Tag: Law
Orpo presents the first details on strengthening the security of Finland's eastern border
If necessary, immigrants could be removed from the country by force. The paper's sources also said the bill would allow authorities to regionally suspend accepting asylum applications for a predetermined period of time, with possible exceptions for asylum seekers who are ill or likely to face serious problems upon returning to Russia. . The draft…
In the Finnish labor market dispute, the stakes rise when employers plan to suspend salary payments
The decision means that payments can also be suspended at workplaces outside the strike if they have to stop their production due to, for example, disruptions in raw material deliveries. “This is our interpretation,” Ruohoniemi said. Jyri HäkämiesCEO of EK, confirmed interpretation at YLE A-studio on Tuesday. “In layman's terms, you could say that work…
Acquittal in a high-profile terrorism case
As RÚV reports, the Reykjavik District Court found Sindri Snær Birgisson and Ísidór Nathansson guilty of violating weapons laws, but acquitted them of attempting to commit a terrorist attack. This is the first judgment of an Icelandic court in a terrorism-related case. The defense calls the ruling a condemnation of the prosecutor's office and the…
That is the purpose of the new AI Act
After years of intense negotiations, the European Parliament today hammered through a new law to regulate the use of artificial intelligence – the most comprehensive law of its kind in the world. But what does the new law actually mean? What is the purpose of it? And how clear is it? Hear Sveriges Radio's EU…
Tired soldiers and weapons drought: Ukraine's fight against the clock
Sveriges Radio's Ukraine correspondent Lubna El-Shanti takes us to those who are standing there on the battle line. To Bogdan, who has fought all his adult life, to the drone patrol that appears in the dark of night and calls itself vampires, and to the artillery soldier who dreams of one day swimming in the…
Nelson Mandela and the struggle against apartheid
The apartheid regime introduced a comprehensive system of racial laws and the goal was racial separation. The whites had the power and freedom and the blacks were oppressed. A black was not allowed to enter through the same door as a white or sit on the same park bench. The signs that said Whites Only…
Criminal negligence is suspected in a deadly hostel fire in Finnish Lapland
According to the police spokesperson, the preliminary investigation is challenging because most of the parties to the case are foreigners and have left Finland. “The fire that claimed the lives of three people and destroyed the hostel has troubled the police for a long time,” the release says. The Silver Fox hostel burned down in…
“We are working to stop this bullshit decision.”
Guðný Kristjánsdóttir, a resident of Reykjanesbær and daughter-in-law of rocker Rúnar Júlíusson from Keflavík, says that most of the city's residents are unhappy with the decision of the Reykjanesbær city council to move the municipal library to Hljómahöll and limit the activities of the Icelandic Rock Museum. He says he will fight the city council's…
1,200 victims of Vastaamo agree to a compensation settlement
The aim of the agreement between the victims of the data breach in the office is to avoid civil lawsuits and lengthy trials and to ensure compensation for the victims.
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It has been a violent week with several explosions and murders linked to gang crime. On Thursday evening, a fatal shooting occurred in Bredäng in southern Stockholm. It cannot be ruled out that those who have done military service may be sent into battle at NATO's external border. Sweden's Minister of Defense Pål Jonson gave…
In an Unstable World: Charting China's Future Direction
In a recent speech, the President of China Xi Jinping urged the armed forces to improve their strategic capabilities, focusing on innovation and reform rather than volumes and expenditures. The comments were made at a plenary meeting of the NPC with the People's Liberation Army and People's Armed Police Forces. Xi emphasized the need to…
LinkedIn, job search and nepotism in Denmark
In my last column, I shared my very warm take on Danish culture – namely that it has an inclusivity problem. I would like to zoom in on a place where I think internationally this exclusion is acutely felt, especially because it is a place that the Danes value so much. I am of course…
Finland's biggest poaching case for the prosecutor
They are also believed to have inflicted fatal wounds on other predators and killed several birds protected under the Nature Conservation Act, such as hawks, swans, ravens, big bears and white geese. The men are suspected of serious hunting crimes, which result in a four-year prison sentence. The first arrests in the case were made…
Protest in parliament
Birgir Ármannsson, the speaker of the Icelandic Parliament, had to adjourn the parliament due to protests from a man who apparently threatened to jump from the gallery at the same time as Justice Minister Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir was presenting a new law on asylum seekers. Ásmundur Friðriksson, an MP from the Independence Party, shared a recording…
SAK is planning political strikes of up to four days in the coming weeks, write HS and MT
The political strikes organized earlier this year have lasted from one to two days. According to the information received by the two newspapers, a decision on the scope and targeting of the strikes could be made as early as Tuesday, March 5. Jarkko ElorantaThe chairman of SAK is expected to comment on the tight labor…
The Chancellor of Justice demands answers from the government to the reforms of the Citizenship Act
Finland's right-wing government intends to tighten the laws on obtaining Finnish citizenship.
