Tag: Voting
More than 40 percent of Finns voted in advance
Four years ago, the total voting percentage dropped to 72.1 percent. This year, the percentage of advance voting was particularly high in the constituencies of Lapland (45.4%), Pirkanmaa (44.5%) and Satakunta (43.4%). The lowest voting percentage was in Åland (19.7%) and Uusimaa (37.4%). Nationally, the voting percentage of women is 42.1 and that of men […]
Early voting reached a record level in Finnish elections
Early voting has been more lively than in any previous parliamentary elections.
The group’s lead has shrunk to 0.6 points, according to the HS poll
Its popularity has thus fallen by 4.4 points since November 2022. With the percentage of Finnish fundamentalists and social democrats falling by 0.1 percentage point to 19.2 percent, the difference between the three largest parties is at most 0.6 points – a margin that is well within the poll’s margin of error of about 2.1 […]
Last day of early voting, almost a third of the votes already cast
About 1.3 million Finns have already gone to their polling station.
YLE: Finns have cast more than a million votes in advance
Early voting seems to have gained popularity after the 2019 parliamentary elections, when 22 percent of voters had voted a week before election day. The number of those entitled to vote increased by almost 27,000 over the course of four years. The polling stations have been especially busy in Pirkanmaa and Satakunta, where during voting […]
There are more than a million votes cast in advance so far, which exceeds the pace of 2019
Early voting for the parliamentary elections has been more lively than four years ago.
A fifth of Finnish voters have voted in advance
On the fourth day of early voting, 20.9 percent of eligible voters living in Finland had voted, the highest percentage in Satakunta and Lapland.
Early voting starts briskly in Finland
This year, more women are running for parliamentary seats than ever before.
HS poll: NCP’s top, SDP’s level with the Basic Finns
Helsingin Sanomat’s latest opinion poll is published a day before the start of early voting for the parliamentary elections.
Tuesday’s papers: Another train strike day, early voting, the first wildflowers of spring
Spring is in the air, as the vernal equinox arrived on Monday evening, and daylight is now increasing in Finland by about 5–10 minutes a day.
Voting in VR is underway
General voting among VR members for the election of the VR Chair and Board for the 2023-2025 term began on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 9:00 and ends on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 12:00. Voting is electronic. About 40,000 people have the right to vote in this largest union in the country. people. […] […]
Yle’s election compass finds parties and candidates who share your views
The Finnish parliamentary elections end on Sunday, April 2, and early voting begins on March 22.
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 […]
Young adults underrepresented in candidate selection – in the spring 2023 parliamentary elections, only 10.7% of the candidates are under 30 years old
Although the number of young candidates has slightly increased since the 2019 parliamentary elections, where there were 259 candidates under the age of 30 (10.5% of all candidates), only eight of them (4% of all elected) managed to get a seat. in the parliament. In the 2023 parliamentary elections, the Greens have nominated the most […]
Katainen Backs Municipal Voting for 16-year-olds
The chairman of the coalition, Jyrki Katainen, has supported lowering the voting age to 16 in municipal elections. He also wants to allow them to run for municipal councils.
