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EU preparing sanctions on Russia's 'shadow fleet' after Baltic Sea cable damaged<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//12//28//nato-to-step-up-baltic-sea-patrols-after-finland-estonia-power-cable-damage/">NATO to step up Baltic Sea patrols after Finland-Estonia power cable damage<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Although flagged in the Cook Islands, the vessel has been described by Finnish customs and the European Commission as part of Russia\u2019s shadow fleet of ageing fuel tankers.<\/p>\n<p>These vessels, acquired to bypass Western sanctions, operate without Western-regulated insurance and pose environmental risks due to their age and lack of oversight.<\/p>\n<p>The damage to Estlink-2 has prompted NATO to intensify patrols in the Baltic Sea, according to the alliance's secretary general, Mark Rutte.<\/p>\n<p>Finland, which shares a 1,340-kilometre border with Russia, joined NATO in 2023, abandoning its longstanding neutrality in response to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1735563384,"updatedAt":1735577653,"publishedAt":1735564839,"firstPublishedAt":1735564839,"lastPublishedAt":1735564839,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Rajavartiosto via AP","altText":"This photo provided by Rajavartiosto (Finnish Border Guard) on Thursday, 26 Dec 2024, shows the oil tanker Eagle S, background, and the Finnish Border Guard ship Turva.","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"This photo provided by Rajavartiosto (Finnish Border Guard) on Thursday, 26 Dec 2024, shows the oil tanker Eagle S, background, and the Finnish Border Guard ship 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MOVES RUSSIAN SHIP","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Police in Finland move ship suspected of undersea cable damage closer to port","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Finland moves ship suspected of Estlink-2 cable damage to port","titleListing2":"Police in Finland move ship suspected of undersea power cable damage closer to port","leadin":"The Helsinki police department say the vessel, which was boarded on Thursday, was moved to inner anchorage near Porvoo as a better place to carry out an investigation.","summary":"The Helsinki police department say the vessel, which was boarded on Thursday, was moved to inner anchorage near Porvoo as a better place to carry out an investigation.","keySentence":"","url":"police-in-finland-move-ship-suspected-of-undersea-cable-damage-closer-to-port","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/12\/29\/police-in-finland-move-ship-suspected-of-undersea-cable-damage-closer-to-port","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Authorities in Finland have moved an impounded Russia-linked tanker closer to port after seizing control of the vessel earlier this week.\n\nThe Eagle S is suspected of damaging the Estlink-2 power cable which runs under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia by dragging its anchor along the seabed.\n\nThe Estlink-2 power cable, which takes electricity from Finland to Estonia under the Baltic Sea, went down on Wednesday but there was little impact to services.\n\nThe Helsinki police department say the vessel, which was boarded on Thursday, was moved to inner anchorage near Porvoo as a better place to carry out an investigation.\n\nThe Eagle S is flagged in the Cook Islands but has been described by Finnish customs and EU officials as being part of Russia\u2019s shadow fleet of tankers shipping oil and gas in\u00a0defiance of international sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine.\n\nThe aging vessels, often with obscure ownership, routinely operate without Western-regulated insurance.\n\nRussia's use of the vessels has raised environmental concerns about accidents given their age and uncertain insurance coverage.\n\nOn Friday, NATO chief Mark Rutte said he'd spoken to Finland's President Alexander Stubb and agreed that, \"NATO will enhance its military presence in the Baltic Sea.\"\n\nFinland, which shares a 1,340-kilometre border with Russia, abandoned its decades-old policy of military neutrality and joined NATO in 2023 in response to the invasion of Ukraine.\n\nIn October 2023, in response to similar incidents, NATO and its allies deployed more maritime patrol aircraft, long-distance radar planes and drones on surveillance and reconnaissance flights, while a fleet of minehunters was also dispatched to the region.\n\nAfter a high-level meeting about the incident, Stubb posted on X that \"the situation is under control. We have no reason to be worried,\" adding that the investigation continues.\n\nHe said that Finland and Estonia had requested extra NATO help.\n\nSuspected sabotage\n\nCountries in the region have been on alert following a string of incidents involving undersea cables and gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea since 2022.\n\nTwo data cables \u2014 one running between Finland and Germany and the other between Lithuania and Sweden \u2014 were\u00a0severed in November.\n\nGermany's defence minister said officials had to assume the incident was \"sabotage,\" but he didn't provide evidence or say who might have been responsible.\n\nAnd the Nord Stream pipelines that once brought natural gas from Russia to Germany were\u00a0damaged by underwater explosions in September 2022.\n\nAuthorities have said the cause was sabotage and launched criminal investigations.\n\nNATO had already boosted patrols near undersea infrastructure after the Nord Stream pipeline was hit.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Authorities in Finland have moved an impounded Russia-linked tanker closer to port after seizing control of the vessel earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagle S is suspected of damaging the Estlink-2 power cable which runs under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia by dragging its anchor along the seabed.<\/p>\n<p>The Estlink-2 power cable, which takes electricity from Finland to Estonia under the Baltic Sea, went down on Wednesday but there was little impact to services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////poliisi.fi//en//-//eagle-s-tanker-successfully-transferred-to-porvoo/">The Helsinki police department say the vessel<\/a>, which was boarded on Thursday, was moved to inner anchorage near Porvoo as a better place to carry out an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagle S is flagged in the Cook Islands but has been described by Finnish customs and EU officials as being part of Russia\u2019s shadow fleet of tankers shipping oil and gas in\u00a0defiance of international sanctions 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class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The aging vessels, often with obscure ownership, routinely operate without Western-regulated insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Russia's use of the vessels has raised environmental concerns about accidents given their age and uncertain insurance coverage.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, NATO chief Mark Rutte said he'd spoken to Finland's President Alexander Stubb and agreed that, \"NATO will enhance its military presence in the Baltic Sea.\"<\/p>\n<p>Finland, which shares a 1,340-kilometre border with Russia, abandoned its decades-old policy of military neutrality and joined NATO in 2023 in response to the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2023, in response to similar incidents, NATO and its allies deployed more maritime patrol aircraft, long-distance radar planes and drones on surveillance and reconnaissance flights, while a fleet of minehunters was also dispatched to the region.<\/p>\n<p>After a high-level meeting about the incident, Stubb posted on X that \"the situation is under control. We have no reason to be worried,\" adding that the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Finland and Estonia had requested extra NATO help.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6664827586206896\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//90//43//78//808x539_cmsv2_039ff556-0b6d-5cf4-8592-2a0c8fa4e774-8904378.jpg/" alt=\"NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a media conference at the alliance\u2019s headquarters in Brussels, 4 December, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/43\/78\/384x256_cmsv2_039ff556-0b6d-5cf4-8592-2a0c8fa4e774-8904378.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/43\/78\/640x427_cmsv2_039ff556-0b6d-5cf4-8592-2a0c8fa4e774-8904378.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/43\/78\/750x500_cmsv2_039ff556-0b6d-5cf4-8592-2a0c8fa4e774-8904378.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/43\/78\/828x552_cmsv2_039ff556-0b6d-5cf4-8592-2a0c8fa4e774-8904378.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/43\/78\/1080x720_cmsv2_039ff556-0b6d-5cf4-8592-2a0c8fa4e774-8904378.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/43\/78\/1200x800_cmsv2_039ff556-0b6d-5cf4-8592-2a0c8fa4e774-8904378.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/43\/78\/1920x1280_cmsv2_039ff556-0b6d-5cf4-8592-2a0c8fa4e774-8904378.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a media conference at the alliance\u2019s headquarters in Brussels, 4 December, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Virginia Mayo\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Suspected sabotage<\/h2><p>Countries in the region have been on alert following a string of incidents involving undersea cables and gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Two data cables \u2014 one running between Finland and Germany and the other between Lithuania and Sweden \u2014 were\u00a0severed in November.<\/p>\n<p>Germany's defence minister said officials had to assume the incident was \"sabotage,\" but he didn't provide evidence or say who might have been responsible.<\/p>\n<p>And the Nord Stream pipelines that once brought natural gas from Russia to Germany were\u00a0damaged by underwater explosions in September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have said the cause was sabotage and launched criminal investigations.<\/p>\n<p>NATO had already boosted patrols near undersea infrastructure after the Nord Stream pipeline was 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FINLAND NIGERIA","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"No, Finland's president did not post video in support of Nigerian separatists","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Finland president did not post video supporting Nigerian separatists","titleListing2":"No, Finland's president did not post video in support of Nigerian separatists","leadin":"A post on social media wrongfully claims that Alexander Stubb supports the Biafra separatist movement in Nigeria.","summary":"A post on social media wrongfully claims that Alexander Stubb supports the Biafra separatist movement in Nigeria.","keySentence":"","url":"no-finlands-president-did-not-post-video-in-support-of-nigerian-separatists","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/12\/26\/no-finlands-president-did-not-post-video-in-support-of-nigerian-separatists","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A video shared widely on social media appears to show Finland's President Alexander 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We will continue to stand by Ukraine,\u201d Stubb said.\u00a0\n\nThe president makes no reference at all to Nigeria or Biafra.\n\nThe altered video was shared on X by an account that regularly posts pro-Biafra content, regardless of the truth behind it.\n\nFor good measure, X has since added a tag beneath the video explaining that it\u2019s been taken out of context.\n\nThe Republic of Biafra was a partially recognised state in West Africa that existed between 1967 and 1970.\u00a0\n\nIt surrendered to Nigeria after three years of war, however, various Biafran secessionist groups have since emerged, including the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) \u2014 a group of which Ekpa claims to lead a faction, and which Nigeria has labelled a terrorist organisation. \n\nHowever the group has distanced itself from him, calling him a \"content creator\" who has never been part of the \"IPOB structure\".\n\nEkpa is currently in detention in Finland alongside four accomplices for alleged terror-related offences. 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We will continue to stand by Ukraine,\u201d Stubb said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president makes no reference at all to Nigeria or Biafra.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1858756781222105322\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The altered video was shared on X by an account that regularly posts pro-Biafra content, regardless of the truth behind it.<\/p>\n<p>For good measure, X has since added a tag beneath the video explaining that it\u2019s been taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p>The Republic of Biafra was a partially recognised state in West Africa that existed between 1967 and 1970.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It surrendered to Nigeria after three years of war, however, various Biafran secessionist groups have since emerged, including the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) \u2014 a group of which Ekpa claims to lead a faction, and which Nigeria has labelled a terrorist organisation. <\/p>\n<p>However the group has distanced itself from him, calling him a \"content creator\" who has never been part of the \"IPOB structure\".<\/p>\n<p>Ekpa is currently in detention in Finland alongside four accomplices for alleged terror-related offences. 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We have no accusations, but the government is deeply concerned. We do not believe things just happen. The Baltic Sea has proven vulnerable before and vessels have caused damage in the past,\" Kristersson said.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of migration and border security is also being discussed at the summit, with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo claiming that the leaders in attendance have expressed support for his country\u2019s controversial \u2018deportation bill\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurope has to take greater responsibility for its own security. This means that European countries have to be strong leaders, both in the EU and in NATO. Our greatest threat is Russia, which is trying to consolidate power and sow discord in Europe. 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Finland joined NATO in 2023 in direct response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0\n\nPreparations for such an invasion were accelerated after Crimea, the Donbass and the Russian interference at Maidan.\u00a0\n\n\"There are thousands and thousands of people around the world coming to meet Santa Claus,\" Heikki Autto said, adding: \"I can see the bright eyes of the children how happy they are when they meet Santa. And at the same time, we have thousands of military personnel from all over Europe and also North America coming for the exercise to build a peaceful future.\"\u00a0\n\nFinland has a border with Russia 1380km long \u2013 the largest in all of NATO territory.\u00a0\n\nFor the last two years Russia and China have stepped up hybrid war attacks including sabotaging undersea communication cables, disinformation, and the instrumentalisation of refugees sent to the Russian Finnish border by the Kremlin.\u00a0\n\n\"Finland has been long prepared for these kinds of attacks,\" Autto said.\u00a0\n\n\u00a0\"At the moment, there is one Chinese vessel that is seized by military vessels on the coast of Denmark because they tried to and they cut some cables also.\"\u00a0\n\nHelsinki believes that all measures should be on the table when it comes to Ukrainian defense. And that Europe needs to seize the assets of the Russian state from European banks to pay for Ukraine.\u00a0\n\n\"It cannot be the way that Russians can come and kill and rape, destroy homes and schools and hospitals, and then they wouldn't have to pay for what they have done,\" he said, adding: \"The European Union and the West needs to find the legal framework to use the frozen Russian assets to pay for Ukraine.\"\u00a0\n\nAutto agreed there's an openness for the government to support common borrowing to pay for major investment in European defense \u2013 a major shift in thinking from Heksinki. He said while they haven't yet backed any particular plans, they are also not closing the door to any idea, given the nature of the threat.\u00a0\n\n\"Finland has not closed any option to aid Ukraine because we have to give the message to the front lines that we do all the necessary means to support Ukraine,\" he told Europe Conversation.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>But this year in Lapland, the hometown of Santa Claus, NATO held its largest ever artillery exercise. Finland joined NATO in 2023 in direct response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Preparations for such an invasion were accelerated after Crimea, the Donbass and the Russian interference at Maidan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"There are thousands and thousands of people around the world coming to meet Santa Claus,\" Heikki Autto said, adding: \"I can see the bright eyes of the children how happy they are when they meet Santa. And at the same time, we have thousands of military personnel from all over Europe and also North America coming for the exercise to build a peaceful future.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Finland has a border with Russia 1380km long \u2013 the largest in all of NATO territory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the last two years Russia and China have stepped up hybrid war attacks including sabotaging undersea communication cables, disinformation, and the instrumentalisation of refugees sent to the Russian Finnish border by the Kremlin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Finland has been long prepared for these kinds of attacks,\" Autto said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\"At the moment, there is one Chinese vessel that is seized by military vessels on the coast of Denmark because they tried to and they cut some cables also.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Helsinki believes that all measures should be on the table when it comes to Ukrainian defense. 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Since Putin's revanchist mindset materialised in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Helsinki has moved to accelerate plans for defense.","summary":"Finnish commitment to defending their sovereignty from an imperialistic Russia has long been part of the Finnish psyche, and intrinsic to how the state is run. Since Putin's revanchist mindset materialised in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Helsinki has moved to accelerate plans for defense.","keySentence":"","url":"finland-accelerates-preparedness-for-war-in-all-forms","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/12\/16\/finland-accelerates-preparedness-for-war-in-all-forms","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Finland has accelerated its preparedness for all types of war \u2013 nuclear, full scale invasion, and is constantly responding to the numerous hybrid war attacks that Russia has stepped up since the full scale invasion of Ukraine.\n\nSince 2022, Helsinki has been dealing with the tampering of undersea communication cables, disinformation and the presence of so-called Russian shadow oil fleets which illegally transport Russian oil contravening Western sanctions.\n\nPreparedness, and being ready to respond to the threat that Russia poses is in the Finnish DNA.\n\nFor decades - in particular since the Soviet invasion of 1939 \u2013 Finns have been taking into account all manner of potential threats to their sovereignty and survival.\n\n'National model of comprehensive security'\n\nDeterrence is the key principle \u2013 have a highly trained army, buy-in and participation from all elements of society \u2013 the private sector, NGO\u2019s, civilians. In addition, there is compulsory conscription for all males for a period of nine months to around eighteen months depending on the role.\n\nThis so-called \u2018national model of comprehensive security\u2019 which engages the whole of society, leads to a national \u2018will to defend\u2019 the state, say state officials. Moreover, it is less likely that a foreign country will invade if the state is so heavily bulwarked from attack.\n\nMikko Hirvi, Deputy Commander of the Finnish Coast guard says the phenomenon of the \"shadow fleet\" has arisen since the Russian invasion, as has the increase in hybrid war.\n\n\u201cThe Finnish Border Guard has always been a readiness organization which has built its capabilities to operate in a situation like today, but of course is also true that the phenomenon of the shadow fleet, GPS disturbance is something we have only seen over the last years.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe have seen cable cuts, cable breakdown points, which are under criminal investigation.\u201d\n\nA 1380 km long border with Russia\n\nFinnish government officials describe how in the moments after Russia\u2019s full scale invasion of Ukraine a \u2018great mental change\u2019 occurred in Helsinki and neighbouring Stockholm.\n\nIn addition to military strength, Finland has built several thousand civil defense shelters to accommodate all 600,000 denizens of Helsinki \u2013 with many more around the country.\n\nThese are underground shelters designed to protect against nuclear war, complete with toilet facilities, beds, water basins. At all times Finns are required to have a \u2018grab box\u2019 of supplies with perishable foods, bottled water, gasoline and other supplies in case of emergency and the country is ordered to shelter.