Tag: NPR

  • Finland goes to elections, Sweden's lost climate lead and government meets banks and police in fraud meeting

    Finland goes to elections, Sweden's lost climate lead and government meets banks and police in fraud meeting

    In the first hour: Valspurt in Finland Will the Finnish president's relationship with Moscow change? Swedish Saskia Pantell was to be murdered in Iran's suspected terror plot Fats Day coming soon: why are there so many different buns? Katarina Barrling congratulates Elsa Beskow on her 150th birthday in the chronicle The panel with Leonidas Aretakis…

  • The Finnish government dropped immigration from the 2024 strategic research theme

    The Finnish government dropped immigration from the 2024 strategic research theme

    The decision marks an unprecedented departure from established practice, According to Helsingin Sanomat. Strategic Research Council in June suggested that next year's themes will be water as an element of well-being, security and peace, and the future interaction between immigration, work and well-being – as the main focus of democracy. However, the government continues to…

  • Sofia Coppola – the girls, the father and the void

    Sofia Coppola – the girls, the father and the void

    Sofia Coppola was born into a family with several generations of filmmakers and composers, as the daughter of the famous Francis Ford Coppola. At the end of the 90s, her debut film The virgin suicides premiered and already here she set the tone for an aesthetic and a couple of themes that would become her…

  • Maxed out Christmas jazz with Sarah Dawn Finer and Samuel Ljungblahd

    Maxed out Christmas jazz with Sarah Dawn Finer and Samuel Ljungblahd

    Motown-scented soul takes center stage, but there will also be gospel, jazz and classic Christmas songs. The singers Samuel Ljungblahd and Sarah Dawn Finer have collaborated several times before and now promise to offer musical magic together with Sandviken Big Bandwhich is led by Christopher Wallin. This is a Christmas concert that contains both well-known…

  • Record Christmas deliveries: Posti delivers almost 7 million packages during Christmas

    Record Christmas deliveries: Posti delivers almost 7 million packages during Christmas

    “It's great to see that the tradition of sending Christmas cards is still alive,” remarked Sami Määttäwho is responsible for Posti's consumer letter services. Posti has navigated the challenges of incorrect or incomplete addresses, ensuring that all Christmas greetings are delivered and the final ones are distributed by the new year. “Delivering packages to different…

  • US attacks in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, luxury bags as a safe investment and interpreter fees in healthcare

    US attacks in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, luxury bags as a safe investment and interpreter fees in healthcare

    In the first hour: US attacks on targets in Syria, Iraq and Yemen. Conversation about US considerations, Iran's role and possible consequences for the situation in the Middle East. Report on luxury bags as an investment with a safe return Conversation about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' evacuation lists in Gaza. Do Swedish citizens in…

  • Anders Hansen answers listeners' questions about high sensitivity, unwelcome crying and anxiety

    Anders Hansen answers listeners' questions about high sensitivity, unwelcome crying and anxiety

    After the episode about crying, many reacted. Why can't some people cry? And how do you deal with crying that comes at the wrong time? High sensitivity is also a characteristic that many have written to us about. It does not exist as a diagnosis, but in Sweden there are several associations for high sensitivity.…

  • Särkänniemi illuminates Valkea 2023 – Festival of light and art

    Särkänniemi illuminates Valkea 2023 – Festival of light and art

    Särkänniemi's new event is more than just an art exhibition; it is an immersive experience designed to bring joy and awe during the darkest days of the year. The theme park area doesn't offer regular rides, instead focusing on creating an enchanting atmosphere through light, art, music and performances. In addition, the event coincides with…

  • Divorce – nothing to feel like a failure about

    Divorce – nothing to feel like a failure about

    Louise talks to Anna Bennichlicensed psychologist, about the reasons for this feeling and what tricks you can use to avoid getting stuck in gloomy thoughts of guilt and failure. Program manager: Louise EpsteinProducer: Tommie JonssonContact: [email protected]

  • The Prince's Forbidden Love (R)

    The Prince's Forbidden Love (R)

    When Carl Johan Bernadotte proposes to Kerstin Wijkmark, she first thinks he's joking. He understands that it is impossible, she says. The royal title and appanage After all, a marriage would mean that the prince would have to renounce his title and the royal appanage. And what would the court say about losing one in…

  • Choral singing makes the brain happy

    Choral singing makes the brain happy

    The mental state and ability to think seem to be improved by choral singing. But what is it about group singing that produces these effects? And does it matter what music you perform? We talk to Thores Theorell, professor emeritus of internal medicine at Karolinska Institutet, who studied how music affects the brain and body.…

