Tag: Orc
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…
Taxi drivers gather to remember the crash in Tampere Keskustori
A middle-aged taxi driver lost his life when a Finnish Defense Forces (FDF) vehicle ran into the back of his taxi while stopping at a red traffic light in Tampere.
Debate: Should the state stop buying Jas Gripen planes from Saab?
Should the state stop buying Jas Gripen planes from Saab even if it means that the production of Swedish combat aircraft goes to the grave? The issue came to the fore when Svenska Dagbladet published information that Saab appealed to the state to order more Gripen planes – otherwise they will be forced to wind…
FDF: Finnish peacekeeper racism, sexual abuse in Chad "should have been addressed"
Allegations of the inappropriate behavior of Finnish peacekeeping forces in Chad were revealed in a book published last week.
NATO exercises cause congestion
According to the Defense Forces, the roads may be congested towards the end of the week.
HS: The strikes force Finnair to increase refueling stops on long-haul flights
Mia ElorantaFinnair's director of communications told Helsingin Sanomat on Monday that the majority state-owned airline refuels aircraft operating on continental routes in destination countries. “This is an attempt to save fuel in Helsinki,” he added. The long-haul flights operated by the airline, on the other hand, make more refueling stops at airports in Europe. Eloranta…
Proposal to withdraw RÚV from the advertising market
According to the proposal of the majority of the working group of the Ministry of Culture and Economic Affairs, the Icelandic national broadcaster (RÚV) should withdraw from the advertising market and thus be excluded from competing with private entities in the sale of advertising services. This change would come into force at the end of…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit's incurable illness
The changes that will save the monarchy Royal calendars are filled months in advance but for Crown Princess Mette-Marit that is an impossibility because her illness makes life unpredictable. Court expert Roger Lundgren was a guest on the podcast and talked about the major changes the Norwegian royal house will most likely be forced to…
The military exercise apparently disturbs the weather satellite image of Lapland
The Finnish Air Force is participating in the ongoing military exercise in the northern parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway.
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…
The Finnish government is reforming unemployment benefits and wage support
According to the new proposal, wage support work, which is currently 75 percent of the unemployment benefit's employment requirement, no longer meets this requirement in most cases. The purpose is to reflect more precisely the nature of wage-subsidized tasks and to promote more sustainable employment solutions. Exceptions are persons with reduced work ability or long-term…
Finland's economy is expected to recover from the end of 2024 in the midst of a prolonged recession
This revision reflects a slightly more negative outlook than the bank's previous forecast of 0.3 percent growth for the current year, especially since the last quarter of 2023 was weaker than expected. Initially, GDP was estimated to contract by 1.0% in 2023. The first quarter of 2024, marked by strikes, is expected to be less…
The increase in the number of prisoners and community sanctions will challenge the Finnish prison system in 2023
The number of those involved in community sanctions rose to an average of 3,785 in 2023, up from 3,052 in 2022, with young adults under the age of 21 making up 12 per cent of this group. There were another 12% women and about 8% foreigners. Correspondingly, the average number of prisoners increased slightly to…
Elin lost fingers and legs – had to fight for her prostheses
Thousands need prostheses Diseases and traffic accidents resulting in amputations mean that thousands of people need prostheses – arms, fingers and legs. But the help you get depends on where you live. Caliber has reviewed the prosthetic care. – It is sad that it has to be like this and that there are people out…
Stubb: Finland's foreign and security policy is based on value realism
“The cornerstones of our foreign policy are built on Western values, such as democracy, the rule of law and human rights. We believe in cooperation and international rules-based order, he said. “At the same time, our security policy is based on realism. That's why we maintain a strong defense – now as part of the…
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…
Finnish fighter jets are leaving for the Nordic Response 24 exercise
Next week's international exercise is the Defense Forces' “most important” exercise of the year, according to the Air Force.
The decline in the labor force in the Finnish economy continues, and certain sectors suffer the most
Ilmarinen's economic index, which tracks the development of more than 60,000 companies employing approximately 500,000 employees, provides up-to-date information on the state of the Finnish economy. Despite a slight improvement from December's 2.8% decline, January's numbers highlight ongoing economic concerns. Jouni VatanenIlmarinen's researcher emphasized the broad nature of the bill, which applies to almost all…
This is what we know about the poison gas at the Säpo headquarters
At the end of February 2024, several employees at Säpo feel strange symptoms. They feel sick or have trouble breathing. Eight people end up in hospital. A gas alarm has gone off and it turns out that a deadly battle gas has been measured at the security police headquarters. The big question is why. –…
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…
Details: The CIA has been training elite forces in Ukraine – for more than ten years
For over ten years, the CIA has trained elite forces and spies in Ukraine and built secret underground military bunkers for intelligence operations along the border with Russia, according to an exposé in the New York Times. The cooperation has become stronger over the years and now Ukraine is one of Washington's most important intelligence…
“Tourists wander around Grindavík unsupervised”
At the same time that Grindavík residents have been forced to leave their homes, tourists visiting the Blue Lagoon can enter the city unsupervised. Sólný Pálsdóttir, who is one of the residents of Efrahóp, the street through which lava flowed during the last eruption, came across tourists standing on the hot lava and taking photos…
NATO countries refuse to support Macron's troops in Ukraine's claims
There are no plans for Western boots on the ground, several leaders have insisted Britain, Poland, the Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden spoke out on Tuesday against French President Emmanuel Macron's proposal that Western troops could be deployed in Ukraine. Although there was no consensus on sending ground forces, Macron said on Monday after a…
More than 100 members of the European Parliament demand continued funding for UNRWA amid the Gaza crisis
Finnish MEP Alviina AlametsäThe Greens representative has been a prominent signatory to a collective letter addressed to key figures in the European Union, including the presidents of the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament. The letter highlights the moral suspension of halting funding to UNRWA, an organization that acts as a lifeline…
Finland organizes air force defense exercises in different parts of the country
The training also uses highway sections in the vicinity of both air bases, which leads to the closure of highway 4 in Jyväskylä and 9523 in Rovaniemi.
Hamina's battery factory gets permission to discharge waste water into the Baltic Sea
AVI for Southern Finland stated that the sulfate contained in the wastewater does not cause significant harm to the environment or the risk of such harm if the facility is used in accordance with the permit. Non-governmental organizations have launched a petition demanding partial cancellation of the environmental permit and obliging the facility to treat…
The agreement concerning NATO forces requires the approval of the majority of the parliament
The Constitutional Committee decided on Friday that the agreement on NATO forces must be approved by two-thirds of the MPs in order for it to pass.
Preparations for the F-35 fighter assembly near Tampere are progressing
The Air Force's purchase of 64 Lockheed Martin F-35 military aircraft creates industrial jobs in Finland.
The Romance Scams – A Million Dollar Industry | Part 2/3
Elias, 30, meets Russian Daria on a Christian dating site, just as Russia's war against Ukraine breaks out. Elias is young and knows how the internet works, he knows that you can be deceived. Nevertheless, he falls for Daria, the nice girl with whom he can have deep, intellectual conversations. Checking everything At first, just…
The number of unemployed foreigners in Finland is still at a record level
The number of foreigners who registered as unemployed job seekers has increased significantly in the 2020s, Helsingin Sanomat stated. In January 2020, the number was 25,400, but it increased with the start of the coronavirus pandemic – from 30,600 in March 2020 to around 40,000 in April 2020 – and seems to have settled at…