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This is how the world tries to stop a ground offensive in Rafah
The eyes of the world are currently focused on Rafah – Gaza's border town with Egypt – where over a million Palestinians have taken refuge, escaping fighting and airstrikes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that a ground offensive against Rafah is next in line in the war against Hamas – something that voluntary…
Tuesday's papers: Trains cancelled, immigrant "subclass"political strikes continue
With the end of Monday's train strike, VR announced that on Tuesday all trains will be canceled for safety reasons.
EK: The price tag of Finland's recent strikes is already in the billions
The transport trade union (AKT) on Monday reported that bus drivers and gas station workers will participate in a two-day political strike on Wednesday, February 14. Finnish ports also come to a screeching halt due to the stevedores' strike between Wednesday and Friday. “The strike will affect bus traffic and close ports. In total, the…
VR is canceling all long-distance trains on Tuesday for safety reasons
ensures as little disruption as possible to daily commuting traffic in the capital region. In addition, freight traffic continues, albeit at a slower pace, to maintain the flow of goods throughout the country. The matter came to light on Monday, when defects were found in the wheels of the train fleet, which raised concerns about…
The strikes stopped train traffic, closed kindergartens and industry
The union's actions led to the cancellation of long-distance and commuter train services throughout the country on Monday.
Strikes can cost the economy almost a billion euros, warns the business lobby
EK director Jyri Häkämies urged the government to speed up labor market reforms.
The bypass pipe burst – there will be no heating again
A hot water pipe for Reykjanesbær burst late yesterday evening. HS Orka issued a statement on the matter, stating that the pipes were likely damaged by the lava flow and burst when water pumping was increased late in the evening. The crack is located under the lava, in the part where it is thickest, so…
Charlotte Gyllenhammar – up and down the world
Charlotte Gyllenhammar is one of Sweden's most prominent artists, with notable sculptures and installations. Several of them can be seen in the public space. Like the Child and Mother fountains in Malmö or the memorials to Raoul Wallenberg and Dag Hammarskjöld in Gothenburg and Uppsala. In autumn 2023, she returned to her big breakthrough, the…
Strikes will affect daycare services in 14 cities next week
Work stoppages in early childhood education 13.-14.2. affect both the public and private sectors.
Next week's political strikes will hit shops, industry, energy and transport
Most of the walkouts will take place between next Wednesday and Friday.
Evacuation of the Blue Lagoon
All Blue Lagoon facilities in Svartsengi were evacuated due to earthquakes that occurred in the Sundhnúka series of craters in the run-up to the eruption, which began around 6 a.m. today. The evacuation was successful, and guests are either on their way to other hotels or have already arrived there, and employees are at home.…
Another large construction company collapses in Finland
The subsidiaries simply cannot afford to continue operating, the group admitted. The subsidiaries' share of the group's turnover in 2022 was EUR 345 million, but the debt was more than EUR 66 million. According to Helsingin Sanomat. Trading in Lehto Group shares was suspended on Tuesday at the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Helsingin Sanomat on Tuesday…
Nuclear and hydropower plant workers joining next week's strike
The energy trade union considered the strike plans irresponsible and endangered the country's electricity supply.
Bret Easton Ellis – in the head of “Mr American psycho”
Bret Easton Ellis is only 21 years old when he breaks through with the novel “Less than zero”. Suddenly he is the voice of his entire generation, portraying young, beautiful and rich youths who feel absolutely… nothing. A few years later, he once again captures the spirit of the times with the book “American psycho”,…
About 10,000 Finnish service workers will go on strike in mid-February
The majority of PAM's 190,000 members work in retail, hospitality and hospitality, property management and private security. The strikes are political in nature and represent the trade union's opposition to the working life reforms implemented by the Prime Minister's government. Petteri Orpo (NCP). Annika Rönni-SällinenPAM's chairman saw that the reforms shift the balance of the…
Finland's eastern border will probably be closed, Rantanen hints
“In December we saw what [the re-opening] led.” Finland has kept its entire eastern border closed for almost two months, and the latest decision extends the closure until Sunday, February 11, 2024. The Finnish government is expected to decide whether to continue the closure and to what extent by the end of this week. On…
"No need to hoard" say retailers as logistics workers announce a three-day political strike
14.-16.2. between 19 logistics centers across the country, the walkout may affect supermarket supply chains.
Elin Teilus cheers on Sami National Day
Today is the Sámi's national day and it is celebrated with the Sámi, singer and joiker Elin Teilus, who performs the Sámi national joik in the Morgonpasset in P3. In the program, she also talks about how a joik is made, about the national joik itself and how she herself will celebrate the national day.…
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…
Updated models show further magma accumulation beneath Svartsengi
The image from the Sentinel-1 satellite shows the land uplift in the period from January 23 to February 4, 2024. In the areas marked in gray, measurements could not be taken due to changes in snow cover thickness at that time. Magma accumulation under Svartsengi continues, although ground uplift has slowed over the past few…
Hear the latest news in Ekot at quarter to six
Years of research may have been destroyed at the Karolinska Institute in Huddinge when the freezers stopped working during the Christmas holiday. The system has alerted before, shows emails that Ekot has seen – but the warnings were then toned down. Sandviken, Sundbyberg, Gävle and Handen have been subjected to bombings in the past week.…
Hear the latest news in Echo at quarter to five
Years of research may have been destroyed at the Karolinska Institute in Huddinge when the freezers stopped working during the Christmas holiday. The system has alerted before, shows emails that Ekot has seen – but the warnings were then toned down. Sandviken, Sundbyberg, Gävle and Handen are places that have been exposed to bombings in…
Dogs in Denmark receive cannabis-like preparations for pain
If a Danish dog gets pain in a paw or a knee joint, it is common for the owner to give it a cannabis-like preparation – primarily so-called CBD oil. This is evident from a study, published in the journal Plos One, where almost 40 percent of the 2,000 respondents answered that they had given…
Finland waives the three-month re-employment rule for experts, says Orpo
Orpo stated in an interview with the public broadcasting company on Saturday that the government will change the section so that employees defined as specialized are allowed to apply for a new job for six months. “We have negotiated the deal within the government,” he revealed. “The [proposal] had caused great concern among industry and…
Orpo: Strikes too much and out of proportion
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) justifies his government's labor market reform plans with the government coalition's parliamentary majority.
Teollisuusliitto announces “wide-scale” strikes in mid-February
According to the trade union, the three-day strikes will affect approximately 60,000 employees and bring a large part of Finnish industry to a standstill.
The final day of the strike brings public transport to a standstill, planes to a standstill and factories to a standstill
Traffic on the congested Kehä III motorway in the capital region was actually quieter than normal on Friday morning.
Friday's papers: Finland went on strike, Russian art and Siberian cold
In Finland, there will be significant disturbances in different parts of the country on Friday.
The strikes culminate in a gathering of 13,000 in Helsinki's Senate Square
The political walkouts targeted many sectors, from education and air travel to grocery stores.
Supermarkets are opening, but there will be shortages
Most supermarkets and grocery stores will be open on Thursday despite widespread strikes, but shoppers may soon find products missing from the shelves.
Thursday's papers: More strikes, vaping ban, political color codes
Finland's morning papers report on the expanding labor force, which causes almost 300,000 workers to go on strike, halting much of the country's business life and industry.