  • Google introduces 'Gemini': a ground-breaking multi-modal AI model

    Google introduces 'Gemini': a ground-breaking multi-modal AI model

    Gemini stands out from existing AI models with unique “multimodal” capabilities. Unlike traditional models that only handle one type of user prompt, such as text or images, Gemini is designed to handle and integrate multiple media inputs, including text, images, audio, video, and programming code. This versatility puts Gemini at the forefront of AI technology…

  • Angela Davis – Activist, Icon and FBI Most Wanted

    Angela Davis – Activist, Icon and FBI Most Wanted

    Angela Davis grows up in racially divided Alabama during the 40s and 50s. This is a time when the Ku Klux Klan is trying to intimidate black families into silence and Southern politicians seem to be doing their best to preserve the status quo. In time, Angela Davis will snowball into an academic career. She…

  • I lose myself

    I lose myself

    In the middle of life and completely unprepared for that news. When she told her three children, their first question was, “Mommy, will you forget us?” This season of Sensitive Mode is about memories and losing them. In six episodes hits Uje Brandelius people who talk about how their memories or loss of memories has…

  • This is how you make life work – despite migraines

    This is how you make life work – despite migraines

    “Like a nail that someone hammers into the brain, which then becomes a car hammer straight down into the head.” This is how the author and psychologist describe it Celia Svedhem the pain. She has chronic migraines and has tried everything to relieve the attacks. Together with the migraine researcher Lars Edvinsson she tells us…

  • Orpo: The situation on Finland’s eastern border is unusual, additional measures are on the way

    Orpo: The situation on Finland’s eastern border is unusual, additional measures are on the way

    The Prime Minister described the situation at the border as very unusual, but refused to comment on whether the government plans to close more border crossings or the entire eastern border. Last week, the government closed four southeastern border crossings at Imatra, Niirala, Nuijamaa and Vaalimaa until February. The reception of asylum applications was simultaneously…

  • Särkänniemi lights up the winter at the Valkea 2023 art and light festival

    Särkänniemi lights up the winter at the Valkea 2023 art and light festival

    The festival aims to bring joy and excitement to the darkest time of the year through magical visual art installations, including massive light pillars visible from afar. Kari Kola, acting as artistic director, has designed an unprecedented light show especially for the landscape of Särkänniemi. Kola emphasizes the unique opportunity offered by the amusement park’s…

  • On the brink of eruption.  Drama in Grindavík

    On the brink of eruption. Drama in Grindavík

    The Reykjanes Peninsula, known for its volcanic activity, is back in the spotlight. The recent events in Grindavík, where residents had to evacuate due to an approaching volcanic eruption, remind us of the unpredictability and power of nature that the inhabitants of Iceland, including us, Poles, live with every day. The volcanic history of the…

  • Research: Many homeowners are unprepared for rising housing costs

    Research: Many homeowners are unprepared for rising housing costs

    According to the research, people over 60 are most likely to have serious financial buffers to protect themselves from financial challenges, and 18-29-year-olds are the least likely. Anders GyllingRetta Isännöintin’s operational manager, told Helsingin Sanomat reported on Friday that there can be two reasons for young people’s limited buffers: they haven’t had time to build…

  • An unprecedented flow of young asylum seekers challenges the EU

    An unprecedented flow of young asylum seekers challenges the EU

    This is happening with increasing immigration and the emphasis on children’s rights in the EU’s immigration policy. Eurostat data shows that EU Member States and Norway received more than 79,000 asylum applications from unaccompanied minors during this period, rising from 13,620 in 2020 to 40,175 in 2022. In addition, in 2022 the EU and Norway…

  • Ukraine’s future after the stalemate at the front

    Ukraine’s future after the stalemate at the front

    Conflict returns to Ukraine. A Ukraine where the optimism that characterized the summer feels like it has been blown away. At the time, there were great hopes about how the impending counter-offensive would be decisive for the war. That Ukrainian forces, armed with modern weapons from the West, would succeed in breaking through the Russian…

  • Finland cannot afford a large-scale strike planned for the beginning of 2024, says Häkämies

    Finland cannot afford a large-scale strike planned for the beginning of 2024, says Häkämies

    Jarkko ElorantaSAK’s chairman refused to confirm the plan yesterday. – On Tuesday, we announced work stoppages lasting no more than a day, which will start next week. No decisions have been made on other issues, and there is nothing more to report at this stage, he said said For Helsingin Sanomat. Häkämies commented on the…

  • Finland’s SAK ratchets up industrial action, warns of consequences

    Finland’s SAK ratchets up industrial action, warns of consequences

    Both Prime Ministers Petteri Orpo (NCP) and Finance Minister Riikka Purra has been announced according to Eloranta about the strikes starting on Tuesday, November 8. Strikes are an attempt to get the government to withdraw from its labor market reforms and cuts in spending on, for example, social security benefits. Eloranta told public radio that…

  • Should Japan Rethink Fukushima Wastewater Releases?

