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22/07/2022

The number of upper secondary school students taking specializations in foreign languages, such as German, French, or Spanish, is on the decline according to figures collated by the Norwegian Directorate of Education.

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12/07/2022

On Friday, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark opened a seminar on the green cities of the future at Oslo City Hall. The Norwegian Crown Prince and Crown Princess also participated.

04/07/2022

This year’s “Cycle to Work campaign” started on Tuesday. This year, both the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Culture put on their helmets and cycled to kick off the start of the campaign.

12/05/2022

Annikka Saarikko broadcasts a support package to Eastern Finland: “The entire export and economic area is in a new situation”
According to Minister of Finance Annika Saarikko (Central), the greatest burden of scrapping Russia is on eastern Finland in particular.

ILTA-SANOMI's big NATO discussion on Tuesday highlighted how Finland's NATO membership and the Russian offensive war will affect Finland's image. So it is a question of how Finland is seen in the world and whether we dare to invest here.

However, in the discussion, Minister of Finance Annika Saarikko (center) highlighted Eastern Finland in particular, which, according to him, bears the greatest burden of scrapping Russia.

- The reality of the whole of Eastern Finland, whether it was about the economy, vitality, transport, transport connections or everyday interaction, Russian tourists, shopping trips, family relationships. This is all changing, Saarikko said.

Does Minister of Finance Saarikko think that a support package for Eastern Finland is needed in this context?

- In general, the entire export and economic area, Eastern Finland, is in a new situation. Although we have stated on many occasions that our state and our company are not fatefully linked to Russian trade, it has been about five percent of exports, in Eastern Finland the figure is higher regionally, Saarikko pointed out.

- Subcontracting chains, customer relations, not to mention the energy issue raised here, which is a big issue in Eastern Finland, for example.

According to him, Eastern Finland could receive some kind of financial support package as the war continues and relations with Russia continue to cool.

- Yes, it may also mean financial attention to this area in particular. But this is not a promise for any single road project. But now we need an understanding of what it all affects, Saarikko said.

12/05/2022

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12/05/2022

Can I already shake hands?
People shake hands again. Is it worth it? Chief Physician Asko Järvinen answers.

When the coronavirus began to erupt in the spring of 2020, it was predicted that the handshake would disappear from the world altogether in the future.

The importance of hands in the spread of disease is great.

The handshake is now a thing of the past, in the spring of 2020 it was widely believed.

But how did it go?

Human memory is short. In recent weeks, many have noticed that the handshake has returned strongly to social situations. People shake hands with bare hands as if the coronavirus no longer existed.

Asko Järvinen, Hus's chief physician, director of infectious diseases, has to ask what he thinks of the handshake when the coronavirus has not completely disappeared yet.

- Yes, the virus mainly catches from drops, less from handshakes, but it is possible, Asko Järvinen says.

- Yes, we transmit bacteria and viruses through our hands, but shaking hands is not a form of transmission of respiratory infections. Handshake plays a small role in coronavirus infections.

12/05/2022

HS: Alexi Laiho's explanation of the band's break-up 'deviated from the truth' - bandmates now reveal their own version
Children of Bodom broke up in November 2019. Former bandmates are now telling the reasons for the breakup, and the version is quite different from what Alexi Laiho said earlier.

WORLD-renowned metal band Children of Bodom broke up in November 2019. Singer-guitarist Alexi Laiho, who died a year later, said the reason was that other band members wanted to focus on their family lives. He also denied rumors that he had been fired from the band.

Laiho founded the new band Bodom After Midnight with guitarist Daniel Freyberg, as the copyright for the name Children of Bodom remained with the band's backing company, which was owned by the band's remaining members Janne Wirman, Jaska Raatikainen and Henkka Seppälä.

In an interview published by Helsingin Sanomat on Tuesday, Wirman, Raatikainen and Seppälä share their views on the reasons for the band's break-up. According to them, Laiho’s version for family reasons “deviated from the truth” and the band’s fans have a right to know the truth.

- It also felt bad for our spouses. They have always supported an international career, the trio tells HS.

According to them, the root cause of the breakup was Laiho's substance abuse problem, which caused both friction in the band and real difficulties for Laiho in doing his job.

- Addiction is a disease, and he worked in our limited company in a way that took away our trust. But a lot of things he apologized for, and we also had cooperation after the band disbanded, they say.

LAIHO died in December 2020. His first wife and widow, Kimberly Goss, told Instagram in March 2021 that the cause of Laiho's death had been revealed in his autopsy report. According to Goss, Laiho's cause of death was alcohol-induced degeneration of the liver and connective tissue of the pancreas.

- In addition, painkillers, opioids and sleeping pills were found in his body, Goss said.

Over the years, Laiho spoke openly about his tough lifestyle, which included plenty of alcohol and numerous injuries. He broke his bones both drunk and at gigs and was hospitalized several times. He also admitted that alcohol had become a problem during the wildest years of Children of Bodom.