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Two years in prison for throwing soup on van Gogh’s painting – activist: “The sentence is completely inappropriate” | Foreign countries
In Britain, climate activists are sentenced to even harsher penalties. Celebrities are also against the five-year prison term for the founder of the Elokapina movement. 21:13•Updated 21:13 LONDON The long…
Analysis: This is how even a small town on the prairie could decide who becomes president of the United States | Foreign countries
In the US, most voters don’t care that much, but the fight over the electors is very fierce, writes ‘s foreign correspondent Mika Mäkeläinen. Mika Mäkeläinen, foreign journalist This week,…
Japan may soon be led by a man who took parental leave and advocates for women’s right to keep their own surname | Foreign countries
Shinjiro Koizumi would be Japan’s youngest post-war leader. The vote between the main candidates is getting tight. BEIJING Japan may soon have its first prime minister who has taken parental…
A Japanese navy ship was seen in the Taiwan Strait for the first time – this is a significant turning point in the country’s foreign policy | Foreign countries
China interprets the strait between it and Taiwan as its territorial waters because it considers Taiwan to be part of China. A Japanese navy ship has been seen passing through…
Israel’s foreign minister rejects proposals for a ceasefire in Lebanon | News in brief
The Israeli foreign minister told about it Israel Katz just. The proposal for a ceasefire had been made by the United States and France. – There will be no ceasefire…
Sweden’s “garbage queen” dug thousands of tons of toxic waste into the ground – she denies environmental crimes and defends herself | Foreign countries
Fariba Vancor and ten other people are accused of serious environmental crimes or complicity in them in one of the largest environmental criminal trials in Swedish history. The self-titled “trash…
Murder of student in France reignites debate on deportations of repeat foreign offenders
The murder of Philippine, a 19-year-old student at Paris-Dauphine University, whose body was found on Saturday 21 September, followed by the arrest in Switzerland of the alleged murderer, “ in…
The vandalism of the parliament building also made headlines in Sweden | Foreign countries
Most of Sweden’s biggest media have reported on the Swedish activist group’s demonstration. One of Sweden’s largest newspapers Dagens Nyheter highlights in its articlethat the Swedish protestors are criticizing Finnish…
Viuhahdus in the dance program and chains on the construction site – this is the Swedish movement that destroyed the Parliament | Foreign countries
Last summer, the activists of the Återställ Våtmarker movement tied themselves to the work machines of a Finnish company. Now the same movement participated in the demonstration in the Parliament.…
Analysis: Kremlin opponent beaten with a hammer – now Putin can laugh from the sidelines as scandal tears apart opposition | Foreign countries
The uproar over the beating of Leonid Volkov brought the contradictions to the surface. For Putin, the opposition may be better in exile than in prisons, writes Russia correspondent Heikki…