Eurovision never ceases to catch the public eye, considering that the finale in Malmö is already sold out. In other news this week, layoffs continue in Malmö, a murder goes on trial in Lund, and yet another university building experiences a break-in.
Tickets for Eurovision already sold out.
Desperate to get a glimpse of The Eurovision Song Contest Finale, coming up in May at the Malmö Arena, interested spectators stood in long lines to try to get the 5 500 tickets available to the general public. The maximum capacity of the arena can hold up to 11 000 spectators but roughly a third of the seats are reserved for foreign spectators and another portion for camera shoots and TV crews. However, SVT and Live Nation are still selling tickets to the semifinals and 6 dress rehearsals.
Eon sends notices to 150 workers in Malmö
As the economic crisis drags on, grid company Eon will be sending out layoff notices to 150-180 administrative employees at the company’s base in Malmö. The layoff total revolves somewhere around 250 across the entire country.
Brutal sibling murder on trial in Lund
Last spring, a 19-year-old woman was brutally murdered in her home in Landskrona with two knives and a scissor stabbed into her neck and chest. The prime suspect, the woman’s 17-year-old brother, sits in court today despite denying involvement in the murder. According to the support group ‘Tänk om’, the woman had been in contact with them prior to her death, when she first realized that she was in danger of attack.
Student Services robbed at Genetikhuset
The wave of break-ins on the university campus continues this autumn following a total of 9 in September. Student services became the next target last weekend at Genetikhuset on Sölvegatan. No critical data was lost but computers and other valuable items were stolen there in another of several so-called ‘Smash and grab’ crimes which have increased their numbers sharply since the end of the summer.
