Tag: News agency
Western companies made billions in Russia last year’s report
Companies from ?unfriendly? countries reportedly cannot withdraw their winnings Multinational companies from “unfriendly” countries made big profits in Russia last year despite sanctions their home countries imposed on Moscow, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing calculations by the Kiev School of Economics (KSE). The KSE calculations are based on sources such as the Russian…
“We can separate from the European Union if necessary,” Turkish President Erdogan
Istanbul [Turkey]September 16 (ANI): Ahead of his participation in the 78th UN General Assembly, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that in his assessment it is very clear that the European Union is trying to break away from Turkey, adding that the country will “part ways”. from the European Union if necessary, Anadolu news…
MTV: The former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is suspected of unauthorized purchases
According to the news agency, the man may have paid the ministry about 130,000 euros in extra expenses.
The Nobel Foundation welcomes the Russian ambassador
The organization behind the awards has announced that it will invite all envoys to Sweden and Norway to its ceremonies to combat “polarisation” Ambassadors from all nations “diplomatically represented in Sweden and Norway” will henceforth be invited to Nobel Prize events, the foundation behind the prestigious awards announced on Thursday. The move is a step…
Sweden, EU confirms Swedish citizen held in Iran since last year
stockholm – Sweden said Monday that a Swedish citizen in his 30s was arbitrarily detained in Iran last year and demanded his immediate release. The Swedish government did not identify the man, but The New York Times said he was Johan Floderus, a Swede who had worked for the EU’s diplomatic corps. Citing anonymous sources,…
Swedish police reveal consequences of Quran-burning stunts
The authorities say the country, along with Denmark and the Netherlands, has become a priority target for terrorists Sweden, as well as Denmark and the Netherlands, now top the priority lists of several terrorist groups, Magnus Sjoberg, the head of the counterterrorism department at the country’s Security Police, warns. The high threat level in the…
Insulting sanctities tantamount to crime: Iran Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian
Tehran [Iran], August 1 (ANI): Iran’s Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian during his speech at the extraordinary foreign ministerial meeting of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held via video conference on Monday said that disrespecting religious sanctities is tantamount to a crime, Iranian News Agency Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. He regretted that some…
Russian military captures first Swedish armored vehicle (VIDEO)
The CV90 infantry fighting vehicle was abandoned by Ukrainian troops after being hit with a rocket, RIA Novosti reports Russian forces have captured their first Swedish-made CV90 infantry fighting vehicle on the Ukrainian battlefield. Footage of the seized hardware was published by RIA Novosti news agency on Sunday. Photos of Russian troops posing in front…
Russian military captures first Swedish armored vehicle
The CV90 infantry fighting vehicle was abandoned by Ukrainian troops after being hit with a rocket, RIA Novosti reports Russian forces have captured their first Swedish-made CV90 infantry fighting vehicle on the Ukrainian battlefield. Footage of the seized hardware was published by RIA Novosti news agency on Sunday. Photos of Russian troops posing in front…
Russian embassy staff in Helsinki flees in large numbers after spy expulsion
While Finland expelled nine embassy staff in June over espionage concerns, an exceptional number more have left Helsinki this summer according to a report by the Finnish News Agency STT.
Swedish PM brands burning of Quran ‘destructive’
The stunts have made Sweden a priority target for terrorist attacks, Ulf Kristersson says The burning of the Quran by anti-Islam activists is a destructive act that harms Sweden’s national security, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Thursday. Writing on Facebook, Kristersson urged the public to understand that the situation is “very serious.” “The most…
Swedish PM brands burning of Quran destructive
The stunts have made Sweden a priority target for terrorist attacks, Ulf Kristersson says The burning of the Quran by anti-Islam activists is a destructive act that harms Sweden’s national security, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Thursday. Writing on Facebook, Kristersson urged the public to understand that the situation is “very serious.” “The most…
New Permit Applications to Burn Religious Books Worry Swedish PM
STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s prime minister said Thursday that police have received several permit applications for the burning of religious texts in the country next week, and that he fears this may escalate tensions further with the Muslim world. In his first public comments since the start of the Quran burning crisis that has severely strained…
Swedish FM voices regret the Koran attack in Stockholm: Lebanese media
BEIRUT, July 23 (Xinhua) — The Swedish foreign minister on Sunday expressed regret over the recent attack on the Koran in Stockholm, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported. During a telephone conversation with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib, Tobias Billström expressed Sweden’s regret over the desecration of the Koran and its insult to Islamic faith…
The United Arab Emirates summons the Swedish envoy over the desecration of the Koran
