All this happened in Finland this week. A thread. 1/10
The Finnish airspace was violated by a Russian MiG-31 fighter jet on Thursday morning. The depth of the suspected violation into the airspace was one kilometre and it lasted for around two minutes. An investigation to the incidence has been launched. 2/10 reuters.com/world/europe/r…
Finland will restrict tourist visas issued to Russians from the beginning of 1 September, following Russians using Finland’s Helsinki-Vantaa airport as the main route to Europe in July. 3/10 reuters.com/world/europe/f…
Finland secures 23 out of the 30 votes required from NATO members as the French President Emmanuel Macron signs the membership protocols for Finland and Sweden. Seven member states are yet to approve the applications. 4/10 yle.fi/news/3-12575734
Finland confirms a meeting between the Finnish, Swedish and Turkish representatives for August. Turkey accuses Finland as not fulfilling their pledge to extradite some 33 ‘terrorists’ wanted by Ankara as agreed on the Madrid NATO summit in June. 5/10 yle.fi/uutiset/3-1258…
Finland hits an inflation rate of 8% in July, while the general price level in the country rose by 7.8 percent year-on-year. Last time comparative inflation was experienced in Finland was in the 1980s. 6/10 yle.fi/news/3-12576518
Russia prosecutes the Finnish-Russian Petr Trofimov for an anti-war protest in front of the Russian consulate in Turku on 12 June. Rofimov is to appear in court in St. Petersbourgh even though he lives in Finland and has not visited Russia for years. 7/10 yle.fi/uutiset/3-1257…
Wilma Murto wins the gold medal at the European championships in pole vault for Finland, clearing the height of 4.85 meters, a new national record. It is the first gold medal Finland has won in 8 years and the first vault medal in 44 years. 8/10 yle.fi/news/3-12581917
Finland secures European Commission approval for a €687 million scheme to compensate energy-intensive companies for indirect emission costs. The EU State aid partially compensates energy-intensive companies for higher electricity proves. 9/10 ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…
And Finland finds out that the prime minister Sanna Marin went dancing a couple of weeks ago. 10/10
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