Tag: Alliance
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Andersson will resign as the leader of the Left Alliance in the fall
He had previously announced that he would not seek re-election as chairman at the party meeting planned for November 2025. “If I were to continue as chairman until the regular party meeting, it would mean that I would be responsible for the municipal and provincial election campaigns in 2025. It would mean that the first…
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Li Andersson gives up the leadership of the Left Alliance, announces the candidate for member of the European Parliament
Andersson has led the party since 2016, but said there will be “many big battles for the future of Europe” in the coming years as he announced his candidacy for the European Parliament.
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Stubb: Finland's foreign and security policy is based on value realism
“The cornerstones of our foreign policy are built on Western values, such as democracy, the rule of law and human rights. We believe in cooperation and international rules-based order, he said. “At the same time, our security policy is based on realism. That's why we maintain a strong defense – now as part of the…
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516: Amanda Lind aims for the leadership position
Amanda Lind has announced that she is running for the new female spokesperson for the Green Party. Considering that Alice Bah Kuhnke has already refused, we wonder if the thing is therefore vegetarian steak. Hungary has become the last NATO country to ratify Sweden's accession protocol. Now a series of formalities await before Sweden formally…
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Hungary's parliament approves Sweden's NATO bid
© Provided by Xinhua The Hungarian parliament approved Sweden's NATO bid on Monday. Hungary was the last of the bloc's 31 members to lend its support. Sweden becomes the 32nd member of NATO. BUDAPEST, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — Hungary's lawmakers on Monday approved a bill on Sweden's bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization…
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Hear the Echo at a quarter to six
Today, Finland elects a new president. It's the second round of elections, and Pekka Haavisto is running against Alexander Stubb. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg hits back at Donald Trump's threats to NATO countries, Reuters reports. “Claims that NATO allies would not defend each other undermine the security of the entire alliance,” says Stoltenberg. The new…
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Hear the latest news in Echo at quarter to five
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg hits back at Donald Trump's threats to NATO countries, Reuters reports. “Claims that NATO allies would not defend each other undermine the security of the entire alliance,” says Stoltenberg. In Gaza, two more of the hostages are said to have been killed and eight wounded in Israeli attacks, according to terrorist-branded…
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HS: Stubb's lead in Haavisto narrows as the second round fades away
Stubb and Haavisto advanced to the second round of the election after winning 27.2 and 25.8 percent of the votes in the first round. The first round was played on Sunday 28 January 2024. Stubb is the candidate of the Coalition, while Haavisto is the candidate of the voters' association, but supported by the Green…
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Finland joins NATO's fighter operation in the Black Sea
This summer, Finland will participate in the alliance's joint defense exercises.
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Mika Aaltola: An independent trailblazer in Finnish presidential bid
“Throughout my career, I have been working in an institute that operates in conjuction with the Finnish Parliament. My familiarity with parliamentarians, political party heads, decision-makers, and diplomats allows for interactions with major actors and build consensus among different political parties,” Mika Aaltola said. “Having the benefit of not having a political party actually carries…
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Pernille Vermund joins Alex Vanoplasgh – pursuing the dream of a right-wing government
Pernille Vermund made a virtue of being more critical of internationals than the Danish People's Party. Now she has dropped her own party, Nye Borgerlige, and joined the Liberal Alliance. Her goal is to prevent wasted votes for the right wing The full version of this article is only available to subscribers. Already a subscriber,…
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Sweden's new role when Russia threatens NATO
Sweden's NATO membership is seriously limping, but the role that Sweden will play in the defense alliance in the event of a crisis or a conflict is quite clear. – If you look at the map, you can quickly conclude that Sweden will become a transit country for units going east, says Jonas Haggren, vice…
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The mayor of Reykjavik withdraws from politics
Dagur B. Eggertsson, mayor of Reykjavik for 10 years, will not run in the next local elections. He announced this in an interview with Heimildin on Friday. Dagur is Reykjavik's longest-serving city councilor. He joined the city council in 2002 as an independent member of ReykjavĂkurlistinn. He later joined the Alliance and became vice-chairman of…
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HS: About a third of Finns are satisfied with the government, the prime minister
The public's satisfaction with the government is thus lower than its predecessor. prime minister Sanna MarinIn surveys conducted between June 2020 and December 2022, the SDP government received a positive assessment from 46–71 percent of the respondents. Supporters of the coalition estimate that the current government has performed at least moderately well with a percentage…
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HS: Half of Finns say that Finland should prepare for war in the coming years
Helsingin Sanomat emphasized on Friday that the answers were the same regardless of the age, gender or political orientation of the respondents. Supporters of the Left Alliance were the only differences, a third of whom thought that war preparations were not necessary. On the other hand, supporters of the coalition were most likely to agree…
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Hear the latest news from Ekot
In the Czech Republic, a day of mourning is being held today to honor the victims of the mass shooting at a university in the capital Prague earlier this week. Cyber ​​security in the public sector is poor, according to an interim report from the Norwegian Agency for Community Safety and Preparedness, MSB. The war…
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Saramo: The Finnish parliament must thoroughly discuss the DCA between Finland and the United States
In principle, Finland has agreed to relinquish jurisdiction in cases where both countries have jurisdiction, but it can demand the restoration of jurisdiction in cases involving particularly significant crimes. Saramo also considered that the agreement should have included a clause on the temporary storage of nuclear weapons in Finland, as in the agreement between Norway…
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Transitioning to a new phase
It is well known that defense cooperation between the two countries has flourished since 2014 after the Crimean coup. Everything seemed possible, except a formal defense alliance. Defense ministers, we were told, saw each other more often than their families… I assume that Finland would have matured to officialization at some point, but I doubt…
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Thursday's strike cost Finland 100–130 million euros, says Satonen
According to him, the government has no other choice but to carry out reforms to increase the still relatively low employment rate. He also expressed doubts about the ability of trade unions to come up with measures to create 100,000 new jobs, the government's stated target, and predicted their response would be a “blank piece…
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The national coalition came back to the top in HS opinion polls
The support of basic Finns rose for the first time in six months, from 17.2 percent to 17.9 percent. The support of the center and the Greens fell by 0.3 percentage points, the former to 9.9 percent and the latter to 8.5 percent. The Left Alliance and the Swedish People's Party supported 9.1 and 4.1…
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USA, Sweden sign agreement on defense cooperation
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United States and Sweden signed a defense cooperation agreement on Tuesday, the US State Department said, as the Nordic country strengthens military alliances as it awaits approval to join NATO. – Other media news – “Sweden is a strong, capable defense partner that champions NATO values, and will further strengthen the…
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NATO member demands that F-16 approve new expansion Sweden
Stockholm has done everything it could to get Ankara’s consent, the country’s FM told journalists Turkey’s ratification of Sweden’s accession to NATO depends on the United States and its willingness to supply fighter jets to the nation, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström told reporters at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels ahead of a meeting with…
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Finland’s consensus on NATO and EU membership at an all-time high
The most important results of the survey are: A remarkable 77% of Finns have a positive attitude towards the country’s NATO membership, which has remained stable since Finland’s NATO application in May 2022. Only 8% have negative views, and 14% are neutral. The EU’s support has risen to 68 percent, which is a significant increase…