\n\nThe Nordic country shares a 1380km border with Russia \u2013 the largest border with Russia in all of the NATO states. It started accelerating cooperation with Sweden and the US and NATO in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea, and incursions into the East, as well as the Kremlin\u2019s interference during the Maidan protests.\n\n\"During this time, we knew we had a re-evaluate the issue of NATO if things changed dramatically\" says Mikael Antell Deputy Director General of Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\n\nAnd now, \"we have war\", he says.\n\nIn response to the Kremlin\u2019s widespread actions across Europe and the beyond, the EU in December announced special sanctions against\u00a016 individuals and three entities\u00a0responsible for\u00a0\u201cRussia\u2019s destabilising actions abroad.\u201d\n\nThey relate to \u201cpolicies by the government of the Russian Federation, which\u00a0undermine the fundamental values of the EU and its member states, their\u00a0security, stability, independence and integrity, as well as those of international organisations and third countries through\u00a0hybrid activities of various kinds, including the use of coordinated information manipulation and interference.\u201d\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Finland has accelerated its preparedness for all types of war \u2013 nuclear, full scale invasion, and is constantly responding to the numerous hybrid war attacks that Russia has stepped up since the full scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2022, Helsinki has been dealing with the tampering of undersea communication cables, disinformation and the presence of so-called Russian shadow oil fleets which illegally transport Russian oil contravening Western sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Preparedness, and being ready to respond to the threat that Russia poses is in the Finnish DNA.<\/p>\n<p>For decades - in particular since the Soviet invasion of 1939 \u2013 Finns have been taking into account all manner of potential threats to their sovereignty and survival.<\/p>\n<h2>'National model of comprehensive security'<\/h2><p>Deterrence is the key principle \u2013 have a highly trained army, buy-in and participation from all elements of society \u2013 the private sector, NGO\u2019s, civilians. In addition, there is compulsory conscription for all males for a period of nine months to around eighteen months depending on the role.<\/p>\n<p>This so-called \u2018national model of comprehensive security\u2019 which engages the whole of society, leads to a national \u2018will to defend\u2019 the state, say state officials. Moreover, it is less likely that a foreign country will invade if the state is so heavily bulwarked from attack.<\/p>\n<p>Mikko Hirvi, Deputy Commander of the Finnish Coast guard says the phenomenon of the \"shadow fleet\" has arisen since the Russian invasion, as has the increase in hybrid war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Finnish Border Guard has always been a readiness organization which has built its capabilities to operate in a situation like today, but of course is also true that the phenomenon of the shadow fleet, GPS disturbance is something we have only seen over the last years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen cable cuts, cable breakdown points, which are under criminal investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>A 1380 km long border with Russia<\/h2><p>Finnish government officials describe how in the moments after Russia\u2019s full scale invasion of Ukraine a \u2018great mental change\u2019 occurred in Helsinki and neighbouring Stockholm.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to military strength, Finland has built several thousand civil defense shelters to accommodate all 600,000 denizens of Helsinki \u2013 with many more around the country.<\/p>\n<p>These are underground shelters designed to protect against nuclear war, complete with toilet facilities, beds, water basins. At all times Finns are required to have a \u2018grab box\u2019 of supplies with perishable foods, bottled water, gasoline and other supplies in case of emergency and the country is ordered to shelter.<\/p>\n<p>The Nordic country shares a 1380km border with Russia \u2013 the largest border with Russia in all of the NATO states. It started accelerating cooperation with Sweden and the US and NATO in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea, and incursions into the East, as well as the Kremlin\u2019s interference during the Maidan protests.<\/p>\n<p>\"During this time, we knew we had a re-evaluate the issue of NATO if things changed dramatically\" says Mikael Antell Deputy Director General of Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>And now, \"we have war\", he says.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the Kremlin\u2019s widespread actions across Europe and the beyond, the EU in December announced special sanctions against\u00a016 individuals and three entities\u00a0responsible for\u00a0\u201cRussia\u2019s destabilising actions abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They relate to \u201cpolicies by the government of the Russian Federation, which\u00a0undermine the fundamental values of the EU and its member states, their\u00a0security,** stability,** independence and integrity,** as well as those of international 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Locals say holiday rentals are overtaking Santa Claus\u2019 hometown","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Overtourism has reached Santa Claus' hometown, Finnish locals say","titleListing2":"As tourists discover Finland's Santa Claus Village, some locals call for rules to control the masses","leadin":"Arctic Circle locals say tourists are overrunning the big guy's hometown.","summary":"Arctic Circle locals say tourists are overrunning the big guy's hometown.","keySentence":"","url":"no-room-at-the-inn-locals-say-holiday-rentals-are-overtaking-santa-claus-hometown","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2024\/12\/12\/no-room-at-the-inn-locals-say-holiday-rentals-are-overtaking-santa-claus-hometown","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Shuffling across icy ground on a cold December afternoon, tourists pour into Santa Claus Village, a winter-themed amusement park perched on the edge of the Arctic Circle.\n\nThey frolic in the snow, take a reindeer sleigh ride, sip a cocktail in an ice bar or even meet Saint Nick himself in the capital of Finnish Lapland, Rovaniemi, which happily calls itself the \u201cofficial hometown of Santa Claus.\"\n\nThe Santa Claus Village theme park, which attracts more than 600,000 people annually, is especially popular during the holiday season.\n\n\u201cThis is like my dream came true,\u201d beams Polish visitor Elzbieta Nazaruk. \u201cI\u2019m really excited to be here.\u201d\n\nBut some locals don't share in the festive cheer, saying residential homes are being replaced by tourist rentals, echoing complaints around Europe about ovetourism.\n\nOvertourism: Rovaniemi's population increases ten fold at Christmas\n\nTourism is booming in Rovaniemi, with hotel and restaurant owners, as well as city officials, profiting from the money it brings to the town. However, not everyone is happy about the onslaught of visitors, 10 times the town's population, each year at Christmas time.\n\n\u201cWe are worried about the overgrowth of tourism. Tourism has grown so rapidly, it\u2019s not anymore in control,\u201d said 43-year-old Antti Pakkanen, a photographer and member of a housing network that in September organized a rally through the city\u2019s streets.\n\nIt\u2019s a feeling that is shared in other popular European travel destinations, including Barcelona, Amsterdam, Malaga and Florence.\n\nOver the last few years, locals have protested against overtourism in increasingly vocal ways. Sunbeds were vandalised in Tenerife with slogans such as \"The Canary Islands are not for sale\". While faeces were smeared on lockboxes in Seville, often used on the doors of Airbnbs to allow self check-in.\n\nOvertourism generally describes the tipping point at which visitors and their cash stop benefiting residents and instead cause harm by degrading historic sites, overwhelming infrastructure and making life markedly more difficult for those who live there.\n\nNow, it seems to have spread north, all the way to the edges of the Arctic Circle.\n\nRovaniemi counted a record 1.2 million overnight visitors in 2023, almost 30 per cent growth on 2022, after rebounding from pandemic travel disruptions.\n\n\u201cNordic is a trend,\u201d Visit Rovaniemi CEO Sanna Karkkainen said as she stood in an ice restaurant, with snow carvers working nearby.\n\n\u201cPeople want to travel to cool countries to see the snow, to see the Northern Lights, and, of course, to see Santa Claus,\" she added.\n\nMore flights but not enough hotels\n\nThirteen new flight routes to Rovaniemi Airport opened this year, bringing passengers from Geneva, Berlin, Bordeaux and more. Most tourists come from European countries like France, Germany and the UK, but Rovaniemi\u2019s appeal has also spread further.\n\nHotel availability is scarce this winter, and Tiina M\u00e4\u00e4tt\u00e4, general manager of the 159-room Original Sokos Hotel, expects 2024 to break more records.\n\nLocals can't find housing\n\nLocal critics of mass tourism say many apartment buildings in Rovaniemi\u2019s city centre are used as tourist accommodation during peak season, meaning they're no longer available for residential use. They say the proliferation of short-term rentals has driven up prices, squeezed out long-term residents, and turned its city centre into a \u201ctransient space for tourists.\"\n\nFinnish law prohibits professional accommodation services in buildings intended for residential use, so campaigners are calling on authorities to act.\n\n\u201cThe rules must be enforced better,\u201d said Pakkanen.\n\nNot everyone agrees. Mayor Ulla-Kirsikka Vainio notes some make \u201cgood money\u201d on short-term rentals.\n\nEither way, stricter regulations likely won\u2019t be in place for this winter season, and despite the unease expressed by locals, mass tourism to Rovaniemi is probably only going to grow in 2025 - as visitors want to experience the unique atmosphere up north, especially during the holiday season.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s Christmas time and we would love to see the Northern Lights,\u201d says Joy, a visitor from Bangkok. \u201cRovaniemi seems to be a good place.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Shuffling across icy ground on a cold December afternoon, tourists pour into Santa Claus Village, a winter-themed amusement park perched on the edge of the Arctic Circle.<\/p>\n<p>They frolic in the snow, take a reindeer sleigh ride, sip a cocktail in an ice bar or even meet Saint Nick himself in the capital of Finnish Lapland, Rovaniemi, which happily calls itself the \u201cofficial hometown of Santa Claus.\"<\/p>\n<p>The Santa Claus Village theme park, which attracts more than 600,000 people annually, is especially popular during the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is like my dream came true,\u201d beams Polish visitor Elzbieta Nazaruk. \u201cI\u2019m really excited to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But some locals don't share in the festive cheer, saying residential homes are being replaced by tourist rentals, echoing complaints around Europe about ovetourism.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//90//67//72//808x539_cmsv2_1a9e74af-53f1-5be4-874d-d10a13486c1d-8906772.jpg/" alt=\"Tourists visit Santa Claus Village, a winter-themed amusement park perched on the edge of the Arctic Circle, in Rovaniemi, Finland, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/384x256_cmsv2_1a9e74af-53f1-5be4-874d-d10a13486c1d-8906772.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/640x427_cmsv2_1a9e74af-53f1-5be4-874d-d10a13486c1d-8906772.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/750x500_cmsv2_1a9e74af-53f1-5be4-874d-d10a13486c1d-8906772.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/828x552_cmsv2_1a9e74af-53f1-5be4-874d-d10a13486c1d-8906772.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/1080x720_cmsv2_1a9e74af-53f1-5be4-874d-d10a13486c1d-8906772.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/1200x800_cmsv2_1a9e74af-53f1-5be4-874d-d10a13486c1d-8906772.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/1920x1280_cmsv2_1a9e74af-53f1-5be4-874d-d10a13486c1d-8906772.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Tourists visit Santa Claus Village, a winter-themed amusement park perched on the edge of the Arctic Circle, in Rovaniemi, Finland, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/James Brooks<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Overtourism: Rovaniemi's population increases ten fold at Christmas<\/h2><p>Tourism is booming in Rovaniemi, with hotel and restaurant owners, as well as city officials, profiting from the money it brings to the town. However, not everyone is happy about the onslaught of visitors, 10 times the town's population, each year at Christmas time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are worried about the overgrowth of tourism. Tourism has grown so rapidly, it\u2019s not anymore in control,\u201d said 43-year-old Antti Pakkanen, a photographer and member of a housing network that in September organized a rally through the city\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a feeling that is shared in other popular European travel destinations, including Barcelona, Amsterdam, Malaga and Florence<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////apnews.com//article//italy-florence-g7-tourism-overtourism-6b94dc5eaf70905c5fc25189f4b21ad8/">./n

Over the last few years, locals have protested against overtourism in increasingly vocal ways. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//12//10//anti-tourism-protestors-destroy-sunbeds-tenerife/">Sunbeds were vandalised in Tenerife<\/strong><\/a> with slogans such as \"The Canary Islands are not for sale\". While <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//07//16//poo-smeared-on-apartment-key-boxes-in-seville-as-anti-tourism-backlash-continues/">faeces were smeared on lockboxes in Seville<\/strong><\/a>, often used on the doors of Airbnbs to allow self check-in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//09//18//cruise-caps-and-cutting-off-power-european-cities-get-serious-on-overtourism/">Overtourism generally describes the tipping point at which visitors and their cash stop benefiting residents and instead cause harm by degrading historic sites, overwhelming infrastructure and making life markedly more difficult for those who live there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8308788,8823414\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//11//02//soaring-rent-drunken-behaviour-and-peeing-in-public-split-locals-have-had-enough-of-party-/">Soaring rent, drunken behaviour and peeing in public: Split locals have had enough of party tourists<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//03//15//go-fcking-home-the-european-cities-where-locals-are-fighting-back-against-overtourism/">/u2018Go f*cking home\u2019: The European cities where locals are fighting back against overtourism<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Now, it seems to have spread north, all the way to the edges of the Arctic Circle.<\/p>\n<p>Rovaniemi counted a record 1.2 million overnight visitors in 2023, almost 30 per cent growth on 2022, after rebounding from pandemic travel disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNordic is a trend,\u201d Visit Rovaniemi CEO Sanna Karkkainen said as she stood in an ice restaurant, with snow carvers working nearby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople want to travel to cool countries to see the snow, to see the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//01//04//northern-lights-saunas-and-ice-caves-why-travelling-to-wintry-places-can-be-magical/">Northern Lights<\/strong><\/a>, and, of course, to see Santa Claus,\" she added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//90//67//72//808x454_cmsv2_e7231e36-1f8d-5d10-8998-5fc812f66387-8906772.jpg/" alt=\"Tourists take photos at Santa Claus Village, on the edge of the Arctic Circle, in Rovaniemi, Finland, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/384x216_cmsv2_e7231e36-1f8d-5d10-8998-5fc812f66387-8906772.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/640x360_cmsv2_e7231e36-1f8d-5d10-8998-5fc812f66387-8906772.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/750x422_cmsv2_e7231e36-1f8d-5d10-8998-5fc812f66387-8906772.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/828x466_cmsv2_e7231e36-1f8d-5d10-8998-5fc812f66387-8906772.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/1080x608_cmsv2_e7231e36-1f8d-5d10-8998-5fc812f66387-8906772.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/1200x675_cmsv2_e7231e36-1f8d-5d10-8998-5fc812f66387-8906772.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/1920x1080_cmsv2_e7231e36-1f8d-5d10-8998-5fc812f66387-8906772.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Tourists take photos at Santa Claus Village, on the edge of the Arctic Circle, in Rovaniemi, Finland, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/James Brooks<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>More flights but not enough hotels<\/h2><p>Thirteen new flight routes to Rovaniemi Airport opened this year, bringing passengers from Geneva, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//09//25//high-speed-train-from-paris-to-berlin-to-launch-this-winter-with-daily-connections-from-59/">Berlin, Bordeaux and more. Most tourists come from European countries like France, Germany and the UK, but Rovaniemi\u2019s appeal has also spread further.<\/p>\n<p>Hotel availability is scarce this winter, and Tiina M\u00e4\u00e4tt\u00e4, general manager of the 159-room Original Sokos Hotel, expects 2024 to break more records.<\/p>\n<h2>Locals can't find housing<\/h2><p>Local critics of mass tourism say many apartment buildings in Rovaniemi\u2019s city centre are used as tourist accommodation during peak season, meaning they're no longer available for residential use. They say the proliferation of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//07//14//most-people-in-barcelona-wont-miss-tourist-rentals-why-locals-support-airbnb-crackdown/">short-term rentals<\/strong><\/a> has driven up prices, squeezed out long-term residents, and turned its city centre into a \u201ctransient space for tourists.\"<\/p>\n<p>Finnish law prohibits professional accommodation services in buildings intended for residential use, so campaigners are calling on authorities to act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rules must be enforced better,\u201d said Pakkanen.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone agrees. Mayor Ulla-Kirsikka Vainio notes some make \u201cgood money\u201d on short-term <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//11//italy-malaysia-usa-which-cities-and-countries-are-cracking-down-on-airbnb-style-rentals/">rentals./n

