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90-year-old Gothenburg woman survives murder attempt

A 90-year-old woman was attacked in her home in western Gothenburg on Saturday night, police said.

Published: 3 December 2017 14:29 CET
90-year-old Gothenburg woman survives murder attempt
File photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
Police were informed just before 10.30pm on Saturday that there was an injured woman in her aparment. Her injuries were described as extensive but police did not immediately detail the seriousness of her condition. 
 
The victim was transported to Sahlgrenska University Hospital, police spokesman Stefan Gustafsson said. 
 
When police arrived at the west Gothenburg flat, there were several other individuals inside the elderly woman’s home. One of them, a female, was arrested and is suspected of attempted murder. 
 
The suspect was interrogated by officers, but police declined to say if she made any concessions. 

STRIKES

Swedish appeals court throws out Tesla licence plate complaint

A Swedish appeals court rejected Tesla's attempt to force the Transport Agency to provide them with licence plates during an ongoing strike.

Published: 17 May 2024 10:54 CEST
Swedish appeals court throws out Tesla licence plate complaint

The Göta Court of Appeal upheld a decision by the district court to throw out a request by US car manufacturer Tesla to force the Swedish Transport Agency to provide them with licence plates, on the grounds that a general court does not have jurisdiction in this case.

The district court and court of appeal argued that Tesla should instead have taken its complaint to an administrative court (förvaltningsdomstol) rather than a general court (allmän domstol).

According to the rules regulating the Transport Agency’s role in issuing licence plates in Sweden, their decisions should be appealed to an administrative court – a separate part of the court system which tries cases involving a Swedish public authority, rather than criminal cases or disputes between individuals which are tried by the general courts.

The dispute arose after postal service Postnord, in solidarity with a major strike by the Swedish metalworkers’ union, refused to deliver licence plates to Tesla, and the Transport Agency argued it wasn’t their responsibility to get the plates to Tesla in some other way.

The strike against Tesla has been going on for almost seven months.

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