Belarus has been at the center of international controversy as it forced a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius to land in Minsk so that KGB officers could arrest an opposition activist. Roman Protasevich on Sunday.
On Monday, Belarus released a video of Protasevich allegedly confessing to crimes involving 15 years in prison.
Finland’s response has been strong: on Monday, the Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) condemned the actions of the Belarussian authorities.
Yesterday, EU leaders agreed on a series of measures at a summit in Brussels. They called on EU airlines to avoid flying over Belarus, banned a Belarusian national airline from EU airports, demanded the release of Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapegaand said it intended to look at imposing new sanctions on Belarus.
The Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin (SDP) was at the summit, and both Evening News and Iltalehti reported that he was pleased with the decisions he and his 26 colleagues made.
"At the meeting, we emphasized the need for a common policy between the Union as a whole and Belarus," said Marin.
"I think that measures are necessary. The Union’s reaction is strong, just as it should be."
Wool detective
Helsingin Sanomat is running shaking A retiree from Kauniainen who follows the houses built by a master builder Emil Nordqvist in the first half of the last century.
The small municipality is now among the richest places in Finland, with a low municipal tax rate and a green suburban atmosphere, and the roots of this wealth lie in Nordqvist’s work about a hundred years ago.
Villas were a trend among wealthy Helsinki residents who found that the cityโs industrial activities made it a little more polluted than they would like.
The solution was to move out of the city to the new districts of Pukinmรคki, Munkkiniemi and Kauniainen. They were within reach of the city, but allowed large houses to be built with large gardens so that children could play outside in the fresh air.
Nordqvist was one of the key figures in the trend, having a hand in 216 houses in Helsinki, Espoo and Kauniainen.
Now HS reports it Carla Palmgren, a retired cultural historian, tries to list all of these structures. About 81 of them are in Kauniainen, where Nordqvist lived, and Palmgren has managed to identify just over half of them.
He encourages people to tell him about villas as a way to encourage civic pride in a plush enclave. Buildings are at risk: maintenance costs are high, and it is tempting for owners to sell bits of large plots of land.
But Palmgren considers the villas to be Kauniainenโs cultural heritage and wants to ensure that as many as possible are preserved.
Weather warning
If you are considering a day out on Tuesday, counselor The evening paper simply has to be done before the weather changes.
Tuesday is expected to be mostly dry, but Wednesday will bring heavy rains to the south of the country.
Strong winds are also expected, and a Foreca meteorologist warns that rains may occasionally be on the south coast.
However, the change is short, according to the IL, and warm and dry conditions will return in time for the weekend.
Source: The Nordic Page