Some 1,500 young people have been left without a study place after finishing their basic schooling this year, according to the Finnish National Agency for Education. The final figure for this year will be known at the end of August when institutions have to inform municipalities how many young peopleContinue Reading
With new Covid-19 cases rising in Estonia again, the government has this week discussed possible new restrictions to limit the spread of the dangerous disease. This time, only restrictions to unvaccinated people are under discussion. The Estonian government considered possible directions of action in a sitting on Thursday, July 23.Continue Reading
The Lithuanian Migration Department is currently unable to process asylum applications within 10 days due to its heavy workload, the authority’s director said on Thursday. “[Ten days] will not be sufficient, because there are so many applications, and we do not have so many employees, but we have started preparationsContinue Reading
A total of 44 new COVID-19 cases were uncovered in Latvia in the last 24 hours, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 138 344 since spring 2020. The latest public data for Estonia reports 132 180 confirmed coronavirus patients. 121 new patients were registered in the past day.Continue Reading
Helsinki is one of the greatest places in the world, according to Time magazine’s 2021 list. The capital of Finland was hailed as one of 100 extraordinary destinations to explore as a city that is becoming “a burgeoning art hot spot.” This is Time’s third annual greatest places list. TheContinue Reading
Oslon katedraalissa pidetään muistojumalanpalvelus Anders Behring Breivikin 77 uhrille. Norjan pääministeri Erna Solberg pitää puheen, ja kuningasperhe laskee seppeleen uhreille. Tuomiokirkossa muistojumalanpalvelus kello 12 Oslon tuomiokirkossa pidetään uhrien muistojumalanpalvelus kello 12 Suomen aikaa. Tuomiokirkon muistojumalanpalveluksen saarnan pitää piispa Kari Veiteberg ja entinen pääministeri Jens Stoltenberg pitää puheen. Norjan kuningas HaraldContinue Reading
The collective labor dispute between the Estonian Nurses’ Union (EÕL) and employers is showing no signs of nearing a solution as even the public conciliator failed to bring about a compromise. Negotiations between nurses and employers were held between June of last year and March and got nowhere. The disputeContinue Reading
“Those vaccines that are already in possession of healthcare institutions, they cannot be taken, and those receiving countries would not be able to accept them,” Anzelika Oraite of the Health Ministry told BNS. Her comment came in response to Lithuania’s preparations to donate coronavirus vaccines to Eastern Partnership countries andContinue Reading
Latvia must earmark budget funds to strengthen its eastern border, President Egils Levits said in an interview with Riga TV24 channel on Wednesday. Commenting on the Baltic presidents’ stance on eastern neighbors – Belarus and Russia, Levits said that Belarus is currently using migrants as a weapon against Lithuania, whichContinue Reading
The latest chapter in Reps’ embezzlement scandal that came to light on Sunday sent the Center Party into a state of shock for a few days. The party brass discussed the incident informally on Monday, while a party board meeting was held online on Tuesday. Reps did not participate. AfterContinue Reading