Sala

Sweden secured a 34-23 victory over Ukraine in a European Championship handball qualifier in Sala, Slovakia, but the match was marked by a contentious penalty incident involving Ukrainian player Bohdan Panchenko.

A family living simply on an old mining estate in Sala, Sweden, heats with wood and grows food for household needs, yet their electricity bill sometimes spikes with high power charges they cannot explain. In February, they paid nearly 900 kronor in power charge alone.

An 80-year-old man was robbed and assaulted in his home in Sala on the night leading to Tuesday. He was taken to the hospital with an unknown injury status, and police have no suspected perpetrator.

Twelve employees of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service are under investigation for accepting a dinner and overnight hotel invitation in central Sweden in mid-January.