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Statsminister Sanna Marin (SDP) skriver att Ryssland bör agera som det anstår en demokrati.

Finlands statsminister Sanna Marin (SDP) kräver att den gripna, ryska oppositionspolitikern Aleksej Navalnyj friges. President Sauli Niinistö säger till tidningen Helsingin Sanomat att han ska ta upp saken i ett samtal med Vladimir Putin. President Sauli Niinistö säger till tidningen att han har tagit initiativ till ett telefonsamatal med denContinue Reading

Mikko Koskinen meddelar på Facebook att han avgår som statsministerns statssekreterare.

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Statsminister Sanna Marins statssekreterare Mikko Koskinen avgår, skriver nyhetsbyrån STT. Koskinen meddelar om sitt beslut i ett inlägg på Facebook. I inlägget skriver Koskinen att han, efter noggrant övervägande, valt att lämna sin post på grund av familjeskäl. Han vill tillbringa mera tid med sina barn, speciellt sin nyfödda son.Continue Reading

USS Nimitz utanför Oman på väg in i Persiska viken

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USA:s försvarsministerium Pentagon har överraskande beordrat hem hangarfartyget Nimitz från Persiska viken. USS Nimitz är som bäst nära iranska farvatten där fartyget har hållits som en avskräckning mot eventuella attacker från Iran. Den tillförordnade försvarsministern Christopher Miller motiverar bortdragandet med att det ska ses som en gest av avspänning påContinue Reading

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Blott 20 dagar före president Donald Trumps mandatperiod tar slut har den republikanledda senaten riktat en stark markering mot honom. Trump hade lagt in sitt veto mot nästa års militärbudget, men för första gången under hans tid som president gick partikollegorna emot honom och hävde hans veto. Senaten samlades tillContinue Reading

Sauli Niinistö delivered the president's traditional New Year’s address on Friday

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President Sauli Niinistö addressed pandemic fatigue in his New Year’s speech on Friday, urging people to find the strength to carry on. He said hardship stemming from the virus was far from over despite vaccines beginning to roll out. Touching on vaccine hesitancy, Niinistö said vaccines will only improve theContinue Reading

The Finnish Constitution stipulates every male Finnish citizen is obligated to participate in national defence.

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Less than one-third of 25 to 34-year-olds support the national conscription as it currently is. Finns’ support for conscription and national defence has decreased, according to a survey by The Advisory Board of Defence Information (MTS). Just over half (52 percent) of respondents believe Finland’s defence system should be basedContinue Reading

Extinction Rebellion activists protested by stopping traffic in central Helsinki in October before they were moved on by police using pepper spray.

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Demonstrators were removed from the street after they sat down and blocked traffic. Several police are being investigated over claims of breach of official duties, but prosecutors have now added assault suspicions to their preliminary investigation into police actions to end a demonstration by climate activists that blocked traffic forContinue Reading

Taneli Puumalainen, chief physician at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

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The first batches of coronavirus vaccine may be delivered to Finland later this month, according to Taneli Puumalainen, chief physician at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). Interviewed on Yle TV1 on Saturday, Puumalainen said that the initial doses will probably arrive between Christmas and New Year’s afterContinue Reading