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Finland breaks heat record with 14 consecutive days over 30°C
Helsinki Times
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July 25, 2025
Finland has recorded 14 straight days of temperatures exceeding 30°C, setting a new national weather record and surpassing the previous mark from 1972, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute. The threshold was crossed again on Friday in...
Rates Spark: Index Disappointment Vs. AAA Squeeze
Investing
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August 20, 2025
ICE has decided again not to include the EU bonds in its sovereign indices, sending EU speads wider. In the broader context EU bonds are still part of a considerable smaller AAA-universe since the last US downgrade ICE Decides Against EU’s...
Winds complicate wildfire battle in Spain
The Times Republican - Iowa
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High winds on Wednesday hampered efforts to contain wildfires in Spain that have already scorched a record stretch of land despite lower temperatures, authorities said. Firefighters, backed by troops and water-dropping aircraft, were battling 21...
Finland breaks all-time heat streak record with 15th consecutive day hitting 30°C
Yle Uutiset
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July 26, 2025
Finland has officially broken its all-time heat record, with Saturday marking the 15th consecutive day that temperatures have exceeded 30 degrees Celsius somewhere in the country, according to Yle meteorologist Aleksi Lohtander. The hottest spot...
Finland's economy takes a reputation hit after first Fitch downgrade in nearly a decade
Cryptopolitan
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July 26, 2025
Finland’s credit strength just took a hit. On Friday night, Fitch Ratings downgraded the country’s long-term foreign-currency issuer rating from “AA+” to “AA,” citing rising debt and weak efforts to control it. The decision ends nearly a decade of...
50th Anniversary of Helsinki Final Act
Kyiv Post
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August 3, 2025
On 1 August 1975 - in the middle of the Cold War - 35 states from both the West and the Eastern Bloc signed the CSCE Final Act in Helsinki, better known as the Helsinki Accords, in which they pledged among other things to respect the inviolability...
Explainer: Helsinki Process and the Transformation of Europe
Kyiv Post
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August 3, 2025
Introduction On 1 August 1975, after the conclusion of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe in Helsinki in 1975, its Final Act affirmed the European nations’ mutual respect for the inviolability of borders and the protection of...
28 people drown in Finland in July this year
Daily Finland
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A total of 28 people drowned in Finland in July this year, according to the Finnish Swimming Teaching and Life Saving Association (Suomen Uimaopetus- ja Hengenpelastusliitto-SUH). The number is much higher compared to the stipulated period of...
Rovanpera delights home crowd with Rally of Finland victory
eNCA
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Finland's Kalle Rovanpera boosted his bid for a third world rally championship title with a dominant win in front of his home fans in the Rally of Finland on Sunday. The 24-year-old Toyota driver, world champion in 2022/23, competing in his...
City without road fatalities: Helsinki’s success
BGNES
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August 3, 2025
Helsinki has not recorded a single fatality in the past 12 months, the city authorities announced this week. While fatal accidents are still commonplace in most European capitals – Berlin alone saw 55 deaths in 2023, and Brussels saw nine in the...
Raymond J. de Souza: How the Helsinki Accords helped end communism
National Post
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August 3, 2025
“Helsinki became, in short, a legal and moral trap,” in the judgement of leading Cold War historian John Lewis Gaddis. “Without realizing the implications, Brezhnev thereby handed his critics a standard, based on universal principles of justice,...
Why did Helsinki have zero road deaths in the last year - and could Ireland achieve the same?
The Journal
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August 3, 2025
LAST UPDATE | 4 hrs ago IN THE 12 months to August, not one person died in a road traffic collision in Helsinki, Finland. The feat may sound impossible to Ireland, which has seen a steady increase in the number of road fatalities in recent years....
Is Ukraine closer to peace after Trump’s meetings with Zelenskyy, Putin?
Al Jazeera
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August 20, 2025
Kyiv, Ukraine – With unprecedented backing from European leaders, Ukraine seems – in theory – to have secured “very good protection” from the United States. “We will give them very good protection, very good security,” US President Donald Trump...
Catalysing green growth: Z4ABC financial matching grants launched in Zambia
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
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From left to right: Director Wamunyima Sitwala (2nd), EU Representative and Z4ABC Project Manager Cristina Soriani (4th), Ranford Simumbwe (Ministry of Green Economy & Environment), CIFOR-ICRAF Country Coordinator Maimbo Malesu and Prospero CEO...
Intervision contest to feature music artists from 21 countries, including US — diplomat
TASS
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August 20, 2025
MOSCOW, August 20. /TASS/. So far, the United States and 20 other countries have confirmed participation in the Intervision international music contest, a senior Russian diplomat told a news conference hosted by TASS. According to Alexander...
Jordan welcomes Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska — Jordan’s top diplomat
TASS
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August 20, 2025
MOSCOW, August 20. /TASS/. Jordan hopes that the meeting of the Presidents of Russia and the United States in Alaska will contribute to the political and diplomatic settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of...
Eamonn Kelly and Conor Mohan win in Junior WRC category of Secto Rally Finland
Irish Examiner
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August 3, 2025
Donegal's Eamonn Kelly (Ford Fiesta Rally3), co-driven by Monaghan's Conor Mohan, won the Junior WRC category of Secto Rally Finland, finishing 8.3s ahead of series leader Taylor Gill.The twenty-six year old Frosses driver also secured extra...
Finland's credit rating downgraded by Fitch amid rising debt and weak public finances
Yle Uutiset
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July 26, 2025
The new credit rating is the country's lowest in nearly three decades. Open image viewer File photo. Fitch Ratings office. Image: EPA/JUSTIN LANE Credit ratings agency Fitch downgraded Finland's long-term sovereign credit rating on Friday from AA+...
Rallying-Rovanpera wins in Finland as Toyota sweep top five
Channel News Asia
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August 3, 2025
Kalle Rovanpera won his home Rally Finland in record time on Sunday as Toyota swept the top five places and Elfyn Evans went top of the overall standings. The rally was the fastest in world championship history, with Rovanpera winning for the...
Rafael Kazbekova Wins Junior World Climbing Championship in Helsinki
Mezha
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August 3, 2025
As reported by the website NOC Dnipropetrovsk region Rafael Kazbekova, a young athlete from Dnipro, won the junior world championship title in sport climbing. Her victory took place during the competition in Helsinki, as reported on the website of...