National

INVESTIGATION

Sweden moves to allow diving at M/S Estonia ferry wreck

Foreigner.fi/dpa 1/15/21

The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority recently requested the amendment to allow further investigation of the shipwreck.

Business

AIRLINES

Budget carrier Norwegian Air to drop long-distance routes

Foreigner.fi/dpa 1/15/21

The move will mean job cuts since the carrier was to file for bankruptcy for its subsidiaries in Britain, Finland, Italy, and the United States.

World

MILITARY PARADE

North Korea marks end of congress with display of ballistic missiles

Foreigner.fi/dpa 1/15/21

Pictures of the event showed soldiers marching as rolling tanks, artillery pieces and rocket vehicles were presented.

Nordics

RECORD

Batman comic from 1940 auctioned for 2.2 million dollars

Foreigner.fi/dpa 1/15/21

The original price in 1940 was 10 cents.

World

PRISON SENTENCE

Algerian delivery driver to be deported from France for anti-Semitism

Foreigner.fi/dpa 1/15/21

The man said that he "did not deliver to Jews."

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Nursing home cases drive Sweden's Covid-19 deaths over 10,000-mark

Foreigner.fi/dpa 1/14/21

Sweden, a country of 10.3 million, has now registered a total caseload of 518,000 infections and 10,185 virus-related deaths.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Norwegian king and queen vaccinated against Covid-19

Foreigner.fi/dpa 1/14/21

Both are aged 83 and therefore considered at risk from the respiratory disease.

Coronavirus

VACCINATION

British prime minister announces round-the-clock vaccine centres

Foreigner.fi/dpa 1/13/21

"We will be going to 24/7 as soon as we can," Boris Johnson said.

World

Three die in fire at care home in Estonia

Foreigner.fi/dpa 1/13/21

Another victim was hospitalized with injuries.

World

WORLD

Visit to Taiwan by US envoy to the UN cancelled due to transition

Foreigner.fi/dpa 1/13/21

The US ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, was originally to meet with President Tasi Ing-wen and foreign minister Joseph Wu on Thursday.

World

BALTICS

Estonian Prime Minister resigns over party corruption allegations

Foreigner.fi/dpa 1/13/21

The premises of the state funding agency Kredex have already been searched by police, and four people were taken into custody.

Nordics

ENVIRONMENT

Greta Thunberg features on new Swedish postal stamp

Foreigner.fi/dpa 1/12/21

The stamp was part of a set titled "Valuable Nature."