Tag: Proposal
Turkey welcomes Iran’s bid for OIC Emergency Meeting
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Turkey’s foreign minister embraced his Iranian counterpart’s proposal to convene an extra ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to address the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden and Denmark. – Politics News – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan held a telephone conversation…
Actions on legislative changes after the Bræðraborgarstígur fire
The Minister of Infrastructure intends to submit draft amendments to various laws on fire protection in residential buildings, so as to ensure constant access to the most accurate information about where people live. This is what we read on the government Consultation Portal, where reference was made to the work of the working group appointed…
Finland is closely monitoring how the EU reform proposal meets with a setback
The knife-edge voting result of the EU Parliament’s environment committee was 44-44, but the required simple majority was not obtained to support the bill. The final vote, which will decide the fate of the proposal, will now take place in July.
Hundreds joined Helsinki to protest against the new government’s immigration policy
The protesters opposed the future government’s goals to tighten Finland’s immigration laws and stated that the proposals unfairly target foreign workers.
Encounters wins the Espoo House architecture competition
The design is in line with the goals of the competition to create a distinctive new building that strengthens Espoo’s future identity. The panel evaluates various aspects of the proposals, including their suitability to the urban structure and environment, interconnectivity of facilities, functionality, comfort, views, life cycle solutions and construction costs. The winning proposal stood…
VMA in Skelleftehamn, Västerbotten county
After the weekend’s shootings, the opposition calls a press conference. Now they present several proposals on how to reduce violence. Now Magdalena Andersson (S) is holding a press conference about the violence.
Renewal of evidence-based access to universities for 2026
The proposed scoring model takes into account the importance of the mother tongue in all university studies and gives it more points than the current system. Differences in scoring for humanities and natural sciences have been reduced, while languages receive higher scores. The goal of the changes is to offer high school students better opportunities…
Upper secondary school enrollment should be reduced – pedagogues
It is too easy to be admitted to a high school, believes the interest organization for the Danish high schools. Each year approximately 55,000 students are admitted to upper secondary school – a figure that is far too many, argues Danske Gymnasier, which would like to make the entrance exam more challenging to discourage students…
Planned changes at Sólfarið
The latest zoning plan for the area between Harpa Concert and Conference Center and Laugarness involves the removal of the current car park at Sólfarið. The changes include e.g. redevelopment of the area, creation of a green belt and strengthening of the waterfront. According to a statement posted on the city’s website, the Reykjavík City…
The government wants citizenship applicants to stay in Denmark until the famous handshake
Potentially waiting for monthsAs the rules stand today, applicants can live abroad while waiting to attend the citizenship ceremony – the final step before citizenship is secured. This ceremony must take place within two years of Parliament’s approval of the applicant. So the issue is that applicants potentially face having to stay in Denmark for…
The Technology 23 startup competition is open
The award can be granted for a significant, creative and innovative technological solution, such as a new commercial product, method or application. Competition proposals can be sent until August 31, 2023. The jury of the competition selects the 5-7 best ideas or solutions from among the proposals, which will enter the pitch competition organized at…
Alavatu middle school wins the national school food competition "Friendship table" to prevent loneliness
The idea was created by seventh grade students Eemeli Eklund, Vilhelmina Koivula, Iines Onnela, Eemeli Rantalaand Lotta Uitto. The expert jury awarded the idea a scholarship of 1,000 euros, according to which the simple and easily implemented idea deals with the current loneliness of young people, which also affects school meals. The jury also awarded…
More and more working people receive housing allowance in Finland
The earnings deduction was introduced in 2015 as part of the comprehensive reform of general housing allowance. As a result of the reduction in earnings, general housing allowance has increasingly become a means of support for working people. Housing benefit recipients’ share of income rose from 24% to 39% between 2015 and 2019, when students…
The panel in Godmorgon world: On reduction duty and child pornography offences
Will the promise of a reduced reduction obligation be broken? Would it be good to give increased state grants to municipalities and regions in the spring amendment budget? The EU has put forward a proposal to force companies that provide digital communications to scan all users’ content. Is that a good way to try to…
The EU Council formally adopts 15 pct. target to reduce the demand for gas
Brussels [Belgium]March 30 (ANI/WAM): The EU Council on Thursday adopted a regulation extending member states’ voluntary 15 percent gas demand reduction target by one year. The regulation retains the ability for the Council to trigger a “Union Alert” on security of supply, in which case a reduction in gas demand would become mandatory. “I am…
The cleaners’ strike starts after the rejection of the resolution proposal
The strike is scheduled to last from Thursday to Saturday, and around 27,000 cleaners in 18 companies will be asked to walk out.
