The meeting of EU prime ministers and heads of state held virtually on February 27-28 concentrated primarily on combating the coronavirus. What is the Council’s estimation of when will Europe have enough vaccines? No specific date was suggested. Everyone expressed their concern regarding this issue. The question being asked isContinue Reading
Estonia and Latvia have shared renewables targets. Latvia and Estonia both want to achieve full energy independence from Russia, said Latvian President Egils Levits after the meeting with Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid. In four years from now, in 2025, the Baltic power grids will be synchronized with Western Europe, heContinue Reading
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte says it’s too soon to speak about the introduction of the “green pass”, being considered at the EU level, in Lithuania until a significant part of the country’s population is not vaccinated against the coronavirus. In her words, the main condition for such a documentContinue Reading
Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitoksen (THL) tilastojen mukaan Suomessa raportoitiin keskiviikkona 797 uutta koronavirustartuntaa. Suomessa on raportoitu nyt yhteensä 59 442 koronavirustartuntaa. Eniten tartuntoja tuli ilmi Helsingissä (218 uutta tartuntaa), Vantaalla (96), Turussa (66), Espoossa (59) ja Raumalla (55). TARKEMPIA TIETOJA Suomen ja maailman tilanteesta löytyy alla olevista, yleensä kerran päivässä päivittyvistäContinue Reading
Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) has called on people to avoid going to indoor leisure facilities, even though those facilities are still open. “I make this appeal for three weeks. Even if the facilities were open, I wouldn’t go to places where I’d meet other people. We must avoid allContinue Reading
Poliisi tutkii tiistaina aamupäivästä Kangasniemellä tapahtunutta henkirikosta. Poliisi kertoo saaneensa aamulla yhdeksän jälkeen tehtävän Kangasniemelle, jossa yksityisasunnon pihalla oli ilmoittajan mukaan menossa pahoinpitely. Paikalle lähetettiin useampi poliisin partio, koska tapahtumapaikalla oli tiettävästi useampia henkilöitä. Tapahtumapaikalla virkavaltaa odotti eloton mies. Asiaa tutkittaessa ulkopaikkakuntalaisen miehen todettiin menehtyneen häneen kohdistetun väkivallan seurauksena. PoliisiContinue Reading
Sweden’s novel approach to tackling the coronavirus pandemic has drawn both praise and fierce criticism, not just inside the Scandinavian country, but across the Western world. The country has so far resisted going into lockdown, unlike the rest of Europe, even during the peak of its second wave over Christmas.Continue Reading
”Sveriges säkerhetspolitiska linje ligger fast. Vår militära alliansfrihet tjänar oss väl.”, inledde Ann Linde i sin utrikesdeklaration till de fyra borgerliga partiernas och SD:s stora besvikelse. Det är samma formulering som förra året. Men riksdagen har för ett par månader sedan i praktiken tagit avstånd från Lindes beskrivning. Under mångaContinue Reading
Kaja Kallas, who become Prime Minister in January, began her first official state visit to Finland on Friday. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas called on the Finnish government to ease restrictions prohibiting Estonian workers from travelling to Finland during an official state visit on Friday. Kallas said that Estonian citizensContinue Reading
The State Department green-lighted the sale of rocket systems to Finland, which it called “a trusted partner”. The US State Department has approved the sale of extended range guided multiple-launch rocket systems and related equipment to Finland. The estimated cost is 91.2 million dollars or about 76 million euros, accordingContinue Reading