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Almost 71000 Finnish households were without power at midnight after a winter storm brought heavy sleet and snow along with strong winds to large parts of the country. With strong winds set to continue for another couple of hours the number of households affected by outages could rise to 100000 a meteorologist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) said to Helsingin Sanomat.

  • Almost 71000 Finnish households were without power at midnight after a winter storm brought heavy sleet and snow along with strong winds to large parts of the country.

    With strong winds set to continue for another couple of hours the number of households affected by outages could rise to 100000 a meteorologist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) said to Helsingin Sanomat.

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The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) has officially endorsed the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) Movement. This decision aligns with the organisations commitment to global justice and its condemnation of systemic human rights violations against Palestinians.Yanis Varoufakis co-founder of DiEM25 highlighted the parallels between the BDS campaign and anti-apartheid efforts in South Africa saying BDS is the only non-violent effective means of bringing universal human rights to Israel-Palestine. Apartheid in South Africa would not have crumbled without it.

  • The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) has officially endorsed the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) Movement.

    This decision aligns with the organisations commitment to global justice and its condemnation of systemic human rights violations against Palestinians.

    Yanis Varoufakis co-founder of DiEM25 highlighted the parallels between the BDS campaign and anti-apartheid efforts in South Africa saying BDS is the only non-violent effective means of bringing universal human rights to Israel-Palestine.

    Apartheid in South Africa would not have crumbled without it.

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The Finnish government presented a bill for prohibiting the dumping of snow to sea to parliament last week proposing that the prohibition enter into force in 2028.

  • The Finnish government presented a bill for prohibiting the dumping of snow to sea to parliament last week proposing that the prohibition enter into force in 2028.

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Iltalehti reported on Friday that Christians were presented as one priority to officials drafting the countrys refugee quota for 2025. The news outlet based its report on a document is has obtained from a meeting that took place at the Ministry of the Interior on 20 August.

  • Iltalehti reported on Friday that Christians were presented as one priority to officials drafting the countrys refugee quota for 2025.

    The news outlet based its report on a document is has obtained from a meeting that took place at the Ministry of the Interior on 20 August.

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Here is a selection of what the international press has published about Finland in the last week:Finnish fathers taking nearly double length of paternity leave since 2022 reformThe article about a significant increase in the length of paternity leaves taken by Finnish fathers was published in The Guardian on November 7.

  • Here is a selection of what the international press has published about Finland in the last week:Finnish fathers taking nearly double length of paternity leave since 2022 reformThe article about a significant increase in the length of paternity leaves taken by Finnish fathers was published in The Guardian on November 7.

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Some of Finlands largest processed meat manufacturers told the public broadcaster that the recommendations will not lead to major changes in their product offering at least immediately.

  • Some of Finlands largest processed meat manufacturers told the public broadcaster that the recommendations will not lead to major changes in their product offering at least immediately.

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President Alexander Stubb pledged additional funding for SOFF at Cop-29 in Baku Azerbaijan on Tuesday. Meanwhile Prime Minister Petteri Orpos (NCP) government is slashing climate financing to the tune of hundreds of millions of euros by the end of the electoral term according to data compiled by Finnish Development NGOs (Fingo).

  • President Alexander Stubb pledged additional funding for SOFF at Cop-29 in Baku Azerbaijan on Tuesday.

    Meanwhile Prime Minister Petteri Orpos (NCP) government is slashing climate financing to the tune of hundreds of millions of euros by the end of the electoral term according to data compiled by Finnish Development NGOs (Fingo).