Tag: Elite
Details: The CIA has been training elite forces in Ukraine – for more than ten years
For over ten years, the CIA has trained elite forces and spies in Ukraine and built secret underground military bunkers for intelligence operations along the border with Russia, according to an exposé in the New York Times. The cooperation has become stronger over the years and now Ukraine is one of Washington's most important intelligence…
HUS Heart and Lung Center presents revolutionary extravascular ICDs in Finland
Its lead is placed under the sternum, close to the heart, mitigating many of the late complications associated with older ICD models, such as venous blockages and blood-borne infections. Compared to transcutaneous ICDs, the EV-ICD has greater versatility, smaller size, and longer lifespan, with a lifespan of more than ten years. It is also monitored…
Lauri Markkanen was chosen as Finland's athlete of the year 2023
Under Markkanen's leadership, the Utah Jazz are currently the hottest team in the NBA, the elite basketball league.
Late for the Queen's parade: new American fan of Queen Margrethe
Growing up in America, I didn't have to think about whether a monarchy was an ethical way to spend a country's GDP. I never really considered whether the public morale boost and tourism impact was worth maintaining a tax-funded but undemocratic hereditary seat of wealth and power. Blindly giving the elite such an advantage would…
Listen directly: Annandagsbandy and SHL
At 15.03–22.00 in P4 BandyElite series ladies15.00 Villa Lidköping–Västerås (Per Kahl) Men's elite series15.00 Edsbyn–Bollnäs (Johan Bengts and Pelle Fosshaug)17.00 Gripen–Vänersborg (Mats Fagerström)19.00 Villa Lidköping–Västerås (Per Kahl) Ice hockeySHL men15.15Timrå–Örebro (Christer Jonasson)Linköping–HV71 (Rickard Jansson)Växjö–Rögle (Jonathan Bergman)18.00Luleå–Malmö (Peter Sundkvist)Leksand–Modo (Pelle Marklund)Oskarshamn–Färjestad (Jan Rindstig) JVM gentlemenGroup play19.30 Sweden–Latvia (Magnus Wahlman, Per Svartvadet and Jonas Enarson) Program managers:…
Hockey's Dark Sides – Cash and Cocaine | Part 3/3
He lived his dream: junior hockey in North America, playing in the youth national team and being drafted by an NHL club. But when the injuries came, so did the self-doubt. Viktor Crus Rydberg escaped into the world of betting. – I put in a couple of hundred and it ran out in two minutes.…
Right now: Nightmare start for Ponsiluoma
At 11.03–11.50 and 12.45–13.15 approx in P4, 13.15–14.40 (arena in P4 Extra) and 14.40–18.00 in P4 SkisWorld Cup11.10 Skiathlon ladies (Johan Bengts and Hanna Falk)13.15 Skiathlon men (Johan Bengts and Hanna Falk) BiathlonWorld Cup12.45 Hunt start ladies (Bengt Skött and Uschi Disl)14.40 Men's hunt start (Bengt Skött and Uschi Disl) Ice hockeySwiss Hockey Games men14.00…
Right now: Elvira Öberg with two boms straight away
At 11.03–11.50 and 12.45–13.15 approx in P4, 13.15–14.40 (arena in P4 Extra) and 14.40–18.00 in P4 SkisWorld Cup11.10 Skiathlon ladies (Johan Bengts and Hanna Falk)13.15 Skiathlon men (Johan Bengts and Hanna Falk) BiathlonWorld Cup12.45 Hunt start ladies (Bengt Skött and Uschi Disl)14.40 Men's hunt start (Bengt Skött and Uschi Disl) Ice hockeySwiss Hockey Games men14.00…
Right now: The ladies' skiathlon in Trondheim
At 11.03–11.50 and 12.45–13.15 approx in P4, 13.15–14.40 (arena in P4 Extra) and 14.40–18.00 in P4 SkisWorld Cup11.10 Skiathlon ladies (Johan Bengts and Hanna Falk)13.15 Skiathlon men (Johan Bengts and Hanna Falk) BiathlonWorld Cup12.45 Hunt start ladies (Bengt Skött and Uschi Disl)14.40 Men's hunt start (Bengt Skött and Uschi Disl) Ice hockeySwiss Hockey Games men14.00…
The able-bodied Patrick Kane stepped up as the Red Wings welcome the Senators
(Photo credit: Brian Bradshaw Sevald-USA TODAY Sports) Patrick Kane's Detroit debut didn't go as planned. The Red Wings will hope for a more even performance when they host Ottawa on Saturday night. The nine-time All-Star and presumed future Hall of Fame inductee signed a one-year contract with Detroit last week. Kane, who had offseason hip…
The poor children and the elite schools
The prince’s teacher talks about his school days at Lundsberg Prince Carl-Philip attended the boarding school, which over the years has received strong criticism and for a period was also forced to close following accusations of abuse and molestation among students. Ulf Gemsiö is now retired but was both teacher and mentor to Carl-Philip during…
Former Penguins F Adam Johnson remembered as ‘good guy’
(Photo credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports) The Pittsburgh Penguins remembered Adam Johnson on Monday in the wake of Johnson’s tragic death in England over the weekend. Johnson, who died when a skate severed his neck in a collision on Saturday, played 13 NHL games over two seasons (2018-19, 2019-20) with the Penguins. The 29-year-old was…
Aalto EMBA was selected among the 100 best global programs for the 17th consecutive year
However, compared to other Nordic programs, Aalto EMBA ranked strongly as the fourth best and moved up one place from the previous year. It is significant that the Aalto EMBA is the only Nordic program that has remained on the list continuously since 2006. “Along with Aalto EMBA, only twenty other schools have maintained an…
The Solvalla murder
The 20-year-old perpetrator apparently has no connection to the criminal elite. The police are baffled. Why has he shot the man who is singled out as Stockholm’s torpedo king? And who is the person called “Kova”? P3 Documentary about the Solvalla murder is a story about power, money and crime. It is a story about…
Family of Swede imprisoned in Iran calls for international support
