The Finnish Climate Change Panel is calling for a 1.5-billion-euro green recovery package that it says would boost employment while cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The stimulus package would direct funding at projects such as constructing deep geothermal pump systems, overhauling building heating systems and advancing electric transport. The panel arguesContinue Reading
Prime Minister Sanna Sanna said on Wednesday evening that she is very worried about an uptick in Covid-19 cases in Finland as well the fate of Lapland’s tourism industry ahead of the critical Christmas and winter season. Marin made the comments as the government began talks aimed at updating travelContinue Reading
Viimeisimmän vuorokauden aikana Suomessa on todettu THL:n tuoreiden tietojen mukaan 93 uutta koronatartuntaa ja yksi uusi kuolemantapaus. Yhteensä koronakuolemia on todettu Suomessa 337. Tiistaina THL kertoi koronatartuntoja todetun 8 337. Kahden viime viikon aikana on raportoitu 428 tartuntaa, kun kahden edellisen viikon määrä oli 360. Kasvua oli siis 68 tapausta. ViimeisimmänContinue Reading
THE FINNISH INSTITUTE for Health and Welfare (THL) has announced the test use of a mobile app designed to identify people who have been exposed to the new coronavirus will begin on Tuesday, 4 August. The app enables people to contain the spread of the virus and protect themselves andContinue Reading
Finland’s health agency (THL) could recommend the wearing of face masks in public spaces and on public transport next week, says one leading official. Mika Salminen of the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) told @Yle that the agency is to meet early next week to decide on anContinue Reading
The investigation into an attack on a Finns Party activist last Friday has transferred to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), with the suspected offence upgraded from manslaughter to murder. The NBI made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday. The Central Finland regional Finns Party campaigns boss, Pekka Kataja, wasContinue Reading
The coronavirus crisis has seen Finland spend more to secure the western border than has ever been seen during peacetime. Costs have so far risen to nearly 13 million euros and hundreds of border guards have been relocated from other areas and even called out of retirement to work onContinue Reading
The Nordic countries are pushing to deepen trans-Atlantic defense collaboration with the United States in the High North amid fears that the Trump administration’s mixed messages on NATO could lead to a diminished presence by the alliance in Northern Europe. Concerns over NATO’s capacity to counter potential threats by RussiaContinue Reading
To combat rising sea levels, there is a highly ambitious plan to build massive sea dams across the North Sea and English Channel. When it comes to engineering, you rarely see projects as bold as this one. Concerned that rising sea levels will eventually swamp northern Europe’s major cities, twoContinue Reading