Either way, stricter regulations likely won\u2019t be in place for this winter season, and despite the unease expressed by locals, mass tourism to Rovaniemi is probably only going to grow in 2025 - as visitors want to experience the unique atmosphere up north, especially during the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s Christmas time and we would love to see the Northern Lights,\u201d says Joy, a visitor from Bangkok. \u201cRovaniemi seems to be a good place.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733990323,"updatedAt":1734018136,"publishedAt":1734015829,"firstPublishedAt":1734015829,"lastPublishedAt":1734015863,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/67\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5218127d-c2ab-55d5-a216-a51ecc83ed07-8906772.jpg","altText":"On the arctic circle line in Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi Lapland Finland","caption":"On the arctic circle line in Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi Lapland 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This Nokia Design Archive celebrates the titans of 90s tech","leadin":"This gr8 Nokia Design Archive will take u back 2 the simpler days of Snake, SMS and snap-on covers.","summary":"This gr8 Nokia Design Archive will take u back 2 the simpler days of Snake, SMS and snap-on covers.","keySentence":"","url":"sneaky-game-of-snake-a-nokia-design-archive-is-celebrating-the-titans-of-90s-tech","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/12\/12\/sneaky-game-of-snake-a-nokia-design-archive-is-celebrating-the-titans-of-90s-tech","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In this age of sleek minimalism and glossy screens, it\u2019s hard to believe - but you could once chuck your mobile phone with the might of a thousand raging bears against a brick wall and it would simply fall to the ground, unscathed and still singing Gran Vals.\u00a0\n\nBeloved for their blocky designs, Nokia cell phones have become an integral part of our collective cultural nostalgia, foundational to the meteoric rise of mobile phones. \n\nIn tribute, a Nokia Design Archive featuring more than 700 entries spanning the mid-90s to 2017, will go on display 15 January 2025 via a digital portal from Finland\u2019s Aalto University.\u00a0\n\n\"We seem to be\u00a0at\u00a0a pivotal time\u00a0again\u00a0as artificial intelligence\u00a0is\u00a0accelerating\u00a0our transitions to the future world. With all the excitement and uncertainty,\u00a0the\u00a0Nokia Design Archive reveals a unique \u201cbehind-the-scenes\u201d view for us to see how\u00a0the technology\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0in\u00a0our\u00a0lives\u00a0now was shaped in the past,\" Lu Chen, a researcher at Aalto University, tells Euronews Culture. \n\nFounded in 1865, Nokia was originally a paper pulp mill, forming an electronics division in 1967 and - skipping a fair bit of history here - releasing its first official mobile phone in 1987: The Mobira Cityman 900. The bulky device was nicknamed \u2018Gorba\u2019, after the Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was spotted using one.\u00a0\n\nThroughout the 90s, the company established itself as one of - if not the most, dominant mobile phone manufacturer. \n\nTheir Nokia 2110, released in 1994, marked the first product to feature that infamous Nokia ringtone - initially named \u2018Ringtone Type 7\u2019 and based on Francisco T\u00e1rrega's Gran Vals. A 2009 study reported it to have been heard an estimated 1.8 billion times per day (20,000 times per second) worldwide - no wonder our eardrums remain haunted. \n\nMost iconic was the brand\u2019s built-like-a-brick-house 3310, so indestructible it inspired the establishment of an international sport in 2000: Mobile phone throwing.\u00a0\n\nFrom their colourful snap-on covers to futuristic depictions in movies likeThe Matrix - where Neo uses the Nokia 8110 AKA \u2018banana phone\u2019 - these were products that advanced us technologically, but also embedded themselves in the cultural zeitgeist via aesthetic ubiquity.\u00a0\n\n\u201cNokia was in a similar position in the 90s as Samsung or Apple are today,\" researcher Kaisu Savola says.\u00a0\"These large corporations shape our lives with their products.\"\n\nA plethora of early prototypes, sketches, interviews and more, the archive is a portal to nostalgia that also hopes to highlight the impact of its product designers, examining how their decisions contributed towards the evolution of an era - and could continue to resonate into the future. \n\n\"Like the [Nokia] slogan \u201cconnecting people,\u201d I think connection was a meaningful theme for Nokia, and for this design archive. When we talk about Nokia, we naturally think about phones, but the making of these phones took inspiration from fashion, cars, gaming, anthropology and visual cultures around the world,\" Chen explains. \n\nIn 2013, the company\u2019s mobile phone business was bought by Microsoft Mobile before being sold off in 2016 - by which time smartphones had completely seized the market. \n\nIn recent years however, many younger people have returned to using so-called dumb phones to combat excessive screen time, revealing a desire to use the seemingly obsolete objects from our past to find a sense of balance in our overly-connected world. \n\n\"Seeing the rise of non-smartphones in recent years, I feel Nokia phones often\u00a0make us ponder\u00a0the relationship between our everyday life and technology \u2013 how this relationship used to be and how we might\u00a0want to re-design it,\" Chen says. \u00a0\n\nThe online display will continue to grow as Nokia's database of 20,000 items is gradually curated, a reflection on the cultural landscape of the late 20th century and early 2000s that lets us marvel at how quickly things change. \n\n\u201cEspecially in these times of change, it is important to understand how we can grasp the world around us and imagine what we could be,\" Anna Valtonen, lead researcher on the project, says. \n\nRight now, all we're imagining is being a very, very long snake again. \n\nThe Nokia Design Archive will be globally accessible via an online portal from 15 January 2025.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>In this age of sleek minimalism and glossy screens, it\u2019s hard to believe - but you could once chuck your mobile phone with the might of a thousand raging bears against a brick wall and it would simply fall to the ground, unscathed and still singing Gran Vals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beloved for their blocky designs, Nokia cell phones have become an integral part of our collective cultural nostalgia, foundational to the meteoric rise of mobile phones. <\/p>\n<p>In tribute, a Nokia Design Archive featuring more than 700 entries spanning the mid-90s to 2017, will go on display 15 January 2025 via a digital portal from Finland\u2019s Aalto University.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We seem to be\u00a0at\u00a0a pivotal time\u00a0again\u00a0as artificial intelligence\u00a0is\u00a0accelerating\u00a0our transitions to the future world. With all the excitement and uncertainty,\u00a0the\u00a0Nokia Design Archive reveals a unique \u201cbehind-the-scenes\u201d view for us to see how\u00a0the technology\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0in\u00a0our\u00a0lives\u00a0now was shaped in the past,\" Lu Chen, a researcher at Aalto University, tells Euronews Culture. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8887392,8887476\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//12//03//in-the-doghouse-architecture-for-dogs-exhibition-opens-at-milans-adi-design-museum/">In the doghouse: Architecture for Dogs exhibition opens at Milan\u2019s ADI Design Museum <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//12//03//futurism-romes-new-exhibition-examines-the-art-movement-that-glorified-war-speed-and-techn/">Futurism: Rome's new exhibition examines the art movement that glorified war, speed and technology<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6672311600338696\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//90//17//76//808x539_cmsv2_7ccfe2e6-778d-5aa2-b5b2-ede9a6b18320-8901776.jpg/" alt=\"A collection of Nokia mobile phones, including previously-unseen prototypes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/384x256_cmsv2_7ccfe2e6-778d-5aa2-b5b2-ede9a6b18320-8901776.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/640x427_cmsv2_7ccfe2e6-778d-5aa2-b5b2-ede9a6b18320-8901776.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/750x500_cmsv2_7ccfe2e6-778d-5aa2-b5b2-ede9a6b18320-8901776.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/828x552_cmsv2_7ccfe2e6-778d-5aa2-b5b2-ede9a6b18320-8901776.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/1080x721_cmsv2_7ccfe2e6-778d-5aa2-b5b2-ede9a6b18320-8901776.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/1200x801_cmsv2_7ccfe2e6-778d-5aa2-b5b2-ede9a6b18320-8901776.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/1920x1281_cmsv2_7ccfe2e6-778d-5aa2-b5b2-ede9a6b18320-8901776.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A collection of Nokia mobile phones, including previously-unseen prototypes<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Aleksi Poutanen \/ Aalto University 2024<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Founded in 1865, Nokia was originally a paper pulp mill, forming an electronics division in 1967 and - skipping a fair bit of history here - releasing its first official mobile phone in 1987: The Mobira Cityman 900. The bulky device was nicknamed \u2018Gorba\u2019, after the Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was spotted using one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the 90s, the company established itself as one of - if not <em>the most,<\/em> dominant mobile phone manufacturer. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//Vk4KK-gh0FM/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Nokia 2110 and the famous ear worm ringtone from 1994 Courtesy of Nostalgia Channel<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Their Nokia 2110, released in 1994, marked the first product to feature that infamous Nokia ringtone - initially named \u2018Ringtone Type 7\u2019 and based on Francisco T\u00e1rrega's Gran Vals. A 2009 study reported it to have been heard an estimated 1.8 billion times per day (20,000 times per second) worldwide - no wonder our eardrums remain haunted. <\/p>\n<p>Most iconic was the brand\u2019s built-like-a-brick-house 3310, so indestructible it inspired the establishment of an international sport in 2000: Mobile phone throwing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7498484\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//03//30//is-dumb-the-new-smart-why-people-are-ditching-their-smartphones-for-basic-handsets/">Is dumb the new smart? Why people are ditching their smartphones for basic handsets<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.4186320754716981\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//90//17//76//808x338_cmsv2_823ebd4c-d969-5602-b211-947e31ad12f2-8901776.jpg/" alt=\"Morpheus mails Neo a Nokia 8110 in &#39;The Matrix&#39; \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/384x161_cmsv2_823ebd4c-d969-5602-b211-947e31ad12f2-8901776.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/640x268_cmsv2_823ebd4c-d969-5602-b211-947e31ad12f2-8901776.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/750x314_cmsv2_823ebd4c-d969-5602-b211-947e31ad12f2-8901776.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/828x347_cmsv2_823ebd4c-d969-5602-b211-947e31ad12f2-8901776.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/1080x452_cmsv2_823ebd4c-d969-5602-b211-947e31ad12f2-8901776.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/1200x502_cmsv2_823ebd4c-d969-5602-b211-947e31ad12f2-8901776.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/1920x804_cmsv2_823ebd4c-d969-5602-b211-947e31ad12f2-8901776.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Morpheus mails Neo a Nokia 8110 in &#39;The Matrix&#39; <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Warner Bros. <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>From their colourful snap-on covers to futuristic depictions in movies like<em>The Matrix<\/em> - where Neo uses the Nokia 8110 AKA \u2018banana phone\u2019 - these were products that advanced us technologically, but also embedded themselves in the cultural zeitgeist via aesthetic ubiquity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNokia was in a similar position in the 90s as Samsung or Apple are today,\" researcher Kaisu Savola says.\u00a0\"These large corporations shape our lives with their products.\"<\/p>\n<p>A plethora of early prototypes, sketches, interviews and more, the archive is a portal to nostalgia that also hopes to highlight the impact of its product designers, examining how their decisions contributed towards the evolution of an era - and could continue to resonate into the future. <\/p>\n<p>\"Like the [Nokia] slogan \u201cconnecting people,\u201d I think connection was a meaningful theme for Nokia, and for this design archive. When we talk about Nokia, we naturally think about phones, but the making of these phones took inspiration from fashion, cars, gaming, anthropology and visual cultures around the world,\" Chen explains. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.8059221113614419\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//90//17//76//808x652_cmsv2_6a33529b-cb4d-53ca-82d6-b1e98bd7f4a3-8901776.jpg/" alt=\"A 3rd Generation Nokia mobile concept rendering, 1998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/384x309_cmsv2_6a33529b-cb4d-53ca-82d6-b1e98bd7f4a3-8901776.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/640x516_cmsv2_6a33529b-cb4d-53ca-82d6-b1e98bd7f4a3-8901776.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/750x604_cmsv2_6a33529b-cb4d-53ca-82d6-b1e98bd7f4a3-8901776.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/828x667_cmsv2_6a33529b-cb4d-53ca-82d6-b1e98bd7f4a3-8901776.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/1080x870_cmsv2_6a33529b-cb4d-53ca-82d6-b1e98bd7f4a3-8901776.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/1200x967_cmsv2_6a33529b-cb4d-53ca-82d6-b1e98bd7f4a3-8901776.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/1920x1547_cmsv2_6a33529b-cb4d-53ca-82d6-b1e98bd7f4a3-8901776.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A 3rd Generation Nokia mobile concept rendering, 1998<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Nokia Design Archive \/ Aalto University Archives<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2013, the company\u2019s mobile phone business was bought by Microsoft Mobile before being sold off in 2016 - by which time smartphones had completely seized the market. <\/p>\n<p>In recent years however, many younger people have returned to using so-called <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//06//22//what-is-a-dumb-phone-and-why-are-so-many-young-people-buying-them/">dumb phones<\/strong><\/a> to combat excessive screen time, revealing a desire to use the seemingly obsolete objects from our past to find a sense of balance in our overly-connected world. <\/p>\n<p>\"Seeing the rise of non-smartphones in recent years, I feel Nokia phones often\u00a0make us ponder\u00a0the relationship between our everyday life and technology \u2013 how this relationship used to be and how we might\u00a0want to re-design it,\" Chen says. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The online display will continue to grow as Nokia's database of 20,000 items is gradually curated, a reflection on the cultural landscape of the late 20th century and early 2000s that lets us marvel at how quickly things change. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially in these times of change, it is important to understand how we can grasp the world around us and imagine what we could be,\" Anna Valtonen, lead researcher on the project, says. <\/p>\n<p>Right now, all we're imagining is being a very, very long snake again. <\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Nokia Design Archive will be globally accessible via an online portal from 15 January 2025.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733827939,"updatedAt":1733990357,"publishedAt":1733985977,"firstPublishedAt":1733985977,"lastPublishedAt":1733985995,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/17\/76\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_add1e5b1-8def-55d6-9cd3-0abe5a18b83a-8901776.jpg","altText":"Block colour! 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Rather than the typical 20-30cm of snow on the ground, November saw no more than a couple of centimetres in isolated patches, with most of the region devoid of the white stuff entirely.\n\nOn 3 and 4 December 2024, TUI cancelled several trips to Kuusamo in Finnish Lapland due to a lack of snow. Heavy rainfall in the area washed away what little snow remained, making it impossible to undertake many of the wintry excursions planned for visitors.\n\nWhy are Lapland trips cancelled?\n\nIn a statement released on Tuesday 4 December, the travel company said,\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been closely monitoring the weather forecast in Kuusamo. Unfortunately, there has been heavy rainfall today and what snow there was, has washed away.\n\n\u201cThis means that, regretfully, it won\u2019t be possible to operate the magical Lapland experience we had planned for you, including tasters and pre-booked excursions. We understand how devastating this news will be, and we are really sorry to have reached this outcome.\u201d\n\nAffected guests have been offered the option to change their travel dates, including to next winter, at no additional cost, to rebook onto another holiday with a 10 per cent discount, or to get a full refund for their trip.\n\nOther travel agents are monitoring the weather closely, and some areas are using snow cannons to ensure their visitors have the magical winter experience they planned.\u00a0\n\nLapland: A popular winter destination\n\nA few decades ago, travelling to Lapland to visit Santa was something kids could only dream about. But today, thanks to hundreds of new air connections to European countries, a magical visit to the real home of St. Nick is just a ticket away.\n\nFinnavia, the operator of Finnish airports, noted that last year over 1.5 million visitors arrived in Finnish Lapland, 20 per cent more than the previous year. In November and December alone, Rovaniemi, Kittil\u00e4, Ivalo, Kuusamo, and Kemi-Tornio airports saw 547,773 passengers pass through.\n\nAs well as Finland, Swedish Lapland has seen record visitor numbers in recent years. In the county of Norrbotten, home to Lapland, winter tourism increased by 9 per cent in 2023, with the town of Kiruna - home to the famous ICEHOTEL - seeing 50,000 more guest nights compared with the previous year.\n\nMany visitors arrive anticipating days of chilly fun - dog sleds, snowmobiling, reindeer safaris. With little to no snow in some areas, activities like this become impossible. Even the reindeer are struggling to retrieve their favourite food, lichen, from beneath layers of packed ice.\n\nWill there be any snow in Lapland this Christmas?\n\nAccording to travel company J2SKI, very little snow is expected in Lapland over the coming days.\u00a0\n\nThe next snowfall is anticipated on 6 December, and over the next week, ski areas are expected to receive between 2 and 6cm of snow. While it is possible to ski and sled on smaller depths of snow like this, the packed ice underneath is likely to make conditions unfavourable for many popular winter activities.\n\nIs climate change hitting Lapland?\n\nIt\u2019s not just the winter that has been mild in Scandinavia. Finnish Lapland saw the warmest summer on record this year, with June, July, and August recording record temperatures at almost all weather stations in the Northern parts of the country. On average, temperatures were 2 to 3.5 degrees C higher than the average.\n\nFinland's Meteorological Institute blames climate change for the heat, with researcher Mika Rantanen telling news agency AFP, \"The minimum temperatures were very high in Lapland... there were no cold spells at all.\"\n\nAt the end of October, Lapland was experiencing an unusually warm spell, with temperatures in Kilpisj\u00e4rvi soaring to 11.2 degrees C. The average high for the region in October is just 2.8 degrees C. And in November, the town of Utsjoki recorded temperatures of 11 degrees C, breaking the previous record high set in 1975.\n\nJim Dale, founder and Senior Meteorological Consultant at British Weather Services told Euronews Travel that climate change is to blame. He said, \u201cOver the past 20 years, there has been a regression of European snow, punctuated by occasional very large falls and also sudden thaws that have often made for dangerous conditions. That is climate change inspired without a shadow of a doubt.\u201d\n\nDale explained that, with more moisture in the atmosphere, snowfalls are bigger when the air is cold enough. This sort of famine-to-feast scenario is a pattern he sees continuing in the future. \u201cThat isn\u2019t to say there won\u2019t be ordinary seasons when everything appears as it was - that\u2019s the natural flow of weather. But it\u2019s all underscored by climate change and the unpredictability and chaos that it can and will bring,\u201d he added.\n\nSharron Livingston, travel expert and founder of The Travel Magazine, told Euronews Travel it\u2019s not just Lapland suffering.\n\n\u201cThe lack of snow is not unique to Rovaniemi. In 2023, the Alps around Switzerland, Italy, and France had an unusually mild winter, and there was a deficit of snow in low altitudes. It may be due to climate change or just the way it is currently and could change.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>For some unlucky travellers, Christmas has been abruptly cancelled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Huge German holiday firm TUI has begun scrapping some of its wildly popular Lapland trips as an essential element is missing: snow.<\/p>\n<p>Towns like Rovaniemi, the \u2018official home of Santa\u2019, have experienced unseasonably mild conditions over the past few weeks. Rather than the typical 20-30cm of snow on the ground, November saw no more than a couple of centimetres in isolated patches, with most of the region devoid of the white stuff entirely.<\/p>\n<p>On 3 and 4 December 2024, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//10//06//swimming-with-dolphins-thousands-call-on-tui-to-stop-selling-cruel-trips/">TUI cancelled several trips to Kuusamo in Finnish Lapland due to a lack of snow. Heavy rainfall in the area washed away what little snow remained, making it impossible to undertake many of the wintry excursions planned for visitors.<\/p>\n<h2>Why are Lapland trips cancelled?<\/h2><p>In a statement released on Tuesday 4 December, the travel company said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been closely monitoring the weather forecast in Kuusamo. Unfortunately, there has been heavy rainfall today and what snow there was, has washed away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means that, regretfully, it won\u2019t be possible to operate the magical Lapland experience we had planned for you, including tasters and pre-booked excursions. We understand how devastating this news will be, and we are really sorry to have reached this outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Affected guests have been offered the option to change their travel dates, including to next winter, at no additional cost, to rebook onto <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//16//is-it-safer-to-book-with-a-travel-agent-heres-why-people-are-ditching-online-booking-in-20/">another holiday<\/strong><\/a> with a 10 per cent discount, or to get a full refund for their trip.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6667193675889328\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//89//17//14//808x539_cmsv2_7cf6d2dc-3594-5dbf-9a65-3e1b2ca8f5bf-8891714.jpg/" alt=\"Unusually warm temperatures have meant snowfalls like this haven&#39;t happened.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/384x256_cmsv2_7cf6d2dc-3594-5dbf-9a65-3e1b2ca8f5bf-8891714.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/640x427_cmsv2_7cf6d2dc-3594-5dbf-9a65-3e1b2ca8f5bf-8891714.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/750x500_cmsv2_7cf6d2dc-3594-5dbf-9a65-3e1b2ca8f5bf-8891714.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/828x552_cmsv2_7cf6d2dc-3594-5dbf-9a65-3e1b2ca8f5bf-8891714.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/1080x720_cmsv2_7cf6d2dc-3594-5dbf-9a65-3e1b2ca8f5bf-8891714.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/1200x800_cmsv2_7cf6d2dc-3594-5dbf-9a65-3e1b2ca8f5bf-8891714.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/1920x1280_cmsv2_7cf6d2dc-3594-5dbf-9a65-3e1b2ca8f5bf-8891714.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Unusually warm temperatures have meant snowfalls like this haven&#39;t happened.