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Construction work on Finnish border fence
Finnish fence on Russian border to cost hundreds of millions of euros
HELSINKI — The cost of constructing a fence in Finland at the Russian border is estimated to run into hundreds of millions of euros and could take around three to four years to be finished.The work is continuing with Finland’s membership of NATO now imminent.It’s set to be the longest European border stretch between the security alliance and The Russian Federation.Between 130 and 260 kilometers of partial fencing are to be built along the frontline that’s more than 1,300 kilometers long. — Euronews
April 03, 2023

Finnish fence on Russian border to cost hundreds of millions of euros

Riikka Purra (L) of The Finns, conservative Petteri Orpo (C) and Social Democrat Sanna Marin are all vying for victory. — courtesy Reuters
Three-way race as Sanna Marin fights for survival in Finland
HELSINKI — Finns are going to the polls in an election seen as an almost neck-and-neck race between right-wing populists, conservatives and Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s center left.Finland may be days from joining NATO, but the war in Ukraine has had little campaign impact, even though Finland shares the longest border with Russia.The election battle ground has instead been over the economy. And Finns are making a big choice on their country’s future direction.Polling stations opened at 09:00 (06:00 GMT) and close at 20:00 (17:00 GMT), when the results of some 1.7 million advance votes will be released.The main challenge to Sanna Marin’s Social Democrats comes from the right.After four years of opposition, Petteri Orpo’s conservative National Coalition Party has high hopes of...
April 02, 2023

Three-way race as Sanna Marin fights for survival in Finland

A Ukrainian soldier of a mobile air defense unit demonstrates his skills at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday. — courtesy AP
Ukraine’s military show off anti-drone units tasked with taking down Russian targets
KYIV — Ukrainian military authorities on Saturday revealed to the press what they said is one of the most effective military units they have tasked with shooting down Russian drones.Defending forces are using rapid reaction teams in off-road vehicles complete with machine guns mounted on the back and shoulder-fired missiles to eliminate their targets.In groups of four, these soldiers are on a tight schedule, typically they have just 15 minutes’ notice before drones head their way.The machine guns and stinger missiles used are supplied by Western allies. A local businessman found the trucks abroad and provided the funding to fix them up and make them battle ready.Dima, a rapid reaction team driver, who wouldn’t give his last name for security reasons, said the key to the team’s...
April 02, 2023

Ukraine’s military show off anti-drone units tasked with taking down Russian targets

File photo shows police officers escort Andrew Tate handcuffed to his brother Tristan, right, from the Court of Appeal in Bucharest, Romania, on Feb. 1, 2023. — courtesy AP
Tate swaps prison for house arrest after winning appeal in Bucharest
BUCHAREST — Self-proclaimed misogynist and influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are to be released from prison in Romania and put under house arrest for 30 days after winning an appeal in Bucharest on FridayThe British-US citizen was detained in December and has spent the last few months in jail on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking.The Bucharest Court of Appeal rejected the prosecution’s proposal to extend the pre-trial detention and instead ordered him to be placed under house arrest.According to Ramona Bolla, a spokesperson for Romania’s Directive of Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), Tate’s representatives challenged a judge’s decision last week to extend his arrest a fourth time for 30 days, said Ramona Bolla, a spokesperson for...
April 02, 2023

Tate swaps prison for house arrest after winning appeal in Bucharest

Scenes of wildfires in Spain. — courtesy TVE
Officials say arson behind wildfires in northern Spain
MADRID — Officials in the northern Spanish region of Asturias say that unspecified arsonists were behind most of the 100 or so wildfires raging in the heavily wooded and mountainous area.Unusually high spring temperatures and gusting winds have helped spread the fires over the past two days, with some 400 people needing to be evacuated from villages and small towns and several roads cut off for safety.Asturias regional President Adrián Barbón said the “full weight of the law” would be applied to what he described as “fire terrorists”.He said the fires were started in an organized way by criminals taking advantage of the adverse weather conditions. He didn’t explain what the alleged arsonists’ motives might be. No arrests have been made.Firefighters in the region reported...
April 01, 2023