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 […]
Announcement of further strikes
The trade union Efling has announced further strikes. The announcement includes i.a. people employed in cleaning companies, security guards and all those working in hotels and boarding houses. Voting will start on Thursday, February 16 and will last until Monday, February 20. The information will be updated on a regular basis. Based on an article […]
459: Botkyrka is the hottest in Sweden right now
The Social Democrats in Botkyrka municipality have become a matter of national importance, where top leaders within the party now have to answer difficult questions. The background is an alleged coup in which one or more people with criminal connections are said to have been involved in voting out Ebba Östlin as group leader. At […]
More strikes approved
More than 80 percent of Efling union members, hotel workers and drivers accepted the announced strike action. Efling issued an announcement regarding the results of the vote, which lasted until February 7, at 18:00. The staff of the Edition Hotel and the Berjaya chain accepted the strike proposal with 82 percent of the vote. In […]
The wage dispute went to court
Two court cases related to a wage dispute between Efling and the Employers’ Confederation will be dealt with by the court. At the same time, Efling is preparing for a strike that will start on Tuesday. Voting on further strike action began today. The wage dispute between Efling and the Confederation of Employers is deadlocked. […]
Parliament approved the act with 113 votes in favor and 69 against
Read more: The transaction reform clarifies the committee despite opposition from the center and basic Finns (January 20, 2023) The Center and the National Coalition were at odds over the bill, with 13 of the former’s 25 and 10 of the latter’s 36 lawmakers voting against it. The Movement Now and Power to the People […]
Important reminder for voters: Almost a million Finns will receive an electronic notification of their right to vote in the parliamentary elections
In other words, if you don’t receive a notification about voting rights by post between February and March, you should check your Suomi.fi message and check that your email address is correct. Notifications of new incoming messages are sent to the email address that the user has entered into the service,” reminds Maria Juka-LahdenperäSuomi.fi Viestit […]
Efling members accepted the call to strike
Efling members, who work in seven hotels in Reykjavík, accepted the union’s call for a strike. Voting ended at eight o’clock in the evening. Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir, president of Efling, said that almost 66% voted for the strike proposal (124 people), 31% rejected it (58 people) and 7 people cast a blank vote. Only employees […]
Meta restores Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts
Trump’s Facebook account was the most followed account at the time of the freeze, with hundreds of millions of followers, the New York Times reported to Meta. On January 7, 2021, the day after hundreds of people stormed the Capitol in his support, Meta fired Trump from his platforms, citing that he was inciting more […]
The Danes warned about complacency in today’s EU reservation vote
The polling stations opened all over Denmark at 08:00 this morning for the EU reservation vote. A crucial question will welcome voters: Do you vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to Denmark participating in European cooperation on security and defense by abolishing the EU’s defense reservations? The polling stations close at 20:00. READ MORE: Danes vote in […]
Danes are predominantly in favor of abolishing the Danish Defense Reserve
Three parties againstThe primary reason for doubt is lack of knowledge on the subject and uncertainty about what Denmark will gain by abolishing the Defense Reserve. Another concern is that Denmark may find itself in military operations in which it does not wish to participate. If you look at the political spectrum, the only three […]
Turkey blocked start of NATO talks on accession to Sweden and Finland – Reports
Moscow [Russia]May 18 (ANI / Sputnik): Turkey has blocked the start of processing the application for accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, the Financial Times reported, citing an informed source. NATO ambassadors met on Wednesday to begin admission negotiations on the same day as Finland and Sweden submitted their bids, but Ankara’s obstacles stopped […]
Yle’s survey: Support for NATO membership rose to 76 per cent
As Finnish leaders approach the decision to apply for NATO membership, Yle’s latest survey shows clear and steadily growing public support. Membership support in Yle’s polls has risen from 53 percent in February to 62 percent in March and 76 percent in May. Before the Russian invasion of NATO, a minority of Finns had long […]
The advance voting rate is 16%
By Sunday evening, about 16.3 per cent of those entitled to vote had voted in the Finnish provincial elections, with advance voting time open until Tuesday. This equates to approximately 640,500 votes in Finland’s historic, council vote for the first time. The residents of Etelä-Savo used the most in advance voting, as one in five […]
Advance voting in county council elections 8.5 per cent
About 8.5 percent of Finland’s 3.9 million eligible voters have already taken the opportunity to vote before next week’s election day on Sunday, January 23rd. That means about 333,000 people. Advance ballot boxes opened across the country on Wednesday, and the first couple of polling stations were busier than last year’s municipal elections. However, due […]
Q&A: What does the social and healthcare reform mean for you?
