Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
The Finnish president said in Davos that peace in Ukraine can be achieved through cooperation between China and the United States.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Radio Sweden
Representatives for the governments of Sweden and Turkey have met as part of efforts to deepen cooperation on terrorism and organised crime. It's the first meeting of its kind since the cooperation first got underway during Sweden's Nato...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Radio Sweden
The Royal Swedish Opera, Sweden’s national theatre for opera and ballet is to be completely modernised and extended at a cost of around SEK 3.5 billion, it was announced Wednesday. Part of the five year renovation project agreed between...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Libraries in the capital also saw an increase in loans of books and other materials in 2024.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Radio Sweden
Sweden's national security advisor Henrik Landerholm is facing heavy criticism after a cab was sent to pick up a notebook he had left behind at Swedish Radio. Landerholm says the notebook in question wasn't his "secret" notebook, and...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
According to the study, Russia now treats Finland in the same aggressive manner as other Nato countries.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
No final decision has been made yet on abolishing the Climate Panel, according to Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) and incoming Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala (NCP).Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from mbl.is - News in English
Inflation continues on the Sundhnúkagígar crater row, but the speed has decreased slightly. According to model calculations, it can be assumed that the probability of magma flow and even volcanic eruption on the Sundhnúkagígar crater row...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
"Perhaps he was particularly bothered by something during the coronavirus pandemic. Maybe he felt the WHO did not condemn China strongly enough," THL's Director General Mika Salminen told Yle.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Demanding schedules, poorly functioning IT equipment and a lack of resources are common stress factors for doctors, according to a study by the Finnish Medical Association.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Last month, passenger numbers returned to levels not seen since before the pandemic disrupted global air travel.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
The most physically active commuters had an average of 4.5 fewer annual sick leave days than their less active counterparts, according to the health agency.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Radio Sweden
The governing parties and the Sweden Democrats want foreign-born residents to pay for interpreting services themselves when dealing with government agencies, reports Swedish Radio News. Currently Everyone currently has the right to a...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from mbl.is - News in English
The innovation at Seltjarnarness Swimming Pool has been well received, offering free access to the pool to children and young people up to the age of 18. The Seltjarnarnes Municipal Council unanimously approved last year to abolish the...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Women are excluded from Finland's conscription system but can still volunteer for military service.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Welfare region leaders fear that government pressure to achieve savings could compromise citizens' rights to social and healthcare services.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Finland became the 53rd country to sign the Artemis Accords on Tuesday.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no » » News
It’s been closed and neglected for decades, but now an old broadcasting- and observation tower in the hills above Oslo has finally been sold by city officials to an investor who plans to fix up and reopen it to the public....Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Radio Sweden
Gotland has this season seen a record number of hedgehogs needing care to survive a warmer winter. Lissa Sigrén works at the Hedgehog Foundation on Gotland which provides food and shelter for the hedgehogs until the spring arrives, when...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
According to Yle's sources, the obligation to apply for four jobs per month is not being waived.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Radio Sweden
The pressure is mounting on Sweden's top national security advisor Henrik Landerholm to resign. This after a series of events that the opposition Social Democrats say make him unsuitable for the role. Henrik Landerholm allegedly left...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Donald Trump began his second term as US President on Monday, signing a slew of executive actions within the first 24 hours of his return to power.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from mbl.is - News in English
Three medium-sized floods fell in Neskaupstaður last night but did not threaten settlements. The weather is now good in Neskaupstaður and the evacuation in East Iceland is expected to be lifted soon after noon.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Radio Sweden
Table tennis star Truls Möregårdh has won the Jerring Award for best sporting achievement of the year. This is the first time a table tennis player has won the award, which is voted on by Swedish Radio's listeners and awarded at SVT's...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Some of the trees affected might not flower again as normal for another four years, according to the city.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from mbl.is - News in English
