Norjan terrori-iskuista on tänään kymmenen vuotta – 77 uhria muistetaan useissa tilaisuuksissa
Oslon katedraalissa pidetään muistojumalanpalvelus Anders Behring Breivikin 77 uhrille. Norjan pääministeri Erna Solberg pitää puheen, ja kuningasperhe laskee seppeleen uhreille. Tuomiokirkossa muistojumalanpalvelus kello 12 Oslon tuomiokirkossa pidetään uhrien muistojumalanpalvelus kello 12 Suomen aikaa. Tuomiokirkon muistojumalanpalveluksen saarnan pitää piispa Kari Veiteberg ja entinen pääministeri Jens Stoltenberg pitää puheen. Norjan kuningas HaraldContinue Reading
Estonian Nurses’ Union (EÕL) mulling strike
The collective labor dispute between the Estonian Nurses’ Union (EÕL) and employers is showing no signs of nearing a solution as even the public conciliator failed to bring about a compromise. Negotiations between nurses and employers were held between June of last year and March and got nowhere. The disputeContinue Reading
Lithuania to donate part of vaccines
“Those vaccines that are already in possession of healthcare institutions, they cannot be taken, and those receiving countries would not be able to accept them,” Anzelika Oraite of the Health Ministry told BNS. Her comment came in response to Lithuania’s preparations to donate coronavirus vaccines to Eastern Partnership countries andContinue Reading
Latvian President notes necessity to earmark budget funds to strengthen borders
Latvia must earmark budget funds to strengthen its eastern border, President Egils Levits said in an interview with Riga TV24 channel on Wednesday. Commenting on the Baltic presidents’ stance on eastern neighbors – Belarus and Russia, Levits said that Belarus is currently using migrants as a weapon against Lithuania, whichContinue Reading
Reps playing hide and seek with the people of Estonia
The latest chapter in Reps’ embezzlement scandal that came to light on Sunday sent the Center Party into a state of shock for a few days. The party brass discussed the incident informally on Monday, while a party board meeting was held online on Tuesday. Reps did not participate. AfterContinue Reading
Helsinki region allows shorter Covid jab interval, ministry urges other towns to do the same
Residents of the Helsinki region can now bring forward appointments to receive their second dose of Covid vaccine by four weeks, shortening the interval between doses from 12 to eight. Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa councils now say that residents can get their second dose between eight and twelve weeks afterContinue Reading
Media: Lithuanian firm supplied equipment to power plant construction in Crimea, violated EU sanctions
A Kaunas-based company that is linked to Russia has breached EU sanctions and supplied equipment to the construction of power plants in the Russian-annexed peninsular of Crimea, according to Rūta Juknevičiūtė, LRT Investigation Team, Mikhail Maglov, Russian anti-corruption website Scanner project, Ivanna Trutnenko and US broadcaster RFE/RL. In the KaunasContinue Reading
Luik: Defense of small countries remains a NATO principle
Diplomat Jüri Luik, who has also held several prominent political positions in the last 30 years, is being considered for president. Our conversation did not linger on the topic long, however, as Luik said that to the best of his knowledge, corresponding political consultations are ongoing and not public. HeContinue Reading
Valmet Automotive to make solar-powered vehicles in Uusikaupunki
Finnish automation systems giant, Valmet Automotive, is set to begin manufacturing solar-powered electric cars in Uusikaupunki starting next spring. Valmet Automotive forged a preliminary agreement with Dutch firm Lightyear, due to be confirmed in August. Under the agreement, Valmet will manufacture a few hundred vehicles belonging to a limited seriesContinue Reading
Regjeringen: Datainnbruddet i Stortingets e-postsystem ble gjennomført fra Kina
Kinesiske hackere sto bak datainnbruddet mot Stortinget. Det fastslår utenriksminister Ine Eriksen Søreide (H). Både USA og Nato går ut med samme anklage. Utenriksministeren har kalt inn Kinas ambassadør på teppet etter datainnbruddet i Stortingets e-postsystemer tidligere i år. Stortinget varslet 10. mars om datainnbrudd i sine e-postsystemer. Innbruddet bleContinue Reading