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Unsplash<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Other travel agents are monitoring the weather closely, and some areas are using <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//03//snowball-effect-is-artificial-snow-a-long-term-solution-for-ski-resorts-in-a-warming-world/">snow cannons<\/strong><\/a> to ensure their visitors have the magical winter experience they planned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">It\u2019s all underscored by climate change and the unpredictability and chaos that it can and will bring.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Jim Dale\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Senior Meteorological Consultant, British Weather Services\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Lapland: A popular winter destination<\/h2><p>A few decades ago, travelling to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//01//31//icebreaker-ships-are-helping-lapland-to-become-a-year-round-destination/">Lapland to visit Santa was something kids could only dream about. But today, thanks to hundreds of new air connections to European countries, a magical visit to the real home of St. Nick is just a ticket away.<\/p>\n<p>Finnavia, the operator of Finnish airports, noted that last year over 1.5 million visitors arrived in Finnish Lapland, 20 per cent more than the previous year. In November and December alone, Rovaniemi, Kittil\u00e4, Ivalo, Kuusamo, and Kemi-Tornio airports saw 547,773 passengers pass through.<\/p>\n<p>As well as <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//03//25//could-the-world-s-happiest-country-be-the-perfect-place-for-your-next-holiday/">Finland, Swedish Lapland has seen record visitor numbers in recent years. In the county of Norrbotten, home to Lapland, winter tourism increased by 9 per cent in 2023, with the town of Kiruna - home to the famous ICEHOTEL - seeing 50,000 more guest nights compared with the previous year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8682040,5211254\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//08//27//why-is-lapland-on-fire-finlands-far-north-set-for-record-breakingly-hot-summer/">Why is Lapland on fire? Finland\u2019s far north set for record-breakingly hot summer<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//12//22//the-best-things-to-do-in-lapland-if-you-don-t-celebrate-christmas/">Snow castles and swimming with orcas: The best things to do in Lapland besides visiting Santa<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Many visitors arrive anticipating days of chilly fun - dog sleds, snowmobiling, reindeer safaris. With little to no snow in some areas, activities like this become impossible. Even the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//12//24//climate-change-in-lapland-reindeer-herders-struggle-as-global-warming-threatens-their-futu/">reindeer are struggling<\/strong><\/a> to retrieve their favourite food, lichen, from beneath layers of packed ice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//89//17//14//808x539_cmsv2_fb21a5af-978c-5549-9daf-5a17c963e993-8891714.jpg/" alt=\"There&#39;s &#39;snow&#39; fun to be had without the white stuff.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/384x256_cmsv2_fb21a5af-978c-5549-9daf-5a17c963e993-8891714.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/640x427_cmsv2_fb21a5af-978c-5549-9daf-5a17c963e993-8891714.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/750x500_cmsv2_fb21a5af-978c-5549-9daf-5a17c963e993-8891714.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/828x552_cmsv2_fb21a5af-978c-5549-9daf-5a17c963e993-8891714.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/1080x720_cmsv2_fb21a5af-978c-5549-9daf-5a17c963e993-8891714.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/1200x800_cmsv2_fb21a5af-978c-5549-9daf-5a17c963e993-8891714.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/1920x1280_cmsv2_fb21a5af-978c-5549-9daf-5a17c963e993-8891714.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">There&#39;s &#39;snow&#39; fun to be had without the white stuff.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Unsplash<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Will there be any snow in Lapland this Christmas?<\/h2><p>According to travel company J2SKI, very little snow is expected in Lapland over the coming days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//10//14//will-this-winter-be-good-for-skiing-in-europe-expert-predictions-on-where-will-get-snow-th/">snowfall is anticipated on 6 December, and over the next week, ski areas are expected to receive between 2 and 6cm of snow. While it is possible to ski and sled on smaller depths of snow like this, the packed ice underneath is likely to make conditions unfavourable for many popular winter activities.<\/p>\n<h2>Is climate change hitting Lapland?<\/h2><p>It\u2019s not just the winter that has been mild in Scandinavia. Finnish Lapland saw the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//08//27//why-is-lapland-on-fire-finlands-far-north-set-for-record-breakingly-hot-summer/">warmest summer on record<\/strong><\/a> this year, with June, July, and August recording record temperatures at almost all weather stations in the Northern parts of the country. On average, temperatures were 2 to 3.5 degrees C higher than the average.<\/p>\n<p>Finland's Meteorological Institute blames climate change for the heat, with researcher Mika Rantanen telling news agency AFP, \"The minimum temperatures were very high in Lapland... there were no cold spells at all.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//89//17//14//808x539_cmsv2_999a1f93-44e7-5cf5-9284-87235ff72665-8891714.jpg/" alt=\"By this time of year, the snow is usually 15-20cm deep.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/384x256_cmsv2_999a1f93-44e7-5cf5-9284-87235ff72665-8891714.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/640x427_cmsv2_999a1f93-44e7-5cf5-9284-87235ff72665-8891714.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/750x500_cmsv2_999a1f93-44e7-5cf5-9284-87235ff72665-8891714.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/828x552_cmsv2_999a1f93-44e7-5cf5-9284-87235ff72665-8891714.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/1080x720_cmsv2_999a1f93-44e7-5cf5-9284-87235ff72665-8891714.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/1200x800_cmsv2_999a1f93-44e7-5cf5-9284-87235ff72665-8891714.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/1920x1280_cmsv2_999a1f93-44e7-5cf5-9284-87235ff72665-8891714.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">By this time of year, the snow is usually 15-20cm deep.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Finnish Meteorological Institute<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the end of October, Lapland was experiencing an unusually warm spell, with temperatures in Kilpisj\u00e4rvi soaring to 11.2 degrees C. The average high for the region in October is just 2.8 degrees C. And in November, the town of Utsjoki recorded temperatures of 11 degrees C, breaking the previous record high set in 1975.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Dale, founder and Senior Meteorological Consultant at British Weather Services told Euronews Travel that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//04//an-ice-free-arctic-could-happen-by-summer-2027-what-it-means-for-weather-shipping-and-pola/">climate change<\/strong><\/a> is to blame. He said, \u201cOver the past 20 years, there has been a regression of European snow, punctuated by occasional very large falls and also sudden thaws that have often made for dangerous conditions. That is climate change inspired without a shadow of a doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8889992,8869136\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//04//italy-slovenia-austria-some-countries-have-lost-almost-half-their-alpine-snowfall-in-100-y/">Italy, Slovenia, Austria: Some countries have lost almost half their Alpine snowfall in 100 years<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//11//27//reliable-snow-cheap-passes-and-uncrowded-slopes-why-you-should-go-skiing-in-georgia-this-w/">Reliable snow, cheap passes and uncrowded slopes: Why you should go skiing in Georgia this winter<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dale explained that, with more moisture in the atmosphere, snowfalls are bigger when the air is cold enough. This sort of famine-to-feast scenario is a pattern he sees continuing in the future. \u201cThat isn\u2019t to say there won\u2019t be ordinary seasons when everything appears as it was - that\u2019s the natural flow of weather. But it\u2019s all underscored by climate change and the unpredictability and chaos that it can and will bring,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Sharron Livingston, travel expert and founder of The Travel Magazine, told Euronews Travel it\u2019s <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//10//08//is-climate-change-to-blame-for-the-increasing-closure-of-european-ski-resorts/">not just Lapland<\/strong><\/a> suffering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lack of snow is not unique to Rovaniemi. In 2023, the Alps around Switzerland, Italy, and France had an unusually mild winter, and there was a deficit of snow in low altitudes. It may be due to climate change or just the way it is currently and could change.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733393139,"updatedAt":1733411583,"publishedAt":1733411017,"firstPublishedAt":1733410837,"lastPublishedAt":1733411065,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/14\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6962ff82-b714-5825-bd38-d55cbaf140f6-8891714.jpg","altText":"Kuusamo webcam showing a light covering of snow, 5 December 2024","caption":"Kuusamo webcam showing a light covering of snow, 5 December 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Kremlin's mercenary Wagner Group.\n\nProsecutors said the charges are related to the defendant's alleged activities in Rusich, which fought in the Luhansk region against Ukrainian forces. \n\nPetrovsky is accused of being Rusich's deputy commander and participating in acts that violate the laws of war. The defendant and the unit's soldiers are accused of killing 22 Ukrainian soldiers and seriously wounding four, according to the prosecutors.\n\nHe is also alleged by prosecutors to have carried out \"acts contrary to the laws of war regarding the way of warfare and the treatment of wounded and killed enemy soldiers\".\n\nIn 2014, Russia went on its first invasion of Ukraine when Moscow deployed forces to Crimea and illegally annexed the peninsula within weeks. At the same time, Kremlin-backed forces attacked eastern Ukraine, starting a long-running armed conflict, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and leaving thousands dead.\n\nThe two self-styled so-called \"people's republics\" in the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk that same year declared unilateral independence, which has not been recognised by Ukraine or the West. The Kremlin has also claimed to have annexed the temporarily occupied territories after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.\n\nPetrovsky, 37, was arrested at Helsinki Airport in July 2023 as he headed for Nice in southern France with his family. He had managed to enter Finland despite an EU-wide entry ban with the help of a new identity, according to local media.\n\nFinland\u2019s Supreme Court ruled in December 2023 that Petrovsky could not be extradited to Ukraine \u2014 where he faces an arrest warrant on suspicion of participating in a terrorist organisation \u2014 due to \"the risk of inhumane prison conditions\" there. Finnish prosecutors have previously said that the Nordic country has an obligation to try him.\n\nThe trial is expected to last until the end of January 2025.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A Russian ultranationalist combatant who fought amid Russia's initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014 went on trial on Thursday in Finland on charges of alleged war crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Finnish prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for Yan Petrovsky, who is also known as Voislav Toden, according to public broadcaster YLE.<\/p>\n<p>Petrovsky's lawyer, Heikki Lampela, said his client \u2014 who has been in custody in Finland since entering the Nordic country in July 2023 \u2014 would deny all the charges.<\/p>\n<p>Petrovsky has been under EU and US sanctions since 2022 for allegedly being a founder of the far-right neo-Nazi paramilitary group Rusich, which is suspected of terrorism crimes in Ukraine and connected with the Kremlin's mercenary Wagner Group.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said the charges are related to the defendant's alleged activities in Rusich, which fought in the Luhansk region against Ukrainian forces. <\/p>\n<p>Petrovsky is accused of being Rusich's deputy commander and participating in acts that violate the laws of war. The defendant and the unit's soldiers are accused of killing 22 Ukrainian soldiers and seriously wounding four, according to the prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>He is also alleged by prosecutors to have carried out \"acts contrary to the laws of war regarding the way of warfare and the treatment of wounded and killed enemy soldiers\".<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Russia went on its first invasion of Ukraine when Moscow deployed forces to Crimea and illegally annexed the peninsula within weeks. At the same time, Kremlin-backed forces attacked eastern Ukraine, starting a long-running armed conflict, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and leaving thousands dead.<\/p>\n<p>The two self-styled so-called \"people's republics\" in the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk that same year declared unilateral independence, which has not been recognised by Ukraine or the West. The Kremlin has also claimed to have annexed the temporarily occupied territories after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Petrovsky, 37, was arrested at Helsinki Airport in July 2023 as he headed for Nice in southern France with his family. He had managed to enter Finland despite an EU-wide entry ban with the help of a new identity, according to local media.<\/p>\n<p>Finland\u2019s Supreme Court ruled in December 2023 that Petrovsky could not be extradited to Ukraine \u2014 where he faces an arrest warrant on suspicion of participating in a terrorist organisation \u2014 due to \"the risk of inhumane prison conditions\" there. Finnish prosecutors have previously said that the Nordic country has an obligation to try him.<\/p>\n<p>The trial is expected to last until the end of January 2025.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733397992,"updatedAt":1733404883,"publishedAt":1733400447,"firstPublishedAt":1733400447,"lastPublishedAt":1733400447,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/20\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e224e592-e2cf-5c3a-9584-615ef7f601cd-8892032.jpg","altText":"File: Russian national Voislav Torden, center, suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine, sits in Helsinki District Court on Dec. 18, 2023","caption":"File: Russian national Voislav Torden, center, suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine, sits in Helsinki District Court on Dec. 18, 2023","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Markku Ulander\/Lehtikuva","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":575}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3238,"urlSafeValue":"guilbert","title":"Kieran Guilbert","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":114,"slug":"finland","urlSafeValue":"finland","title":"Finland","titleRaw":"Finland"},{"id":239,"slug":"russia","urlSafeValue":"russia","title":"Russia","titleRaw":"Russia"},{"id":288,"slug":"ukraine","urlSafeValue":"ukraine","title":"Ukraine","titleRaw":"Ukraine"},{"id":26698,"slug":"russia-ukraine-invasion","urlSafeValue":"russia-ukraine-invasion","title":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine","titleRaw":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2665646},{"id":2695582}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/europe-news\/europe-news"},"vertical":"my-europe","verticals":[{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"Europe"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"Europe"},"themes":[{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","url":"\/my-europe\/europe-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":56,"urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":114,"urlSafeValue":"finland","title":"Finland","url":"\/news\/europe\/finland"},"town":{"id":4137,"urlSafeValue":"helsinki","title":"Helsinki"},"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","80122009","80222009","84111001","84112004","84112005"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","human_made_disasters_high_and_medium_risk","human_made_disasters_high_medium_and_low_risk","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_issues","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/my-europe\/2024\/12\/05\/russian-fighter-accused-of-war-crimes-in-ukraine-in-2014-stands-trial-in-finland","lastModified":1733400447},{"id":2695384,"cid":8891730,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"241205_TRSU_57198729","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Culture \u2013 Helsinki Biennial theme","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Shelter: Helsinki Biennial 2025 asks humans to take a step back","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Shelter: Helsinki Biennial 2025 asks humans to take a step back","titleListing2":"Shelter: Helsinki Biennial 2025 asks humans to take a step back","leadin":"The Helsinki Biennial 2025 will be titled \u2018Shelter: Below and beyond, becoming and belonging\u2019, organisers have announced. Eschewing people-centric perspectives, the Biennial\u2019s third edition will feature non-human protagonists.","summary":"The Helsinki Biennial 2025 will be titled \u2018Shelter: Below and beyond, becoming and belonging\u2019, organisers have announced. Eschewing people-centric perspectives, the Biennial\u2019s third edition will feature non-human protagonists.","keySentence":"","url":"shelter-helsinki-biennial-2025-asks-humans-to-take-a-step-back","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/12\/05\/shelter-helsinki-biennial-2025-asks-humans-to-take-a-step-back","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Taking place across three locations in the Finnish capital \u2013 HAM Helsinki Art Museum, former military island Vallisaari and, for the first time, Esplanade Park (beloved as the green heart of Helsinki) \u2013 the Biennial will feature the work of approximately 35 Finnish and international artists.\n\nSlated to open on 8 June, the Biennial draws inspiration from Vallisaari's relatively untouched ecosystem, inviting artists to explore \"shelter\" as a nurturing space \u2013 psychological, social, or ecological \u2013 where all forms of life, human and non-human, can thrive. Works will foreground non-human actors like plants, animals, and minerals, shifting the focus away from human perspectives to inspire a deeper, more sustainable relationship with the environment.\n\nCurated by Blanca de la Torre and Kati Kivinen, the Biennial will comprise around 50% new commissions and site-specific works. Among the big names already announced is Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson, known for his innovative explorations of nature and perception.\n\nChosen not least for their attention to environmental concerns, the full first tranche of participants to be announced are: Band of Weeds (FI), Ana Teresa Barboza (PE), Sara Bjarland (FI\/ NL), Tania Candiani (MX), Olafur Eliasson (DK\/IS), Geraldine Javier (PH), LOCUS (Tanja Thorjussen & Thale Blix Fastvold) (NO), Nabbteeri (FI), Ernesto Neto (BR), Otobong Nkanga (NG\/BE), Hans Rosenstr\u00f6m (FI).\n\n\u201cThe third edition of the Helsinki Biennial envisions art as a source of shelter and compassion, both conceptually and physically. Animals, plants, insects, minerals, and other non-human actors are the protagonists, their significance and role in the wellbeing of our shared planet is explored from various interspecies perspectives,\u201d the curators say. \u201cEqually, the stories and worldviews of Indigenous representatives, including their animist knowledge, come to the fore, offering understanding that fosters a more sustainable and holistic relationship with the environment and all its inhabitants.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe also want to ensure that each biennial edition leaves a lasting legacy in the form of public art commissions. This not only creates a positive cultural imprint on the city of Helsinki but also embraces a more sustainable way of working \u2013 maximising the presence of art throughout Helsinki for generations to come,\u201d Arja Miller, director of the Helsinki Biennial and HAM Helsinki Art Museum, says of the Biennial\u2019s legacy.\n\nThe third edition of the Helsinki Biennial will run 8 June \u2013 21 September 2025.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Taking place across three locations in the Finnish capital \u2013 HAM Helsinki Art Museum, former military island Vallisaari and, for the first time, Esplanade Park (beloved as the green heart of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//10//28//groundbreaking-exhibition-on-tove-janssons-public-art-opens-in-helsinki/">Helsinki) \u2013 the Biennial will feature the work of approximately 35 Finnish and international artists.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6679035250463822\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//89//17//30//808x539_cmsv2_a8b5a806-fd7f-5110-ade7-698df2823137-8891730.jpg/" alt=\"Esplanade Park\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/384x256_cmsv2_a8b5a806-fd7f-5110-ade7-698df2823137-8891730.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/640x427_cmsv2_a8b5a806-fd7f-5110-ade7-698df2823137-8891730.