Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto says that there is still a chance for a diplomatic resolution to the Ukraine crisis. Finland will not send weapons to Ukraine as it faces the possibility of an invasion by Russia, says Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green). Speaking on Yle TV1’s breakfast television showContinue Reading
The chair of parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Mika Niikko (Finns), was forced to explain his comments on Twitter that appeared to contradict Finland’s foreign policy positions. He had suggested that French President Emmanuel Macron, or someone else, should state publicly that Ukraine would not join Nato. He soon deleted theContinue Reading
A few dozen demonstrators were still on hand across the street from Parliament on Wednesday when the protest was originally scheduled to end. The Convoy Finland 2022 movement brought protesters to Helsinki on Friday with a list of demands calling for an end to Covid mandates, cheaper petrol and dieselContinue Reading
Finns Party chair Riikka Purra says rising prices are significantly weakening the purchasing power of low and middle-income earners. The opposition Finns Party has announced it will file an interpellation, the first move towards a vote of no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP), over theContinue Reading
Stockholm: Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and members of the Nordic country’s indigenous Sami community on Saturday protested against a possible iron ore mine in northern Sweden. The government is next month to decide whether to greenlight the controversial project led by UK firm Beowulf, which has promised to createContinue Reading
Scandinavia is expected to become free of almost all COVID restrictions – with Sweden reportedly due to announce it will join Denmark and Norway in abandoning virus-related rules. Sweden’s prime minister is set to announce that all mandatory coronavirus regulations will be removed by 9 February, according to Expressen. TheContinue Reading
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held talks in Helsinki on Friday with Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP). The two met at the prime minister’s residence to discuss issues including the security situation in Europe. Speaking briefly to reporters outside afterwards, they stressed the importance of maintaining a dialogueContinue Reading
Voter support for the opposition Finns Party has nosedived in Yle’s latest monthly survey. The Riikka Purra-led party received 15 percent backing in the parliamentary election poll, a drop of 3.3 percentage points from the last comparable survey. However, the party remained in third place overall, although it has fallenContinue Reading
Puolustusvoimien mukaan eristyksiin ja karanteeneihin soveltuvia tiloja löytyy joukko-osastoissa vain rajoitetusti. Esimerkiksi Porin prikaatissa tilanne on kuitenkin hyvä. Korona on iskenyt varusmiesten arkeen entistä rajummin, sillä tartuntamäärät ovat nousussa myös Puolustusvoimissa. Samaan aikaan anonyymin keskustelusovelluksen Jodelin intti-kanavalla käy keskustelu kuumana varusmiesten epäoikeudenmukaisesta kohtelusta karanteenissa ja muutenkin korona-aikana. Vastaavanlaista keskustelua onContinue Reading
State-owned energy firm Eesti Energia has signed a long-term purchase agreement with clean energy generator Octopus Renewables, acquiring with it a major wind farm in Finland, over a five-year term starting this year. Margus Vals, Eesti Energia board member, said that: “This is another landmark deal which brings more green energyContinue Reading