Ahead of regional elections planned for 23 January, we asked social and healthcare experts to answer questions from the audience on the upcoming reform of services in the sector. The elections will deliver new 'county councils' for 21 new regional authorities that will be in charge of healthcare, social care and emergency services in each […]
The teachers rejected the pay agreement
The vast majority of members of the Association of Compulsory School Teachers rejected the new wage agreement between FG and the Association of Icelandic Municipalities. 73.71% said “no” and 24.82% said “yes”. In total, there were 5,092 people on the voting list, of whom 3,529 (69.30%) voted. 876 people wanted to accept the contract, but […]
Advance voting is underway in Finland’s first provincial council elections
Advance voting in Finland’s first provincial council elections will begin on Wednesday. People are voting for 21 brand new regional assemblies to take control of health and social care. They take over these powers from 310 municipalities in Finland – with the exception of Helsinki, which is large enough to function as a “welfare service […]
Wednesday’s newspapers: Advance voting, illiteracy and poor driving conditions
Several Finnish media outlets emphasized how the security concerns caused by the growing number of Covid-19 cases in Finland will affect the forthcoming county council elections. When the last day of elections is January 23, advance voting will begin on Wednesday. By Evening News, a total of 900 public advance polling stations are open across […]
Thought Group: Two-thirds would limit candidates ’access to multiple political positions
A total of 111 members of parliament will be running in the provincial council elections on January 23rd. The group includes six government ministers and six party chairmen. One third of the applicants for the regional office currently serve as municipal councilors. However, Finns are not very enthusiastic about doubling politicians in elected places, according […]
Voting: Less than half plan to vote in the provincial election
According to a study commissioned by the Fitness Foundation (KAKS), less than 40 percent of those eligible to vote could vote for members of the provincial assembly next month. From next year, Finnish health and social care providers will be under the control of the new county governments. Voters will go to the polls on […]
Right now: The Riksdag is voting on Andersson as Prime Minister
The Riksdag is now deciding whether the Social Democrats’ party leader Magdalena Andersson will be Sweden’s next prime minister and may form a government. In order for her to pass the vote, she must not have a majority against her. If she votes 175 or more in the red, she loses and there are new […]
What do you want to ask about the candidates in the provincial elections?
Finland will go to the polls in the country’s first provincial elections next January, and Yle is gathering ideas on issues to be included in the election compass. We will select the main ones to be included in the election compass. You can read more about the provincial elections in our “really simple guide”, which […]
What do you want to ask about the candidates in the provincial elections?
Finland will go to the polls in the country’s first provincial elections next January, and Yle is gathering ideas on issues to be included in the election compass. We will select the main ones to be included in the election compass. You can read more about the provincial elections in our “really simple guide”, which […]
The Icelandic Athletes of the Year 2021 election in motorsport
Online voting has opened, where all Icelanders can vote only once for players selected by the board of competitions. Voting ends on November 13, 2021. Fabian Doroziński – nominated in the Drift category The competition board nominates Fabian Doroziński for the Player of the Year 2021 in drift. Fabian became interested in drifting since he […]
Report: Low-income turnout fell in municipal elections
Compared to the previous elections, the turnout in the 2021 municipal elections fell among voters with lower incomes and lower levels of education. new report Helsinki School of Economics. The report found that advance voting was more popular than usual, especially in areas with a high number of Covid cases. The 2021 elections were originally […]
Environment and the elderly top the voters’ agenda
A survey conducted by the research institute Voxmeter shows that elderly care tops the voters’ agenda when they are asked what is most important to them when voting. Specifically, the respondents in the survey have been asked to mark the maximum of three topics that are most important to them when casting their vote in […]
The church election – analysis and in-depth study
Almost five million people have the right to vote in this year’s church election, but what will make them go and vote? Early voting has been going on since September 6, and preliminary election results are expected by midnight. Participants: Chairman of POSK Amanda Carlshamre, Social Democrat and first vice chairman of the church board […]
The Finnish government is directly seeking state ownership in the steel producer SSAB
