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Purra proposes higher taxes on electric cars, sugar, salt and trans fats
Finance Minister Riikka Purra (Finns) said that the health tax will be tightened and real estate taxation will be reformed.
Roger Wilson sums up the Oscars
Just a few hours ago, the film world's big award party – the Oscars – ended. There were no fewer than two statuettes for two Swedish prize winners. Ludwig Göransson won his second Oscar for the music to Oppenheimer and Swedish-Dutch Hoyte van Hoytema took home the statuette for best photography in the same film.…
Friday's papers: Male leadership, hepatitis mettwurst and the deadline for Russian cars
Finnish business leadership is dominated by men, says one CEO.
Historical change: Most of the new cars sold in Finland are plug-ins
Fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars sold more than traditional gasoline and diesel cars last year.
Finland sets a deadline for the export of cars registered in Russia
Vehicles with Russian license plates must be removed from Finland by the agreed deadline. The Transport Insurance Center will not issue new insurance policies for these vehicles that are valid after 16 March 2024. Vehicle owners can still buy cross-border traffic insurance at the center's Ruoholahti office until the deadline, provided that make an appointment…
Friday's papers: Electric vehicle revenue hit, Helsinki real estate and Stubb's old girlfriend
Finland receives tax revenue from electric cars.
Residents can charge their cars for free
N1 stations have made fast charging available in Reykjanesbær, allowing residents to charge their electric cars for free. Users do not need to identify themselves at charging stations, just connect the car and charge it. There are six fast charging stations available in Reykjanesbær. “We want to follow the recommendations for people to use electricity…
Fifteen buses were involved in collisions
Fifteen Strætó buses were involved in accidents in the capital region yesterday due to poor road conditions, poor visibility and failed traffic lights. According to Strætó representative Jóhannes Rúnarsson, five buses were quite severely damaged. In several cases, skidding passenger cars hit buses. One of the buses slid down the slope and hit […]
Six people transported by helicopter to Reykjavik
Six of the eight people injured in the collision on the ring road near Svínafellsjökull were transported to Landspítali in Reykjavik by two Coast Guard helicopters. This was confirmed to Vísir by Ásgeir Erlendsson, information representative of the Coast Guard. Two cars collided this morning around 9:50 on the national highway in Skaftafellsá near Svínafellsjökull.…
The government wants to grant more money to the royals
Queen Margrethe currently receives just under DKK 7.6 million per month in state benefits. In addition, Dansk Erhverv estimates that royal tourism will bring Denmark around DKK 25 million this weekend, Nordic Waste is reluctant to clean up toxic waste, and electric cars are cheaper than ever before. The full version of this article is…
Wednesday papers: The rush for service savings, the arctic adventures of robot cars and the pizza habits of the president's wishes
Wednesday's papers cover service funding, robot car research and a light Q&A about the presidential candidates' least pressing issues.
Cars blocking the tracks cause headaches for HSL trams
Cars driving on the tracks, blocking trams and inconsiderate parking have disrupted traffic on various tram lines in Helsinki and Espoo.
Electric vehicle drivers beware: Extreme cold can cut a typical battery's range in half
Electric cars sold in Finland are designed for arctic conditions, but their performance can be significantly reduced in freezing temperatures.
