Some 1,500 people gathered in downtown Helsinki on Saturday to protest efforts to curb the virus. Police said the demonstration by Helsinki’s Central Railway Station, which drew some 1,500 people, passed off peacefully. Saturday witnessed mass protests against coronavirus mitigation measures in several major European cities, including Vienna which isContinue Reading
In October 2021, the producer price index of industrial output increased by 19 percent compared to October 2020, data from Statistics Estonia show. It decreased by 0.1 percent compared to September. The index shows the changes in the producer prices of industrial goods manufactured in Estonia for the domestic marketContinue Reading
The Cabinet gave the green light for sending 50,310 doses of the Comirnaty vaccine to Georgia as humanitarian aid by the end of November. Lithuania has already donated a total of around 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Taiwan, Latvia, Tajikistan, Armenia and Vietnam. There couldContinue Reading
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended Finland for what the organisation calls a quick and decisive response to the Covid-19 crisis. A delegation from the IMF led by Wojciech Maliszewski is currently visiting Finland to evaluate the country’s economic recovery during the pandemic and offer outlooks on medium andContinue Reading
Estonia will send almost 100 members of the Defense Forces to help Poland with its migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, Defense Minister Kalle Laanet (Reform) on Friday. Laanet said Estonia received Poland’s request for practical assistance on Monday evening. “In the past, they wanted just political support, but nowContinue Reading
Electricity prices in the third quarter were more than twice as high as normal in the last five years, according to Statistics Norway (SSB). The average electricity price for households was 76.3 øre per kilowatt-hour before taxes and grid rent were included, according to the SSB. The total electricity priceContinue Reading
Swedish Minister of Defence Peter Hultqvist supports a proposal from the Baltic countries for an EU-led training mission in Ukraine. “Now all eyes are fixed on Poland and on what is happening at the border, which may mean that Ukraine will be somewhat in the shadows. The issue of UkraineContinue Reading
A large and growing proportion of new mortgages are taken out by people who have high total debt in relation to annual income, according to a survey by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Finanstilsynet). Almost half of the loan volume in this year’s survey was given to borrowers withContinue Reading
Suomi nostaa kiintiöpakolaisten määrää Afganistanin tilanteen vuoksi. Sisäministeri Maria Ohisalo (vihr.) kertoo Twitterissä, että hallitus on päättänyt nostaa ensi vuoden 2022 pakolaiskiintiön historiallisen korkealle tasolle 1500 henkeen. Kiintiöpakolaiset ovat henkilöitä, jotka YK:n pakolaisjärjestö UNHCR valitsee ja jotka vastaanottavat maat noutavat kohdemaasta tai sen lähellä olevasta pakolaisleiristä. Syyskuussa hallitus linjasi, ettäContinue Reading
The prime minister was commenting on President Gitanas Nauseda’s statement that speaking with the authoritarian leader could be a way of solving the illegal migration crisis on Belarus’ borders with Poland and Lithuania. “I don’t think Lithuania’s foreign policy is changing, but it’s important not to give additional trump cardsContinue Reading