Tag: citizen
Sports hall named after new honorary citizen of Amersfoort Femke Bol: ‘What an honor!’
She received the Jacob van Campenpenning. That is the highest distinction of Amersfoort. She is the seventh person who can call herself an honorary citizen. “Femke is inextricably linked to…
Israeli soldiers shot a young activist in the West Bank – the UN demands an investigation into the death of a Turkish and US citizen | Foreign countries
According to a representative of the hospital, the activist died from a shot to the head. The UN demands a thorough investigation into the killing of a Turkish-American dual citizen…
Dual citizen Tomas Järvinen will fight for a World Cup medal already next year – the road to representing Finland became tortuous | Sport
Many remember Eduard Hämäläinen. Through his great-grandfather, who moved from Joroi to Russia, the Finnish-born 10-match star was quickly granted the right to represent Finland in 1997. In 1997, in…
The daughter of a Finnish citizen imprisoned in Turkey says that the mother went to Turkey on vacation – shocked by the news | Homeland
The Turkish intelligence service claims to have arrested a leading figure of the PKK operating in Finland. reached the woman’s daughter, who considers the allegations baseless. 16:13•Updated 16:37 According to…
Dual US and Russian citizen sentenced to 12 years for donating 50 euros to Ukraine | News in brief
According to the Russian security service, the 33-year-old donated money to a charity that raised money for the armaments of the Ukrainian army. In Yekaterinburg, Russia, the court has sentenced…
‘It was a little terrifying’, says man arrested after citizen tip about gun
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Published Aug 09, 2024 • Last updated 6 hours ago • 2 minute read The Expositor One of two young men arrested and released…
A German citizen was sentenced to death in Belarus | News in brief
According to the Belarusian human rights organization Viasna, the German sentenced to death had been detained in Belarus since October 2023. 20:14•Updated 20:21 A German citizen has been sentenced to…
Russian citizen detained – photographed security objects
The man is in his 40s and, according to Aftonbladet’s information, was arrested when he was drunk at a music festival in Karlskoga over the weekend. He is said to…
citizen journalist Zhang Zhan confirms she was released from prison in video
In China, in a short video message, former lawyer and blogger Zhang Zhan confirms that she was released from prison on May 13. The forty-year-old went to Wuhan at the…
“The atmosphere, from the top of the state to the ordinary citizen, is currently very homophobic”
This May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. In Ghana, Parliament passed a law last February – not yet ratified – exposing people identifying as LGBT…