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The Swedish authorities said on Friday that they were investigating a new cable break in the Baltic Sea, the latest example of damage to underwater infrastructure in the region. The Swedish Coast Guard said that it had been informed of the cable break on Thursday and was en route to the area, off the eastern…
Yrjo Kukkapuro, a Finnish furniture designer who devoted his restless creative energies to sedentary comfort, creating dozens of chairs that coddled sitters and lent a zesty flair to their surroundings, died on Feb. 8 at his home in Kauniainen, Finland. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Isa Kukkapuro-Enbom. In his seven-decade…
This is the first picture of a British man accused of axing a 75-year-old man to death in Finland after he claimed he was tied down and raped. Garo Jlitakryan, 32, admitted lashing out at the man, who has not been named, with an axe at least six times, his trial has heard. Jlitakryan faces…
Russia’s state-controlled telecoms giant Rostelecom said Saturday that its underwater cable in the Baltic Sea had been damaged by an “external impact.” Several undersea telecom and power cables have been severed in the Baltic Sea in recent months, with experts and politicians accusing Russia of orchestrating a hybrid war against Western countries supporting Ukraine. “Some…
Finland regularly ranks as a world leader in media literacy, with its population well equipped to deal with misinformation, disinformation and many of the threats the digital age poses to democracy. It is the result of an education system that differs greatly from Irish schooling. Finnish students do not enter formal education until the age…
Finland’s government said Thursday it plans to keep its border with Russia closed and extend a controversial law allowing border guards to turn away asylum seekers under certain circumstances. The one-year “Act on Temporary Measures to Combat Instrumentalized Migration” entered into force on July 22, 2024, after a surge in asylum seekers arriving at Finland’s…
Two telecoms cables connecting Estonia and Finland under the Baltic Sea have been repaired after suspected sabotage, Finnish operator Elisa said on Monday. Finnish authorities are investigating the suspected sabotage of four telecoms cables and one power cable on Dec. 25 just weeks after other cables in the region were severed. Experts and politicians have…
Finnish law enforcement authorities imposed a travel ban on seven crew members of the oil tanker Eagle S as part of an ongoing investigation into the severing of an undersea power cable in the Gulf of Finland last month, the Nordic country’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said late Tuesday. The tanker, flying the Cook…
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK — China has allowed representatives from Germany, Sweden, Finland and Denmark to board a Chinese bulk carrier at the center of an investigation into Baltic Sea cable breaches, the Danish foreign minister said on Thursday. The Yi Peng 3 vessel is wanted in Sweden for questioning over a breach of two undersea fiber-optic…