Stockholm – The family of a Swedish EU employee jailed in Iran has called on the international community to help secure his release after more than 500 days in prison for alleged espionage, his family said on Sunday. The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said on Tuesday that Johan Floderu’s prison sentence had been raised…
Helsinki Design Week: Highlights of the festival’s program director
This year, the main venue of the festival is Punavuori’s charming Merikortteli. The former 19th-century shipyard Hietalahdenranta has turned into a center for creative professionals and companies, with, among other things, graphic designers, architectural offices, a coffee roaster, a cinema and an auction house. The festival’s comprehensive program includes more than 130 events in various…
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg's cage fight feud takes a new turn
He also mentioned that the fight might take place in Italy. However, Zuckerberg, the owner of Meta, responded to Musk’s claims with a statement posted on Threads, urging people not to believe everything the Tesla CEO says. Zuckerberg expressed his enthusiasm for the sport of fighting and his readiness to accept Musk’s challenge. However, he…
US Women’s Soccer Coach Resigns After Early World Cup Exit
U.S. women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski has resigned, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The move comes less than two weeks after the Americans were knocked out of the Women’s World Cup earlier than ever before. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the…
Käärijä’s European concerts were sold out in minutes, the British performances moved to bigger gigs
Glasgow, 5 minutes. London, 30 minutes. Dublin, 3 hours. This trio will go down in history as Käärijä’s fastest sold out European tour shows. Due to the fast ticket sales, beyond expectations, special arrangements have been made for the British shows. Käärijä’s London show will be moved from the 02 Academy Islington to the Electric…
The girls play the main role in the Helsinki Cup tournament
In Sweden, football is already huge and on the rise, and Finland is following this trend,” says Helsinki Cup tournament director Lotta Peitsi. Helsinki Cup is Finland’s biggest international tournament for girls. “Over the past ten years, the growth of girls’ teams in the tournament has been incredible, with participation increasing sevenfold. This year, we…
Red Bull’s F1 dominance shows the extreme power of sports marketing
This year’s Formula 1 season has been dominated by a driver, Max Verstappen, and a team, Red Bull. A sport that was once funded by sponsorship of tobacconow has his fastest car bankrolled by an energy drink. Commercially, Red Bull’s presence in Formula 1 makes perfect sense. Any global brand would love to take center…
The graves found by the Swedish expedition in Cyprus, containing many objects
Led by the professor Peter Fischer, the expedition believes that the abundance of tombs suggests that these were royal tombs, although the exact nature of the city’s government during that period remains uncertain. The individuals buried in these tombs likely played a significant role in the administration of the city, which was known for its…
Many ministers of the Basic Finns have referred to the compensation theory
The theory states that leftist domestic or international elites attempt to replace the white population with non-white immigrants, allowing the non-white majority to take control of key institutions, destroy cultures and traditions, and ultimately eliminate white populations. The theory has also found its way to e.g. Republican Party rhetoric Stateside. The Finnish name of the…
VMA in Härnösand in Västernorrland
The leader of the Wagner group, the oligarch and restaurateur, Yevgeny Prigozhin has been critical of the Russian army this spring. In his channel on Telegram, he has scolded Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov several times and pointed to the number of dead soldiers at the front in…
West’s museums will hold valuable artifacts from Kiev, Moscow warns
EU countries will hold on to looted items from the holy Kiev Pechersk Lavra indefinitely, intelligence services have claimed Kiev plans to hand over priceless relics from the disputed Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery to European museums, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has claimed. Earlier this year, the Ukrainian government had removed priests from the…
The Torikorttelis summer terrace will be opened on the Senate Square side in July
By combining their resources, they aim to create a lively summer atmosphere in one of Helsinki’s top destinations. Peggy BauerCEO of Helsinki City Spaces Oy, expresses his joy about this cooperation. This expansion of Torikorttelitie’s restaurant terraces includes the extension of the terrace areas above Aleksanterinkatu to the edge of the square. The city’s terrace…
The new drone war in the middle of Moscow
On May 30, several drones attack Moscow. Many are shot down by Russian air defenses, but images on social media also show explosions on the ground. Russia is now increasingly exposed to attacks from the air, even deep inside the country. Several of the drones that reach Moscow seem to have targeted a nicer area,…
Crisis meeting after scandal derby
After the scandalous derby last Sunday, a crisis meeting was held between ministers and the football and sports movement. Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M), Minister of Sports Jakob Forssmed (KD), the Swedish Football Association, Swedish Elite Football, the National Sports Confederation and the Police will participate in the meeting.