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  • Kurvinen is “proud” of the claim that meat producers are secretly supported

    Kurvinen is “proud” of the claim that meat producers are secretly supported

    Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Antti Kurvinen (Keskus) told Ilkka-Pohjalainen last week that he is still against raising fees in the current economic situation and admitted that they will have to be raised at some point. “We are not burdening the profitability of these struggling farms with additional fees,” he stated. The stewards of the…

  • Happy Nowrooz, Persian New Year 2023

    Happy Nowrooz, Persian New Year 2023

    Nowrooz is a time of renewal, rejuvenation and reflection. It’s time to leave the past behind and focus on the future. The days before Nowrooz are full of cleaning and decluttering the home, as a clean home is believed to bring good luck for the new year. People also buy new clothes to wear on…

  • Four proposals participated in the Espoo house architecture competition

    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 anniversary of the invasion, Swedish orders are reintroduced and meeting with the director Hagai Levi…

    The anniversary of the invasion, Swedish orders are reintroduced and meeting with the director Hagai Levi…

    Hour 1: Conversation with Stig Fredriksson, Katarina Engberg and Lubna El Shanti one year after the invasion of Ukraine. They live with the memory of the events in Butja – reportage from Ukraine Large quantities of weapons in circulation during and after war Chronicle of Liza Alexandrova Zorina The panel Hour 2: Swedish orders are…

  • Dante Alighieri – hell round trip

    Dante Alighieri – hell round trip

    The editorial staff for this section consists of: Cecilia Düringer – presenter and script Mårten Andersson – script and research Erik Laquist – producer Zardasht Rad – stage narrator Julia Öjbrandt – sound design and final mix Also participating is Anders Cullhed, professor of literary studies and author of the biography “Dante – the first…

  • Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon resigns

    Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon resigns

    It is an immeasurable privilege – one that has sustained and inspired me in good times and in the darkest of my hardest days,” Sturgeon said in a statement released today. “Given the nature and scope of the challenges facing the country, I feel a duty first and foremost to our country – to ensure…

  • Kurvinen: The government will hardly finish the climate food program

    Kurvinen: The government will hardly finish the climate food program

    “The issue depends on our coalition partners. They received the document in December and it did not satisfy them,” he said. Four years ago, the Finnish government agreed to design a climate food program to reduce the climate footprint of food and improve citizens’ understanding of food production. YLE reported last week that the latest…

  • Finland’s climate food program stuck on reducing meat consumption

    Finland’s climate food program stuck on reducing meat consumption

    Pertti Hakanenspecial assistant to the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Antti Kurvinen (Center), told Finnish public radio that the goal is to finish the program by the end of the election period. The five government parties agreed to draw up a climate food program in coalition negotiations four years ago, but the preparatory work has…

  • This is how Putin’s war has redrawn the economic map

    This is how Putin’s war has redrawn the economic map

    Host:Anders Jelmin Voices and participation in the programKristian Åström, economic commentator, EkotTorbjörn Becker, director, Eastern Economic Institute Diego Olle Holmgren, economist, SEBUlf Kristersson, Prime Minister (M)Ebba Busch, Minister of Economic Affairs (KD)Carl Bildt, former prime ministerJan Moström, CEO, LKABDiego Lopez, researcher SIPRI Producer:Olof Wijnbladh Technician:Adam Alvin [email protected]

  • Finland’s food exports exceed 2 billion euros for the first time

    Finland’s food exports exceed 2 billion euros for the first time

    “The growth opportunities of the food industry in Finland are limited. With the growth of exports, the capacity of the food industry can be increased, which also strengthens the domestic market and improves crisis resilience,” says director Esa Wrang. From Business Finland’s Food from Finland program. Food exports are strategically important in terms of Finland’s…

  • Raoul Wallenberg – disappeared behind the Iron Curtain

    Raoul Wallenberg – disappeared behind the Iron Curtain

    The editorial staff for this section consists of:Cecilia Düringer – presenter and scriptEmilia Mellberg – producerPablo Leiva Wenger – stage narratorElias Klenell – sound design and final mixAlso participating is Ingrid Carlberg, author and journalist. Do you want to know more about Raoul Wallenberg? Here are some of the books that form the basis of…

  • TikTok’s global takeover: coincidence or calculations?

    TikTok’s global takeover: coincidence or calculations?

