Lithuania’s European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius on Sunday announced his decision to leave the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union. “I have made a long-brewing decision to terminate my LFGU membership,” the politician posted on Facebook. Up until now, his LFGU membership has been suspended until he works at the European Commission.Continue Reading
The Southwest Finland police department said on Friday that it had released one of the suspects believed to be members of a far-right terror cell in the town of Kankaanpää. Last Friday, Satakunta District Court remanded five men, aged 23-26, on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack. This was theContinue Reading
Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) appears to have disregarded her own government’s guidelines regarding suspected coronavirus exposure incidents. The guidelines, which were updated less than two weeks ago, recommend that ministers avoid contact with others as soon as they become aware of having been exposed to an infected individual. TheyContinue Reading
Sweden’s newly appointed Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson is visiting Finland on Wednesday at the invitation of Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP). The official visit marks Andersson’s first trip abroad as prime minister, and maintains the tradition that the premiers of Finland and Sweden meet each other soon after taking office.Continue Reading
A British ex-serviceman is suing the defense ministry in that country for £860,000 (over €1 million) by way of compensation he is claiming over a severe speech impediment he says the cold winter in Estonia has left him with, British paper the Daily Mail reports. The former sapper, Chileshe Mwamba,Continue Reading
Helsinki Police Department faced its biggest operation of the year as four different demonstrations or processions passed through the city centre on Independence Day. The first protest of the day was organised by far right group Suomi herää (or ‘Finland Awakes’) and departed from the Aleksis Kivi statue at 3pm,Continue Reading
The organization Energi Norge believes that the state should repay a significant part of its profit on the high electricity prices back to consumers. According to the organization, the state is expected to earn around NOK 11 billion more than normal from the extraordinarily high electricity prices this year inContinue Reading
The delegation of the foreign affairs committee of the Estonian parliament visited Washington, D.C. to meet with members of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States, according to committee chairman Marko Mihkelson, security assistance to the Baltic states should remain at least on the current level.Continue Reading
JCL is also “astonished and disturbed” by announcements by the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, as if Jews and other ethnic minorities of Lithuania are suffering here in Lithuania from “serious discrimination” etc. “Lithuania is a democratic country that respects its Jewish citizens and treats all its citizens equally.Continue Reading
Itsenäisyyspäivää juhlitaan tänään perinteisesti arvokkaissa tunnelmissa, mutta koronarajoitukset vaikuttavat tapahtumiin monin tavoin. Lipunnosto aloittaa päivän juhlallisuudet Itsenäisyyspäivän vietto Helsingissä alkaa perinteisellä lipunnostolla Tähtitorninmäellä. Voit katsoa tilaisuuden suorana klikkaamalla tämän artikkelin ylimmäistä kuvaa. Perinteisen itsenäisyyspäivän lippupuheen pitää tänä vuonna eduskunnan puhemies Anu Vehviläinen. Kuorolaulusta vastaa Viipurin lauluveikkot ja lipun nostosta NMKY:nContinue Reading