Tag: Foreign countries
Trams collided in Strasbourg, twenty people were injured | News in brief
Two trams collided in a tunnel near the railway station. In France, two trams collided in a tunnel in Strasbourg on Saturday, authorities say. According to preliminary estimates, at least…
California fires cause big insurance losses – some companies reluctant to issue insurance in the fire area | Foreign countries
Insurance losses caused by fire are in the tens of billions of dollars. Natural conditions cause damage in the United States, the situation is more favorable in Finland. The fires…
Denmark sent Trump’s team private messages from Greenland, reports Axios | News in brief
Denmark has sent private messages to the future president of the United States Donald Trump’s for the team, says the news website Axios and Reuters news agency. In the message,…
A bus crashed in Sweden – several were injured | News in brief
14 people were injured in the accident, four of them seriously. In Sweden, a bus has derailed in a ditch on the E4 road in Jönåker, near Nyköping. All 14…
The former president of Estonia, Arnold Rüütel, will be buried today in Tallinn | News in brief
Estonia celebrates today the country’s former president Arnold Rüütel state funeral in Tallinn. Rüütel, who died at the age of 96 at the turn of the New Year, was a…
Thousands without electricity in Gotland due to snowfall | News in brief
In Sweden, a warning has been issued for heavy snowfall and strong winds on the island of Gotland, Swedish public radio SVT tells. The heavy snowfall has caused power outages…
A Finnish woman’s home burned down in Los Angeles – “Somehow we’ll still get up from this” | Foreign countries
All that is left of Kati Vaarasuo’s, 48, home in Altadena is the chimney. A Finn lost his home in the fires raging in Los Angeles, USA Kati Vaarasuo48, who…
The black boxes of the South Korean crash plane stopped working minutes before the crash | News in brief
The cause of the accident that happened in December is not yet certain. The black boxes of the Jeju Air plane that crashed in December stopped working minutes before the…
Analysis: My party wanted to remove a picture of a crying Marine Le Pen – the hard shell of the French iron lady is starting to crumble | Foreign countries
Le Pen’s early years are overshadowed by the death of her father and the threat of the end of her political career, writes ‘s France reporter Miina Väisänen. Miina VäisänenFrench…
Biden would put strong additional sanctions on Russia for the last time – targeting oil giants and the shadow navy | Foreign countries
The new sanctions will hit Russia’s energy exports and cut the government’s income, estimates a Finnish researcher. The United States has imposed new, strict economic sanctions against Russia. The decision…