Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation, warns that Finland’s target of reaching carbon neutrality by 2035 may be slipping out of reach due to the declining ability of the nation’s forests to soak up carbon from the air. The former head of the Finnish Meteorological Institute was interviewedContinue Reading
Finland’s longest-serving MP, Ben Zyskowicz of the opposition National Coalition Party, was attacked while campaigning for the election in Itäkeskus, eastern Helsinki, shortly before noon on Saturday. Video footage first published by the tabloid Iltalehti on Saturday showed him being knocked to the ground by a man who was quicklyContinue Reading
The Barents area is the fastest warming place on the planet. A new study shows that the warming is happening twice as fast as previously thought. The Barents area is the fastest warming place on the planet. A new study shows that the warming is happening twice as fast asContinue Reading
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he was confident that Finland would become a fully-fledged member of the alliance before mid-May. Finland will likely become an official member of Nato before Turkey’s parliamentary and presidential elections on 14 May, the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. “Based on whatContinue Reading
By Max Hastings A military friend of mine recently visited a relatively honestly governed African state. He asked its president why he does not support the West on Ukraine. His host answered: “I can’t see what’s different between what Russia is doing there and what the West did in Iraq.” We couldContinue Reading
Finland does not currently have a well-functioning healthcare system that can treat all patients equally and in a timely fashion. That’s the majority view of parliamentary party leaders, as revealed during Yle’s election debate on Monday evening. Eight out of nine leaders answered in the negative when debate moderator AnnikaContinue Reading
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö told Swedish public broadcaster SVT (siirryt toiseen palveluun) on Sunday that he did not believe that Sweden’s chances of joining Nato had weakened after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey’s parliament would start ratifying Finland’s accession. Since applying for membership, Finnish leaders have emphasisedContinue Reading
Turkey plans to ratify Finland’s application to join Nato, but independently from Sweden’s bid, ahead of Turkish parliamentary and presidential elections in mid-May, according to Reuters. On Wednesday, Reuters cited two Turkish officials saying that the Turkish parliament is “highly likely to ratify Finland’s Nato bid before it closes inContinue Reading
According to Kusti Salm, secretary general at the Estonian Ministry of Defense and Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) division commander Major General Veiko-Vello Palm, one of the main lessons of the war in Ukraine is that Estonia’s ammunition stocks are in need of major replenishment. “‘Security’ is the keyword of recentContinue Reading
Finland’s electricity pricing system led to consumers paying more than they should have during the second half of 2022, according to an Aalto University professor. The energy crisis cost Finnish households an additional five billion euros, according to a study by Yle’s investigative journalism unit MOT. Between July and DecemberContinue Reading