A major political storm is brewing in Lithuania concerning a barbed wire tender from Estonia. Critics say that the Lithuanian government wasted taxpayer money when it procured barbed wire from Estonia for double the market price. The Estonian side considers the matter to be a political struggle inside Lithuania. EstoniaContinue Reading
In his first speech to the Riigikogu, President Alar Karis said that an intelligent people had been one of his ideals before he became president. “I also specified that the measure of intelligence and scholarship is not the number of degrees issued, but the ability to utilize knowledge and getContinue Reading
Helsinki police have admitted that they failed to correctly assess the security threat posed by the Elokapina climate demonstration at the Government Palace on Friday, and that there were failures in their communications about the event. The Deputy Commissioner of the Helsinki Police, Heikki Kopperoinen, told Yle on Sunday thatContinue Reading
The Finnish Coast Guard has launched seven criminal investigations after migrants who crossed the Belarusian border were found in Finland. Some had arrived on ferries from Estonia. Newspaper Ilta-Sanomat reported on Thursday that some of the migrants had arrived on passenger ferries and were hidden in the trunks of cars. TheContinue Reading
Perussuomalaisten puheenjohtajan Riikka Purran ja perussuomalaisten mielestä Suomen rajalliset resurssit pitäisi kohdistaa omien vähäosaisten ja apua tarvitsevien auttamiseen. – Maan ulkopuolisista ja maailman parantamiseen liittyvistä hankkeista ei nyt ole syytä etsiä lisää menokohteita, perussuomalaisten puheenjohtaja Riikka Purra sanoo. Purran mielestä myös Suomen velan kasvu ja alijäämä edellyttävät tarkkaa talouspolitiikkaa, jossaContinue Reading
Yle’s latest monthly voter survey sees the opposition National Coalition Party (NCP) retain its lead at the top of the poll, but Prime Minister Sanna Marin‘s Social Democratic Party (SDP) has closed the gap. Although still the most popular party, the NCP saw its backing among voters drop in theContinue Reading
Election promises to be reflected in next year’s budget The Reform Party wants to start by abolishing the kindergarten place fee. The party also promises to find money for activity accounts for pensioners in next year’s budget. Urban space investments are another promise. Candidate for mayor Kristen Michal said thatContinue Reading
Ruotsin kansanterveysviranomaisen mukaan sivuvaikutuksen riski on hyvin pieni. THL:n ylilääkäri Hanna Nohynekin mukaan Suomessa on tehty Modernan rokotteesta samankaltaisia havaintoja kuin Ruotsissa. Ruotsissa keskeytetään Modernan koronarokotteiden käyttö vuonna 1991 ja sen jälkeen syntyneillä, kertoo Ruotsin kansanterveysvirasto. Syynä ovat merkit sydänlihaksen tai sydänpussin tulehduksen suuremmasta riskistä rokotteen sivuvaikutuksena. Riski on virastonContinue Reading
Finland’s agricultural sector will need state assistance to recover from a “dangerous” economic crisis, according to the Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK). The prices of fertilizer, animal feed and energy have all risen rapidly and unpredictably during the past year, significantly increasing production costs. Furthermore, theContinue Reading
The European Union (EU) shall look for ways to reduce dependence on China, in particular by concentrating manufacturing in Europe or cooperating with the countries sharing similar values, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has said. “The European Union follows a three-dimensional approach towards China and treats that country, firstly, as aContinue Reading