NordenBladet — From Wednesday 14 to Saturday 17 March, The Crown Princess visited the Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang to follow the Swedish competitors. The Crown Princess’s first day in Pyeongchang began with watching the sprint final, in which Zebastian Modin came second after Brian McKeever from Canada.
After the race, The Crown Princess had the opportunity to congratulate Zebastian on his silver medal.
Later in the day, The Crown Princess watched Sweden’s para ice hockey match against Norway, which ended with Sweden losing 3-1.
The Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, ran from 9 to 18 March 2018.
Featured image: The Crown Princess with Niclas Grön, Sports Director of the Swedish Parasports Federation, and Elias Håkansson, Content Producer at the Swedish Parasports Federation. (Photo: The Swedish Parasports Federation) Source: Swedish Royal Court Find us also on Twitter: @NordenBladet
NordenBladet — The Arctic Council, the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the World Meteorological Organization WMO will come together for joint meetings in Levi next week. Hundreds of guests from different parts of the world will arrive in Levi.
On 20 March, the Finnish Meteorological Institute will organise an Arctic Meteorology Summit, which will gather together directors-general of the meteorological institutes of the Arctic countries and various stakeholders in the field from all over the world. Minister of Transport and Communications Anne Berner and Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization WMO, Petteri Taalas will speak at the summit.
“The Arctic Meteorology Summit aims to ensure that meteorological cooperation conducted in the Arctic region is close and comprehensive,” says Juhani Damski, Director General of the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
WMO Experts on Polar and High Mountain Observations, Research and Services will convene for a meeting 21-23 March in Levi.
The Arctic Council will hold its Senior Arctic Officials’ meeting from 21 to 23 March. The topics on the meeting agenda include meteorological cooperation, connectivity, the promotion of the UN sustainable development goals in the Arctic regions and the work on a strategic plan for the Arctic Council.
NordenBladet – This morning Ivanka Shoshana (9) decided that she did not want to go to school and I did not force her to go. So, she stayed at home and I instead of making news have practised crafts since early morning! During these activities, we have hugged several times, and I have said to her that I love her a lot. We have had a very productive and great mother-daughter day – Ivanka painted two pictures, I finished two unfinished pictures of witches and knitted two bon-bon hats as well. Making handicraft is extremely relaxing and pleasurable, I feel like I have been reborn.
Ivanka Shoshana was so inspired that we had to change her clothes twice – and creating art on the white tablecloth is sth. only Helena-Reet can do. 😀 The paintings have dried by now and two of them are already hanging on the wall. I will probably pack the hats and if there is someone’s birthday coming I will add a hat to the present. I quite often add self-made items to gift packs, for example, various handmade jewellery (necklaces, bracelets, earrings), knitwear (scarves, hats, bags for mobile phones), dried herbal tea (I grow peppermint in my garden and dry it), paintings-drawings, etc. I hope that someday I will also have my self-written books and top-quality beauty products created under the brand named E&S (Elisheva&Shoshana)!
Oh… a bit of “kids don’t lie” rubric information too… When we had finished our doing things together and she was heading to watch some videos she said all of a sudden: “Mummy is fat and daddy is tall”. What can I say about it? – a true artist catches the heart of the whole with just a couple of specific details.
NordenBladet —On Monday 12 March, a Council of State was held at the Royal Palace on the occasion of the birth of Princess Madeleine and Mr Christopher O’Neill’s third child.
At the Council of State, HM The King informed the Government that the Princess will be named Adrienne Josephine Alice, and known as Princess Adrienne.
The Princess has been granted the Duchy of Blekinge.
NordenBladet — Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Anne-Mari Virolainen will make a Team Finland visit to Ethiopia and South Africa from 12 to 16 March. She will be accompanied by a delegation representing 30 Finnish companies and other stakeholders.
”This in my first opportunity to see what happens when I sink my teeth into the business sector in Africa,” Anne-Mari Virolainen says.
