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The NATO chief is calling for talks on July 6 in the hope of convincing Turkey to let Sweden join
BRUSSELS (AP) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday he has called a July 6 meeting of senior officials from Turkey, Sweden and Finland to try to overcome Turkish objections to Sweden joining the military alliance. Hungarian lawmakers, meanwhile, said a long-delayed vote in parliament to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership would not take place…
Recycled clothes from Scandinavia end up as rubbish abroad
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (CN) – In January, investigative journalists from the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet attached trackers to 10 items of clothing from H&M, the Swedish fast fashion giant. The journalists wanted to see where the clothes would end up. They also wanted to dig deeper into the company’s pledge to limit textile waste, summed up by…
Recycled clothes from Scandinavia end up as trash abroad
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (CN) – In January, investigative journalists from the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet attached trackers to 10 items of clothing from H&M, the Swedish fast fashion giant. The journalists wanted to see where the clothes would end up. They also wanted to dig deeper into the company’s pledge to limit textile waste, summed up by…
Finland reverses course, prepares to join NATO without Sweden
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (CN) – Finland is now ready to let Sweden into a NATO partnership because Helsinki is unwilling to stay out of the military alliance any longer than necessary. That was the core message from Finnish President Sauli Niinist to the press on Friday, the first day of a security conference in Munich, where…
Wednesday’s newspapers: Overcrowded power department transfers, Finnish newspaper helps condemn US Capitol riot and municipalities seek Covid compensation
The Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) has started transferring Covid-19 patients in need of intensive care to other parts of Finland due to a lack of capacity. Helsingin sanomat newspaper. HUS is currently setting up six intensive care units in addition to the current 15 units to meet growing demand. Jari PetäjäSee HUS. The…