    TikTok was launched by the Chinese Internet company ByteDance, to be more specific Zhang Yiming. He created the app to push the AI-fueled social media landscape, as he hinted when he told Bloomberg in 2017: “We’re working on information, not polls, but news recommendations.” However, as of November 2021, Yiming stepped down as chairman of…

  • Finland increases offshore wind power capacity

    Finland increases offshore wind power capacity

    On Friday, the Finnish government granted permission to lease water areas off the west coast of Finland in order to expand the power capacity of offshore wind farms. The state forest manager Metsähallitus received permission to lease water areas at the Tahkoluoto wind farm near Pori and on the coast of Ostrobothnia, at the Korsnäs…

  • Finland should move towards normality regarding the coronavirus, says an expert

    Finland should move towards normality regarding the coronavirus, says an expert

    Although mortality from the coronavirus disease has decreased from its peak in the spring and occurs mainly in the elderly who were already in poor health before the infection, the incidence of the virus has remained at a high level, according to wastewater analyzes carried out in Finland. Institute of Health and Welfare (THL). Officials…

  • The capital region says goodbye due to the heat wave on Monday

    The capital region says goodbye due to the heat wave on Monday

    “Looks like we’re getting a respite from the heat and hopefully some rain,” he commented. Today is the last day in Uusimaa so far with temperatures over 25 degrees. The forecast promises 20–25 degrees for Tuesday and 18–20 degrees for Wednesday. Showers are forecast to start at times from Tuesday and more often, and a…

  • Forecasts: Mercury will remain above 30 ° C in many parts of Finland this week

    Forecasts: Mercury will remain above 30 ° C in many parts of Finland this week

    Such a heat wave is rare in June. “Daytime temperatures are almost 10 degrees higher than usual, so we’re not talking about anything typical now. The difference is noticeable when comparing current figures with long-term statistics, ”he said. This year’s highest temperature, 31.2 degrees, was measured on Sunday in Nuuksio, Espoo. According to forecasts, there…

  • Vedenlaaturaportti: Suomen uimavesi on puhdasta

    Vedenlaaturaportti: Suomen uimavesi on puhdasta

    Euroopan ympäristökeskuksen (EEA) äskettäin julkaiseman raportin mukaan vesi on lähes kaikilla Suomen yleisillä uimarannoilla turvallista uimiseen. Viime kesän mittausten perusteella Suomi sijoittui rantojen kokonaislaadussa 11. sijalle, ja 88 prosenttia rannoista arvioitiin raportissa erinomaiseksi. Itävalta ja Malta nousivat kärkeen, ja niissä oli eniten loistaviksi luokiteltuja rantoja. Suomen rannoista ja uimapaikoista 95 prosenttia sijoittui raportissa aiempien vuosien…

  • A sure sign of summer: Finland is preparing for the forest fire season

    A sure sign of summer: Finland is preparing for the forest fire season

    Despite the relatively cold temperatures in Finland, the start of reconnaissance flights for forest fires is a sure sign that summer is just around the corner. The first such flights will start departing at any time in the regions of Pirkanmaa, Satakunta and Southwest Finland, says in a press release. Mika Kurvinensenior officer at the…

  • Russia stops supplying electricity to Finland

    Russia stops supplying electricity to Finland

    The suspension of power exports to the Nordic state comes after almost 10 days of non-payment The electricity supply from Russia to Finland was stopped on Saturday, RAO Nordic said in a statement and explained that it had not received any payment for electricity supplied to the country in May. “Unfortunately, we have to note…

  • The center changes ministers

    The center changes ministers

    The center will change its ministerial composition on Friday as Jari Leppä resigns and will be replaced by the Minister for Agriculture and Forestry Antti Kurvinen. The position of Kurvinen’s Minister of Science and Culture is held by Petri Honkonen, the party’s vice-chairman and MP for the second term. President Sauli Niinistö approves appointments on…

  • The Finns said that now it is (mostly) okay to hug if they want to

    The Finns said that now it is (mostly) okay to hug if they want to

    As the meeting and greeting continue in Finland, some people are considering whether the handshakes and hugs are appropriate. It says it’s good to get a person’s permission before touching Asko JärvinenChief Physician of Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) and Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases. "We can gently and slowly begin to…

  • Finland limits its electricity transmission capacity from Russia

    Finland limits its electricity transmission capacity from Russia

    Finland’s national grid operator Fingrid has announced that it will limit the transmission capacity of cross-border connections in Russia from Sunday, April 24. In its press release, the company said that it was working to secure the security of the Finnish energy system. "The decision is based on an assessment of the risks to the…

  • European recognition was given to the Nordic Carbon Neutral Bauhaus project

    European recognition was given to the Nordic Carbon Neutral Bauhaus project

    “I am very pleased that the co-operation between low-carbon construction and architecture in the Nordic countries has been confirmed by the Commission. This is an excellent opening and an example of how the great challenges of our time, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, can be tackled through cooperation and the inclusion…

