Tag: Lappeenranta Airport

  • Fortum relies on Russian nuclear fuel until 2030

    Fortum relies on Russian nuclear fuel until 2030

    Matti KattainenFortum’s head of nuclear power told STT that the company operates in accordance with its supplier agreement, but does not agree to speculate whether and when it could stop using Russian fuel. The company has previously announced that it will request bids from supplier candidates when its business licenses and the current supplier agreement…

  • YLE: Russian border crossings have increased by 10–30%

    YLE: Russian border crossings have increased by 10–30%

    “We’re already tracking this,” said Tanner. “If Finnish Schengen visas are actually used to travel to other countries, we can take action. We get information about this kind of phenomenon from other Schengen countries quite quickly. With a Schengen visa issued by Finland, you can travel to any other country that has joined the Schengen…

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Russian tourists use Finland as a transit country for vacation destinations

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Russian tourists use Finland as a transit country for vacation destinations

    According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, some Russian tourists use Finland as a transit country on their way to their holiday destinations. After the lifting of the Covid travel restrictions, Russian border crossings to Finland have increased by 10-30 percent compared to spring and early summer, Jussi Tannerthe director general of consular services of…

  • Ryanair suspends flights to Lappeenranta in February

    Ryanair suspends flights to Lappeenranta in February

    Ryanair has canceled its February flight to Lappeenranta Airport due to a coronavirus situation. This is an extension of the service outage after the company previously canceled flights during the last three weeks of January. However, Ryanair is said to be selling tickets for March flights to Memmigen and Berlin in Germany, Budapest, Vienna and…

  • Deer loose: Deer are wild in Lappeenranta

    Deer loose: Deer are wild in Lappeenranta

    Two-year-old deer calves were spotted on Monday in the center of Lappeenranta. The young animals were seen in the parking garage of the town hall, in the Louhenpuisto park and near the municipal swimming pool. In a separate event, a car collided with a deer on the way to Lappeenranta Airport, close to the city…