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/750x501_cmsv2_a8b5a806-fd7f-5110-ade7-698df2823137-8891730.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/828x553_cmsv2_a8b5a806-fd7f-5110-ade7-698df2823137-8891730.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/1080x721_cmsv2_a8b5a806-fd7f-5110-ade7-698df2823137-8891730.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/1200x801_cmsv2_a8b5a806-fd7f-5110-ade7-698df2823137-8891730.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/1920x1282_cmsv2_a8b5a806-fd7f-5110-ade7-698df2823137-8891730.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Esplanade Park<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Photographer Lauri Rotko \/ Helsinki Partners<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Slated to open on 8 June, the Biennial draws inspiration from Vallisaari's relatively untouched ecosystem, inviting artists to explore \"shelter\" as a nurturing space \u2013 psychological, social, or ecological \u2013 where all forms of life, human and non-human, can thrive. Works will foreground non-human actors like plants, animals, and minerals, shifting the focus away from human perspectives to inspire a deeper, more sustainable relationship with the environment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//89//17//30//808x539_cmsv2_b9aa76b8-1f42-504f-afac-3f3b45c370f0-8891730.jpg/" alt=\"Vallisaari island\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/384x256_cmsv2_b9aa76b8-1f42-504f-afac-3f3b45c370f0-8891730.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/640x427_cmsv2_b9aa76b8-1f42-504f-afac-3f3b45c370f0-8891730.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/750x500_cmsv2_b9aa76b8-1f42-504f-afac-3f3b45c370f0-8891730.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/828x552_cmsv2_b9aa76b8-1f42-504f-afac-3f3b45c370f0-8891730.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/1080x720_cmsv2_b9aa76b8-1f42-504f-afac-3f3b45c370f0-8891730.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/1200x800_cmsv2_b9aa76b8-1f42-504f-afac-3f3b45c370f0-8891730.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/1920x1281_cmsv2_b9aa76b8-1f42-504f-afac-3f3b45c370f0-8891730.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Vallisaari island<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">\u00a9 HAMHelsinki Biennial \/ Kirsi Halkola<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Curated by Blanca de la Torre and Kati Kivinen, the Biennial will comprise around 50% new commissions and site-specific works. Among the big names already announced is Icelandic-Danish artist <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//12//02//discover-icelandic-danish-artist-olafur-eliassons-lava-tiled-dome-on-a-remote-korean-islan/">Olafur Eliasson<\/a>, known for his innovative explorations of nature and perception.<\/p>\n<p>Chosen not least for their attention to environmental concerns, the full first tranche of participants to be announced are: Band of Weeds (FI), Ana Teresa Barboza (PE), Sara Bjarland (FI\/ NL), Tania Candiani (MX), Olafur Eliasson (DK\/IS), Geraldine Javier (PH), LOCUS (Tanja Thorjussen &amp; Thale Blix Fastvold) (NO), Nabbteeri (FI), Ernesto Neto (BR), Otobong Nkanga (NG\/BE), Hans Rosenstr\u00f6m (FI).<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7508021390374332\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//89//17//30//808x608_cmsv2_a5caecc9-e7a0-58d3-bc76-d7dc8c2b56a6-8891730.jpg/" alt=\"Olafur Eliasson, Viewing machine, 2001-2008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/384x288_cmsv2_a5caecc9-e7a0-58d3-bc76-d7dc8c2b56a6-8891730.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/640x481_cmsv2_a5caecc9-e7a0-58d3-bc76-d7dc8c2b56a6-8891730.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/750x563_cmsv2_a5caecc9-e7a0-58d3-bc76-d7dc8c2b56a6-8891730.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/828x622_cmsv2_a5caecc9-e7a0-58d3-bc76-d7dc8c2b56a6-8891730.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/1080x811_cmsv2_a5caecc9-e7a0-58d3-bc76-d7dc8c2b56a6-8891730.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/1200x901_cmsv2_a5caecc9-e7a0-58d3-bc76-d7dc8c2b56a6-8891730.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/1920x1442_cmsv2_a5caecc9-e7a0-58d3-bc76-d7dc8c2b56a6-8891730.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Olafur Eliasson, Viewing machine, 2001-2008<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jochen Volz, Inhotim Centro de Arte Contempor\u00e2nea, Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe third edition of the Helsinki Biennial envisions art as a source of shelter and compassion, both conceptually and physically. Animals, plants, insects, minerals, and other non-human actors are the protagonists, their significance and role in the wellbeing of our shared planet is explored from various interspecies perspectives,\u201d the curators say. \u201cEqually, the stories and worldviews of Indigenous representatives, including their animist knowledge, come to the fore, offering understanding that fosters a more sustainable and holistic relationship with the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//01//hempcrete-the-green-brick-taking-on-the-challenge-of-climate-change/">environment <\/a>and all its inhabitants.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//89//17//30//808x539_cmsv2_a3dbb7f0-1b81-5fb5-947a-0cff3874b25f-8891730.jpg/" alt=\"Diana Policarpo&#39;s Ciguatera (2022) at Helsinki Biennial 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/384x256_cmsv2_a3dbb7f0-1b81-5fb5-947a-0cff3874b25f-8891730.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/640x427_cmsv2_a3dbb7f0-1b81-5fb5-947a-0cff3874b25f-8891730.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/750x500_cmsv2_a3dbb7f0-1b81-5fb5-947a-0cff3874b25f-8891730.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/828x552_cmsv2_a3dbb7f0-1b81-5fb5-947a-0cff3874b25f-8891730.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/1080x720_cmsv2_a3dbb7f0-1b81-5fb5-947a-0cff3874b25f-8891730.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/1200x800_cmsv2_a3dbb7f0-1b81-5fb5-947a-0cff3874b25f-8891730.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a3dbb7f0-1b81-5fb5-947a-0cff3874b25f-8891730.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Diana Policarpo&#39;s Ciguatera (2022) at Helsinki Biennial 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Sonja Hyytiainen\/HAM\/Helsinki Biennial<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe also want to ensure that each biennial edition leaves a lasting legacy in the form of public art commissions. This not only creates a positive cultural imprint on the city of Helsinki but also embraces a more sustainable way of working \u2013 maximising the presence of art throughout Helsinki for generations to come,\u201d Arja Miller, director of the Helsinki Biennial and HAM Helsinki Art Museum, says of the Biennial\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The third edition of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////helsinkibiennaali.fi//en///">Helsinki Biennial<\/a> will run 8 June \u2013 21 September 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733393251,"updatedAt":1733396525,"publishedAt":1733396520,"firstPublishedAt":1733396520,"lastPublishedAt":1733396520,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/17\/30\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_da5e821f-9059-51b8-8fa9-9d7e4b02fb1e-8891730.jpg","altText":"Curators Blanca de la Torre and Kati Kivinen. ","caption":"Curators Blanca de la Torre and Kati Kivinen. 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PIA KAUMA OSCE","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"As European security architecture turns 50, we need dialogue and leadership","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Dialogue and leadership needed as European security turns 50","titleListing2":"Opinion | Having grown up to be the leader of an international forum of parliamentarians, I am acutely aware that not all opportunities are going to be successful, which is why all opportunities must be seized, Pia Kauma writes.","leadin":"Having grown up to be the leader of an international forum of parliamentarians, I am acutely aware that not all opportunities are going to be successful, which is why all opportunities must be seized, Pia Kauma writes.","summary":"Having grown up to be the leader of an international forum of parliamentarians, I am acutely aware that not all opportunities are going to be successful, which is why all opportunities must be seized, Pia Kauma writes.","keySentence":"","url":"as-the-european-security-architecture-turns-50-we-need-dialogue-and-leadership","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/11\/29\/as-the-european-security-architecture-turns-50-we-need-dialogue-and-leadership","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As a child growing up in Finland during the Cold War, I was always keenly aware of the precarious state of international relations \u2013 how one miscalculation or provocation could have enormous impacts on the lives of everyone I care about. \n\nSharing a 1,340-kilometre border with the Soviet Union, our proximity to the West\u2019s adversary played a significant role in shaping our policies, much of which consciously sought to avoid antagonising our larger, more powerful neighbour. \n\nWe maintained a position of strict neutrality, avoided joining NATO or other Western military alliances, and often limited public criticism of Soviet policies and influence. \n\nSome Western leaders criticised Finland for this stance, but it seemed to be the best \u2013 perhaps only \u2013 option for us at the time. While it may have limited our ability to speak freely, it also enabled us to act as an honest and trusted broker, leading in the early 1970s to the \u201cHelsinki process,\u201d a grand experiment in dialogue and de-escalation. \n\nAs part of the wider efforts of d\u00e9tente to promote international security and rein in the excesses of the Cold War, world leaders embarked on one of the greatest dialogue processes of the 20th century.\n\nWith Helsinki playing a central role as the host and facilitator of these historic talks, a series of difficult negotiations and agreements under the umbrella of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ultimately produced the Helsinki Accords in August 1975. \n\nAlso known as the Helsinki Final Act, it was a document of enduring historical significance that was the crown jewel of an era of increasing understanding and dialogue, even among adversaries. Eventually, the opening created by this process contributed to the fall of oppressive governments in Eastern Europe.\n\nWhat made this achievement all the more remarkable was the geopolitical backdrop, which, to say the least, was not promising: there was war in Vietnam, the war in the Middle East, oil shocks resulting in price increases of some 300-400%, and American leadership rocked by a scandal that brought down a president. \n\nMalaise and disillusionment were setting in across the West as stagnation, and lack of technological innovation and productivity hampered the economy of the Eastern bloc. The time was ripe for a new era of cooperation and dialogue. \n\nTrue dialogue worked before\n\nIt is with this historical perspective, as we approach the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords that I and fellow OSCE parliamentarians are ardently advocating increased efforts for true dialogue that can contribute to mutual understanding. The reason is simple: it has worked before.\n\nAs the current president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, I have met in recent months with political leaders facing some of the greatest threats. \n\nDuring my visits this year to Kyiv, Jerusalem and Ramallah, I have learned a great deal about the entrenched difficulties of reaching compromises with adversaries and am not na\u00efve about the obstacles to peace. \n\nBut if the families impacted by war, including parents of children killed by Hezbollah rockets and those facing daily barrages of Russian aggression in Ukraine, can be advocates for peace rather than war, then politicians should listen and respond.\n\nI was heartened to note an equal dedication to dialogue as a path to peace when speaking recently with His Holiness Pope Francis. We discussed, in particular, how parliamentary diplomacy can bridge divides, build trust, and promote peaceful solutions. \n\nDialogue, we agreed, remains one of the most powerful tools at our disposal, even when it seems impossible. This is why it is the duty of parliamentarians to keep channels open. \n\nNo 'one size fits all' approach\n\nDialogue and peace efforts are not linear, nor is there a \u201cone size fits all\u201d approach. Within the OSCE PA, we take every opportunity to address the major challenges to peace and security, with the Russian war in Ukraine and the crisis in the Middle East having been at the top of our agenda throughout this year.\n\nI do not expect my parliamentary colleagues and me to mediate final peace processes in these fields, but we can help in many ways. Our dialogue contributes to understanding the complex challenges to peace and human security. \n\nA major component of this is the role that we play in election observation, providing transparency for both citizens and the international community to judge the process through which leaders are chosen.\t\n\nFor example, I recently led two election observation missions in the United States and in Georgia, where we worked with other international partners to issue authoritative statements on the recent elections. \n\nIn the US, our observation found that engagement was high across the political spectrum and that the presidential vote was highly competitive, but public trust was undermined by disinformation and political violence.\n\nIn Georgia, where I was also the leader in the previous election, I saw harsh polarisation between the parties but also an election that offered voters a wide choice of options where the candidates could campaign freely. \n\nThe more than 500 international observers from 42 countries that contributed to this mission have helped the Georgian people gain insight into how their new government got to power and have provided directional guidance on shortcomings in the electoral process to be addressed in the future. \n\nI have already offered the newly elected Georgian authorities the OSCE PA availability to engage constructively to address in the new legislature the recommendation that will emanate from the ODIHR Final report, which will be soon available.\n\nThese are practical building blocks for democratic development and security.\n\nAll opportunities must be seized\n\nWith election observation, the public is fortunate to have independent authorities that can present an array of facts and information that can serve as a basis for conversation and growth. \n\nInternationally, we are not always so fortunate to have a clear statement of the relevant facts. \n\nBut that is where dialogue can play a role in establishing a common understanding of the challenges and lines of communication so that the miscalculations and provocations do not have the impact that I feared as a child. \n\nHaving grown up to be the leader of an international forum of parliamentarians, I am acutely aware that not all opportunities are going to be successful, which is why all opportunities must be seized.\n\nPia Kauma is Member of Parliament from Finland and President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>As a child growing up in Finland during the Cold War, I was always keenly aware of the precarious state of international relations \u2013 how one miscalculation or provocation could have enormous impacts on the lives of everyone I care about. <\/p>\n<p>Sharing a 1,340-kilometre border with the Soviet Union, our proximity to the West\u2019s adversary played a significant role in shaping our policies, much of which consciously sought to avoid antagonising our larger, more powerful neighbour. <\/p>\n<p>We maintained a position of strict neutrality, avoided joining NATO or other Western military alliances, and often limited public criticism of Soviet policies and influence. <\/p>\n<p>Some Western leaders criticised Finland for this stance, but it seemed to be the best \u2013 perhaps only \u2013 option for us at the time. While it may have limited our ability to speak freely, it also enabled us to act as an honest and trusted broker, leading in the early 1970s to the \u201cHelsinki process,\u201d a grand experiment in dialogue and de-escalation. <\/p>\n<p>As part of the wider efforts of d\u00e9tente to promote international security and rein in the excesses of the Cold War, world leaders embarked on one of the greatest dialogue processes of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>With Helsinki playing a central role as the host and facilitator of these historic talks, a series of difficult negotiations and agreements under the umbrella of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ultimately produced the Helsinki Accords in August 1975. <\/p>\n<p>Also known as the Helsinki Final Act, it was a document of enduring historical significance that was the crown jewel of an era of increasing understanding and dialogue, even among adversaries. Eventually, the opening created by this process contributed to the fall of oppressive governments in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>What made this achievement all the more remarkable was the geopolitical backdrop, which, to say the least, was not promising: there was war in Vietnam, the war in the Middle East, oil shocks resulting in price increases of some 300-400%, and American leadership rocked by a scandal that brought down a president. <\/p>\n<p>Malaise and disillusionment were setting in across the West as stagnation, and lack of technological innovation and productivity hampered the economy of the Eastern bloc. The time was ripe for a new era of cooperation and dialogue. <\/p>\n<h2>True dialogue worked before<\/h2><p>It is with this historical perspective, as we approach the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords that I and fellow OSCE parliamentarians are ardently advocating increased efforts for true dialogue that can contribute to mutual understanding. The reason is simple: it has worked before.<\/p>\n<p>As the current president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, I have met in recent months with political leaders facing some of the greatest threats. <\/p>\n<p>During my visits this year to Kyiv, Jerusalem and Ramallah, I have learned a great deal about the entrenched difficulties of reaching compromises with adversaries and am not na\u00efve about the obstacles to peace. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Dialogue, we agreed, remains one of the most powerful tools at our disposal, even when it seems impossible. This is why it is the duty of parliamentarians to keep channels open. <\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//88//04//38//808x539_cmsv2_2ddfe2b1-adac-5e73-975e-c54c239a356b-8880438.jpg/" alt=\"A man walks across a bridge decorated with flags of the countries that support Ukraine, in central Kyiv, November 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/04\/38\/384x256_cmsv2_2ddfe2b1-adac-5e73-975e-c54c239a356b-8880438.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/04\/38\/640x427_cmsv2_2ddfe2b1-adac-5e73-975e-c54c239a356b-8880438.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/04\/38\/750x500_cmsv2_2ddfe2b1-adac-5e73-975e-c54c239a356b-8880438.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/04\/38\/828x552_cmsv2_2ddfe2b1-adac-5e73-975e-c54c239a356b-8880438.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/04\/38\/1080x720_cmsv2_2ddfe2b1-adac-5e73-975e-c54c239a356b-8880438.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/04\/38\/1200x800_cmsv2_2ddfe2b1-adac-5e73-975e-c54c239a356b-8880438.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/04\/38\/1920x1281_cmsv2_2ddfe2b1-adac-5e73-975e-c54c239a356b-8880438.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A man walks across a bridge decorated with flags of the countries that support Ukraine, in central Kyiv, November 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Efrem Lukatsky<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But if the families impacted by war, including parents of children killed by Hezbollah rockets and those facing daily barrages of Russian aggression in Ukraine, can be advocates for peace rather than war, then politicians should listen and respond.<\/p>\n<p>I was heartened to note an equal dedication to dialogue as a path to peace when speaking recently with His Holiness Pope Francis. We discussed, in particular, how parliamentary diplomacy can bridge divides, build trust, and promote peaceful solutions. <\/p>\n<p>Dialogue, we agreed, remains one of the most powerful tools at our disposal, even when it seems impossible. This is why it is the duty of parliamentarians to keep channels open. <\/p>\n<h2>No 'one size fits all' approach<\/h2><p>Dialogue and peace efforts are not linear, nor is there a \u201cone size fits all\u201d approach. Within the OSCE PA, we take every opportunity to address the major challenges to peace and security, with the Russian war in Ukraine and the crisis in the Middle East having been at the top of our agenda throughout this year.<\/p>\n<p>I do not expect my parliamentary colleagues and me to mediate final peace processes in these fields, but we can help in many ways. Our dialogue contributes to understanding the complex challenges to peace and human security. <\/p>\n<p>A major component of this is the role that we play in election observation, providing transparency for both citizens and the international community to judge the process through which leaders are chosen.\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">With election observation, the public is fortunate to have independent authorities that can present an array of facts and information that can serve as a basis for conversation and growth. <\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div 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https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/04\/38\/828x552_cmsv2_e6573604-df46-5157-80c8-4458cca79f30-8880438.