The turbulence measured on the Mt Grímsfjall's seismometer and the Gígjukvísl River's water level have returned to similar values ​​as before the glacial run. This means that the Grímsvatn Lakes glacial run,...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
The group has only performed in Finland twice before.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
In addition to the broken glass, a sticker with the words 'rasistipellet' — roughly translated as 'racist clowns' — was attached to the door.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Reducing emissions could have a direct financial benefit for Finnish municipalities, who could in future get cheaper financing than more polluting councils.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Radio Sweden
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has congratulated Donald Trump who was yesterday sworn in as President of the United States. Ulf Kristersson writes on X that Sweden looks forward to continued close cooperation with the United States....Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
The report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted the Finnish economy will grow by 1.5 percent this year.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
The man says he will appeal, and told police he was just checking out the architecture when he was apprehended by officers in the stairwell of Marin's apartment building.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Jacob Friis was announced as Finland's football coach on Monday, which was good news for him and his family.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Radio Sweden
Healthcare has become the top priority for Swedish voters, with 20% ranking it as the most important issue, according to a new poll by pollsters Indikator Opinion for Swedish Radio News. Law and order now ranks second, with 18% of voters...Monday, January 20, 2025 from mbl.is - News in English
A fire broke out in a car in a residential area in Seyðisfjörður last night. The driver of the car escaped without injury. Elvar Snær Kristjánsson, the chief of the Múlaþing fire department in Seyðisfjörður, was the first to arrive at...Monday, January 20, 2025 from Radio Sweden
Donald Trump is once again being sworn in as the U.S. president today. Radio Sweden spoke with people in central Uppsala to hear what they thought of the big news story of the day: "I think it's a joke, a really bad joke", says Paco....Monday, January 20, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
In a post on X, Stubb thanked the outgoing US president for his "steadfast support" in Finland's Nato membership process.Monday, January 20, 2025 from mbl.is - News in English
The President of Iceland, Halla Tómasdóttir, has sent her best wishes to Donald Trump and from the Icelandic people on his inauguration as President of the United States.Monday, January 20, 2025 from Radio Sweden
Prosecutors have today requested the detention of a Swedish man, accusing him of committing war crimes and terrorist acts in Syria. The suspect was allegedly involved in the execution of a Jordanian pilot by the terror group IS, when he...Monday, January 20, 2025 from mbl.is - News in English
According to Tómas Jóhannsson, an avalanche expert at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, there have been no reports of avalanches in the Eastfjords overnight or this morning, but yesterday a level of uncertainty was declared due to the...Monday, January 20, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Yle catches up with a 'freegan' who's been using dumpsters to stock his pantry for years.Monday, January 20, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Born in 1917 in the village of Metsäpirtti on the Karelian Isthmus, Arvi Hämäläinen joined the Finnish army at the age of 21.Monday, January 20, 2025 from mbl.is - News in English
There are power outages in many parts of the southern fjords in East Iceland. The largest municipality without power is Stöðvarfjörður, where 190 Rarik customers have been without power since around 4 am last night.Monday, January 20, 2025 from Radio Sweden
The construction industry remains one of the sectors in Sweden where fatal workplace accidents are most common. As of January 1, 2025, new regulations came into effect for construction and civil engineering work. These rules, which apply...Monday, January 20, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
The fee will apply to fund transfers between two private individuals, while payments to companies and organisations are not affected.Monday, January 20, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Do you dream of leaving the hustle and bustle for a simpler life herding sheep? It'll cost you.Monday, January 20, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
The relatively unknown Dane's most recent role was as assistant coach of German top flight side FC Augsburg.Monday, January 20, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Retired army general and current MP Pekka Toveri dismissed the newspaper's report as "total B.S.".Monday, January 20, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
More and more Finnish companies are going under, reports Kauppalehti.Monday, January 20, 2025 from Radio Sweden
Tariffs, tax cuts and deportations. The swearing-in of Donald Trump as President of the United States, Monday has economists in Sweden anticipating three political proposals that could affect the global economic picture. “I usually tell...