Fine for Hvalur for violating animal welfare law
Iceland's only whaling company has been fined ISK 400,000 for violating animal welfare laws by delaying the fatal shot at a whale in September 2023. This legal violation led to the temporary suspension of the company's whaling operations last year. On September 14, the activity of a ship belonging to the only Icelandic company […]
Lawyer for victims of reception desk: Some took their own lives after patient data leak
At the trial of Aleksanteri Kivimäki, the suspect in the police station, the victim's lawyer called for a moment of silence on behalf of the victims who took their own lives.
Finnish customs will collect 308 million euros in taxes for Finland and the EU in 2023
Of this, 162 million euros were allocated to the EU, of which Finland kept a 25% “reward”, which is 54 million euros. According to Tom Fermi, who is responsible for Customs' customer relations and tax collection, the EUR 81 million decrease in customs duties from the previous year was primarily due to a decrease in…
Tensions related to financial challenges are bubbling up in welfare municipalities across Finland
Last week, the welfare services county of Pohjois Ostrobothnia, Pohde, announced that it would start extensive negotiations as part of a 90 million euro cost-saving program. Welfare service provinces were created as part of the long-discussed social and health reform implemented by the previous government. The counties started their operations at the beginning of 2023…
Hungary's parliament approves Sweden's NATO bid
© Provided by Xinhua The Hungarian parliament approved Sweden's NATO bid on Monday. Hungary was the last of the bloc's 31 members to lend its support. Sweden becomes the 32nd member of NATO. BUDAPEST, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — Hungary's lawmakers on Monday approved a bill on Sweden's bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization…
Police investigative service concerned about AI-generated child abuse material
The Norwegian police, led by Helge Haugland in Kripos, have, through NCMEC, received a number of tips regarding AI-created images of child abuse. As AI advances, it becomes increasingly challenging to distinguish real content from fabricated material, raising concerns about strained investigative capacity. Haugland notes that while it was once easier to identify AI-produced content,…
The doomsday sect's sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway
At the same time as hundreds of thousands of subway commuters are stressed in the morning rush hour, five men from the doomsday sect Aum Shinrikyo are sitting on different subway trains ready to carry out the attack. Suddenly, passengers' eyes begin to water, some find it difficult to breathe and another loses consciousness. In…
Satonen: Political restrictions and sympathy attacks will hopefully encourage investments in Finland
“This creates a certain kind of certainty, for example, for those entities that are considering investing in Finland. We lack rules for political and sympathy strikes, and now we are making them. These measures are moderate in international comparison, he said stated at a press conference in Helsinki. The bill was not released Thursday. However,…
Friday's papers: New border law, anti-Roma discrimination, Flood warning
The Finnish media reports on Friday that the government is preparing a “drastic” new law, the aim of which is to further tighten the security of Russia's eastern border.
Trump's billion fine and Haley's dementia attack
A judge in New York has announced that Donald Trump must pay roughly 3.7 billion Swedish kronor in fines. The background is a civil legal process in which Trump was declared guilty of fraud by, among other things, defrauding banks and investors by exaggerating the value of his assets. Trump has already been ordered to…
Experts question the arguments of Finnish ministers to curb political strikes
“When we use Sweden as an example, which we follow in many respects, political strikes have practically been limited to two or three hours,” he comment For YLE in February. Minister of Economy Will Rydman (PS), on the other hand, is one of several members of the government who have argued that the industrial peace…
YLE: The Finnish Ministry of the Interior is considering an emergency law to deal with the border situation
For example, the Ministry of the Interior considered in its report that Russia uses migrants to put pressure on and weaken security in Finland. According to YLE, fighting the phenomenon with emergency legislation is one of the options considered in the legislative project launched by the ministry. Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen (PS) stated…
Norway's government will take care of world heritage abroad, but not in Norway.
Through the Oil Fund, Norway has taken action to preserve 40,000-year-old rock art in Indonesia. At home, however, the government has given the green light for development in an area with rock carvings. In 2022, Indonesian mining company Semen Tonasa was placed on a three-year watch list due to the risk of damaging prehistoric cultural…
Scarcity of jobs and discrimination are major obstacles to employment, it turns out
The goal of the survey conducted at the end of 2023 was to find out possible employment services that the fund could offer to its members in the future. Respondents highlighted the paucity of possible job opportunities and long commutes as the biggest obstacles, and discrimination and lack of skills or education also emerged as…
SD and MP debate compulsory ID for travel into Sweden
Today, the Riksdag is expected to pass a law that will give the government the right to force companies that run trains, buses or ferries into Sweden not to let in travelers who do not have valid ID. The law is reminiscent of the controversial temporary ID checks introduced in 2016. Listen to the debate…