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/04\/38\/1080x720_cmsv2_e6573604-df46-5157-80c8-4458cca79f30-8880438.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/04\/38\/1200x800_cmsv2_e6573604-df46-5157-80c8-4458cca79f30-8880438.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/04\/38\/1920x1281_cmsv2_e6573604-df46-5157-80c8-4458cca79f30-8880438.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A protester shouts during a rally demanding new parliamentary elections in Tbilisi, November 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Shakh Aivazov<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For example, I recently led two election observation missions in the United States and in Georgia, where we worked with other international partners to issue authoritative statements on the recent elections. <\/p>\n<p>In the US, our observation found that engagement was high across the political spectrum and that the presidential vote was highly competitive, but public trust was undermined by disinformation and political violence.<\/p>\n<p>In Georgia, where I was also the leader in the previous election, I saw harsh polarisation between the parties but also an election that offered voters a wide choice of options where the candidates could campaign freely. <\/p>\n<p>The more than 500 international observers from 42 countries that contributed to this mission have helped the Georgian people gain insight into how their new government got to power and have provided directional guidance on shortcomings in the electoral process to be addressed in the future. <\/p>\n<p>I have already offered the newly elected Georgian authorities the OSCE PA availability to engage constructively to address in the new legislature the recommendation that will emanate from the ODIHR Final report, which will be soon available.<\/p>\n<p>These are practical building blocks for democratic development and security.<\/p>\n<h2>All opportunities must be seized<\/h2><p>With election observation, the public is fortunate to have independent authorities that can present an array of facts and information that can serve as a basis for conversation and growth. <\/p>\n<p>Internationally, we are not always so fortunate to have a clear statement of the relevant facts. <\/p>\n<p>But that is where dialogue can play a role in establishing a common understanding of the challenges and lines of communication so that the miscalculations and provocations do not have the impact that I feared as a child. <\/p>\n<p>Having grown up to be the leader of an international forum of 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Rusich.","keySentence":"","url":"russian-fighter-accused-of-war-crimes-in-ukraine-in-2014-to-stand-trial-in-finland","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/2024\/11\/01\/russian-fighter-accused-of-war-crimes-in-ukraine-in-2014-to-stand-trial-in-finland","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A Russian combatant who fought in Ukraine in 2014 has been charged with alleged war crimes by prosecutors in Finland. \n\nYan Petrovsky, who is also known as Voislav Toden, will stand trial in Helsinki for five suspected war crimes, said Finland's National Prosecution Authority. \n\nThe suspect \u2014 who has been in custody in Finland since entering the Nordic country in July 2023 \u2014 denies involvement in the crimes. \n\nPetrovsky has been under EU and US sanctions since 2022 for allegedly being a founding member of the far-right neo-Nazi paramilitary group Rusich, which is suspected of terrorism crimes in Ukraine and is connected with the Kremlin's mercenary Wagner Group.\n\n\"The charges are related to the suspect\u2019s activities in a unit called Rusich, which has fought on the side of the Russian-backed Luhansk separatist region against Ukraine,\" Finnish prosecutors said in a statement.\n\nIn 2014, Russia went on its first invasion of Ukraine when Moscow sent its forces to Crimea and illegally annexed the peninsula within weeks. At the same time, Moscow-backed forces launched an attack on eastern Ukraine, starting a long-running armed conflict, forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes and leaving thousands dead. \n\nThe two self-proclaimed so-called \"people's republics\" in the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk declared unilateral independence in the same year, which hasn\u2019t been recognised by Ukraine and the West. The Kremlin has also claimed to have annexed the temporary-occupied territories after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.\n\nPetrovsky is accused of being Rusich's deputy commander and participating in acts that violate the laws of war, according to the prosecutors. He and the unit's soldiers are accused of killing a total of 22 Ukrainian soldiers and seriously wounding four.\n\nPetrovsky, 37, was detained at Helsinki Airport in July 2023 as he headed for Nice in southern France with his family. He had managed to enter Finland despite a EU-wide entry ban with the help of a new identity, local media reported.\n\nFinland\u2019s Supreme Court in December 2023 ruled that Petrovsky cannot be extradited to Ukraine \u2014 where he faces an arrest warrant on suspicion of participating in a terrorist organisation \u2014 citing the risk of inhumane prison conditions there. \n\nFinnish prosecutors said on Thursday that the country has an obligation to try Petrovsky.\n\nThe trial is expected to start on 5 December and last until the end of January 2025.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A Russian combatant who fought in Ukraine in 2014 has been charged with alleged war crimes by prosecutors in Finland. <\/p>\n<p>Yan Petrovsky, who is also known as Voislav Toden, will stand trial in Helsinki for five suspected war crimes, said Finland's National Prosecution Authority. <\/p>\n<p>The suspect \u2014 who has been in custody in Finland since entering the Nordic country in July 2023 \u2014 denies involvement in the crimes. <\/p>\n<p>Petrovsky has been under EU and US sanctions since 2022 for allegedly being a founding member of the far-right neo-Nazi paramilitary group Rusich, which is suspected of terrorism crimes in Ukraine and is connected with the Kremlin's mercenary Wagner Group.<\/p>\n<p>\"The charges are related to the suspect\u2019s activities in a unit called Rusich, which has fought on the side of the Russian-backed Luhansk separatist region against Ukraine,\" Finnish prosecutors said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Russia went on its first invasion of Ukraine when Moscow sent its forces to Crimea and illegally annexed the peninsula within weeks. At the same time, Moscow-backed forces launched an attack on eastern Ukraine, starting a long-running armed conflict, forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes and leaving thousands dead. <\/p>\n<p>The two self-proclaimed so-called \"people's republics\" in the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk declared unilateral independence in the same year, which hasn\u2019t been recognised by Ukraine and the West. The Kremlin has also claimed to have annexed the temporary-occupied territories after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Petrovsky is accused of being Rusich's deputy commander and participating in acts that violate the laws of war, according to the prosecutors. He and the unit's soldiers are accused of killing a total of 22 Ukrainian soldiers and seriously wounding four.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8817930,8819874\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//10//29//president-zelenskyy-visits-iceland-to-attend-fourth-ukraine-nordic-summit/">President Zelenskyy visits Iceland to attend fourth Ukraine-Nordic summit<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//11//02//soldier-full-scale-invasion-ukraine/">From Kyiv's clubs to combat: A soldier\u2019s path to survival<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Petrovsky, 37, was detained at Helsinki Airport in July 2023 as he headed for Nice in southern France with his family. He had managed to enter Finland despite a EU-wide entry ban with the help of a new identity, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Finland\u2019s Supreme Court in December 2023 ruled that Petrovsky cannot be extradited to Ukraine \u2014 where he faces an arrest warrant on suspicion of participating in a terrorist organisation \u2014 citing the risk of inhumane prison conditions there. <\/p>\n<p>Finnish prosecutors said on Thursday that the country has an obligation to try Petrovsky.<\/p>\n<p>The trial is expected to start on 5 December and last until the end of January 2025.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1730455798,"updatedAt":1730464933,"publishedAt":1730462692,"firstPublishedAt":1730462692,"lastPublishedAt":1730462692,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/68\/50\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_cfc0a2f8-b411-55ca-890d-2c16da3eeac9-8826850.jpg","altText":"Russian national Yan Petrovsky, who also goes under the name Voislav Torden (center), sits in 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RUSSIAN ASSETS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Finland orders seizure of Russian assets at request of Ukrainian oil and gas company","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Finland orders seizure of several Russian assets across the country","titleListing2":"Finland orders seizure of Russian assets at request of Ukrainian oil and gas company","leadin":"The ruling by a Finnish court came after Russia failed to pay \u20ac4.6bn in compensation to the Naftogaz Group following its occupation of Crimea in 2014.","summary":"The ruling by a Finnish court came after Russia failed to pay \u20ac4.6bn in compensation to the Naftogaz Group following its occupation of Crimea in 2014.","keySentence":"","url":"finland-orders-seizure-of-russian-assets-at-request-of-ukrainian-oil-and-gas-company","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/10\/29\/finland-orders-seizure-of-russian-assets-at-request-of-ukrainian-oil-and-gas-company","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A Finnish court has ordered the seizure of Russian assets in Finland worth tens of billions of euros after ruling in favour of Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company, Naftogaz.\n\nThe court's decision followed a 2023 ruling by the Permanent Arbitration Court based in The Hague which ordered Russia to pay roughly \u20ac4.6bn in compensation to the company after seizing its assets illegally during the 2014 occupation of Crimea.\n\n\u201cSince Russia refuses to voluntarily pay Naftogaz the funds stipulated by The Hague ruling, we continue to use all available mechanisms to recover them. Today, we are one step closer to restoring justice. At the same time, we are taking active steps to enforce the arbitration award in other target jurisdictions involving Russian assets,\u201d a statement from Naftogaz Group Board Chairman and CEO Oleksiy Chernyshov said.\n\nAccording to local media, the properties seized include the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Helsinki, along with four other Russian-owned buildings in the \u00c5land Islands.\n\nA property in a Russian Federation-owned seaside site in Kirkkonummi, which many Russian diplomats use for recreation, was also taken, according to local reports.\n\nThe Kremlin says it is filing a legal challenge against the court's ruling.\n\n\"Of course, we will dispute this in court. Naturally, the Russian Federation will defend its property interests, so we will use all legal mechanisms to protect our interests,\" Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.\n\nNaftogaz also noted that any remaining interest on Russia\u2019s outstanding obligations will continue to accrue until full payment is received.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A Finnish court has ordered the seizure of Russian assets in Finland worth tens of billions of euros after ruling in favour of Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company, Naftogaz.<\/p>\n<p>The court's decision followed a 2023 ruling by the Permanent Arbitration Court based in The Hague which ordered Russia to pay roughly \u20ac4.6bn in compensation to the company after seizing its assets illegally during the 2014 occupation of Crimea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince Russia refuses to voluntarily pay Naftogaz the funds stipulated by The Hague ruling, we continue to use all available mechanisms to recover them. Today, we are one step closer to restoring justice. At the same time, we are taking active steps to enforce the arbitration award in other target jurisdictions involving Russian assets,\u201d a statement from Naftogaz Group Board Chairman and CEO Oleksiy Chernyshov said.<\/p>\n<p>According to local media, the properties seized include the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Helsinki, along with four other Russian-owned buildings in the \u00c5land Islands.<\/p>\n<p>A property in a Russian Federation-owned seaside site in Kirkkonummi, which many Russian diplomats use for recreation, was also taken, according to local reports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8780324,7966092\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//11//frozen-russian-assets-and-35-million-eu-loan-to-ukraine-whats-at-stake/">Frozen Russian assets and \u20ac35-million EU loan to Ukraine: What's at stake? <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2023//10//13//g7-backs-using-frozen-russian-assets-to-finance-ukraine-reconstruction/">G7 backs using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine reconstruction<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Kremlin says it is filing a legal challenge against the court's ruling.<\/p>\n<p>\"Of course, we will dispute this in court. Naturally, the Russian Federation will defend its property interests, so we will use all legal mechanisms to protect our interests,\" Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Naftogaz also noted that any remaining interest on Russia\u2019s outstanding obligations will continue to accrue until full payment is received.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1730235590,"updatedAt":1730268097,"publishedAt":1730245470,"firstPublishedAt":1730245470,"lastPublishedAt":1730245470,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/18\/92\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8da1ce2b-3fa9-54d8-ba47-e1235a746e4d-8821892.jpg","altText":"A Naftogaz drilling rig.","caption":"A Naftogaz drilling rig.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Naftogaz","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2400,"height":1602}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":26754,"slug":"sanctions-against-russia","urlSafeValue":"sanctions-against-russia","title":"sanctions against Russia","titleRaw":"sanctions against Russia"},{"id":288,"slug":"ukraine","urlSafeValue":"ukraine","title":"Ukraine","titleRaw":"Ukraine"},{"id":114,"slug":"finland","urlSafeValue":"finland","title":"Finland","titleRaw":"Finland"},{"id":8263,"slug":"vladimir-putin","urlSafeValue":"vladimir-putin","title":"Vladimir Putin","titleRaw":"Vladimir Putin"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2667778},{"id":2679758},{"id":2695470}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Abby Chitty","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":114,"urlSafeValue":"finland","title":"Finland","url":"\/news\/europe\/finland"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84111001","84112004","84191001","84192001"],"slugs":["law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_issues","law_government_and_politics","science","science_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2024\/10\/30\/finland-orders-seizure-of-russian-assets-at-request-of-ukrainian-oil-and-gas-company","lastModified":1730245470},{"id":2664468,"cid":8818346,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"241028_TRSU_56869318","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Culture - Tove Jansson Paradise","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Groundbreaking exhibition on Tove Jansson\u2019s public art opens in Helsinki","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Groundbreaking exhibition on Tove Jansson\u2019s murals opens in Helsinki","titleListing2":"Groundbreaking exhibition on Tove Jansson\u2019s public art opens in Helsinki","leadin":"Ahead of next year\u2019s 80th anniversary celebrations of the Moomins, 'Tove Jansson: Paradise' focuses on the artist and writer\u2019s lesser-known mural work. Fans of the Moomins need not fear, though \u2013 the charming cartoon trolls can still be spotted.","summary":"Ahead of next year\u2019s 80th anniversary celebrations of the Moomins, 'Tove Jansson: Paradise' focuses on the artist and writer\u2019s lesser-known mural work. Fans of the Moomins need not fear, though \u2013 the charming cartoon trolls can still be spotted.","keySentence":"","url":"groundbreaking-exhibition-on-tove-janssons-public-art-opens-in-helsinki","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/10\/28\/groundbreaking-exhibition-on-tove-janssons-public-art-opens-in-helsinki","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"'Tove Jansson: Paradise' at the Helsinki Art Museum (HAM) marks the first time that Jansson\u2019s public paintings have been collectively displayed. Although Jansson, who died in 2001, is best known for creating the Moomins, the exhibition in the Finnish capital shifts the traditional focus to offer a comprehensive overview of the murals she created on commission during the 1940s and 1950s \u2013 largely in her native Helsinki \u2013 spotlighting her relatively little-known contributions to the mural genre.\u00a0\n\nThese range in scale from small decorative pieces to monumental frescoes and, notably, six large charcoal drawings \u2013 discovered in Jansson\u2019s studio and never before exhibited \u2013 offer unique insights into her creative process.\n\nMost of Jansson\u2019s public murals were created during the post-war reconstruction period \u2013 a time when her imaginary worlds offered a needed idyllic escape from the horrors of war \u2013 and primarily in settings designed for children, such as a kindergarten and an elementary school. They take visitors back to a time before the global rise of the Moomins which, until the 1990s, were only widely known among Finland\u2019s Swedish-speaking minority. 'The Moomins and the Great Flood', for example, was not even translated into Finnish until 1991.\n\nAlthough the exhibition focuses on work before \u2018Moominmania\u2019 truly took hold, the beloved characters do make appearances in many of the murals: keep your eyes peeled.\n\nAdditional insights into Jansson\u2019s inner world can be found in a selection of works from HAM\u2019s Leonard and Katarina B\u00e4cksbacka Collection, alongside photographs, videos, and a recently completed documentary focusing on her altarpiece at Teuva Church.\n\n'Tove Jansson: Paradise' runs at Helsinki Art Museum until 6 April 2025.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>'Tove Jansson: Paradise' at the Helsinki Art Museum (HAM) marks the first time that Jansson\u2019s public paintings have been collectively displayed. Although Jansson, who died in 2001, is best known for creating the Moomins, the exhibition in the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//02//08//despite-cultural-differences-people-feel-music-similarly-according-to-a-new-study/">Finnish capital shifts the traditional focus to offer a comprehensive overview of the murals she created on commission during the 1940s and 1950s \u2013 largely in her native Helsinki \u2013 spotlighting her relatively little-known contributions to the mural genre.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5361328125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//81//83//46//808x432_cmsv2_01f8179d-fcef-5f39-a98a-6fc9010129e4-8818346.jpg/" alt=\" Tove Jansson: sketch for Bird Blue, 1953.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/384x206_cmsv2_01f8179d-fcef-5f39-a98a-6fc9010129e4-8818346.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/640x343_cmsv2_01f8179d-fcef-5f39-a98a-6fc9010129e4-8818346.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/750x402_cmsv2_01f8179d-fcef-5f39-a98a-6fc9010129e4-8818346.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/828x444_cmsv2_01f8179d-fcef-5f39-a98a-6fc9010129e4-8818346.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/1080x579_cmsv2_01f8179d-fcef-5f39-a98a-6fc9010129e4-8818346.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/1200x643_cmsv2_01f8179d-fcef-5f39-a98a-6fc9010129e4-8818346.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/1920x1029_cmsv2_01f8179d-fcef-5f39-a98a-6fc9010129e4-8818346.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\"> Tove Jansson: sketch for Bird Blue, 1953.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">\u00a9 Tove Jansson Estate. Photo: HAM \/ Kirsi Halkola.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>These range in scale from small decorative pieces to monumental frescoes and, notably, six large charcoal drawings \u2013 discovered in Jansson\u2019s studio and never before exhibited \u2013 offer unique insights into her creative process.<\/p>\n<p>Most of Jansson\u2019s <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//07//a-look-at-northern-irelands-iconic-murals-25-years-after-the-good-friday-agreement/">public murals<\/strong><\/a> were created during the post-war reconstruction period \u2013 a time when her imaginary worlds offered a needed idyllic escape from the horrors of war \u2013 and primarily in settings designed for children, such as a kindergarten and an elementary school. They take visitors back to a time before the global rise of the Moomins which, until the 1990s, were only widely known among Finland\u2019s <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//10//27//the-official-swedish-dictionary-has-been-completed-after-140-years/">Swedish-speaking minority. 