The looming coronavirus winter will likely not see a second Baltic bubble, while there is a clear dividing line between the Baltics, skeptical of government messages, and the rest of Europe, President Alar Karis tells Postimees in an interview. You highlighted several important avenues of cooperation, such as cybersecurity andContinue Reading
The emergence and spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), have been one of the defining global health crises of this century. As a result, the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World HealthContinue Reading
Latvia will be in “lockdown” for a month from Thursday as the government tries to bring the coronavirus situation under control and relieve pressure on the healthcare system, Latvia’s public broadcaster LSM reported on Monday. New restrictions include non-essential store closures and a curfew between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m.Continue Reading
Autumn holiday travellers should think twice before booking a trip to the Baltics, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) warns. Case numbers have been rising in the area exponentially; the incidence rate in Estonia alone has shot up to 1,200 cases a day. Viking Line’s communications director JohannaContinue Reading
Finland’s rate of inflation, or the year-on-year change in consumer prices, rose to 2.2 percent in August, according to preliminary data published on Tuesday by Statistics Finland. The corresponding figure in July was 1.9 percent, and the latest figures continue this year’s trend of a monthly year-on-year increase in Finland’sContinue Reading
Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District’s (HUS) Chief Physician Asko Järvinen has called the government’s new Covid hybrid strategy “confusing” during an interview on Yle TV1’s breakfast show Ylen aamu. Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) announced on Monday that her cabinet had approved a revised strategy, which will allow for theContinue Reading
Getting to 90% of fully vaccinated people in Norway is an ambition, not a prerequisite for returning to normal everyday life, Minister of Health Bent Høie (H) stated. The health authorities’ overarching goal is to limit the spread of infection and keep the disease burden low until 90% of theContinue Reading
Last week, the top news in Lithuania were the call by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda to achieve a 90% Covid-19 vaccination coverage and the International Monetary Fund’s warning about the Lithuanian economy’s possible overheating. President calls for 90 percent vaccination target President Gitanas Nausėda said on Monday, August 30, thatContinue Reading
Like many other immigrants, Kimberley Gowdy, an American who lives in Lahti, is highly educated. She has studied linguistics and, as part of her professional history, been a university educator, an expert in e-products, a translator and business analyst. She is fluent in English, Spanish and French. In Finland, however,Continue Reading
The global oil market is gradually recovering from the crisis caused by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. The increase in demand for oil, followed by restrictions cancellation in different countries, is natural and causes “black gold” supply shortages. Hence the need to increase oil production by the key exporters (Saudi Arabia,Continue Reading