“We will visit places that are very different from each other. The Ethiopian economy is in the vanguard of development but the country also receives more development cooperation assistance than any other country in Africa. South Africa, for its part, is by far the most important trading partner for Finland in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Virolainen continues.
In the recent years, the Ethiopian government-led economy has experienced a 10 per cent growth rate. The trade between Finland and Ethiopia is still modest, but there are opportunities for expansion in particular for companies in the agriculture, water, energy, cleantech, education and consultancy sectors. 13 companies representing these sectors will participate in the visit to Ethiopia (12 and 13 March). In Ethiopia, special emphasis will be paid to the potential for Finnish companies offered by international development finance institutions, such as the World Bank and the African Development Bank, which provide billions of euros to finance acquisitions from companies in the country.
In Ethiopia, Minister Virolainen will also visit the Amhara region, where Finland is engaged in bilateral development cooperation projects. Finland’s development cooperation has been exceptionally successful in Ethiopia. For instance, thanks to the support, approximately 4.5 million Ethiopians have now access to clean water.
In South Africa (14 to 16 March), Minister Virolainen will be accompanied by a delegation representing 18 companies and other stakeholders, such as educational institutions, which specialise in health technology, education and ICT.
The Republic of South Africa with its market of 55 consumers is the most developed economy in the African continent. In 2017, Finland’s exports to South Africa amounted to EUR 293 million and imports reached EUR 118 million. Examples of large local employers include Kone, Konecranes, Nokia and Outotec. In addition, nearly 100 Finnish companies are represented in the country.
The business delegations are coordinated by Business Finland.
Companies taking part in the visit to Ethiopia from 12 to 13 March:
Aimo Kortteen Konepaja Oy
Econonet Group/Dewaco Oy
FCG International
Finnfund Oy
PEL-Tuote Oy
Sampo Rosenlew Oy
Simosol Oy
Soprano Oyj
Vaisala Oy
Vakava Technologies Ltd Oy
Valoe Corporation
Wärtsilä Corporation
OmniAgria Ltd
Companies taking part in the visit to South Africa from 14 to 16 March:
BEAM Innovation Funding Program
Bittium
Commit
David Health Solutions Oy
elfGroup Cyber Security Services
Fiare
Finnfund
Genano Oy
Goodmill Systems
Granite
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
JAMK University of Applied Sciences
Nokia Solutions and Networks SA
Prodiags Oy
Rugged Tooling Oy
Skhole
Soprano Oyj
Tecnotree Oyj
NordenBladet – In the world people are desiring the status of a billionaire instead of that of a millionaire – in order to belong to the top notch you must be a billionaire. There is one billionaire for every million people in the world. In 2014 the number of billionaires increased 7% and the elite list embraced 2325 people, in 2017 according to Forbes there were 2043 billionaires. How can you become one?
Lets have a wider look and dig into statistics – what does one need to become a billionaire?
Should you wish to become a billionaire, it is important that you have wealthy parents. About 45% of all the billionaires in the world have inherited their wealth. For example the Walton family that is thanks to Walmart one of the wealthiest in the world (it is estimated that their wealth amounts to 152 billion dollars) have inherited their wealth from Bud and Sam Walton who established the enterprise.
Wealthy forefathers are of help out won’t guarantee that you will also be wealthy. Should you wish to grow into the group of the world billionaires you must be a damn good businessman. 80% of the billionaires have gathered their wealth themselves, even when their start line was a set of wealthy parents. 55% of the world billionaires have attained the status of a billionaire completely independently.
Among the world billionaires there are 2039 men and 296 women – as you may see the male proportion is significant. 21% from the 296 women are widowers that have inherited their wealth from their husbands, 65% from the femaile billionaires have inherited their wealth in another fashion. As few as 35% of the women have established themselves among billionaires on their own – thanks to their initiative, talent, smart ideas.
Should you wish to be a billionaire you should be and remain married. Divorce will entail enormous expenses. According to statistics 89% of male and 65% of female billionaires are wed.
