Tag: Eva Biaudet
YLE: More than half of MPs support increasing nuclear power capacity
The Parliament has a total of 200 members. Many of the respondents, the broadcaster wrote, paid attention to small modular reactors, even though the question was about nuclear power in general. Joonas Könttä (The Center) estimates that the nuclear power legislation should be clarified so that the construction and start-up of small modular reactors would […]
The Parliament approves the amendment of the Border Act to prevent hybrid attacks
On Thursday, Finnish MPs approved the amendments to the country’s border law, which give the authorities the possibility to close borders or limit the number of border crossing points in exceptional circumstances. The change aims to protect the country from hybrid attacks that could potentially target its eastern border with Russia. Poland and the Baltic […]
The Turkish NGO won the Finnish Equality Award
The Turkish NGO We Will Stop Femicide, which focuses on combating violence against women, was awarded the Finnish International Equality Prize on Monday 2021. The grant, first established by the Finnish state in 2017, is given to a person or organization with "promoted gender equality in a significant way worldwide." The value of this year’s […]
General research: Most MEPs say that Trump’s term is not good for Finland
According to Yle’s survey, most Finnish MPs said that the first term of US President Donald Trump has not been good for Finland. Of Finland’s 200 members of parliament, 140 participated in the survey, and 89 said they did not think Trump’s term was good for the country. "I don’t think such a jerk can […]
