Shortly before Finland evacuated 413 Afghan and Finnish citizens from Kabul in late August, the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) announced that it would suspend deportations of asylum seekers to Afghanistan. While this came as relief to those who were facing imminent removal to one of the most dangerous places inContinue Reading
HHybridisodankäynnin isänä pidettyyn Valeri Gerasimoviin liitetään lännessä jo legendaariseksi muuttunut käsite nimeltä ”Gerasimovin doktriini”. Brittitutkija Mark Galeotti on pyytänyt anteeksi sitä, että hän tuli vahingossa auttaneeksi Vladimir Putinin luottokenraalin tällaiseen maineeseen. Mies lännen vastaisen hybridisodankäynnin, tunnuksettomien ”pienten vihreiden miesten”, pehmeiden ja kovien peiteoperaatioiden sekä salakavalan informaatiovaikuttamisen takana. Tällaisessa maineessa onContinue Reading
Lithuania has become the dominant Baltic country in terms of foreign policy at least as far as the media picture is concerned. Chairman of the Riigikogu Foreign Affairs Committee Marko Mihkelson (Reform) tells Postimees in an interview that a small country needs to be wise enough not to take onContinue Reading
Lithuania has significantly boosted its use of renewable energy and waste recycling but needs to do better in managing environmental impacts of transport and agriculture. Policies will also need to be strengthened considerably for Lithuania to reach its 2030 and beyond climate targets and to improve biodiversity and water quality,Continue Reading
A Swedish tech consultant has been handed a three-year jail sentence for selling information about truckmaker Scania to Russia. Prosecutors said the 47-year-old man’s actions could have compromised Sweden’s national security. It was the first espionage trial in the country in 18 years. The man was arrested in February 2019Continue Reading
In Latvia, every citizen and permanent resident has to have the right to open a bank account, otherwise one of a person’s democratic freedoms is not respected, says Saeima opposition legislator Jānis Urbanovičs. According to him, since the Latvian financial sector control institutions and procedures have experienced a far-reaching reformContinue Reading
The European Union will hold a defence summit next year during the French presidency of the bloc, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday. French President Emmanuel Macron has been pushing for the 27-nation union to develop more autonomous military capacities alongside the Western alliance. And the rapid collapseContinue Reading
There are an estimated 780,000 completely unvaccinated people in Finland, according to THL figures, with the 25-29 age group least likely to have received even one dose. There are an estimated 780,000 people over the age 12 in Finland yet to receive even one dose of a Covid vaccine, aContinue Reading
The practice of dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands has come under scrutiny after more than 1,400 of the mammals were killed in what was believed to be a record catch. The pod of white-sided dolphins was driven into the largest fjord in the North Atlantic territory on Sunday. BoatsContinue Reading
Med regjeringens forslag om endret oljeskatt, har diskusjoner rundt behovet for å endre oljepolitikken for å kutte utslipp skutt fart i valgkampen. Nå advarer Naturvernforbundet, Natur og ungdom, Greenpeace og WWF Verdens naturfond mot å tro at et endret oljeskatteregime i seg selv vil gi klimagevinst. Endringer i oljeskatten erContinue Reading