baltic Sea. Share the article TwittraShare The government assesses that the current operations, despite the addition of fossil-free electricity production and proposed precautionary measures, cannot be allowed in…

Published 4 November 2024 at 08.10 Foreign. Moldova's incumbent president, Maia Sandu, has been declared the winner of the country's presidential election. It was clear just before midnight on Sunday after an exciting election race in which Sandu finally beat the pro-Russian candidate Aleksandr Stoianoglo. Share the article TwitterShare Earlier in the evening Stoianoglo looked…

Published 4 November 2024 at 09.49 Economy. A new investigation by the macro-supervisory committee proposes that the mortgage ceiling be raised to 90 percent and that the stricter amortization requirement, introduced in 2018, be abolished. Share the article TwittraShare Instead, it is proposed a limitation of the amortization requirement to 1 percent of the loan…

Published 4 November 2024 at 11.13 Law & Right. The Migration Court of Appeal now rules that repeated fine offenses can be grounds for rejecting an application for an extended residence permit due to work. Share the article TwittraShare The current case concerns a man who was convicted of drunk driving in October 2018 and…

Published 4 November 2024 at 12.30 Law & Justice. A 60-year-old woman in Lund has been sentenced to probation and a hefty fine for a post she wrote about the mayflower seller Murhaf Hamid on X (formerly Twitter). Share the article TwittraShare Murhaf Hamid gained national notoriety last spring when he sold Mayflowers for a…

Published 4 November 2024 at 14.27 Domestic. Migration Minister Johan Forssell (M) presented on Monday a new memorandum that proposes a changed order for immigrants who have been sentenced to deportation for crimes but who could not be deported due to temporary obstacles to enforcement. Share the article TwittraShare Currently, immigrants who are to be…

Published 3 November 2024 at 16.24 Foreign. The Finnish equivalent of the Tidö Agreement – which includes the immigration-critical Sannfinländarna – has proven to be an even bigger scam than the Swedish version when it comes to immigration. Share the article TwittraShare While the Tidö parties have maintained a high immigration of around 100,000 people…

Published 3 November 2024 at 10.33 Domestic. The company Motala Verkstad, which built the well-known Västerbron in Stockholm in 1935, has gone bankrupt, reports Dagens Industri. Share the article TwittraShare The company is today operations in the manufacturing industry and the bankruptcy must be a consequence of a tax debt and losses during the autumn.…

Published 3 November 2024 at 12.20 Foreign. Hamburg's city council is under fire for using legal loopholes to circumvent the requirement for “consultation with the public” when building immigrant housing. At the same time, homelessness is increasing among ordinary Germans in the city. Share the article TwittraShare A construction project intended to accommodate 400 asylum…

Published 3 November 2024 at 13.02 Domestic. The Wallenberg financial family, which controls a third of Sweden's GDP, is now beginning a historic transition into its sixth generation, reports the Financial Times. Share the article TwittraShare Dagens most prominent owners Jacob and Marcus Wallenberg, both 68 years old, confirm that 30 family members between the…

Published 3 November 2024 at 14.02 Domestic. Despite the fact that both KD, M and L went to the polls on reduced electricity tax, the electricity tax is now being raised for the second year in a row. Share the article TwittraShare “Lower the electricity tax” wrote KD's party leader Ebba Busch in debate articles…

Published 2 November 2024 at 16.14 Domestic. The former S profile Johan Westerholm has once again sparked debate through a post on his site Ledarsidorna where he highlights the growing problem with what he calls “soft corruption” in Sweden. Share the article TwitterShare Westerholm refers to US state senator William E. Schluter, who in his…

Published 2 November 2024 at 08.27 Foreign. A majority of Germans are calling for new elections as a result of growing dissatisfaction with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's left-liberal coalition government, according to a recent opinion poll by the country's semi-official news agency ARD. Share the article h2>TwittraShare Germany is getting tired Austria's response: Refuses to take…

Published 2 November 2024 at 09.01 Domestic. Lax gang criminals use taxi apps such as Uber and Bolt more and more often, even though this means they can be tracked, SVT reports. Now the police are increasingly requesting information from the taxi companies. Share the article TwittraShare Under the heading “Ahmed drove the shooter to…

Published 2 November 2024 at 12.02 Foreign. More than 100,000 soldiers have now deserted from the Ukrainian army, according to information from Anna Szkorohod, a member of the Supreme Council of Ukraine. Desertions are believed to have increased significantly due to difficult conditions at the front, where over half of those drafted survive only a…