For 100 years Britain had been described as “the empire on which the sun never sets”. Britain was a powerful colonial power owning numerous colonies around the world. Today the word “colony” is no longer used in its original meaning, but the British Queen continues to perform her sovereign role,Continue Reading
Earlier proposals called for the raising of the minimum wage by 61 euros, or 9.5 percent, to 703 euros, but Social Security and Labor Minister Monika Navickiene said last month that the minimum wage might be increased more substantially. The agenda of the Cabinet’s Wednesday meeting does include the issueContinue Reading
Climate change will pose a number of different security threats to Finland in the future, according to a fresh report from research body the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. The report was commissioned by the government and examines the potential effects of climate change on Finland and Finnish society upContinue Reading
With the global economic development the Arctic region has increasingly become important. Depletion of natural resources forces countries to exploit remote and hard-to-reach mineral deposits. International experts assess that Arctic accounts for about 13% of undiscovered oil, 30% of undiscovered natural gas, and 30% of freshwater in the world. Consequently,Continue Reading
EU Interior Ministers met on Tuesday evening to thrash out a response to the Afghan crisis, and Finland was represented there by Green leader Maria Ohisalo. Instinctively pro-immigration, Ohisalo might not have had a comfortable evening as the ministers argued about the use of the term ‘illegal immigration’. Euronews reportsContinue Reading
Former Auditor General, Director of the Estonian National Museum Alar Karis was elected the next president of Estonia with 72 votes of the 68 required on Tuesday. Karis will take office as president in October. The second round of voting in the 2021 presidential election saw Karis elected president betweenContinue Reading
The global oil market is gradually recovering from the crisis caused by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. The increase in demand for oil, followed by restrictions cancellation in different countries, is natural and causes “black gold” supply shortages. Hence the need to increase oil production by the key exporters (Saudi Arabia,Continue Reading
Esko Varho Alkuperäinen syy sille, miksi Yhdysvallat hyökkäsi Afganistaniin, oli periaatteessa selvä. Pääosaa Afganistanista hallinnut äärijärjestö Taliban ei suostunut luovuttamaan syyskuun 2001 terrori-iskuihin syyllistyneen al-Qaida-terroristijärjestön johtoa, joka oli asettunut Afganistaniin. Yhdysvallat hyökkäsi jo lokakuussa 2001. Talibanin hallinto kaatui suorastaan hämmästyttävän nopeasti, muutamassa viikossa. Mutta se, mitä USA:n ja sen liittolaistenContinue Reading
“It was not proven [in the case] that the swastika flag would send a threatening and offensive message linked to anti-immigration efforts,” the district court said in its decision. The Helsinki District Court on Monday dismissed the criminal charges against five men suspected of incitement against an ethnic group forContinue Reading
The 101-seat parliament was unable to elect the new president of Estonia on Monday as the sole candidate in the ballot, 63-year-old Alar Karis, failed to secure the necessary majority of votes. Karis, director of the Estonian National Museum, received 63 votes in the secret ballot. There were 16 emptyContinue Reading