Tag: Mongolia
Helsinki will host the Travel Fair 2024, which will showcase international and domestic destinations
This year, the fair will introduce a wide variety of holiday destinations, from the Finnish sights of Inari-Saariselkä to exotic cruises on the Congo River. In particular, new destinations such as Albania, Gambia and Mongolia will make their debut, as well as returning participants such as Bulgaria and Discover America. Finland's provinces, including North Karelia…
The international junior football tournament rolls into the capital
“The capital now hosts an internationally renowned, record-breaking tournament that attracts participants from all over the world. Our most distant visitors come from Brazil, the United States, Mongolia and Mexico,” says Kirsi KavanneCEO of Helsinki Cup. Around 5,600 matches will be played in the six-day tournament in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa. The Helsinki Cup, which…
HS: Migri reprimands two senior advisers over the Mongolian nurse case
Migri later launched an internal investigation into the case, where significant errors were found in the resolution of the application and the classification of arguments, Ilkka HaahtelaCEO of Migr, said For Helsingin Sanomat on Thursday. – The mistakes in the overall evaluation were so significant that two written remarks were finally issued. This was a…
An effective police model, clean water and the absence of millions from controversial investments: Finland in the world press
Currently, RCMP personnel spend six months at a training center followed by six months of on-the-job training, which the commission considers “inappropriate.” The article notes that the commission’s report called that model “inadequate in preparing RCMP members for the complex demands of modern policing.” Finnish police operations Lotta ParjanenThe head of training at the police…
American actor John C. Reilly heads the jury for Un Certain Regard
American actor John C. Reilly, who has appeared in films by Martin Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson and Jacques Audiard, will chair the international jury for Un Certain Regard. Un Certain Regard is part of the film festival in Cannes, which runs parallel to the competition for the Palme d’Or. The 57-year-old actor takes over from…
Hold your horses, municipal rules: biodiversity must wait!
Wild horses roaming through nature to bring biodiversity back to an area – sounds like something they can do in the Pampas. Or on the plains of Outer Mongolia. Or a reservation area in Wyoming. But not Denmark: the moment they pick up a canter, they run out of wildlife and end up in a…
Huge ecological footprint places Denmark among the world’s worst over-consumers of resources
The inconvenience knows Earth Overshoot Day will not disappear, despite Denmark’s emergence in recent years as a green superpower. If Denmark were the entire planet, it would use an entire year’s worth of resources in just under three months, meaning it would need the equivalent of four Planet Earths to support its needs, according to…
Denmark’s military expenditure is increasing as the world’s powers sharpen their claws
S! CLEAN songA new defense proposal is a new one doomsday alarm called S!RENEN, which will sound a loud siren on people’s phones in the event of an impending disaster. There is no need to download a special app: in an emergency, the alert will be sent directly by mobile operators to mobile phones, along…
Wag the Bear: How a Danish NGO helps deliver the truth to Russians via YouTube
“You want answers/I want the truth!/You can’t handle the truth!” Only in the 2023 version of ‘A Few Good Men’, where Jack Nicholson portrays the Russian state and a Danish NGO, The WHY Foundationwill be played by Tom Cruise. That leaves the jury as to the people of Russia, who, courtesy of the NGO, can…
Finland grants refugee status to Afghan women and girls
According to the director of the asylum unit Antti Lehtinen, gender alone is now a sufficient basis for applying for asylum, whereas previously it was only one of many aspects taken into account in the decision-making process. The decision is a proactive measure by the Swedish Immigration Service in response to the deteriorating situation of…
The Ministry of the Interior commissions an investigation into the immigration administration
In addition, the aim is to increase understanding of the regulation governing immigration, the processes related to immigration and residence, and the role of different national authorities. The information is used in political decision-making and in the reform of the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri). The results of the evaluation are expected in February or March.…
The ministers ask Migr to react to the problems highlighted in the media
Helsingin Sanomat on Saturday was revealed that Migri had denied the residence permit application and filed criminal charges against a Mongolian nurse who had obtained a qualification and worked in Finland. YLE on Sunday reported that Migri has granted work permits to Thai women for massage work without the knowledge of the authorities responsible for…
Suomen Migri is under heavy criticism for the case of the Mongolian nurse
Boldbaatar, the newspaper wrote, graduated as a nurse in Helsinki in May 2020, in the middle of Finland’s first wave of coronavirus infections. After working for a couple of months in the internal medicine department of the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), he voluntarily moved to the intensive care unit to treat Covid-19 patients.…
Government ministers demand a review of the Migri processes
The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) is receiving new criticism due to Helsingin Sanomat’s investigation into the rejection of a Mongolian nurse’s work permit application.
Climate summary: Could Denmark soon have a new Swedish nuclear power plant as a neighbour?