DUBAI, July 21 (Xinhua) — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Ministry has summoned the Swedish charge d’affaires to protest the repeated attacks and abuses against copies of the Koran in Sweden, the official WAM news agency reported Friday. The ministry strongly condemned the Swedish authorities’ decision to continue allowing such acts and rejected the…
The boys are charged with murder and the girl with failing to help
Three teenagers, aged between 17 and 19, were charged with killing a Polish man in the car park of the Fjarðarkaup supermarket in April. A seventeen-year-old girl was charged with failing to fulfill the obligation to help. This information was confirmed by the district prosecutor’s office. It has been almost twelve weeks since the death…
Reuters appeals Turkey’s ban on online article
Washington/Ankara, Turkey – Reuters said this week it will appeal a move by Turkey to block access to more than 90 web links and social media posts that used reporting from the news agency. The ban relates to an article that said Swedish and US anti-corruption authorities were reviewing a complaint naming the Turkish president’s…
Pakistan: Catholic church leaders demand protection after threats from banned clothing
Islamabad [Pakistan]July 5 (ANI): Several Catholic Church leaders in Pakistan have demanded protection following banned group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi threats in the wake of the Koran burning incident in Sweden last week that has sparked protests in several countries, Vatican News reported. Citing UCA News Agency, it reported that an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of…
Morocco recalls ambassador to Sweden in protest against burning the Koran
Police officers intervene after people’s reaction as protesters burn the Koran (not pictured) outside the Stockholm Central Mosque in Stockholm, Sweden June 28, 2023. /Reuters Morocco has recalled its ambassador to Sweden indefinitely in protest against the burning of the Koran, the state news agency Maghreb Arabe Press reported. A person identified as Salwan Momika…
STT: The temperature may rise to 30 degrees in some parts of Finland on Thursday
“It may be that it counts down to the decimals whether we reach the 30 degree mark or not.” Ari-Juhani Punkkatold the Finnish news agency. A cold front follows the northern parts of the country, which may keep the temperature below 10 degrees. The smoke from the Canadian forest fires is gradually leaving Finland. Considering…
Forecast: More than 1.5 million electric cars on Finnish roads by 2040
AUT stated on Tuesday that the current pace of electrification is not sufficient to achieve the national goal of at least halving traffic emissions from the 2005 level by 2030. As 94 percent of passenger cars are currently combustion engine cars and the average scrapping age is more than 22 years, combustion engine cars are…
Turkey to maintain block against Sweden joining NATO – Bloomberg
Ankara believes Stockholm needs to do more to address its concerns, the media have said Turkey is unlikely to signal its readiness to agree to Sweden’s accession to NATO at an upcoming meeting with officials from Turkey, Sweden and Finland later this week, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing sources. Ankara believes Stockholm must do more…
French town pays tribute to playground knife attack survivors
Residents of the French town of Annecy gathered on Sunday to honor the six victims of a knife attack at a playground on Thursday, as well as the people who rushed to stop it. Thousands of people were expected at noon on Sunday at the park where the attack took place. “Annecy has experienced a…
French town pays tribute to people who chased away a playground attacker
Residents of the French town of Annecy are gathering Sunday to honor the people who rushed to stop a man who stabbed six people, including four small children, near a playground on Thursday. Thousands of people are expected to gather on Sunday morning in the park where the attack took place. The city’s mayor, Francois…
The summer job market is hot amid a labor shortage
Those looking for a summer job are in luck, says news agency STT.
In 2022, a record number of 50,000 people immigrated to Finland
The lifting of restrictions, he explained, made it possible to release pent-up demand. “There were additions to the permit types. The number of work permits increased, there were more students and also more family members arrived. The only type without growth were asylum seekers,” he revealed to the news agency. This year, the number of…
Volunteers interrupt the summer search for Finnish soldiers from the Second World War
Security problems prevent searches on the Russian side of the border this summer, reports STT news agency.
Reuters: Moscow accuses Finland of freezing bank accounts
According to the Reuters news agency, the freezing of Finland’s bank accounts in Russia was a forced countermeasure according to the Kremlin.
Monitoring group: Finland should be “cautious” towards NATO’s nuclear exercises
An independent monitoring group urges Finland to be cautious regarding NATO’s nuclear weapons exercises, reports STT news agency.
Last call for popular Western spirits in Russia
Beverages group Pernod Ricard says it will halt sales in the country over the next few months French drinks company Pernod Ricard, owner of the Absolut vodka and Jameson whiskey brands, has halted all exports to Russia, the company said in a statement on its website on Friday. According to the statement, the company plans…
US sells weapons to majority of authoritarian regimes The Intercept
Washington sold weapons to at least 48 countries classified as under authoritarian rule in 2022, the news agency said. US President Joe Biden’s administration sold weapons to at least 57% of the world’s authoritarian regimes by 2022, according to analysis published Thursday by The Intercept. In a lengthy review of US arms trade practices and…