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Sunday August 14, 2022

Finland suspends recognition of Vietnam’s new passport

Finland has decided to temporarily suspend recognition of Vietnam’s new passports due to lack of adequate information, said the Finnish Embassy to Hanoi. “As of 1st July 2022, the Vietnamese agencies issued a new Vietnamese passport with navy-blue cover. The new passport does not contain information of the place

Published: 00:46 am,Sunday 14 August 2022

Finland censures attack on Rushdie, mass shooting in Montenegro

Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto on Saturday condemned the attack on Author Salman Rushdie and the mass shooting in Montenegro on Friday, according to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. “Deeply shocked and saddened by the attack on author Salman Rushdie. Wishing him speedy recovery. Freedom of opinion and expression is

Published: 03:33 am,Saturday 13 August 2022

2 suspected cheats held for stealing watches worth €440K

Helsinki Police are investigating into an incident of suspected fraud took place in April regarding four Rolex watches worth about 440,000 euros, said police in a press release on Friday. The police arrested two persons from Helsinki Airport on April 8 in connection with the incident. The trader of the

Published: 02:55 am,Friday 12 August 2022

US Senator visits Parliament, discusses Finland's NATO process

US Republican Senator Tom Cotton on Thursday visited the Finnish Parliament and met with the Second Deputy Speaker Juho Eerola, said an official press release. Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee Jussi Halla-aho, Vice-Chair Erkki Tuomioja and representatives of the parliamentary groups also participated in the lunch meeting. The

Published: 22:22 pm,Thursday 11 August 2022

Turkey wants `concrete steps` by Finland, Sweden before NATO accession

The Turkish foreign minister on Thursday urged Finland and Sweden to take "concrete steps" about their “commitments” that should be fulfilled before their accession to the NATO, reported news agency Xinhua. "They have not yet fulfilled their commitments made in the documents (to join NATO)," Mevlut Cavusoglu told the

Published: 02:24 am,Thursday 11 August 2022

Govt website comes under cyber attack after Parliament

A website of Finnish government came under a denial of service attack on Wednesday, on the following day of a similar cyber attack on the Finnish Parliament´s website, government sources said. “The Government's publication archive http://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi has been hit by a denial of service attack today (Wednesday). The site

Published: 21:26 pm,Wednesday 10 August 2022

Finnish attitudes towards robots, AI improving: survey

Attitudes in Finland towards artificial intelligence (AI), robots and the development of science and technology have become more positive, said Finnish think tank Economic Affairs Delegation (EVA) on Wednesday, reported Xinhua. According to EVA's annual Values and Attitudes Survey, 51 percent of people in Finland believe that robotics and

Published: 12:43 pm,Wednesday 10 August 2022

NBI probes into hacking of Parliament's website

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is investigating into the denial of service attack on Parliament's website as interference of a computer system, said an official press release on Wednesday. The website was affected by the DoS attack on Tuesday. It is suspected that the attack was carried out

Published: 21:58 pm,Tuesday 9 August 2022

Niinistö, Biden, Andersson discuss Finland, Sweden’s NATO membership over phone

President Sauli Niinistö, his US counterpart Joseph R. Biden and Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson on Tuesday held a trilateral telephone conversation and discussed about the ongoing ratifications of Finland and Sweden´s NATO membership. Immediately after the call Biden confirmed with his signature the US ratification of Finland’s

Published: 00:38 am,Wednesday 10 August 2022

Finland, Estonia seek end to Russian tourist visas

Finland and Estonia's leaders are calling on fellow European countries to stop issuing tourist visas to Russian citizens, saying they should not be allowed to take vacations in Europe as Moscow pursues its war in Ukraine. The European Union is set to explore the subject of issuing visas to

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