Why does Estonia need nuclear energy?
Estonia will face critical electricity shortage soon if any concrete actions to improve the circumstances are not taken, writes Henri Ormus, a nuclear energy expert and a co-founder of Fermi Energia – a company that is proposing to build small nuclear energy plants in the country. First, most of theContinue Reading
Lithuania plans no further foreign travel restrictions
People are advised to think very carefully whether it is necessary for them to travel, Simonyte noted. “However, a returning person must have a negative test and self-isolate for a certain period of time on return and if they follow these rules, the government currently isn’t inclined to propose anyContinue Reading
Better to prevent children from getting Covid-19 – medic
Although children infected with Covid-19 usually suffer mild to moderate symptoms, it is better to avoid such a scenario, as there are often after effects, said pediatrician Dana Isarova, acting head of the Infection Control Service at the Children’s Clinical University Hospital. Isarova said that in more severe cases, childrenContinue Reading
Jaani: Police will not abuse authority
Chairman of the opposition Conservative People’s Party (EKRE), Vice President of the Riigikogu Martin Helme and Minister of the Interior Kristian Jaani disagreed on the necessity of amendments to the Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Act (NETS) on the “Otse Postimehest” webcast. Helme described the bill as seeking a policeContinue Reading
Suomalais-venäläinen pariskunta kyllästyi Suomen hitaaseen rokotustahtiin ja haki Sputnikit Venäjältä: “Haluamme elää vapaammin emmekä odottaa”
Osa Suomessa asuvista Suomen ja Venäjän kaksoiskansalaisista käy kotiseudullaan Venäjällä hakemassa koronarokotuksen. Näin teki esimerkiksi Kotkassa asuva eläkeläispariskunta Raisa Moukha ja Juri Gippoev. He kävivät jo tammikuussa hakemassa venäläisen Sputnik V -rokotuksen kotiseudultaan Petroskoista Karjalan tasavallasta. Syynä oli mahdollisuus saada rokotus nopeammin kuin Suomessa. – Se oli yksinkertaisempaa ja helpomminContinue Reading
As Finland’s state of emergency prolongs, police see rise in domestic calls
Police, he said, received around 1,800–2,000 domestic calls a week in February and March, representing an increase from all but a couple of weeks last spring. The weekly number of domestic calls usually ranges from 1,200 to 1,700. He estimated that a factor contributing to the increase in domestic callsContinue Reading
Why US leadership in US is important to Latvia?
The United States’ leadership in NATO is important to Latvia, Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (New Unity) told US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Wednesday. As LETA was told at the Foreign Ministry, the foreign ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia met with Blinken during a meeting of NATO foreignContinue Reading
Major increase in Pfizer vaccine deliveries expected in Lithuania in April
In her words, an increase of around 40 percent could be expected in April. “If we now have some 40,000, so we can expect an increase of around 40 percent,” she said, adding that these are preliminary figures based on what the producer is now presenting. Meanwhile, the shipment expectedContinue Reading
Experts consider summer lockdown messages unsuccessful
An unvarnished and direct tone but hardly effective in the current situation, Vootele Päi, consultant for communication group Corpore, said. This kind of “twitching” suggests that those in charge of crisis management are panicking and on the verge losing control and a sense for reality. “The prime minister’s messages willContinue Reading
Twitter ottaa osan vastuusta loppiaisen mellakkaan johtaneesta väärän tiedon leviämisestä – Facebookin mukaan vastuu tapahtuneesta on Trumpilla ja mellakoitsijoilla
Sosiaalisen median alusta Twitter myöntää olleensa osin vastuussa väärän tiedon leviämisessä, mikä johti loppiaisen mellakkaan Yhdysvaltain kongressitalolla, kertoo CNN (siirryt toiseen palveluun). – On otettava myös huomioon laajempi ekosysteemi. Kyse ei ole vain teknologia-alustoista, joita käytämme, Twitterin toimitusjohtaja Jack Dorsey sanoi uutistoimisto Bloombergin mukaan (siirryt toiseen palveluun). Teknologiayritykset Twitter, FacebookContinue Reading