  • Kaikkonen: Finland will immediately start investing in defense equipment and personnel

    Kaikkonen: Finland will immediately start investing in defense equipment and personnel

    “Defense procurement complements long-term shortcomings and deficiencies and responds to the changing demands of Ukraine’s war environment,” Kivinen stated at a press conference in Helsinki on Wednesday. “We will be hiring civilian personnel on fixed-term assignments immediately this year,” he added. – The number of refresher courses is growing significantly […] and other sports activities…

  • Finland is directing resources to defense after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

    Finland is directing resources to defense after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

    Finland will significantly increase its defense spending to reinforce the intimidation following the budget agreement, which gave the country’s defense ministry most of what it asked for a Russian attack on Ukraine. The government decided on Tuesday to increase Finland’s military spending by 2.2 billion euros, and on Wednesday the head of the defense forces…

  • The center appoints Kurvinen Minister of Agriculture and Honkonen manages the cultural portfolio

    The center appoints Kurvinen Minister of Agriculture and Honkonen manages the cultural portfolio

    The center has appointed the current minister of science and culture Antti Kurvinen new Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. Kurvinen’s party buddy Petri Honkonen to take over the science and culture portfolio, party representatives said at a news conference Thursday morning. Honkonen, a 34-year-old Member of Parliament from Central Finland, has a master’s degree in…

  • Finnish units offer study places to 2,000 Ukrainians who fled the Russian invasion

    Finnish units offer study places to 2,000 Ukrainians who fled the Russian invasion

    Finnish universities are preparing to provide study facilities for about 2,000 Ukrainians who have fled the Russian invasion. Study places are offered to Ukrainians who are already in their home universities and want to continue their studies in Finland. The effort began at the request of the Ministry of Education and Culture. Vice Rector of…

  • Hartwall is seeking name sponsorship from Helsinki Arena

    Hartwall is seeking name sponsorship from Helsinki Arena

    The signs of Hartwall, a beverage manufacturer that is the main sponsor of the Helsinki Arena, were removed from the walls of the venue on Wednesday. Until now, the arena was known as Hartwall Arena, but the company has announced in a press release that it has terminated its marketing cooperation with Helsinki Hall. Hartwall…

  • Russians in Iceland condemn the invasion of Ukraine

    Russians in Iceland condemn the invasion of Ukraine

    Shortly after Russian forces launched their offensive against Ukraine, a message was posted to the Grapevine portal that Russian citizens living in Iceland were planning to protest the invasion near the Russian embassy in Reykjavik. The Icelandic government also condemned the invasion, prompting criticism from the Russian Embassy in Iceland for “biased assessment of the…

  • Finnish gold hockey winners return from the Beijing Olympics

    Finnish gold hockey winners return from the Beijing Olympics

    The members of the Finnish men’s hockey national team arrived at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport on Monday afternoon, fresh from winning the gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Sunday. Cross-country skiers and Olympic medalists also joined the team on the flight from China Krista Pärmäkoski and Kerttu Niskanen. After a short delay in Beijing due…

  • Prosecutors filed charges against neo-Nazi members "Towards freedom" group

    Prosecutors filed charges against neo-Nazi members "Towards freedom" group

    Helsinki District Prosecutor has charged five neo-Nazi people with ethnic incitement "Towards freedom" group. Helsinki District Prosecutor Maija Päivinen The charges are related in Tampere and Turku two years ago on 26-27. January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, events. Päivinen pointed out "Towards freedom" has participated in events around the country, including Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Pori, Kotka,…

  • Thursday leaves: Bad weather, ski boom, cameraman down

    Thursday leaves: Bad weather, ski boom, cameraman down

    The low-pressure front will bring more snowfall to the southern and central regions on Thursday, which means bad news for both motorists and pedestrians, Helsingin sanomat newspaper reports. With temperatures slightly above or below frost, rains alternate as snow, sleet, and rain throughout the day, reducing visibility on the road and slippery pavements. "Between Wednesday…

  • The Finnish Lionesses secure the Olympic bronze

    The Finnish Lionesses secure the Olympic bronze

    Finland has won a bronze medal in the women’s hockey competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Paints from Viivi Vainikka, Susanna Tapani, Nelli Laitinen and Michelle Karvinen secured a comprehensive 4-0 win over Switzerland for the Lionesses in Wednesday’s bronze match. The victory is the fourth time that the Finnish women’s team has…