There is also statistics about the educational background of billionaires and their preference of universities. 65% of the billionaires have graduated from an American university, but what is still more surprising: 35% of the billionaires have not graduated at all – just 14% of the billionaires have an MBA and as few as 7% have a PhD degree.
What are the similarities between the world billionaires? Billionaires are world citizens and they often move their home or work to the location that is most beneficial for their business. A large proportion of world billionaires reside, are registered of do business officially in the following loctions: Liechtenstein, Bermuda, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Singapore, Unted Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Norway. It is not surprising that honour and glory is attained abroad – no prophet is popular at home. Still, since a majority of world billionaires live in America, a large proportion is emerging in Southern America.
Who do billionaires get along with? How to make friends with a billionaire? Billionaires are people just like any other, but according to statistics each billionaire has at least nine super wealthy friends. How come they have those friends? Billionaires just like others bond like regular folks – they get along with childhood friends and acquaintances, with those who have similar interests or with people they went to school together. 68% of billionaires are keen on sports and healthy lifestyle. In order to understand somebody you must be on the same page – you must be interested in similar things.
When becoming a billionaire is your priority number one then what would be your priority number two? Correct, there is none! You must understand one thing – there is no such thing in the world as a free lunch – as few as 0,0000272% of the world population are billionaires and this mean you would need to sacrifice something. Mainly that would be your time – time spent with family and with the nearest and dearest. Both goals – spare time and a lot of spare money are not possible simultaneously – you either have a full time career or a full time family life. If you think you want both then you are living in a utopia. It can either be that you have no career or you have no family life – both will not be available, make sure to accept that.
But how come we still want to be big, powerful and wealthy – and as we say – FOR THE SAKE OF CHILDREN – we are doing everything for the sake of children, since everything will be theirs one fine day. I find myself thinking over and over again – exactly what it is then that will be theirs one fine day? Nervous wrecks with drinking problems who cover all the costs to own and maintain the titles „World’s most important”, „Scandinavia’s most well-known”, „The wealthiest”, etc, but who have sacrificed their health and family life for that success… I don´t believe we can find any child who is happy with such results. It would make them more happy when we held them close and said how much we loved them – when we did something together. To be honest with you I am not at all so sure anymore that I wish to achieve ANYTHING at all – should it happen that I died the day after tomorrow then I would prefer that my children would say that their time best spent has been the time spent with me. That they liked the most the way I used to comb their hair, how I praised them or how we were eating ice-cream together. I am now thinking about it… why is it that we get so anxious about the achievements that do not matter really so much? Why do we wish to belong in the group of those 2325 people that actually are very lonely – lonesome and sad. This, too, is the statistics – billionaires ARE lonely.
And still we wish so… There are people that wish… I belong to the group of people that wish. This is not merely the money and fame, it is power and the moment of victory that urges us – we are achievement-addicts.
We think and hope to be the exception, to be different – but the ending is the same – either we become billionaires or we have a family-life. Yet today we are so egoistic that we postpone thinking about it until some time in the future. We contemplate about us, thinking that global statistics and rules do not apply to us.
___________________________________
A billionaire, in countries that use the short scale number naming system, is a person with a net worth of at least one billion (1,000,000,000, i.e. a thousand million) units of a given currency, usually major currencies such as the United States dollar, the euro or the pound sterling. Additionally, a centibillionaire (or centi-billionaire) has been deemed applicable to a billionaire worth one hundred billion dollars (100,000,000,000), a mark first achieved in 2017 by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, with a net worth of $112 billion in a report issued in early 2018. The American business magazine Forbes produces a global list of known U.S. dollar billionaires every year and updates an Internet version of this list in real time. The American oil magnate John D. Rockefeller became the world’s first confirmed U.S. dollar billionaire in 1916, and still holds the title of history’s wealthiest individual.