HELSINKI, September 14 (Xinhua) – The Finnish government said on Tuesday that it would take direct control of the shares in the Swedish steelmaker conglomerate SSAB to help the country achieve carbon neutrality in 2035. Through the state investment company Solidium, the State of Finland is the third largest shareholder in SSAB, which plays as […]
Right now: The Riksdag opens
The Riksdag reopens today after the summer break. After a period of corona restrictions, all 349 members will now once again be able to take part in the voting. The king begins the opening ceremony at 14 and then it’s time for Prime Minister Stefan Löfven to read out his government declaration – which will […]
Five new polling stations in Reykjavik
Parliamentary elections will be held in Iceland on Saturday, September 25. Voting will be held at 23 polling stations in Reykjavik. Five new polling stations have been added to the already existing polling stations: Frostaskjól (KR), Höfðatorg, Álftamýrarskóli, Foldaskóli and Rimaskóli. – ADVERTISEMENT – Voters in the Grafarholt district, who live north of Kristnibraut and […]
OVERVIEW: This is how the parties approach legal action
If it is to be treated urgently, as the legal intervention in the teacher conflict, for example, was, it requires that three quarters of the Folketing grant dispensation. That equates to 135 seats. Here are the parties that have already declared their position on the law, as proposed by the government: * Socialdemokratiet (49): For […]
The government will end conflict with legislative intervention
The Unity List’s political spokesman, Mai Villadsen, and SF’s group chairman, Jacob Mark, announced at the same time that their parties intend to vote against that legislative intervention. – It is a bad feeling because we do not get to change the unequal pay that is in Denmark, says Jacob Mark. – We have been […]
Parliament is undergoing a historic reform of social and health care
Government of the Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) won on Wednesday when Parliament approved its plan to reform Finland’s social and health care services Sote, after a process that has frustrated successive governments over the past decade. The government won the vote by a margin of 105-77 on Wednesday afternoon and not abstained. Seventeen Members […]
Nurses in Odense and Silkeborg must drop strike
The majority of the nurses employed in Silkeborg Municipality or Odense Municipality have been exempted from the strike, which has otherwise been initiated on Saturday night. This is because in both cases the municipalities assess that the employees cannot be dispensed with to solve the most necessary tasks. And that the number of nurses in […]
High emergency preparedness cancels strike for Silkeborg’s nurses
Nurses employed in Silkeborg Municipality have been exempted from the strike, which has otherwise been launched on Saturday night. This is partly due to the fact that the emergency preparedness would actually exceed the normal staffing without cover from temporary staff. Silkeborg Municipality writes this in a press release. The municipality has made the decision […]
Finland will vote on Sunday
12:15 Officials demand election hygiene Officials recommend that voters wear face masks or visors when entering polling stations. However, voting staff may ask voters to remove masks when confirming their identities. 12:00: Finland goes to the polls The polling stations have been open since 9 am. If you’re going to vote on Sunday, be sure […]
Covid will increase advance voting when 1.5 million votes before Finland’s local elections
Nearly 1.5 million people have already voted in Finland’s local elections ahead of Sunday’s official election day. Voting has been brisk in supermarkets, libraries, post offices and polling stations established elsewhere across the country, and queues at some polling stations closed on Tuesday at 8 p.m. At the end of the vote, all those who […]
Yle broadcasts the municipal election debate in Easy Finnish
Yle TV1 broadcasts a municipal election debate Finnish, or ‘easy Finnish’, on Friday 4 June at 3.40 pm. The conversation will be shown in Yle Areena, where it can also be viewed later. Each of Finland’s nine main parties is represented, and participants answer questions in the simplest language. The Language Fund is also ready […]
More than 10% of Finland cast premature votes in local elections
The advance voting in the Finnish municipal elections was on the sixth day on Monday, and about 10.4 per cent of the country’s 4.4 million eligible voters have already cast their ballots. According to the Ministry of Justice, the most enthusiastic early voters were found in Lestijärvi, Central Ostrobothnia, starting at 11 am on Monday, […]
The Folketing nods in favor of asylum centers abroad
The law that allows asylum treatment to take place outside Denmark has been passed in the Folketing. It is the law that will make it legally possible to set up reception centers in, for example, Rwanda. Earlier this week, the Liberal Party said it would vote in favor of the bill, and thus it was […]
The people of Turku have been pressured to vote – the police are investigating election crimes
