Swedish duo arrested for espionage in Finland amid series of regional security and political incidents

Finnish police arrested two Swedish men in their 40s from Härnösand, both listed at the same address, on suspicion of conducting espionage between late August and 12 September. The specific nature of the alleged spying was not disclosed. In northern Poland, authorities recovered a Russian Gerbera-2 drone carrying a warhead and detonator near the village of Rusinowo, and the Szczecin prosecutor’s office opened a case.

The cultural world noted the death of 77-year-old playwright and novelist Bonnie Greer. The Swedish government announced the expulsion of a staff member from Iran’s embassy for actions deemed incompatible with diplomatic conventions. A man previously held on suspicion of a child rape in Järfälla was released after new circumstances emerged.

The International Criminal Court sentenced former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci to 25 years for war crimes, including murders, illegal detention and torture. The trial of former Sweden Democrats politician Katja Nyberg was postponed, and a residential building collapse in Gaza’s Tal al-Hawa killed at least 16 people, many of them women and children. The Life retail chain filed for bankruptcy, affecting 46 stores and nearly 300 workers, while EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed Canada as a prospective associate member. A 20-year-old man was detained in Stockholm after a fatal traffic collision on Östermalm.