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Back to homepageFinland nominated its 1000th UN Junior Professional Officer
NordenBladet — Finland has sponsored the United Nations Junior Professional Officers (JPO) Programme since 1965, encouraging young Finnish nationals to work in UN agencies and international financial and research institutions. The newly selected Finnish JPO will be posted to work
Read MoreFinland: Number of COVID-19 infections increases almost by 60 per cent in a week
NordenBladet — The number of new COVID-19 cased has increased by 56 per cent over the last week. The total number of new cases reported between 26 July and -1 August was 4,574 whereas, a week before, the number of
Read MoreEstonia: Chairs of Foreign Affairs Committees: Nord Stream 2 will endanger security in Europe
NordenBladet — The Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the parliaments of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Ireland, Poland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States underline in their joint statement that the completion of the Nord Stream
Read MoreFinland: Extending compulsory education will affect terms of employment for young workers
NordenBladet — Extending compulsory education to upper secondary education will cause changes to legislation concerning work carried out by people under 18 years of age. The starting point is that young people’s work shifts must not overlap with instruction that
Read MoreFinland: Jordan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Safadi visits Finland
NordenBladet — Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will meet Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi in Helsinki on 3 August. The Ministers will discuss the bilateral relations between Finland and Jordan as well as topical regional questions. “Jordan
Read MoreFinland sees worst forest fire in half a century
NordenBladet — The northwestern part of Finland is fighting the worst forest fire in half a century as fires rage roughly 300 hectares over five days. On Monday 26th July, a fire broke out south of the Finnish town, Kalajoki,
Read MoreFinland: Protocol no. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights enters into force on 1 August 2021 – the period for submitting an application to the European Court of Human Rights will be reduced to four months after a transition period
NordenBladet — Adopted in June 2013, Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights will enter into force on 1 August 2021. Its entry into force will reduce the application period to four months and also introduce other
Read MoreFinland: Record number of participants attend Pre-Summit ahead of UN Food Systems Summit in September
NordenBladet — The UN Food Systems Summit will be held at the level of heads of state or government in connection with the UN General Assembly in September. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Jari Leppä and Minister for Development Cooperation
Read MoreFaroe Islands: Thousands gather for cancelled ólavsøka´s singalong
NordenBladet – Like last year, the popular midnight singalong at Ăłlavsøka was cancelled out of Covid concerns and, like last year, thousands ignored the ban. The head of the epidemic commission is slightly annoyed after hearing that people ignored the
Read MoreFinland: Get involved and have your say – stakeholder event on Transport Safety Strategy to be held as webcast
NordenBladet — The Ministry of Transport and Communications will hold a stakeholder event on the preparation of the Transport Safety Strategy on Tuesday 10 August 2021 at 13-15. The event is by invitation, but anyone interested can watch it live.
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