Plans to build a new nuclear power plant near the decommissioned Barsebäck nuclear power plant are taking shape in Skåne in southern Sweden – an area just over 20 km across the Øresund from Copenhagen. For decades, the Danish government tirelessly campaigned for its closure due to its proximity to Denmark. But now it appears…
Russia ready to restart supplies, ball in the EU: Putin on gas supplies via the Nord Stream 2 pipeline
If they want, let them turn on the faucet and that’s it. We will not limit anyone anywhere, including our readiness to supply additional quantities in the fall-winter season,” Reuters reported. He said that Europe’s prosperity in recent decades was based on cooperation with Russia. “I have repeatedly said that Nord Streams has no political…
10+ strange Slavic names that the Russians still call their children
The most popular Russian names today are of Greek origin. But what are authentic Slavic names that people in Russia were called and still are called? Here is a list of some of the most common. Most Russian names nowadays are of Greek origin or were interpreted or converted from Greek names. It happened after…
Denmark tops the global competitiveness index for the first time
Strong economy during pandemicDenmark has flirted with first place in the last five years, where they became number three in 2021, number two in 2020, eighth in 2019 and sixth in 2018. According to WCC, Denmark’s rise to the top of the rankings is due to a sharp rise in the country’s economic results during…
Russia’s history in 10 paintings
These Russian artists have depicted the most vital and dramatic events of Russia’s ten centuries of existence. Vasilij Perov. The first Christians in Kyiv (1880) State Russian Museum Christianity, which comes from the Byzantine Empire, began to spread across Russia long before the country’s official baptism of Kiev’s Prince Vladimir 988. According to some sources,…
Expert: Russia may completely divert gas exports from Europe to Asia
“Russia’s exports to Europe now could potentially be fully diverted to the Asia-Pacific region. However, this will require the active development of export infrastructure, the construction of new gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, which is also time-consuming,” Timonin said. Russia’s efforts to divert gas flows to Asia are not only due to…
Misinformation, censorship, trigger the global retreat of press freedom
Washington – Following the Kremlin’s example, a global increase in disinformation and propaganda has a catastrophic effect on independent news around the world, a new report shows. In its 2022 The World Press Freedom Index was released on TuesdayThe Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has contributed enormously to the…
National Round-Up: Denmark has already used up its annual allowance, and it’s still March!
From today, Denmark has used its supply of naturally produced resources until 2022, according to the think tank Global Footprint Network, which divides the world’s total production on its population to find out which countries are overconsuming. Denmark is the 15th country so far this year to reach overconsumption, and it’s not even April! Last…
Why Crimean Tatars are afraid when Russia invades Ukraine
Like Vladimir Putin’s strengths wage a brutal war against Ukraine, the Crimean Tatars living in Russian-occupied Crimea and on the Ukrainian mainland feel particularly threatened by the recent invasion of their historical enemy. Some have promised to defend Ukraine, a country many fled to in 2014 after Putin’s forces invaded the Crimean peninsula and began…
Jaishankar shares a “national atmosphere” with Indian society in Munich
Munich [Germany]February 20 (ANI): Foreign Minister Dr S Jaishankar expressed his delight at meeting with the Indian community in Munich on Sunday morning, saying their feelings for the country were so “heartwarming”. The Foreign Minister also shared the “confident national mood” with members of society and emphasized the strong momentum in relations between India and…
Jaishankar holds bilateral meetings with ministers from Europe, Asia and Germany
Munich [Germany]February 19 (ANI): Foreign Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar held a series of meetings with ministers from Europe, Asia and other parts of the world during his visit to Germany. Jaishankar is in Munich to attend a security conference. He holds bilateral meetings with foreign ministers and other delegates who would attend the conference. In…
Human Freedom Index Ranking: Where is Bulgaria
compiled by the Cato Institute and the Canadian Fraser Institute, measures the degree of individual and economic freedom. The index is formed on the basis of 82 separate indicators, grouped into 12 categories and rated on a scale from 0 to 10 points. This year’s edition uses data for 2019. The index covers 165 countries,…
Finland has been appointed Chairman of the OSCE for 2025
Finland will chair the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2025, Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto (Green) confirmed at a news conference on Tuesday night. The OSCE is the world’s largest security-focused intergovernmental organization, and Finland’s role as chairman in 2025 is expected to be rubber-stamped at a meeting of all…
Olympic Games: USA aims for gold in men’s basketball, baseball
The United States will play for gold medals in men’s basketball and baseball after winning the semifinals on Thursday at the Olympics in Tokyo 2020. Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant had 23 points on 10-of-19 shots to go with a nine rebounds high for the United States as they turned a close game into a…
FACTS: Here are the countries with the most vaccinated
Here you can read the list of countries with the highest vaccine connections. The number in parentheses indicates what percentage of the country’s population has been vaccinated against covid-19. Malta (76.1 percent). 2. United Arab Emirates (71.5). 3. Iceland (70.4). 4. Seychelles (70.2). 5. San Marino (68.4). Chile (65.0). 7. Bahrain (64.4). 8. Uruguay (64.2).…
Denmark ranks among the world’s energy conversion leaders
Numerous contributors Since the annual WEF report made its debut a decade ago, Denmark has never ranked lower than fifth. “Nordic countries, including Sweden, Norway and Denmark, have maintained their leading positions in the Energy Transition Index (ETI), driven by strong advances in environmental sustainability,” said the WEF. “Only 13 out of 115 countries have…
Her acquaintance disappeared after being arrested by Chinese police
Police have offered rewards to get ahold of those who protested in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia. The protests are based on dissatisfaction with a school reform which means that Chinese will take a larger place as a language of instruction in the Mongolian schools as well. “Studying Chinese is our duty, but it…