'The Moomins and the Great Flood', for example, was not even translated into Finnish until 1991.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.3989071038251366\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//81//83//46//808x1138_cmsv2_40b2e724-b6ff-5a53-88c3-50c76eb3543c-8818346.jpg/" alt=\"Tove Jansson: Bird Blue, 1953 (detail). \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/384x537_cmsv2_40b2e724-b6ff-5a53-88c3-50c76eb3543c-8818346.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/640x895_cmsv2_40b2e724-b6ff-5a53-88c3-50c76eb3543c-8818346.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/750x1049_cmsv2_40b2e724-b6ff-5a53-88c3-50c76eb3543c-8818346.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/828x1158_cmsv2_40b2e724-b6ff-5a53-88c3-50c76eb3543c-8818346.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/1080x1511_cmsv2_40b2e724-b6ff-5a53-88c3-50c76eb3543c-8818346.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/1200x1679_cmsv2_40b2e724-b6ff-5a53-88c3-50c76eb3543c-8818346.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/1920x2686_cmsv2_40b2e724-b6ff-5a53-88c3-50c76eb3543c-8818346.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Tove Jansson: Bird Blue, 1953 (detail). <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">\u00a9 Tove Jansson Estate. Photo: HAM \/ Maija Toivanen.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Although the exhibition focuses on work before \u2018Moominmania\u2019 truly took hold, the beloved characters do make appearances in many of the murals: keep your eyes peeled.<\/p>\n<p>Additional insights into Jansson\u2019s inner world can be found in a selection of works from HAM\u2019s Leonard and Katarina B\u00e4cksbacka Collection, alongside photographs, videos, and a recently completed documentary focusing on her altarpiece at Teuva Church.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.603\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//81//83//46//808x487_cmsv2_ea48db96-1fac-5809-a0bf-d55017e0d584-8818346.jpg/" alt=\"Tove Jansson: Fairytale Panorama (left panel), 1949. Commision for the wall at the kindergarten of Ab Federation Stevedoring\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/384x232_cmsv2_ea48db96-1fac-5809-a0bf-d55017e0d584-8818346.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/640x386_cmsv2_ea48db96-1fac-5809-a0bf-d55017e0d584-8818346.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/750x452_cmsv2_ea48db96-1fac-5809-a0bf-d55017e0d584-8818346.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/828x499_cmsv2_ea48db96-1fac-5809-a0bf-d55017e0d584-8818346.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/1080x651_cmsv2_ea48db96-1fac-5809-a0bf-d55017e0d584-8818346.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/1200x724_cmsv2_ea48db96-1fac-5809-a0bf-d55017e0d584-8818346.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/1920x1158_cmsv2_ea48db96-1fac-5809-a0bf-d55017e0d584-8818346.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Tove Jansson: Fairytale Panorama (left panel), 1949. Commision for the wall at the kindergarten of Ab Federation Stevedoring<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">\u00a9 Moomin Characters Oy Ltd. Photo: HAM \/ Maija Toivanen.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>'Tove Jansson: Paradise' runs at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.hamhelsinki.fi//en///">Helsinki Art Museum<\/a> until 6 April 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1730118661,"updatedAt":1730121853,"publishedAt":1730120887,"firstPublishedAt":1730120887,"lastPublishedAt":1730120887,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/83\/46\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5fab559c-f9a0-5758-af4a-a6c854579bb1-8818346.jpg","altText":"Installation view. Tove Jansson: Party in the Countryside, 1947 (detail). HAM Helsinki Art Museum. ","caption":"Installation view. Tove Jansson: Party in the Countryside, 1947 (detail). HAM Helsinki Art Museum. 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Finland prisoners AI work","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Prisoners in Finland are being employed as data labellers to improve accuracy of AI models","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Prisoners in Finland are labelling data to help build more accurate AI","titleListing2":"Prisoners in Finland participate in data work to help build AI in Finnish language","leadin":"In Finland, prisoners have been participating in AI annotation tasks, such as labelling and classifying data, as part of their rehabilitation.","summary":"In Finland, prisoners have been participating in AI annotation tasks, such as labelling and classifying data, as part of their rehabilitation.","keySentence":"","url":"prison-inmates-in-finland-are-being-employed-as-data-labellers-to-improve-accuracy-of-ai-m","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2024\/09\/22\/prison-inmates-in-finland-are-being-employed-as-data-labellers-to-improve-accuracy-of-ai-m","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"With the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI), the fear of being left behind in a fast-evolving world looms over everyone, but what about those who are already cut off from society, such as prisoners?\n\nFinland, long heralded as a pioneer in humane prison practices, is trying to bridge this gap.\n\nOver the past two years, some Finnish prisons have introduced AI-related tasks to inmates, moving beyond traditional prison labour in an effort to prepare them for a future where digital literacy is crucial.\n\nThis initiative, in collaboration with a start-up, aims to reduce reoffending by equipping inmates with modern skills.\n\nMetroc is a Finnish market data company that aggregates public construction data and delivers categorised data to its clients. \n\nThe company approached the Finnish Prison and Probation Service with the idea of using prison labour for data annotation \u2013 a process that involves classifying and labelling information to improve AI accuracy.\n\nAI systems need human input when they\u2019re being developed, especially when dealing with languages like Finnish, which is spoken by only five million people globally. \n\nThis creates challenges in a high-wage economy like Finland, where hiring native speakers can be costly.\n\n\"As our software tries to interpret text material and different details about construction products, we need to teach the [AI] language models to understand the Finnish language and to understand construction context and construction questions and topics,\" Jussi Virnala, founder of Metroc, told Euronews Next.\u00a0\n\n\"I was a summer trainee 10 years ago at the Ministry of Justice, and I happened to know the organisation. So then I just called the contact to the criminal sanctions agency and started to have discussions about this type of idea and they were immediately really excited about it,\" Virnala added.\n\nThe company prepares training materials which include a basic course about construction history and terminology as well as AI.\n\nParticipants are provided with special laptops and are asked simple questions such as \"is the text about granting a building permit?\"\n\nAn inmate participating in the AI annotation work at a Finnish prison, nicknamed *Robin, wrote to Euronews Next that they chose the work \"to spend time for meaningful activities. Artificial Intelligence was a new topic for me, and it aroused my interest. Also to get money\".\n\nThe 'normality principle,' a Nordic approach to prisons\n\nThis AI work reflects the broader ethos of the Nordic prison system, which emphasises maintaining conditions that resemble life outside as closely as possible. The \"normality principle,\" a core philosophy of Nordic incarceration, seeks to avoid stripping away an inmate's sense of autonomy.\u00a0\n\n\"The so-called normality principle is important. We try to keep the prison conditions as normal as possible compared to normal society and other citizens and the rights that any citizen can have regardless of whether he's in prison or not,\" Pia Puolakka, project manager of \"Smart Prison\" at the Finnish Prison and Probation Service, told Euronews Next.\n\n\"So prisoners can, in a restricted way, use the services of the outside society, also digitally, while they are incarcerated. But of course, we have also very precise security policy. And everything we do digitally is secured and we follow the data protection and data security instructions,\" Puolakka added.\n\nFinnish law allows prisoners to make Internet video calls and use email while incarcerated in closed prisons.\n\nIn 2018, the prison authorities started a project called \"Smart Prison\" to comply with the legislation and use digital services to increase prisoners\u2019 rehabilitation, education, and contact with their relatives, social services, and health care services.\n\nBy familiarising inmates with digital skills, the Smart Prison programme aims to narrow the digital divide that many face upon release, ultimately easing their transition back into society.\n\nThe projects run across three prisons in Finland where every prisoner is offered a personal cell device. A special software for internal prison communication and management enables them to contact staff and manage daily schedules inside the prison digitally.\n\nSome other prisons have joint-use workstations where prisoners can use digital services, but they also have more traditional forms of work.\u00a0\n\n\"This data work with computers is future-oriented, forward-looking,\" said Tuukka Lehtiniemi, a researcher at the University of Helsinki who is monitoring the project.\n\n\"There's lots of computers, and digital devices [outside of the prison], and this needs to be reflected then in the prison as well. So what the data work can do in the prison, it sort of puts the prisoner in front of a computer, it introduces the computer into the prison,\" Lehtiniemi said.\n\nNavigating ethical boundaries\n\nThis blend of AI, prison labour, and corporate needs is not without its complexities.\u00a0\n\nWhile data annotation is crucial for building AI systems, tasks are often repetitive and mundane, with one inmate telling Euronews Next the work is \"boring\".\n\n\"I am a lively and energetic person. I like physical work more. This work is to pass the time and to get money,\" prisoner Robin wrote in Finnish, which was translated and forwarded via Puolakka in an email.\n\nBut Robin acknowledges they \"got to understand what AI is and got some rhythm in my everyday life\" thanks to the programme.\n\nAI labelling work has raised ethical concerns globally, especially after companies like OpenAI and Google were criticised for outsourcing data labelling to low-paid workers.\n\nDr O\u011fuz Alyanak, a cultural anthropologist at the Fairwork project of the Oxford Internet Institute whose research focuses on labour migration, said AI annotation and labelling work is often low-paid, short-lived, heavily monitored, and has health risks.\n\n\"It is therefore important for us at Fairwork to highlight these problems that workers raise regarding AI work, and approach the AI supply chain with a critical eye,\" he said.\n\nWhile he could not comment on the Finnish prison case in particular, he says that many companies \"where data annotation or content moderation is done advertise such work as an opportunity to gain new skills which may come in handy in finding future employment\".\n\nMost workers engage themselves in the \"precarious\" data work not to equip themselves with modern skills but to secure a few job opportunities in their countries, according to Alyanak.\n\nThe Finnish authorities say that prisoners are fairly compensated. Robin wrote that at first, they received \u20ac3 euros per day and then after it raised to \u20ac4.62 per day.\n\n\"The compensation is exactly the same as for those prisoners doing any other type of prison work. So it's fair, and we have to remember that comparing the open labour market to what prisoners are doing in prison is not the same situation. Prisoners don't have to pay for their living or food or basic maintenance or things like this during incarceration,\" Puolakka told Euronews Next.\n\nLehtiniemi says the prison is a strictly regulated environment which he believes can help \"excessive or exploitative things that you could imagine happening with the project\".\n\n\"It's not the Wild West that tech companies can just start exploiting,\u201d he added.\n\n\"People assume that something fishy must be going on, right? There's a prison and there's AI, and there's tech companies and what we know about data work, in general, we know that usually, it's low-paid work\".\n\nHowever, Alyanak says that transparency is crucial as a strictly regulated environment can also mean that work-related problems are not easily brought to public view.\n\nResearchers and prison officials also caution that the focus should remain on offering inmates a chance to develop new skills, rather than on creating a vast data workforce for companies.\n\n\"If Finns or Finnish companies or Finnish AI developers need lots of data in Finnish, they have to look elsewhere than the prisons\u2026The purpose of this in the prison is rehabilitation. The purpose is not to create lots of data for Finnish companies,\" Lehtiniemi said.\n\nHe stresses Finland's incarceration rate is significantly lower than the EU average of around 100 per 100,000 with approximately 3,000 prisoners in closed prisons \u2013 about 50 per 100,000 inhabitants. In the United States, the rate is even higher, ranging from 500 to 700 per 100,000.\n\nMetroc also admits that it cannot rely completely on the prison labour and says its staff including the founder Virnala do the annotation tasks themselves.\n\n\"What people tell me in the prison... is that given that the purpose is rehabilitation, this cannot expand too much and there's no prison population to do this,\" Lehtiniemi said.\n\nPrison officials acknowledge that not every inmate finds the work suitable, and it is by no means a universal solution. However, for those willing to try, it offers a unique opportunity to engage with evolving technology.\u00a0\n\n\"My experience is that most of the prisoners who have had the opportunity to try the [AI] work, they have wanted to continue. They liked it. But, of course, every work is not for everybody,\" Satu Rahkila, senior specialist at the Prison and Probation Service of Finland who coordinates the programme with Metroc, told Euronews Next.\n\n\"But we want to motivate the prisoners to try it\u2026 we have good experiences because many prisoners have bad experiences at work or school or they have difficulties and they can have also some limits,\" Rahkila said, adding that they can be afraid initially and then find it\u2019s not complicated.\n\nFinland's experiment with AI in prisons has drawn the attention of other countries interested in integrating technology into correctional facilities.\n\nThe Nordics and other European countries have sought consultation on the AI work and Smart Prison projects, according to the Finnish authorities.\n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.\n\n* Euronews Next requested an interview with an inmate currently participating in the AI work. The Prison and Probation Service of Finland forwarded Euronews Next's interview questions to an inmate who chose to use the nickname \"Robin\". The authority translated and forwarded Robin's answers to Euronews Next via email. Euronews was asked not to reveal Robin's gender.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>With the rapid rise of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//01//23//ai-is-too-expensive-to-replace-humans-in-jobs-right-now-mit-study-finds/">artificial intelligence (AI)<\/strong><\/a>, the fear of being left behind in a fast-evolving world looms over everyone, but what about those who are already cut off from society, such as prisoners?<\/p>\n<p>Finland, long heralded as a pioneer in humane prison practices, is trying to bridge this gap.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past two years, some Finnish prisons have introduced AI-related tasks to inmates, moving beyond traditional prison labour in an effort to prepare them for a future where digital literacy is crucial.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8680200\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//09//01//ai-could-go-wrong-in-700-ways-according-to-mit-experts-these-are-5-of-the-most-harmful-hum/">5 of the most damaging ways AI could harm humanity, according to MIT experts<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This initiative, in collaboration with a start-up, aims to reduce reoffending by equipping inmates with modern skills.<\/p>\n<p>Metroc is a Finnish market data company that aggregates public construction data and delivers categorised data to its clients. <\/p>\n<p>The company approached the Finnish Prison and Probation Service with the idea of using prison labour for data annotation \u2013 a process that involves classifying and labelling information to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//05//31//hallucinations-why-do-ai-chatbots-sometimes-show-false-or-misleading-information/">improve AI accuracy<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>AI systems need human input when they\u2019re being developed, especially when dealing with languages like Finnish, which is spoken by only five million people globally. <\/p>\n<p>This creates challenges in a high-wage economy like Finland, where hiring native speakers can be costly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8625526\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2024//08//04//ai-could-lead-to-massive-job-losses-is-basic-income-a-possible-answer/">AI could lead to massive job losses. Is basic income a possible answer?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"As our software tries to interpret text material and different details about construction products, we need to teach the [AI] language models to understand the Finnish language and to understand construction context and construction questions and topics,\" Jussi Virnala, founder of Metroc, told Euronews Next.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"I was a summer trainee 10 years ago at the Ministry of Justice, and I happened to know the organisation. So then I just called the contact to the criminal sanctions agency and started to have discussions about this type of idea and they were immediately really excited about it,\" Virnala added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//74//25//00//808x454_cmsv2_96e25b9c-f29d-58e6-93c0-dc563ad99847-8742500.jpg/" alt=\"Prisoners participating in AI work sit in trio in a room. The work is typically for three hours with a break.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/25\/00\/384x216_cmsv2_96e25b9c-f29d-58e6-93c0-dc563ad99847-8742500.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/25\/00\/640x360_cmsv2_96e25b9c-f29d-58e6-93c0-dc563ad99847-8742500.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/25\/00\/750x422_cmsv2_96e25b9c-f29d-58e6-93c0-dc563ad99847-8742500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/25\/00\/828x466_cmsv2_96e25b9c-f29d-58e6-93c0-dc563ad99847-8742500.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/25\/00\/1080x608_cmsv2_96e25b9c-f29d-58e6-93c0-dc563ad99847-8742500.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/25\/00\/1200x675_cmsv2_96e25b9c-f29d-58e6-93c0-dc563ad99847-8742500.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/25\/00\/1920x1080_cmsv2_96e25b9c-f29d-58e6-93c0-dc563ad99847-8742500.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Prisoners participating in AI work sit in trio in a room. The work is typically for three hours with a break.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Prison and Probation Service of Finland<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The company prepares training materials which include a basic course about construction history and terminology as well as AI.<\/p>\n<p>Participants are provided with special laptops and are asked simple questions such as \"is the text about granting a building permit?\"<\/p>\n<p>An inmate participating in the AI annotation work at a Finnish prison, nicknamed *Robin, wrote to Euronews Next that they chose the work \"to spend time for meaningful activities. Artificial Intelligence was a new topic for me, and it aroused my interest. Also to get money\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8633494\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//08//08//algorithm-used-in-catalan-prisons-has-substantial-deficiencies-audit-finds/">Algorithm used in Catalan prisons has \u2018substantial deficiencies,\u2019 audit finds<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>The 'normality principle,' a Nordic approach to prisons<\/h2><p>This AI work reflects the broader ethos of the Nordic prison system, which emphasises maintaining conditions that resemble life outside as closely as possible. The \"normality principle,\" a core philosophy of Nordic incarceration, seeks to avoid stripping away an inmate's sense of autonomy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-medium\n widget--align-right\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">We try to keep the prison conditions as normal as possible compared to normal society and other citizens and the rights that any citizen can have regardless of whether he&#39;s in prison or not.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Pia Puolakka\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Project manager, &#39;Smart Prison&#39;\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"The so-called normality principle is important. We try to keep the prison conditions as normal as possible compared to normal society and other citizens and the rights that any citizen can have regardless of whether he's in prison or not,\" Pia Puolakka, project manager of \"Smart Prison\" at the Finnish Prison and Probation Service, told Euronews Next.