Bloomberg.com: Bloomberg Billionaires Index (View profiles for each of the world´s 500 richest people, see the biggest movers, and compare fortunes or track returns https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/
Keywords: billionaire, richest man in the world, list of billionaires, i want to be a billionaire, i wanna be a billionaire, the world’s billionaires, top billionaires, top ten billionaires, world billionaires list, top billionaires in the world, top 10 billionaires, billionaire boys club, world richest man list, billionaire news, top billionaires in the world, world rich list, top 10 billionaires in the world, world richest man 2016 list, list of billionaires in the world 2016, american billionaires, billionaire boy, the world’s billionaires, top 10 millionaire in world, , billionaire clothing, forbes rich list, millionaires in the world, all world rich man list, top ten richest person in the world, top 10 richest man in the world, ten richest people in the world, top richest person in world, 10 richest people in the world, billionaire jeans, top billionaires list, billionaire website, richest person in the world, billionaire men. richest people in the world, top millionaires, richest in the world, top ten richest people in the world, top ten richest in the world, how to be a billionaire, richest man in the world today, most richest people in the world, think like a billionaire, billions, a billionaire, top 20 richest man in the world, world millionaire list, top ten richest men in the world, list of richest people in the world, top richest in the world, top richest people in the world, women billionaires, top millionaires in the world, billionaire game, rich women. worlds richest person, richest billionaires, billionaire online, rich list, top 20 richest person in the world, money, 100 richest people in the world, world richest person, top 10 billionaires 2016, billionaire business, worlds richest man, billionaire people, billionaire ranking, world richest person list, names of billionaires, top 50 richest man in the world, top 10 richest man, top billionaires in world list, helena-reet ennet billionaire, world richest man in the world, top ten billionaires in the world, new billionaires, list of all billionaires in the world, billionaire homes, biliaire, top 100 richest person in the world, billionaire online shop, billionaire shop, billionaires club, rich man, list of all billionaires, world top ten billionaires list, who is the most richest person in the world, wealthiest man in the world, top 10 richest person, forbes rich list, world best rich man list, top ten billionaires , who is the most richest man in the world, forbes, millionaires, becoming a billionaire, forbes billionaire list, richest sportsman, top 10 millionaires, richest person, richest guy in the world, billionaires worldwide, world richman list, russian billionaire, scandinavian billionaire, nordic billionaire, nordic billionaires, nordic millionaires. bilionaire investors, investor, investros. net worth ranking, billionaire site, list of billionaires, billionaire official website, fortune billionaires, the billionaire, youngest billionaire, 10 billionaires in the world, richest, richest person alive, how many billionaires are there in the world, second richest man in the world, trillionaire, current richest man in the world, world top billionaires list, world’s first billionaire, billionaire couture online store, billionaire brand, world’s top ten billionaires, forbes billionaires, hong kong billionaire, list of richest person in the world, ten richest men in the world, billionaire store, most richest in the world. top richest man in the world, world richest person list, billionaire in worl, 100 billionaires, top 10 most richest man in the world, world billionaire ranking, number of billionaires in the world, billionaire money, top world billionaires, who is the richest in the world, recent billionaires, richest billionaires list, worlds most richest man, net worth list, top 20 richest in the world, list of millionaires, list of top 10 billionaires, world top 10 richest man list, 10 most richest man in the world, billionaire magazine, current richest person in the world, world billionaire ranking, world richest person in the world, global billionaires, 20 richest man in the world, black billionaires, world top ten billionaires list, world millionaire list, 10 richest man in the world, ten richest person in the world, billionaire rich list 2016, top 30 richest man in the world, want to be a billionaire, helena-reet billionaire article, billionaire journalist, billionaire media owner. number 1 billionaire, forbes rich list millionaires, billionaire wealth, chinese billionaires, word rich man list 2016, top 10 most richest person in the world, list of, top 10 richest man in the world, the rich people, who is the wealthiest man in the world, top most richest person in world, forbes millionaire list, world number 1 billionaire, world net worth, a list of billionaires, richest people alive, top 10 richest businessmen in the world, world’s most billionaires list, world ranking billionaires, the worlds richest man, richest person on earth, worlds richest list, 10 most richest person in the world, first richest man in the world, top billionaires