The National Coalition Party (NCP), which topped the poll at last month’s municipal elections, is also the most popular party in Parliament, according to the results of Yle’s latest voter survey. With 19.8 percent voter support, the NCP just edged out Prime Minister Sanna Marin‘s Social Democratic Party (SDP), onContinue Reading
Another 542 people were diagnosed with Covid-19 in Denmark on Tuesday – some 60 percent more than Monday’s total number of new cases. Another 542 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in Denmark in the past 24 hours, according to figures from the Statens Serum Institut (SSI). This is anContinue Reading
Det nyinköpta luftvärnssystemet Patriot från USA gör det möjligt att skjuta ner ballistiska robotar som avfyras mot Sverige Patriot kan kopplas upp till grannar i Nato som har samma system. USA:s arméchef för Europa Christopher Cavoli säger i en DN-intervju att detta innebär ”en stor möjlighet för Sverige”.Continue Reading
Sweden has promised an additional over $10 million in humanitarian aid for northeast Syria (Rojava). The pledge came from Sweden’s foreign minister when she met a visiting Kurdish delegation this week. Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ann Linde received in Stockholm on Thursday the Rojava delegation including Bedran Chiya Ali,Continue Reading
Latvian Health Minister Daniels Pavļuts (For Development/For) explained in a government press conference that in warehouses in Latvia, there are enough vaccines against Covid-19, so it was decided to donate Astra Zeneca vaccines to the five countries. «We can win the fight against this pandemic together and in full solidarityContinue Reading
In Latvia, from the next school year, the lowest rate of the monthly salary for general education teachers will be raised to 830 euros and for pre-school teachers to 872 euros, the Latvian government has decided. On Tuesday, July 6, the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers adopted the proposal to raiseContinue Reading
Evelina Gudzinskaite, director of the department, says it now takes three weeks to process an asylum request and the period will get longer due to the fact that over one hundred new migrants a day have been arriving in Lithuania in recent days. “Processing itself will take longer and theyContinue Reading
Migration pressure on Estonia is low, the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) and the Ministry of the Interior assured Postimees. “The migration situation has not significantly changed on Estonia’s border at present, but it would be short-sighted to ignore the events in Lithuania. It is important to understand thatContinue Reading
Stefan Löfven on nousemassa uudestaan Ruotsin pääministeriksi. Hän on ilmoittanut haluavansa muodostaa vähemmistöhallituksen yhdessä ympäristöpuolueen kanssa. Vasemmistopuolue ja keskustapuolue ovat luvanneet tukea hallitusta, jolloin se voisi saada niukimman mahdollisen enemmistön valtiopäivien tämänpäiväisessä äänestyksessä. Löfvenin uuden hallituksen tiellä on kuitenkin vakavia ongelmia. Löfvenin hallituksen tuki valtiopäivillä on äärimmäisen niukka. Hän joutuuContinue Reading
Den årligen återkommande större marinövningen Baltic Operations, idag väl mer känd under det kortare och mer använda Baltops, genomförs i år för femtionde gången. Deltagande styrkor kommer från inte mindre än 16 Natoländer: Belgien, Danmark, Estland, Frankrike, Italien, Kanada, Lettland, Litauen, Nederländerna, Norge, Polen, Spanien, Storbritannien, Turkiet, Tyskland och USA.Continue Reading