A “culture of silence” within the Finnish Defence Forces is preventing abuses by supervisors from being reported and effectively tackled, according to a new report by Yle’s investigative journalism unit MOT. “If you make any criticism, it may harm your career,” Ville Viita, chair of the Finnish Officers’ Union, toldContinue Reading
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Tuesday that benefits of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine outweigh risks despite finding possible links to very rare cases of blood clots. On Tuesday, the EMA’s safety committee said a warning should be added to the product information about the “very rare sideContinue Reading
We have been referred to as the European Silicon Valley in light of the number of unicorns we’ve spawned. Yes, one could say that because people are familiar with the image of Silicon Valley. I would go one step further – Estonia is better than Silicon Valley because Estonia isContinue Reading
“The president fully supports the Czech Republic’s efforts to reduce the presence of foreign military intelligence on the NATO member state’s territory and stands in solidarity with the Czech government over the steps it has taken,” Asta Skaisgiryte told LRT Radio. “The Czech government has asked for solidarity from itsContinue Reading
STM arvioi koronaepidemian tilannetta käsitelleessä tilaisuudessa, että vappua on syytä viettää varovaisuutta noudattaen kuten viimekin vuonna.Continue Reading
“On April 9, our department received information that coronavirus cases with the E484 mutation have been detected in Anyksciai District,” Birute Sapkauskiene, director of the Utena department of the National Public Health Center (NPHC), told BNS. “We have no information yet as to what strain of the virus it is.Continue Reading
The government at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday approved gradual relaxing of restrictions, spokespeople for the government said. The first restrictions to be relaxed from April 26 are those imposed on outdoor exercising and training activities and hobby education. From May 3, general education schools will partially open and theContinue Reading
Suomen olympiakomitea kertoi keskiviikkona, että vankeustuomion saanut kilpapurjehtija Janne Järvinen ei lähde edustamaan Suomea Tokion olympialaisiin. Kilpapurjehtija Janne Järvinen varmisti maaliskuun lopussa Sinem Kurtbayn kanssa Nacra 17 -luokassa Suomelle maapaikan kesällä käytäviin Tokion olympiakisoihin. Olympiakomitean huippu-urheiluyksikkö kuitenkin esitti, että Kurtbay lähtee kisoihin Akseli Keskisen kanssa. Olympiakomitean hallitus hyväksyi esityksen. KeskinenContinue Reading
Danmark slutar använda Astra Zenecas vaccin på grund av risken för allvarlig biverkning med blodpropp. De som har fått en första dos kommer nu att erbjudas ett annat vaccin för dos två. Det svensk-brittiska vaccinet är omdiskuterat och har utretts efter att flera länder rapporterat om en allvarlig form avContinue Reading
Norske soldater i Irak fikk covid-vaksinen fra Johnson & Johnson. Nå er vaksinen stanset i USA. Før påske ble rundt 30 norske soldater ved Ain al-Assad-basen i Anbar-provinsen i Irak vaksinert mot covid-19. Vaksinen hadde de fått av amerikanerne. Forsvarets operative hovedkvarter (FOH) opplyser til Forsvarets forum at vaksinen erContinue Reading