<\/p>\n<p>\"So prisoners can, in a restricted way, use the services of the outside society, also digitally, while they are incarcerated. But of course, we have also very precise security policy. And everything we do digitally is secured and we follow the data protection and data security instructions,\" Puolakka added.<\/p>\n<p>Finnish law allows prisoners to make Internet video calls and use email while incarcerated in closed prisons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8619366\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//07//31//new-study-warns-of-model-collapse-as-ai-tools-train-on-ai-generated-content/">New study warns of \u2018model collapse\u2019 as AI tools train on AI-generated content<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2018, the prison authorities started a project called \"Smart Prison\" to comply with the legislation and use digital services to increase prisoners\u2019 rehabilitation, education, and contact with their relatives, social services, and health care services.<\/p>\n<p>By familiarising inmates with digital skills, the Smart Prison programme aims to narrow the digital divide that many face upon release, ultimately easing their transition back into society.<\/p>\n<p>The projects run across three prisons in Finland where every prisoner is offered a personal cell device. A special software for internal prison communication and management enables them to contact staff and manage daily schedules inside the prison digitally.<\/p>\n<p>Some other prisons have joint-use workstations where prisoners can use digital services, but they also have more traditional forms of work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"This data work with computers is future-oriented, forward-looking,\" said Tuukka Lehtiniemi, a researcher at the University of Helsinki who is monitoring the project.<\/p>\n<p>\"There's lots of computers, and digital devices [outside of the prison], and this needs to be reflected then in the prison as well. So what the data work can do in the prison, it sort of puts the prisoner in front of a computer, it introduces the computer into the prison,\" Lehtiniemi said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8189876\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//01//23//ai-is-too-expensive-to-replace-humans-in-jobs-right-now-mit-study-finds/">AI is too expensive to replace humans in jobs right now, MIT study finds<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Navigating ethical boundaries<\/h2><p>This blend of AI, prison labour, and corporate needs is not without its complexities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While data annotation is crucial for building AI systems, tasks are often repetitive and mundane, with one inmate telling Euronews Next the work is \"boring\".<\/p>\n<p>\"I am a lively and energetic person. I like physical work more. This work is to pass the time and to get money,\" prisoner Robin wrote in Finnish, which was translated and forwarded via Puolakka in an email.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-medium\n widget--align-right\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">The compensation is exactly the same as for those prisoners doing any other type of prison work. So it&#39;s fair, and we have to remember that comparing the open labour market to what prisoners are doing in prison is not the same situation.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Pia Puolakka\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Project manager, &#39;Smart Prison&#39;\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But Robin acknowledges they \"got to understand what AI is and got some rhythm in my everyday life\" thanks to the programme.<\/p>\n<p>AI labelling work has raised <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2021//11//26//unesco-member-countries-adopt-first-global-agreement-on-the-ethics-of-artificial-intellige/">ethical concerns globally<\/strong><\/a>, especially after companies like OpenAI and Google were criticised for outsourcing data labelling to low-paid workers.<\/p>\n<p>Dr O\u011fuz Alyanak, a cultural anthropologist at the Fairwork project of the Oxford Internet Institute whose research focuses on labour migration, said AI annotation and labelling work is often low-paid, short-lived, heavily monitored, and has health risks.<\/p>\n<p>\"It is therefore important for us at Fairwork to highlight these problems that workers raise regarding AI work, and approach the AI supply chain with a critical eye,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>While he could not comment on the Finnish prison case in particular, he says that many companies \"where data annotation or content moderation is done advertise such work as an opportunity to gain new skills which may come in handy in finding future employment\".<\/p>\n<p>Most workers engage themselves in the \"precarious\" data work not to equip themselves with modern skills but to secure a few job opportunities in their countries, according to Alyanak.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8710128\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//09//07//ai-scientist-created-to-run-its-own-experiments-what-will-this-mean-for-scientific-discove/">'AI scientist' created to run its own experiments. What will this mean for scientific discoveries?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Finnish authorities say that prisoners are fairly compensated. Robin wrote that at first, they received \u20ac3 euros per day and then after it raised to \u20ac4.62 per day.<\/p>\n<p>\"The compensation is exactly the same as for those prisoners doing any other type of prison work. So it's fair, and we have to remember that comparing the open labour market to what prisoners are doing in prison is not the same situation. Prisoners don't have to pay for their living or food or basic maintenance or things like this during incarceration,\" Puolakka told Euronews Next.<\/p>\n<p>Lehtiniemi says the prison is a strictly regulated environment which he believes can help \"excessive or exploitative things that you could imagine happening with the project\".<\/p>\n<p>\"It's not the Wild West that tech companies can just start exploiting,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\"People assume that something fishy must be going on, right? There's a prison and there's AI, and there's tech companies and what we know about data work, in general, we know that usually, it's low-paid work\".<\/p>\n<p>However, Alyanak says that transparency is crucial as a strictly regulated environment can also mean that work-related problems are not easily brought to public view.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers and prison officials also caution that the focus should remain on offering inmates a chance to develop new skills, rather than on creating a vast data workforce for companies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8619510\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//07//31//tech-companies-call-for-workforce-upskilling-to-meet-ai-impact-on-most-jobs/">Tech companies call for workforce upskilling to meet AI impact on most jobs <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"If Finns or Finnish companies or Finnish AI developers need lots of data in Finnish, they have to look elsewhere than the prisons\u2026The purpose of this in the prison is rehabilitation. The purpose is not to create lots of data for Finnish companies,\" Lehtiniemi said.<\/p>\n<p>He stresses Finland's incarceration rate is significantly lower than the EU average of around 100 per 100,000 with approximately 3,000 prisoners in closed prisons \u2013 about 50 per 100,000 inhabitants. In the United States, the rate is even higher, ranging from 500 to 700 per 100,000.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-flourish widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart u-min-height-375\" data-src=\"visualisation\/19458785?92060\"><\/div>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Prison population in European countries<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Metroc also admits that it cannot rely completely on the prison labour and says its staff including the founder Virnala do the annotation tasks themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\"What people tell me in the prison... is that given that the purpose is rehabilitation, this cannot expand too much and there's no prison population to do this,\" Lehtiniemi said.<\/p>\n<p>Prison officials acknowledge that not every inmate finds the work suitable, and it is by no means a universal solution. However, for those willing to try, it offers a unique opportunity to engage with evolving technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"My experience is that most of the prisoners who have had the opportunity to try the [AI] work, they have wanted to continue. They liked it. But, of course, every work is not for everybody,\" Satu Rahkila, senior specialist at the Prison and Probation Service of Finland who coordinates the programme with Metroc, told Euronews Next.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7932468\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//10//26//ai-and-the-workplace-which-professions-will-face-redundancies/">AI in the workplace: Which professions will face redundancies?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"But we want to motivate the prisoners to try it\u2026 we have good experiences because many prisoners have bad experiences at work or school or they have difficulties and they can have also some limits,\" Rahkila said, adding that they can be afraid initially and then find it\u2019s not complicated.<\/p>\n<p>Finland's experiment with AI in prisons has drawn the attention of other countries interested in integrating technology into correctional facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The Nordics and other European countries have sought consultation on the AI work and Smart Prison projects, according to the Finnish authorities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>* Euronews Next requested an interview with an inmate currently participating in the AI work. The Prison and Probation Service of Finland forwarded Euronews Next's interview questions to an inmate who chose to use the nickname \"Robin\". The authority translated and forwarded Robin's answers to Euronews Next via email. 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Finland mulls preventing Russian citizens from buying property","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Finland looks to stop Russians buying property within its borders","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Finland looks to stop Russians buying property within its borders","titleListing2":"Finland looks to stop Russians buying property within its borders","leadin":"Finland shares a 1,340km border with Russia and has recently also joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) to increase national security in the face of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.","summary":"Finland shares a 1,340km border with Russia and has recently also joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) to increase national security in the face of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.","keySentence":"","url":"finland-looks-to-stop-russians-from-buying-property-in-its-country","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/09\/03\/finland-looks-to-stop-russians-from-buying-property-in-its-country","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Finnish government has recently put forward a proposal which will allow it to prevent most Russian citizens from buying property in Finland. The move, suggested by Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen, is also being seen as an attempt by the country to bolster national security.\u00a0\n\nThe ban in question has the potential to be used against any funds or citizens from countries that may pose a threat to Finland's national security, as well as those which the EU believes to have violated other countries' territorial sovereignty.\u00a0\n\nIf the ban goes through, it would mean that Russians who are also permanent residents anywhere in the European Union - not just Finland - as well as dual citizens who hold Russian citizenship, would not be able to buy property.\u00a0\n\nThe legislation still needs parliamentary approval before it is passed. It will also need to go through a series of expert consultations.\u00a0\n\nFinland already has some legislation which allows the government to intervene in some property purchases and block them, if needed, on the grounds of national security concerns. However, a full ban is the first of its kind. \u00a0\n\nHelsinki recently moved to prevent Russians buying property near key areas of the city.\u00a0\n\nThe country has experienced a boom in the number of suspicious Russian-owned properties in recent years, such as loss-making hotels, properties with helipads and other disproportionate fortifications and properties sited close to key Finnish infrastructure.\u00a0\n\nThe Finnish government has increased its surveillance of these kinds of properties over the past few years, as more concerns about them being used to damage the country's infrastructure, or being part of bigger operations have surfaced.\n\nFinland has a lot of technological expertise to offer NATO\n\nFinland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in April 2023, mainly because of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, as the country shares a 1,340km border with Russia. This came after several years of Finland insisting it did not need to join NATO and insisting an independent defence policy would be better for the country.\n\nAt the end of August, Finland also revealed that it was coordinating with other NATO countries to send more troops to the Finnish Lapland. \n\nRussian and Finnish relations deteriorated after Finland accused its neighbour of weaponising migration by encouraging migrants to go enter Finland through its borders with Russia. This has caused pressure for Finnish border control facilities.\u00a0\n\nLast year, at the informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers at the Vilnius Summit, Hakkanen said: \"We take very seriously the responsibility to guard and defend our long border with Russia. The war in Ukraine has shown the integral role the defence industry plays in NATO's defence and deterrence.\u00a0\n\n\"We are taking actions nationally, regionally and within the EU and NATO, to rectify the situation created by the low level of investments during the past decades.\n\n\"The security situation requires us to even more effectively harness our industrial resources in support of Ukraine and our preparedness. Finland brings to NATO a lot of expertise on dual-use technologies and innovation potential for future armament, such as quantum and 6G communication technologies.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Finnish government has recently put forward a proposal which will allow it to prevent most Russian citizens from buying property in Finland. The move, suggested by Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen, is also being seen as an attempt by the country to bolster national security.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ban in question has the potential to be used against any funds or citizens from countries that may pose a threat to Finland's national security, as well as those which the EU believes to have violated other countries' territorial sovereignty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If the ban goes through, it would mean that Russians who are also permanent residents anywhere in the European Union - not just Finland - as well as dual citizens who hold Russian citizenship, would not be able to buy property.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The legislation still needs parliamentary approval before it is passed. It will also need to go through a series of expert consultations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Finland already has some legislation which allows the government to intervene in some property purchases and block them, if needed, on the grounds of national security concerns. However, a full ban is the first of its kind. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Helsinki recently moved to prevent Russians buying property near key areas of the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The country has experienced a boom in the number of suspicious Russian-owned properties in recent years, such as loss-making hotels, properties with helipads and other disproportionate fortifications and properties sited close to key Finnish infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Finnish government has increased its surveillance of these kinds of properties over the past few years, as more concerns about them being used to damage the country's infrastructure, or being part of bigger operations have surfaced.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8698438,8696058\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//09//03//pound-on-track-to-be-one-of-the-best-performing-currencies-in-2024/">Pound on track to be one of the best-performing currencies in 2024<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//09//03//rolls-royce-engine-issue-forces-cathay-pacific-to-ground-some-aircraft/">Rolls-Royce engine issue forces Cathay Pacific to ground some aircraft<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Finland has a lot of technological expertise to offer NATO<\/h2><p>Finland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in April 2023, mainly because of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, as the country shares a 1,340km border with Russia. This came after several years of Finland insisting it did not need to join NATO and insisting an independent defence policy would be better for the country.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of August, Finland also revealed that it was coordinating with other NATO countries to send more troops to the Finnish Lapland. <\/p>\n<p>Russian and Finnish relations deteriorated after Finland accused its neighbour of weaponising migration by encouraging migrants to go enter Finland through its borders with Russia. This has caused pressure for Finnish border control facilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year, at the informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers at the Vilnius Summit, Hakkanen said: \"We take very seriously the responsibility to guard and defend our long border with Russia. The war in Ukraine has shown the integral role the defence industry plays in NATO's defence and deterrence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We are taking actions nationally, regionally and within the EU and NATO, to rectify the situation created by the low level of investments during the past decades.<\/p>\n<p>\"The security situation requires us to even more effectively harness our industrial resources in support of Ukraine and our preparedness. Finland brings to NATO a lot of expertise on dual-use technologies and innovation potential for future armament, such as quantum and 6G communication technologies.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1725361253,"updatedAt":1725372962,"publishedAt":1725363144,"firstPublishedAt":1725363144,"lastPublishedAt":1725363240,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/69\/91\/68\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b7fe6448-a6ae-535c-a582-c16ce9d696b0-8699168.jpg","altText":"Aerial view of a snow-covered street in Helsinki, Finland","caption":"Aerial view of a snow-covered street in Helsinki, Finland","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Alexandr Bormotin\/Unsplash","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":5184,"height":3456}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2872,"urlSafeValue":"lahiri","title":"Indrabati Lahiri","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":114,"slug":"finland","urlSafeValue":"finland","title":"Finland","titleRaw":"Finland"},{"id":4137,"slug":"helsinki","urlSafeValue":"helsinki","title":"Helsinki","titleRaw":"Helsinki"},{"id":26698,"slug":"russia-ukraine-invasion","urlSafeValue":"russia-ukraine-invasion","title":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine","titleRaw":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine"},{"id":15612,"slug":"real-estate","urlSafeValue":"real-estate","title":"Real Estate","titleRaw":"Real Estate"},{"id":28074,"slug":"property","urlSafeValue":"property","title":"property","titleRaw":"property"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2621880},{"id":2621142},{"id":2621238}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"economy","urlSafeValue":"economy","title":"Economy","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/economy\/economy"},"vertical":"business","verticals":[{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"},{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"Europe"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"},"themes":[{"id":"economy","urlSafeValue":"economy","title":"Economy","url":"\/business\/economy"},{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":72,"urlSafeValue":"economy","title":"Economy"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":114,"urlSafeValue":"finland","title":"Finland","url":"\/news\/europe\/finland"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":"'gb_safe','gb_safe_from_high','gb_safe_from_high_med','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','gs_politics','shadow9hu7_pos_ukrainecrisis','mofa_feb24_eng','neg_intel_mobkoi','gs_politics_issues_policy','gs_politics_misc','neg_ukraine_russia_war','shadow9hu7_pos_ukraine-russia','gs_busfin','neg_zegna_eng','neg_facebook_q4','gv_military','gs_realestate','gs_busfin_indus_defense','gs_busfin_indus','gs_realestate_buysell','gt_positive_curiosity','gt_positive'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/business\/2024\/09\/03\/finland-looks-to-stop-russians-from-buying-property-in-its-country","lastModified":1725363240}]" data-api-url="">

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