Latvia still has much to do in preparing recovery plan for submission to European Commission – Dombrovskis
Latvia still has much to do in order to submit its application for the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility to the European Commission, said European Commission vice president Valdis Dombrovskis (New Unity). “Negotiations among Latvia’s representations and responsible European Commission’s services have launched. The first observation is that plan meetsContinue Reading
Kristo Erikson: Middle-aged people with severe cases arriving in ICUs
Head of the Intensive Care Center of the North Estonia Medical Center (PERH) Kristo Erikson says that Estonia should impose a lockdown as the country is on course for a situation where hospitals will no longer be able to help everyone in need. How serious is the situation in hospitalsContinue Reading
Chancellor of Lithuanian president’s office and spokesman resign
Agila Barzdiene will take over from Budryte as the chancellor, and Raminta Stanaityte-Cesniuliene, spokeswoman for former Finance Minister Vilius Sapoka, will replace Ridas Jasiulionis as head of the president’s communication group. Jasiulionis will coordinate the presidential office’s cooperation with public organizations. Budryte, who headed Nauseda’s presidential election campaign headquarters, isContinue Reading
Timo Soini to leave municipal politics after 20 years
The former Finns Party leader and ex-Foreign Minister wrote on his blog on Thursday that he will not run for office in April’s municipal elections. “All good things come to an end,” he wrote. The veteran politician expressed concern about whether his hometown district of Iiveniemi will have its ownContinue Reading
Presidentti Halonen vahvistaa MTV:n uutisille: Venäjä tarjosi Suomen käyttöön Sputnik V -koronarokotteen valmistusteknologiaa
Presidentti Tarja Halonen vahvisti torstaina MTV:n uutisille (siirryt toiseen palveluun) Venäjän tarjonneen Suomen käyttöön Sputnik V -koronarokotteen valmistusteknologiaa. Halonen oli MTV:n uutisten mukaan ollut yhteydessä Venäjän parlamentin ylähuoneen puheenjohtajaan Valentina Matvijenkoon Maailman terveysjärjestön WHO:n pyynnöstä. WHO:n pyyntö liittyi Sputnik-rokotteen hyväksyntäprosessiin, ei tuotantoteknologian toimittamiseen. – Kiitin tiedosta ja sanoin, että minullaContinue Reading
Prime Minister Kaja Kallas: Estonia has been approached for vaccines
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
Levits: Latvia and Estonia both want to achieve full energy independence from Russia
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
Simonyte: too soon to speak about “green pass” without proper vaccination
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
Tartuntatilanne keskiviikkona Suomessa
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
Marin: ‘Please don’t go out, even if places are open’
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