    Should Japan Rethink Fukushima Wastewater Releases?

    “The radioactive isotope of hydrogen, tritium H-3, cannot be chemically separated from water.” Sinikka Virtanen, the chief inspector of the Radiation Protection Agency (Stuk) tells the Helsinki Times. “Tritium is also a naturally occurring radionuclide that is created in the atmosphere. Its half-life is 12.3 years. It is also a by-product of operating nuclear power…

  • Türkiye at 100: Reflecting on the progress of a century and looking ahead

    Türkiye at 100: Reflecting on the progress of a century and looking ahead

    The significance of Turkey’s successful transformation and emergence as a beacon of stability and prosperity is perhaps more visible than ever today, as our entire region continues to struggle with unstable situations, wars, conflicts and humanitarian crises. Türkiye is a significant key player in regional and international affairs by responding to global challenges, promoting peace…

  • EU staff express outrage at von der Leyen’s position on the conflict between Israel and Hamas

    EU staff express outrage at von der Leyen’s position on the conflict between Israel and Hamas

    Key complaints The letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Irish Times, reveals deep-seated frustration among EU staff. Beginning with a condemnation of Hamas’ attack on Israel, the letter sharply criticized Israel’s “disproportionate reaction” against more than two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The signatories claim that the European Union’s response, or…

  • Amnesty International calls for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel crisis to end civilian suffering

    Amnesty International calls for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel crisis to end civilian suffering

    The Gaza Strip, home to more than two million people, has been particularly hard hit. According to Amnesty International, the death toll in Gaza has exceeded 6,546, including a significant number of children, and more than 17,439 were injured. In Israel, more than 1,400 people have died and thousands have been injured. Actions by Hamas,…

  • Magdalena Andersson (S): We should have done more to break new recruitment

    Magdalena Andersson (S): We should have done more to break new recruitment

    Magdalena Andersson, who was finance minister in Stefan Löfven’s governments 2014-2021 and prime minister between 2021-2022, says they should have done more to break new recruitment to the criminal gangs. “We would need to invest more in social services, more in field assistants. Maybe looked more at Denmark. Ulf Kristersson talks a lot about us…

  • Then you should trust your intuition

    Then you should trust your intuition

    Sometimes the hasty ill-considered decisions of supervisors lead to good things. Other times it goes really bad. Can we learn which decisions to make with gut feeling, and which to make with reason? Program managerLouise Epstein VisitorAnders Hansen ProducerPeter Normark

  • Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina

    – I hate to have to say this but we don’t have enough body bags. That warning goes out on local radio station WWL New Orleans just before the hurricane hits the city. – People were advised to write their names in permanent ink on their arms so that you would at least know who…

  • The tailor in Gaza condemns Hamas, dramatic choice of mouthpiece in the Green Party and Barbra Streisand

    The tailor in Gaza condemns Hamas, dramatic choice of mouthpiece in the Green Party and Barbra Streisand

    Hour 1: The Green Party has chosen a new male spokesperson and the Liberals are gathering to develop new policies. We report from the Green Party’s congress in Örebro and the Liberals’ national meeting in Linköping. The Tesla strike has been extended this week and so far there is no solution in sight. Hear a…

  • Here’s the best food for your brain

    Here’s the best food for your brain

    The brain is an energy-demanding organ that needs a lot of fuel. But does it matter what we feed it? Should it be homemade Mediterranean food, or does the energy you get from junk food work just as well? Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson professor of medicinal and physiological chemistry explains what happens in the brain during hunger…

  • How traumatic memories can rewire the brain

    How traumatic memories can rewire the brain

    Traditionally, researchers have studied the physical changes in the brain associated with memory formation. The NIPS team developed a new method that combines optical and machine learning approaches to probe deeply into the complex changes that occur during memory formation, particularly traumatic memories. Animals adapt to their environment through associative learning, which is a fundamental…