Officials say arson behind wildfires in northern Spain

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaking in New York at the UN headquarters.
Russia assumes UN Security Council presidency despite Ukrainian anger
NEW YORK — Russia has taken the presidency of the UN Security Council despite Ukraine urging members to block the move.Each of the council’s 15 members takes up the presidency for a month, on a rotating pattern.The last time Russia had the presidency, February 2022, it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.It means the Security Council is being led by a country whose president is subject to an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes.The International Criminal Court — which is not a UN institution — issued the warrant for Vladimir Putin last month.Despite Ukraine’s complaints, the United States said it could not block Russia — a permanent council member — from assuming the presidency.The other permanent members of the council are the UK, US, France, and...
April 01, 2023

Russia assumes UN Security Council presidency despite Ukrainian anger

Pope Francis meets a faithful in this file photo.
‘I’m still alive’ jokes Pope as he leaves hospital
ROME —Pope Francis, surrounded by security officers, waved to the crowds that had gathered outside his hospital in RomePope Francis has joked that he is “still alive” as he left hospital in Rome after a three-day stay.He was admitted to Gemelli Hospital mid-week with breathing difficulties, and later diagnosed with bronchitis.The Vatican had said he was responding to antibiotics and would be released on Saturday, depending on test results.“I wasn’t frightened, I’m still alive,” the 86-year-old pontiff told reporters and tearful well wishers outside the hospital before being driven away.He was seen smiling and waving from the car, before getting out to speak to a crowd. He then headed for the Vatican.The Pope’s admission to hospital came ahead of the busiest week in the...
April 01, 2023

‘I’m still alive’ jokes Pope as he leaves hospital

In her speech, Ursula von der Leyen said China was becoming “more repressive at home and more assertive abroad.” — courtesy European Union, 2023.
Chinese EU Ambassador blasts von der Leyen for siding with US ‘hard-liners’
BRUSSELS — A day after delivering a scathing speech on China, Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, has been criticized for distorting Chinese policies and siding with American hard-liners.Fu Cong, the Chinese Ambassador to the European Union, offered on Friday the first official reaction to the address, saying there was “no coherence” in von der Leyen’s views.“I was a little bit disappointed,” Fu Cong told CGTN, a state-controlled Chinese media outlet.“That speech contained a lot of misrepresentations and misinterpretations of Chinese policies and Chinese positions. And I would say that whoever wrote that speech for President von der Leyen does not really understand China or deliberately distorted Chinese positions.”In her 40-minute-speech, von...
April 01, 2023

Chinese EU Ambassador blasts von der Leyen for siding with US ‘hard-liners’

A file photo of the city of Moscow.
The West is an ‘existential’ threat to the Russia — Lavrov
MOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that a new foreign policy document adopted by President Vladimir Putin identifies the West as posing an “existential” threat to Moscow.“The existential nature of threats to the security and development of our country, driven by the actions of unfriendly states is recognized” in the policy, Lavrov said during a televised meeting with Russia’s security council.Updates to Russia’s strategy for engagement on the global stage were necessary, he said, due to “revolutionary changes” in the world, announcing he had formally adopted the new 42-page document.Russia’s relationship with the West has reached new lows since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year.“The United States of America is directly...
April 01, 2023

The West is an ‘existential’ threat to the Russia — Lavrov

Robert Rundo was said to have been at a 2017 rally in Charlottesville that shocked the US
US white supremacist arrested in Romania
BUDAPEST — A prominent member of a California-based white supremacist group has been arrested in Romania and will be extradited to the US.Robert Rundo, 33, co-founder of the Rise Above Movement, was arrested on Friday at a Bucharest gym following a tip-off, Romanian police said.He was accused of violence in 2017 and indicted by a US court in 2018.The case was dismissed in 2019, but a federal grand jury in Los Angeles issued a new indictment in January.Romanian police told the BBC they detained Mr Rundo in response to the US legal move.Mr Rundo and others were accused of rioting and conspiracy by recruiting and training members for violence and taking part in violence across the US in 2017.Videos showed Mr Rundo punching counter-protesters in Huntington Beach and a police officer in...
March 31, 2023

US white supremacist arrested in Romania

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