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Forest fire causes flight delays at Gothenburg airport

A forest fire near Gothenburg’s Landvetter Airport caused a two-hour closure on Thursday as air traffic was diverted.

Published: 10 May 2018 17:08 CEST
Forest fire causes flight delays at Gothenburg airport
File photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall/ TT

The alert lasted from around 12pm to 2pm, after which landings and take-offs resumed, TT reports.

“Our emergency staff were involved in extinguishing the fire so we had to close the airport for security reasons,” Alexandra Maritz of operating company Swedavia’s press department told the news agency.

“The fire itself is now extinguished. Only work to clear away damage remains, so our staff can return to their posts and flying can begin again,” Maritz added.

Around 25 firemen and nine emergency services units were at the airport in response to the fire. The blaze did not place any buildings under threat.

Several flights were diverted during the incident while departures were temporarily grounded or delayed.

READ ALSO: Suspicious object at Gothenburg airport was food, not explosives

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POLITICS

Red-green coalition takes power in Gothenburg

The Social Democrats, Green Party and Left Party have managed to oust the right-wing Moderates from power in Gothenburg, despite failing to strike a coalition deal with the Centre Party.

Published: 28 October 2022 15:34 CEST
Red-green coalition takes power in Gothenburg

The Social Democrats, Left Party and Green Party will now take over the municipality with Jonas Attenius, group leader for the Social Democrats in the city, becoming the new mayor.

“We three parties are ready to together take responsibility for leading Gothenburg,” Attenius wrote to TT. “I am looking forward immensely to leading Gothenburg in the coming years.” 

The three parties will lead a minority government, with 40 out of 81 mandates, meaning it will dependent on mandates from the Centre Party to pass proposals. 

The three parties had hoped to bring the Centre Party into the coalition, but talks fell apart on Monday,  October 24th. 

“We our going into opposition, but our goal is to be an independent, liberal force, which can negotiate both to the left and to the right,” the party’s group leader in Gothenburg, Emmyly Bönfors told the Göteborgs-Posten newspaper. 

The end of talks in Gothenburg leave the Social Democrats leading coalition governments in all three of Sweden’s major cities, with Karin Wanngård appointed Mayor of Stockholm on October 17th. 

The Social Democrats had unbroken control in Malmö since 1994, after they regained power from the Moderates, who controlled the city from 1991-1994, and also from 1985-1988. 

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