list 2016, new york billionaires. billionaire person, latest richest man in the world, global billionaires list. top twenty richest person in world, worlds richest people list, fortune billionaires list, list of billionaires in world 2016, who is the worlds richest man, billionaires in 2016, full list of billionaires, list of top 10 richest person in the world, ranking of billionaires in world, billionaire clothing prices, billionaire fashion. top 100 richest man in the world, richest entrepreneurs in the world, top 10 wealthiest people in the world, wealthiest person in the world, billionaire online store, billionaire clothing line, most billionaires, world’s richest people’s list, who is the second richest man in the world, who is the richest guy in the world, richest man list, billionaire definition, 10 wealthiest people in the world, 10 most richest people in the world, billionaire italian couture online store, who is the worlds richest person, top ten richest man in the world, list of most richest person in the world, who is a billionaire, who are the 10 richest people in the world, who is the world richest man, richest county, ho is the richest man in the world, billionaire kids, one of the richest man in the world, how’s the richest man in the world, bilionair, rebel billionaire, forbes billionaire rich list, worlds 10 richest people, billionaires under 40, 100 richest man in the world, world no 1 rich man, number of billionaires in the world 2016, the first billionaire, list of 10 richest person in the world, billionaire wiki, ten most richest person in the world, top most richest man in the world, world’s top 10 richest man. richest business in the world, worlds most richest people, who is the richest man in the world now, no 1 richest person in the world, how’s the richest person in the world, top 10 wealthiest man in the world, richest man in the world net worth, who are the richest people in the world, who is the world richest man in the world, top 20 richest people in the world, 10 ten richest man in the world, 10 richest people on earth, top 5 billionaires in the world, whos the richest person on earth, total billionaires, top 10 richest businessmen, forbes top millionaires, ten most richest man in the world, top 10 richest in the world, top richest person, who’s the most richest person in the world, billionaire luxury, us billionaires, top 10 wealthiest person in the world, world richest man ranking, list of wealthiest person in the world, billionaire person in the world, billionaire bos club, billionaire boy club, billionaire boys clb, billionaire boys lub, billionaire bys club, billionaire club boy, slot billionaire, billionaire world, billionaire in world, billionaire quote, billionaire quotes, how to become billionaire, bloomberg billionaire index, how to become a billionaire, forbes billionaire, billionaire bloomberg, bloomberg billionaire, i wanna be billionaire, wanna be a billionaire, be a billionaire, billionaire us, billionaire usa, billionaire china, russia billionaire, top 10 billionaire, billionaire mansion, billionaire russian, chinese billionaire, billionaire in dubai, billionaire mansions, billionaire of dubai, billionaire russians, billionaire in russia, billionaire lifestyle, billionaire simulator, lifestyle billionaire, billionaire life style, billionaire lifestyles, billionaire world list, billionaire list in world. lifestyle of a billionaire, billionaire in the world list, billionaire book, billionaire books, self made billionaire, billionaire in america, billionaire of america, billionaire woman, billionaire women, first billionaire, billionaire mindset, billionaire romance, billionaire girls club, mindset of a billionaire, billionaire living, billionaire series, billionaire females, life as a billionaire, life of a billionaire, millionaire billionaire.
NordenBladet – Children grow very fast (it also means that I am getting older as fast… it is awful!) My older daughter Estella Elisheva will turn 12 on the 16th of May, this is one of the most important days in her life because this year she becomes a Bat Mitzvah! According to Jewish law, when Jewish girls become 12 years old and boys 13 years old, they become accountable for their actions and are considered to be adults. Ivanka Shoshana also has a birthday in May; she will be 10 years old then.
Ivanka Shoshana (9) wishes to get two things for her birthday: a doll with blond hair called Sweet Tears Baby Alive and a soft pet figure Pepper Clark Skunk by Littlest Pet Shop. She has wanted them for a year already and I cannot underestimate her wish. Her wish is my command. If you think that it is possible to replace her specific wishes with similar toys then you are wrong, she wants these things exactly and I promised them to her. Yesterday when I started to look for the toys I understood that the latter cannot be found in Estonia nor Scandinavia and I have to order them from America. Pepper Clark Skunk costs about 5€ but the shipping is about 40€. A heavy price, but I would break my promise to my kids only when there is no other option. Therefore, though it was a bitter pill to swallow, I placed the orders. I know that she has been waiting for these toys for a year, and she will get them, despite the fact that their prices were ridiculous.
