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Vietnamese Deputy PM meets Spanish PM, Finnish minister
Vietnam News Agency
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HÀ NỘI – Deputy Prime Minister Hồ Đức Phớc met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday within the framework of his attendance at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Sevilla, Spain. Phớc...
NATO testing Baltic Sea drones to track Russian warships, freighters
Defense News
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July 8, 2025
MILAN — U.S.-based Saildrone deployed a handful of unmanned surface vessels as part of NATO’s Task Force X demonstration in the Baltic Sea, which helped detect and track Russian shadow-fleet vessels operating in the area, according to the company....
Dementia Life Expectancy Is Now Longer Than Ever
Newsweek
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July 8, 2025
People diagnosed with dementia are living longer than before—thanks to advancements in the early identification of the condition and improvements in treatments and tailored care. This is the conclusion of a study by an international team of...
Finland selects ICEYE for Space-Based Intelligence and Surveillance Capabilities
Frag Out! Magazine
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June 27, 2025
ICEYE, the European leader in new defense technology and the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, and the Finnish Ministry of Defense have signed a Letter of Intent that enables the Finnish Defense Forces to...
TES and CPC Finland’s Joint Venture to Produce e-NG, Support Decarbonization
SeaNews
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July 1, 2025
Tree Energy Solutions (TES) and CPC Finland OY have established a joint company LUOTO ENERGIA OY to develop a large-scale project – produce electric natural gas (e-NG), a green synthetic gas generated from renewable hydrogen and CO2. The project...
IHL Summer School on intl humanitarian law starts
Interfax Ukraine
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July 1, 2025
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/RedCrossUkraine/ URCS-IHL IHL Summer School on intl humanitarian law starts KYIV. July 1 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The 2025 Summer School on International Humanitarian Law (IHL Summer School), a flagship initiative of...
EIF, Finnvera launch EUR 30 mln pilot to support Finnish SMEs' exports to Ukraine
Interfax Ukraine
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July 1, 2025
The European Investment Fund (EIF), part of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, and Finland's official export credit agency Finnvera have signed a EUR 30 million guarantee agreement to support Finnish small and medium-sized enterprises'...
Finnish ambassador in Lisbon denies accusations. Team “under stress”
Portugal Pulse
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June 28, 2025
In an interview with Lusa, Titta Maja-Luotto, who has been serving in Portugal since last September, expressed regret over the situation facing the embassy, attributing it to changes she has implemented, particularly concerning staff roles. Seven...
Finnish Samis urge stronger voice in EU decision-making
The Malaysian Star
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June 27, 2025
HELSINKI, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Representatives of the Finnish Sami community called for stronger Indigenous participation in European Union (EU) policymaking at the EU Arctic Forum held Friday in Kittila, northern Finland. Tuomas Aslak Juuso, vice...
ECOWAS parliament pushes for legal framework on AI in education across West Africa
Pulse
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July 1, 2025
The ECOWAS Parliament has called for the development of a robust legal framework to govern Artificial Intelligence (AI) across West Africa, with a particular focus on digital transformation in the education sector. Speaking at the opening of a...
Italy's Leonardo takes a stake in Finland's SSH as European defence M&A inches forward
London South East
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Leonardo to become top SSH shareholder with 24.55% stake * SSH to issue 20 million euros of shares to Leonardo * Part of Leonardo's drive to boost cybersecurity business HELSINKI, July 1 (Reuters) - Italy's Leonardo will buy a 24.55% stake in...
2 high-rise buildings to replace Tallinn's Stockmann building
ERR
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July 8, 2025
Tallinn City Government has approved plans for two new buildings up to 37 stories high to be built on the site of the Stockmann department store. The property previously belonged to the Finnish retail chain Stockmann, but in 2021, the struggling...
VERDICT: Aussie Court Rules On Government Censorship Of Billboard Chris And ‘X’
Clash Daily
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July 1, 2025
In the COVID years we saw the mask slip on the Aussie Government as they unleashed their inner totalitarians on anyone who wouldn’t bow the knee to big government. And whenever someone refused to bend the knee, they took it personally. We saw the...
European Markets Close On Positive Note
RTTNews
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July 8, 2025
European markets closed on a positive note on Tuesday, as investors shrugged off concerns about tariffs and picked up stocks, amid hopes major European countries will strike trade deals with the U.S. before the newly announced August 1 deadline....
Complaints filed over internship of President Stubb’s son
Helsinki Times
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June 30, 2025
The office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman has received six complaints regarding the appointment of Oliver Stubb, the son of President Alexander Stubb, to an internship at the Finnish Institute for International Affairs (FIIA), Finnish newspaper...
Justice chancellor: Super-database law could be unconstitutional
ERR
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July 1, 2025
For years, you've been drawing the attention of the Police and Border Guard Board to the fact that, for example, their use of body cameras and license plate recognition systems isn't in line with the law. What exactly concerns you about these two...
Finland to buy 1st defence satellites for country
Daily Finland
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The Ministry of Defence and space technology company ICEYE signed a letter of intent that allows Finland to procure Iceye synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, said the Ministry and the company in separate press release on Friday. The...
Liveblog (closed): Second day of hearing in case against Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen
Christian Network Europe
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15:17 Impression around the courtroom Monday afternoon, after closing the session. Räsänen is very present. She is looking back on this day quite positively. It's her face that dominates in the media, bishop Pohjola less so. Zoltan Bugnyan...
EU-backed €30 million export guarantee pilot launched for Finnish SMEs trading with Ukraine
European Investment Fund
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The European Investment Fund (EIF), part of the EIB Group, and Finnvera, Finland’s official export credit agency, have signed a new guarantee agreement to support Finnish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps exporting to Ukraine....
Finland Supreme Court to hold oral hearing of Räsänen case
Christian Network Europe
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Thousands in and out of Finland were already expecting a final verdict from the Supreme Court. But on Thursday, Päivi Räsänen was informed that the court would organise an oral hearing. No exact date was given yet; Räsänen said on Friday that it...