Tag: Mariehamn
Ministry: Free flights could be profitable for Finland’s three regional airports
The passenger utilization rate of the Helsinki–Savonlinna route was the lowest in two and a half years, 7–19 percent. The Finnish government has outlined that the development of domestic air connections should be based on the goal that the capital can be reached in three hours from anywhere in the country. Its plan of action…
Finland closes the Russian Consulate General in Turku
Mikko KivikoskiDeputy Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday told Helsingin Sanomat announced that the duties of the Consulate General will either be terminated or transferred to the Russian Embassy in Helsinki. “In any case, a consulate general has a more limited range of functions than an embassy,” he said. Four Russian…
Niinistö: Russia closes Finland’s St. Petersburg consulate opens a “new dimension”
Russia announced on Thursday that it will close not only the consulate general but also nine Finnish diplomats and give a verbal warning to Finland’s ambassador to Moscow, Antti Helanterä. The expulsions were not so surprising, because they are symmetrical with the expulsions carried out by Finland at the Russian embassy in Helsinki. While Niinistö…
MPs agree to demands that Finland closes the Russian consulate in Mariehamn
The presence of the Russian consulate in Mariehamn in the demilitarized Åland has sparked a lot of political and public debate in recent weeks.
HS: Russia has responded to Finland’s diplomatic note about freezing the diplomatic account
“We have been aware of the difficulties and tried to help Russian operations,” he said quoted saying for the journalists of Helsingin Sanomat at the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Oslo, Norway. Haavisto reminded that banks cannot make independent decisions about diplomatic relations and missions inevitably require some kind of banking connections. Russia’s response to…
The citizens’ initiative demands the closing of the Russian consulate in Mariehamn
Some say that Åland’s demilitarized status puts it at risk now that Finland is a NATO member.
New balance of power when NATO dominates the Baltic Sea
On Tuesday, the Finnish flag was raised outside NATO headquarters in Brussels. In a future where Sweden also joins NATO, only two small areas remain around the Baltic Sea that are not part of the defense alliance; the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad between Lithuania and Poland and then St. Petersburg at the far end of…
St Lucia Day – Light in the middle of winter gloom
Finland’s Lucia this year is Tilde Polviander From the capital of Åland, Mariehamn. He will be officially crowned in Helsinki’s Lutheran Cathedral on Monday night. The church is open to the public, but space is limited. Participants must present their Covid Passport at the door. However, the traditional Lucia procession through the center of Helsinki,…
Finnish Meteorological Institute: 2020 was a record warm year in Finland
“Six of Finland’s 10 warmest years have been proven since 2010” highlighted Pauli Jokinen, FMI meteorologist. January, June and November were all the second warmest in history. In November, the monthly high temperature record was broken twice, with mercury first rising to 14.7 ° C in Pori in Satakunta on 3 November and then to…
In many parts of Finland there is zero hours of sunshine in December
In recent weeks, much of Finland has been characterized by dense, low-dependent clouds – meteorologists say the reason is due to inversion. "Normally the air cools when it rises in the atmosphere, but now we are in the opposite situation where the warmer air is higher," the meteorologist explained Antti Kokko From the Finnish Meteorological…
Viking line’s ships have run aground off Mariehamn
Viking line’s ship Grace has run aground off Mariehamn on Åland. This is stated by the Finnish Coast Guard for Finnish media, reports our correspondent. Lars Blohm, rescue leader at the Swedish Maritime Administration’s Maritime and Air Rescue Center, tells TT that Grace’s crew has stated that they do not need help, and that they…