The case has been preliminarily investigated as three election crimes. No election official is suspected of abuse. Turku Sanomat on Tuesday wrote that it has learned that attempts to force people to vote and influence their voting decisions are targeted at people with a foreign background at the Varissuo Library advance polling station. Ilkka Sepponen, […]
The name vote for the new national park is underway
The Environmental Protection Agency conducts elections for the name of the new National Park in the Westfjords. The area in question is located in the south of the Westfjords and includes Dynjandi, Geirþjófsfjörður, Vatnsfjörður, Surtarbrandsgil and Hrafnseyri. When announcing plans to create a new national park, the Environmental Protection Agency asked for a name proposal […]
Commentator: SF anger against exit center comes behind the government
The government has not calculated that SF would stand on its own two feet, assesses political commentator Erik Holstein from the media Altinget. – It has apparently been underestimated that SF would be against. This must come as a bit of a surprise, since Langeland is the only place where SF has the mayoral post. […]
Finland approves the EU’s Covid return package
Finland has achieved the required two-thirds majority in parliament to approve the EU’s € 750 billion Covid stimulus package in a controversial vote, preceded by a days-long filibuster by the Eurosceptic Finnish Party. On Tuesday afternoon, MPs voted on packages 134-57 with two abstentions and six abstentions. The vote took place at the tip of […]
Russian Duma stops “extremists” from running in elections
Today, the Russian parliament, the Duma, is voting on a bill banning people who are part of or have been in contact with extremist organizations from running in parliamentary elections. Critics say the new law is aimed at supporters of imprisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny. A court in Moscow will in June address the issue […]
The Finnish Parliament is now voting on EU corona support
Finland can now cut the entire EU’s corona support of 750 billion euros. Support for EU countries has become a contentious issue in the Riksdag – and if Finland says no, the EU will lose the unanimity required to get through the recovery package. The criticism is mainly that the support is partly financed with […]
Citizens of the national party introduce an EU incentive to abstain
One week after announcing his decision to abstain from voting on the EU’s Covid recovery plan, Chairman of the National Coalition Party Group Kai Mykkänen and a party chair Petteri Orpo announced on Thursday that the party had reversed its decision and allowed a free vote. This means that a majority of coalition party representatives […]
Vinterberg before the Oscars: Is terrified of speech
Vinterberg has been nominated for Best Director, while “Druk” has been nominated for Best International Film. Bookmakers and reviewers rate it as a favorite. Vinterberg has also noticed this, he says. – In the Best International Film category, it looks very bright. We have been at the forefront of predictions for a very long time. […]
Parliament will vote on Messerschmidt’s immunity next week
The Committee on the Rules of Procedure voted unanimously on Wednesday to send the proposal for a vote in the Folketing Hall, where a vote must be taken once. It is expected to happen next week, and the Danish People’s Party has itself stated that the party is voting in favor. It is expected to […]
Every tenth voter will consider giving Løkke’s party a vote
A total of 9.3 percent of the 1,071 respondents consider it “very likely” or “likely” that they would be able to vote for the longtime Liberal leader, who on January 1 resigned from the party to become non-attached. They are divided into 2.1 percent, which corresponds to “very likely”, while 7.2 percent consider it “likely” […]
Strong emotions when the Liberals’ choice of path is debated
Right now, the Liberals’ party council is taking place, where the representatives will make decisions on how the party should relate to the Sweden Democrats. The debate has been fierce this morning. Member of Parliament Tina Acketoft is one of those who do not want to open the door for a collaboration with SD. “We […]
FACTS: The five choices with the most votes
Voice loss was a major theme in the late 1980s, with a handful of red parties repeatedly standing in the way of each other’s chances of getting into parliament. But the election since 1953, which featured the most votes, is actually almost two decades ahead of it. Here are the five choices since the year […]
The election in the Netherlands is being questioned
The Dutch parliamentary elections next week will be the first major elections of the year in the EU during the pandemic. There are concerns about increased spread of infection but also that the result will not be legitimate due to problems with postal voting. “Hundreds of thousands of votes can be invalidated and this means […]
Sweden’s new national flower – small bluebell
In two rounds, the people have had their say, first by beating ten finalists and then by choosing a final winner. Yesterday, the Swedish Botanical Society closed the voting and now it is clear. Sweden’s national flower is called little bluebell.
