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President Niinistö calls Putin today: “It has been considered important to keep in touch”
President Sauli Niinistö discusses today by telephone with the President of Russia Vladimir Putin with. Niinistö spoke about the matter at a press conference on the security policy situation in Finland on Thursday.
– We have seen that, despite everything, it has been considered important to try to keep in touch with Russia. Europeans president Macron and the Chancellor Sholz have done so. I have heard from both of them outright the obligation to contact Putin, if there is such a connection, Niinistö said.
EU leaders do not support Ukraine’s early membership
EU leaders did not find unanimous support for Ukraine’s desired EU membership. Ukraine applied for EU membership last week and hopes the EU will deal with the matter quickly.
EU leaders adopted a declaration stating that the partnership with Ukraine will be deepened. The summit continues today, with leaders discussing, among other things, defense and reducing energy dependency.
Young people in Ukraine tell how they are trying to get their thoughts out of the war
Oleksii20, listens to the sounds of explosions and tries to restrict the browsing of news. Margo24, makes himself a tea ceremony to calm down. Olga, 34, is preparing to flee the bombings for the second time. In the videos, young Ukrainians from different cities tell how difficult it is to focus on anything else because of the war.
A small high school uses robust means to attract students, and it works: Lumi Renvall from Espoo chose Sysmä
High school competition for survival is intensifying. More and more high schools in the small town are attracting visitors from further afield by offering benefits and specializing. The expert is afraid of the playoffs. Sysmä plans to attract young people to stay by offering upper secondary education already in primary school.
Cloudy and warming
Today, on Friday, temperatures across the country will rise to the plus side, in many places around five degrees Celsius. The cloud cover cracks in places.