Estella Elisheva (11) has a very important birthday this year, but she has not decided yet where to celebrate it. She is rather modest with her wishes (quite like me – saying in a gentle but clear voice that she does not need anything, but she would be glad to have this and this and this – and this modest list requires wealth (haha). Help! She is so sweet, the latter was actually a joke and let me remind you, that she has never requested anything, she is a good child, extremely smart and reasonable! She is, really, the child every parent dreams of. I have never been such a good child to my parents as she is to me every day! Believe me, this is not an exaggeration. The people who have met her know that she is special, an extremely good child!
Estella Elisheva, she is in form five, went to the cinema and café with her classmate for the first time and after that she will go to her granny’s and grandpa’s place. I shoveled snow and built a snowman with Ivanka Shoshana (now it is already melting, because the weather warmed up unexpectedly) and cooked a simple dinner (potatoes with parsley and dill). I have just opened a beer named Saku Originaal (4,7% of alcohol) by Saku Brewery, a company I would like to invest in and I am thinking about the article “Heartbreaking! The kids on their death-bed and answering the question what they appreciated and evaluate most in their lives” (article in Estonian HERE) and I am wondering… we MUST (even though we sometimes bury ourselves in work) love and care about everyone close to our heart.
NordenBladet — On Friday the 9th March at 00.41, Princess Madeleine gave birth to a daughter at Danderyd Hospital in Stockholm.
Weight: 3465 gram
Length: 50 cm
Mr O’Neill was present at Danderyd Hospital throughout the birth.
“We are thrilled about the new addition to our family. Leonore and Nicolas are looking very much forward to finally meeting their new little sister,” says Mr O’Neill.
NordenBladet —The Office of The Marshal of the Realm is delighted to announce that HRH Princess Madeleine gave birth to a healthy child on Friday the 9th March 2018 at 00.41 at Danderyd Hospital.
NordenBladet — The President of the United States, Donald Trump, signed orders to restrict steel and aluminium imports with the exception of imports from Canada and Mexico. Tariffs of 25% are to be placed on steel and 10% on aluminium imports from the EU to the US. The tariffs are to take effect on 23 March 2018. Countries may negotiate exemptions to the tariffs.
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Anne-Mari Virolainen considers President Donald Trump’s announcement on import tariffs very unfortunate and emphasises that it is important to maintain continuous consultations on possible exemptions between the European Union and the United States.
“The EU is now carefully reviewing the situation in light of the content of President Trump’s decision, and I will be in close contact with Commissioner Cecilia Malmström. It is now important that the EU stands united,” Virolainen notes.
The European Union is the biggest trading and investment partner of the United States and a close ally in security questions.
“We believe that imported steel and aluminium from the EU does not threaten US national security. Moreover, these actions will not resolve the excess capacity problem, which must be addressed in international forums despite what the US is doing”, Minister Virolainen emphasises.
Imposing tariffs would markedly reduce steel and aluminium imports from the EU to the USA. For Finland, the United States is among the most important trading and investment partners after the EU countries. Finnish subsidiaries in numerous business sectors provide employment for approximately 34,000 persons in the United States and, if indirect effects are taken into account, work is provided to as many 70,000 persons.
“Finland is worried about the possible repercussions on the jobs and competitive capacity of companies both in Europe and in the United States,” Minister Virolainen says.
The volume of trade between Finland and the United States was USD 11.6 billion in 2016. Finland exports mainly forestry products, measuring instruments, electrical machines and devices, and mineral oils to the United States. In 2017, of Finland’s total exports, the United States’ share was 2.4% for steel and 0.5% for aluminium goods.