Finland postpones elections until June due to pandemic
The Ministry of Justice announced on Saturday that the Minister of Justice Anna-Maja Henriksson (SPP) had agreed with the secretaries of the parliamentary parties that the municipal elections should be postponed to 13 June due to the worsening coronavirus situation. The ministry said in a tweet that eight of the nine parties are in favor […]
Voting support is changing among leftists and center parties
Newest survey from Market and Media Research shows some changes in support among the left and center parties when it comes to who Icelandic voters say they would vote for if parliamentary elections were held today. The survey was conducted from 12 to 18 February and received responses from 919 individuals aged 18 and older. […]
Watchdog gives harsh criticism of state accounts for the third time
This is stated in a report which has been published. – Our criticism can not be greater. For the third year in a row, we have had to make a reservation, which relates to almost half of the total tax revenue. There is too much clutter, uncertainty and protruding. – It is of no use […]
One third of Europeans do not trust Americans, says think tank survey
BERLIN January 19 (Xinhua) – Thirty-two percent of Europeans no longer believed Americans could trust after electing Donald Trump president in 2016, according to a pan-European survey of more than 15,000 people in 11 countries published on Tuesday. In Germany, 53 percent of those polled said they strongly agreed or agreed that Americans can no […]
Engell: Støjberg is on his way out of V despite support from profiles
– I think she is on her way out of the Liberal Party, and I think we should see her as a non-attached member for a while, says Hans Engell. – There is nothing to suggest that she has plans to stop as a politician, and I have a hard time seeing that she should […]
Støjberg is reaching out to Ellemann-Jensen in a case concerning national law
– I am disappointed that it is my own chairman, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, who invites the rest of the Folketing to raise a national court case against me. – That’s also why I’re considering what’s going to happen. I can just state that this is how it is. – The biggest declaration of no confidence that […]
The left votes for the Supreme Court against Støjberg – nine votes no, however
There is already a majority, as the Social Democrats and the Conservatives announced on Thursday that they are voting in favor, as a number of other parties have done. There is thus a large majority in the Folketing for the only sixth federal court case in Danish history. Nine of the Liberal Party’s 41 members […]
New Citizens will break the custom in Supreme Court voting
In the event of a vote on a national court case against Inger Støjberg (V), Nye Borgerlige will not follow the Folketing’s clearing system. It writes the party in a press release. Clearing agreements in the Folketing are informal agreements between the parties. They ensure that the majority is followed, even if not all Members […]
Brexit agreement approved by British House of Commons
The British House of Commons voted by an overwhelming majority on Wednesday afternoon in favor of the agreement that Britain has concluded with the EU, which will enter into force after the turn of the year. The vote was 521 in favor and 73 against after almost all members of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Tory […]
Iceland abstains from voting on a proposal against United Nations Nazism
Iceland was among 51 countries that abstained from voting on a resolution, presented by the United Nations of 24 countries condemning Nazism and other far-right ideologies, urges nations to combat racial discrimination and expresses concern about increased activities by far-right groups. Two countries – the United States and Ukraine – voted against the resolution. 130 […]
13.15: The Jerring Prize – then the voting starts
Radiosportens Jerringpris – now it’s time. Who or what will be the winner of the year this different sports year? You decide from this afternoon. This year’s candidates will be revealed in the program P4 Extra shortly after 1 pm and then the year’s voting will start. The prize will be awarded on January 18, […]
The Conservatives stop their support for new citizenships
When thousands of citizens are expected to be granted Danish citizenship by a majority in the Folketing on Friday, the Conservatives will not vote yes for the first time in the party’s history to expand the group of people with Danish passports. It writes Jyllands-Posten. The Conservatives will neither vote for nor against. This is […]
Praised activist does not accept the election result in Myanmar
Several million people from minority groups were prevented from voting Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party won a landslide victory in November’s parliamentary elections – despite scathing international criticism of ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya minority Listen to Ekot’s interview with activist Naw Ohn La, named Human Rights Defender of the Year by Civil […]
Poll: Less than a third plan to celebrate Christmas with a smaller group this year