The clocks will be moved forward because summer time starts on Sunday, March 26
Switching to summer time and back to winter time is a uniform practice in the European Union. The clocks are changed in all Member States at the same time on the same day. Adjusting the clocks at the same time is important, for example, in international rail and air traffic. Early Sunday morning was chosen…
Moderate budget proposals on the cards today
Delayed on arrivalNot much has been revealed about the proposal, but Wammen pointed to some of the agreements that have already been approved – such as the new Ukraine fund. Under normal circumstances, a budget is usually adopted at the end of the previous year. An agreement is typically concluded in November or December. But…
NATO chief: Finland’s proposal will be ratified before the Turkish elections
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he was confident that Finland would become a full member of the alliance before mid-May.
Minister looks at war crimes in Denmark
Must send out a strong signalIf the proposal is supported by the Folketing, Hummelgaard intends to set up a legislative committee to investigate how war crimes can technically be added to the penal code. The committee will assess whether the punishment for war crimes should be higher than the applicable provisions for offenses such as…
Danish company abolishes children’s sick day limit
Your three-year-old woke up with an eye infection, but you managed to clear most of the dirt. Your five-year-old has a slight temperature, so there’s a chance he’ll come down with something, but he’ll definitely make it through the day—especially if you give him a pill. Working parents wake up to these kinds of dilemmas…
Efling members voted and accepted the settlement proposal
Today at 10 am, the vote on accepting or rejecting the settlement prepared by Ástráður Haraldsson, state mediator in the collective dispute between the Efling trade union and the Confederation of Icelandic Entrepreneurs SA, ended. In the vote, the turnout was only 23% of all eligible voters, and 84.9% of members voted in favor, i.e.…
The delegation of the Hungarian Parliament meets with Finnish MPs to discuss the NATO proposal
Hungarian politicians visit Helsinki as Hungary prepares to finalize its decision on Finland’s application to NATO.
Voting on the new wage proposal lasts until Wednesday
On Friday, March 3, at 12:00 noon, voting began on the settlement proposal prepared by Ástráður Haraldsson, state mediator in the collective dispute between the Efling trade union and the Confederation of Icelandic Entrepreneurs SA. Voting is ongoing and will end on Wednesday, March 8 at 10:00. If Efling trade union members and SA members…
The mediator presented a new proposal
Ástráður Haraldsson, state mediator working on a new wage agreement with Efling and SA unions, called a press conference at 10:00 today. During the meeting, he said that representatives of the Confederation of Employers SA and Efling trade unions approved his new proposal for mediation, and therefore strikes and breaks at work will be suspended…
Four proposals participated in the Espoo house architecture competition
The zoning competition for the Espoo building to be placed in Espoonkeskus is currently underway in cooperation with the Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA). Four working groups were chosen to continue in the competition, whose works are Encounters, Kontrapunkti, Lehteri and Virta. The competition entries are made available for residents to see and comment on…
The labor market organizations cannot reach an agreement on overcrowding
“We spent the whole day looking for a solution, but unfortunately we couldn’t find it,” he comment. “We have to wait and think about the solution for some time, but we are close. There was clear progress today.” Sajavaara added that the plan is to continue the negotiations as soon as possible, but refused to…
The controversial Sámi law runs aground in the parliamentary committee
This means that the long-discussed amendment proposals to the Sámi District Act will not be made during this election period.
Ban on work for Efling members: “Absolute emergency measure”
The board of the Confederation of Workers (SA) approved the proposal for companies and enterprises that belong to it to ban Efling members from working. If it is accepted, none of the employees employed on the basis of the Efling and SA payroll agreements may work and receive remuneration at that time. Voting on the…
Unions Efling and SA at a meeting with a new mediator
Representatives of Efling and the Employers’ Confederation (SA) attended a meeting with interim appointed state mediator Ástráður Haraldsson. The meeting started at 10:00 in the morning. Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir, president of Efling, said the union would not consider stopping the strikes unless a good proposal was made. It is still unclear if there will actually…
New proposal to crack down on hooliganism
Police, fans and clubs involved“I’ve been going to games for years and I think the atmosphere is fantastic. But I’ve also experienced how quickly things can turn,” said Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard. “It has to be safe for families and other fans to be at football matches, and that’s not the case when people…
“It was a mutual decision”: Defense company Saab separates from Adani Group
New Delhi [India]Feb 9 (ANI): As Saab and Adani Group have decided not to go ahead with the deal to manufacture Gripen E fighter jets in India, Mats Palmberg, the India head of the Swedish aerospace and defense company, said on Thursday that it was “mutual decision”. An agreement was signed in 2017 between the…
Activists stopped logging again at the Lapland construction site
Activists demand that Metsähallitut stop logging in the area until the protection proposals have been processed by the Ministry of the Environment.