Norway on Monday announced new Covid curbs less than a week after tightening restrictions amid the spread of the Omicron variant and soaring case numbers and hospital admissions. The move came after Norway’s health authority warned the country could record between 90,000 and 300,000 daily coronavirus cases and up toContinue Reading
Norway will ban the serving of alcohol in bars and restaurants, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said, as part of new COVID-19 restrictions intended to stem the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant. There’s “no doubt the new variant changes the rules,” Gahr Støre told a news conference Monday, announcing theContinue Reading
An outbreak of Salmonella has ended in Sweden with officials unable to find the source of infection. In October, 40 people became ill with monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium with the majority falling sick in the first half of the month. An earlier update identified 33 patients. Cases were linked by wholeContinue Reading
Amendments to the Lithuanian state railway company’s contract with Belarus’ potash giant Belaruskali should have been submitted to the governmental National Security Commission for evaluation, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has said. Simonyte has told the public broadcaster LRT that Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG) amended its contract with Belaruskali inContinue Reading
More than half of Finland’s residents are worried about the impact higher energy prices will have on their housing costs, says Nordea Bank. According to the results of a survey commissioned by Nordea, 58 percent of respondents voiced concerns about energy prices. One in four said rising energy prices areContinue Reading
Director General of the Competition Authority Märt Ots said that European Union directives allow regulated energy prices for home and small consumers. This would make it possible to sell electricity at cost price in Estonia. “It is definitely possible in Estonia, provided there is political will,” Ots said at aContinue Reading
NATO must discuss European security issues with all allies, Estonian President Alar Karis said following a phone call with United States President Joe Biden and other heads of state of NATO’s Eastern European members on Thursday. “Estonia’s position is clear — NATO discusses the security issues of Europe, including thoseContinue Reading
Lithuania’s European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius on Sunday announced his decision to leave the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union. “I have made a long-brewing decision to terminate my LFGU membership,” the politician posted on Facebook. Up until now, his LFGU membership has been suspended until he works at the European Commission.Continue Reading
The Southwest Finland police department said on Friday that it had released one of the suspects believed to be members of a far-right terror cell in the town of Kankaanpää. Last Friday, Satakunta District Court remanded five men, aged 23-26, on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack. This was theContinue Reading
Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) appears to have disregarded her own government’s guidelines regarding suspected coronavirus exposure incidents. The guidelines, which were updated less than two weeks ago, recommend that ministers avoid contact with others as soon as they become aware of having been exposed to an infected individual. TheyContinue Reading