Crowds in Bláfjöll
Skier Sigurður Ásgeir Ólafsson says he is not satisfied with his trip to Bláfjöll. In his opinion, it is crowded and messy. On Wednesday, many people wanted to go skiing or snowboarding to the ski area in Bláfjöll. Already on the road to the center, a queue of cars had formed, reaching almost to Reykjavik.…
Sofia Coppola – the girls, the father and the void
Sofia Coppola was born into a family with several generations of filmmakers and composers, as the daughter of the famous Francis Ford Coppola. At the end of the 90s, her debut film The virgin suicides premiered and already here she set the tone for an aesthetic and a couple of themes that would become her…
Maxed out Christmas jazz with Sarah Dawn Finer and Samuel Ljungblahd
Motown-scented soul takes center stage, but there will also be gospel, jazz and classic Christmas songs. The singers Samuel Ljungblahd and Sarah Dawn Finer have collaborated several times before and now promise to offer musical magic together with Sandviken Big Bandwhich is led by Christopher Wallin. This is a Christmas concert that contains both well-known…
Icelandic film Godland on the list of candidates for the 2024 Oscars
Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason's film Godland has been shortlisted for best international feature films as a candidate for the 2024 Oscars and one of just 15 selected from 88 countries. The film was selected for Best International Feature Film in 2024. The final five nominees will be announced on January 23, 2024, and the 96th…
The trick to lowering the cost of car ownership
We Bilägare's Tommy Wahlström and SVT's economic commentator Alexander Norén talk about how you can save money by changing insurance, driving style and workshop. And tells you how you can cut the mileage cost in half by changing cars. Ekonomiakuten is the podcast that gives you the best tips for saving money and answers your…
The friend took his own life – then My and Clara collected hundreds of cars
By: Siri von Malmborg Producer: Jonatan Loxdal Technician: Astrid Ankarcrona The reality is made by the production company Filt. Do you or someone you know have suicidal thoughts? There is help to be had. Remember the suicide line: telephone 90 101 BUP – child and youth psychiatry
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Prosecutor General Petra Lundh is appointed as the new national police chief and thus succeeds Anders Thornberg. The high-profile “snippadom” is torn up and will be redone. The Supreme Court announced this and states that a miscarriage of justice was committed when the Court of Appeal did not look at alternative crimes in the case.…
The swingers club in Skåne’s Jerusalem
Swingers flock to Örkelljunga The cars begin to flow into the otherwise quiet center of Örkelljunga. In the community there is both the church and several free church congregations with many members. A venue in the middle of the community where couples have sex with other couples arouses strong feelings and divides the community into…
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Gaza City is reportedly surrounded by the Israeli military. The heads of all major UN bodies demand an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Hamas, reports the AFP news agency. The export of used cars has increased sharply. At the same time, it has become a way for criminals to launder money…
Food delivery robots are preparing for the first winter season
Cars are not the only ones to be equipped with winter tires, as food delivery robots change their summer surface to something more durable.
Quentin Tarantino – violence, feet and Weinstein
For 30 years, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has carved out his unique place in Hollywood. His films have been awarded several Oscars and Harvey Weinstein has called him as important to the film company Miramax as Mickey Mouse was to Disney. It was the now-convicted sex offender and infamous film producer Weinstein who produced all of…
Finland will stop subsidizing charging points for electric cars
The government’s decision is likely to reduce interest in investing in electric vehicle infrastructure.
Jan Emanuel – dares to lower the guard
For almost a quarter of a century, he has been a living banknote party. He is the Robinson winner, the debater, the influencer, the S-politician and the welfare entrepreneur who always manages to “tickle the most erogenous zones of the haters” – with his explosive statements about feminism and the environmental movement, and with his…
The kilometer tax will apply earlier for owners of electric cars
Owners of electric, hydrogen and plug-in hybrid cars will have to pay the mileage fee already in 2024. This is about a year earlier than owners of diesel and petrol cars, from which the fee will be collected at the beginning of 2025. In a message posted on the website the website of the Ministry…
Luxury car smugglers circumvent Russian sanctions through Finland
Yle reporters installed location tracking on luxury cars near the Russian border and showed the vehicles as they made the 5,000-kilometer journey to a car dealership in Siberia.
A Chinese company is building a 1.3 billion euro battery material factory in Finland
Ningbo Shanshan is the world’s largest supplier of battery materials for electric cars.
Russian-owned cars are gathering dust in Helsinki-Vantaa
The Finnish government has given owners of Russian-registered vehicles six months to get their cars out of Finland.
Swedish sinkhole opens after landslide
At least three people were injured early Saturday after a landslide in western Sweden led to the opening of a huge sinkhole. Cars and at least one bus skidded off the E6 near Stenungsund. The highway has been closed in both directions.