Less than a third of Finns who took part in the survey (31 per cent) said they planned to celebrate Christmas this year with a smaller group, says a survey by the Uutissuomalainen newspaper group, which includes 20 regional and local newspapers. 61 percent of respondents said they plan to observe the vacation with the […]
Law passed: Employers can now force employees to coronatest
Since Friday, a new law has made it possible for employers to force employees to take a corona test and then disclose the test result. This comes as a result of a majority in the Folketing on Thursday voting in favor of an urgent bill. This is stated by the Ministry of Employment in a […]
Danes praise the ambitious EU energy proposal
The Danish government is voting for changeThe Danish government has already voted in favor of the investments in the wind farm. “There is no doubt that wind energy from offshore farms is and will continue to be one of the central foundations for solving the climate crisis,” said Climate Minister Dan Jørgensen. The plans require […]
FACTS: The Youth People’s Meeting is held online
* This is the fifth time that the Youth People’s Meeting is being held. * The organization Ungdomsbureauet is behind it. The NGO works to “create the most socially engaged generation of young people”. * The public meeting is intended for young people in youth education, but everyone must participate. This year it is done […]
FACTS: The Youth People’s Meeting is held online
* This is the fifth time that the Youth People’s Meeting is being held. * The organization Ungdomsbureauet is behind it. The NGO works to “create the most socially engaged generation of young people”. * The public meeting is intended for young people in youth education, but everyone must participate. This year it is done […]
A year to the local elections: Corona can change election day
The hope is that by then we will have an effective vaccine. But in the Interior Ministry they are preparing a plan B. – The Ministry of Social Affairs and the Interior is currently considering how elections can be held in a situation where corona infection is still widespread in society. – Among other things, […]
New York Times: No evidence of electoral fraud
In the United States, election officials in almost every state say there is no evidence of widespread cheating or irregularities in last week’s presidential election. It reports the New York Times, while President Trump and his administration continue to claim that the election was marked by cheating in key states. Donald Trump has not held […]
“The truth is few stories but lies long words”
The adage “the truth is a hoax but a long lie” is especially relevant for this week. In English it roughly means “The truth does not need many words but lies.” It goes without saying that this means that the truth is simple while forgery is complicated. But indulge, and let’s elaborate for those who […]
R before negotiations: Nice to merge climate and finance law
– We are in the second wave of a pandemic, a lurking economic crisis and the climate crisis is still here. So there is a lot to do, she says. – That is why I think it makes sense to put the green restart together with these budget negotiations. Something is needed for us to […]
In the wake of the corona crisis: Stricter meeting rules in the Riksdag
After a number of regions introduced tougher restrictions, the rules are now being tightened in the Riksdag as well. These include committee meetings and visits, according to an agreement between the chairman and the parties’ group leaders, which Ekot has read. – Given the worrying spread of infection and the stricter recommendations from the Swedish […]
Expert: Misinformation increases during the counting of votes
False election messages on social media during the US election have accelerated. Experts in advocacy campaigns have seen a spread of messages with, among other things, accusations of electoral fraud and much is focused on the key states. Broken voting machines, election observers who have not been admitted to polling stations, ballot papers that have […]
Ekot’s correspondent: “So far it has been calm”
Voting in the US presidential election is in full swing and polling stations are closing in several states. So far, the election seems to have gone smoothly, states Swedish Radio’s correspondent in Washington, Cecilia Khavar. – From what I have been able to read, it has been quite calm and painless, if you summarize the […]
Tense situation ahead of the election – shops are barricaded
In the United States, voting in the presidential election is in full swing and the situation is tense. Before election day, many have prepared for unrest. In Washington DC, for example, many store owners have barricaded their storefronts for fear of riots. Listen to Ekot’s correspondent Cecilia Khavar in the player above.
Advance voting breaks records
In the United States, the advance vote ahead of the presidential election has broken records. More than 100 million Americans have already voted early and many of them have voted by post. The corona pandemic has contributed to many people voting early.
Anders Ask: “Record number of postal votes can cause problems”
In the run-up to tomorrow’s presidential election, a record number of Americans have chosen to vote early, and the majority of them by mail. The extensive postal voting has led to long discussions and speculation about which of the candidates will benefit, but what is clear is that the number of postal votes will make […]
