President Alar Karis’ first meeting with two heads of state has been canceled after Latvian President Egils Levits tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, while Finnish President Sauli Niinistö is isolating. Latvian national broadcaster LSM reported Levits gave a positive antigen rapid test last night after returning from Sweden. HeContinue Reading
The Arctic region has reached an “unprecedented crisis point” due to climate change, a problem which is the “most comprehensive threat” facing the region, the EU Commission said in a joint statement on Wednesday. Issued by the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and SecurityContinue 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
Finnish authorities are still attempting to arrange the safe evacuation of around 50 people from Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) told Yle’s Ykkösaamu morning show. The figure includes about 30 Finnish citizens covered by the government’s evacuation decree, Haavisto said, and an estimated 20 people with permanent residence permitsContinue 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 small Movement Now political grouping joined the opposition Finns Party on Thursday in sponsoring an interpellation aimed at forcing a vote of no confidence in the government over its immigration policies. According to Harry Harkimo, the chair of Movement Now, national legislation should promote controlled immigration and minimise anyContinue 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
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