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Back to homepageFinland: COVID-19 vaccine to be offered to all 12–15-year-olds in Finland
NordenBladet — COVID-19 vaccines will now be offered to all children and young people aged 12–15. The Government amended the decree on voluntary COVID-19 vaccinations accordingly on Thursday 5 August, and the amendments will enter into force on 9 August
Read MoreFinland: Olli-Pekka Rantala to continue as Director General of the Services Department, Laura Eiro to be appointed as Director General of the Data Department
NordenBladet — On 5 August 2021, the Government appointed Olli-Pekka Rantala, Master of Social Sciences, as Director of the Services Department and Laura Eiro, Master of Laws, as Director of the Data Department at the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
Read MoreFinland: Draft national programme on spent fuel and radioactive waste management and report on its environmental impacts out for comments
NordenBladet — The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, and the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority published a draft of the national programme for spent fuel and radioactive waste management on 5 August
Read MoreFinland: The Ministry of Defence procures spare parts from Millog Oy
NordenBladet — The Ministry of Defence has authorised the Defence Forces to order spare parts for systems of the Army and for all services’ joint systems as well as for intelligence, surveillance and command and control systems for 2022. The
Read MoreFinland: Government decides to continue preparations for COVID-19 vaccination passport
NordenBladet — On 5 August, the Government convened at the House of the Estates to discuss the current state of the COVID-19 epidemic, updates to the hybrid strategy, the opening of early childhood education and care, schools, educational institutions and
Read MoreFinland 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 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
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World Economic Forum, Davos 2020: Yuval Noah Harari: How to Survive the 21st Century – The rise of the useless class
NordenBladet – Prof. Yuval Noah Harari (43) takes to the Congress Hall stage at the World Economic Forum annual meeting to speak about how nuclear war, ecological collapse and technological disruption pose an existential threat to human civilization. Directly after,
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