Finland’s Interior Minister and chair of the Green Party Maria Ohisalo has demanded that the government’s coalition partners make the necessary decisions on climate policy during budget negotiations scheduled for the autumn. This includes policies aimed at reducing the amount of emissions from agriculture, Ohisalo added, as Finland seeks toContinue Reading
Petteri Taalas, the Finn who leads the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), said on Monday that the world is on course to miss crucial climate change targets after the publication of the latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Global warming is a rather significant problem inContinue Reading
Police in Turku have launched a preliminary investigation into a mass brawl in the city’s port area on Sunday evening. Tabloid Ilta-Sanomat reported that a fight involving an estimated 20 people broke out in front of the Silja Line terminal at about 6.30pm. Police said they have received one criminalContinue Reading
Last July, nearly 50 unaccompanied children were relocated from Greece to Finland as part of a programme coordinated by the European Commission. Fifteen of them were placed in the Kotka Hybrid Unit for Minors on Finland’s southeast coast. The hybrid unit, established in Kotka a couple of years ago, isContinue Reading
The Union of Upper Secondary School Students has made an appeal to decision makers regarding rumours that the new school year may resume remotely due to the worsening pandemic situation. The independent, student-led group described a return to distance learning as “the worst thing that could happen.” Speaking on Yle’sContinue Reading
The National Coalition Party has expressed “regret” over terminology used in a nine-point immigration policy proposal. Outgoing Finns Party leader Jussi Halla-aho has criticised the National Coalition Party’s (NCP’s) proposal for changes to Finland’s immigration policy as a “populist ploy”. The NCP had expressed “regret” over terminology used in theContinue Reading
There has been a significant increase in the number of young people testing positive for coronavirus over the past two weeks, especially in the 18 to 21-year-old age group, according to the latest figures provided by health agency THL and the Ministry of Health. THL has recorded a total ofContinue Reading
Eeva Ruotsalainen, Deputy Chief Infectious Disease Physician with the Helsinki and Uusimaa hospital district (HUS), told Yle that she is “worried” about the high number of lab-confirmed coronavirus cases reported on Tuesday. “Now is not the time to return to normal, because the coverage provided by two doses of aContinue Reading
Finland’s head of government, Sanna Marin (SDP), is by far the country’s most popular Prime Minister of this century, according to the results of a survey conducted by news group Uutissuomalainen. Roughly one in three respondents favoured Marin as the best PM Finland has had throughout the 2000s, and sheContinue Reading
Japanilaiset ihmettelevät suomalaisten lomien pituutta ja työpaikkojen vähäistä yhteisöllisyyttä, mutta moni haluaa enemmän vapaa-aikaa. Elämän täyttäminen pelkällä työllä kiinnostaa yhä harvempia, kirjoittaa Valkama blogissaan Tokiosta. TOKIO Japanin kielessä on sana karōshi, liialliseen työhön kuoleminen. Sanotaan, että maa on ainoa, jossa termi on yleisessä käytössä. Sana karoshi syntyi jo 1970-luvulla, muttaContinue Reading