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Business

AIRLINES

Norwegian's restructuring plan to focus on Scandinavia market approved

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/12/21

As part of the restructuring, the low-cost airline no longer wants to offer long-haul flights in the future.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Johnson & Johnson starts delivering Covid-19 shots to EU

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/12/21

In contrast to other EU-authorized jabs, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine only needs to be administered once rather twice.

FILED - 15 October 2019, Berlin: Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg attends a press conference. Solberg on Monday defended freedom of speech in her country after an anti-Islam rally at the weekend where pages were torn out of the Koran. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa.

Nordics

PANDEMIC

Norwegian prime minister fined for coronavirus-violating party

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/12/21

She gathered family members at a ski resort in Geilo, in central Norway, to celebrate her 60th birthday.

FILED - Fußball: Champions League, Gruppenphase, Gruppe B, 2. Spieltag, Borussia Mönchengladbach - Real Madrid im Stadion im Borussia-Park. Karim Benzema von Madrid jubelt nach seinem Treffer zum 2:1. Photo: Marius Becker/dpa

Sports

FOOTBALL

Real Madrid pull off thrilling Clasico win over Barcelona

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/11/21

Barcelona complained of two penalty decisions that were not given.

World

BORDER CONTROL

Wrong-way driver with corpse in passenger seat detained in Spain

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/10/21

It is thought that the man wanted to drive to his deceased partner's corpse home to Switzerland.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Germany: 42 thrombosis cases after AstraZeneca vaccination

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/10/21

With the exception of seven cases, those affected were women between the ages of 20 and 63.

Tourism

REOPENING

Malta offers up to € 220 to the country's first 35,000 tourists

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/9/21

Tourists who book a stay of at least three nights directly through a Maltese hotel will be eligible for the financial handouts, with rebates rising according to the category of accommodation.

Business

BUSINESS

Finland industrial production increases for second month

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/9/21

The industrial orders surged 18.9 per cent yearly in February,

FILED - 04 February 2018, United Kingdom, West Newton: Queen Elizabeth II (C) and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, with Canon Jonathan Riviere (L) attended St Peter and Paul Church in West Newton. Prince Philip died on Friday at the age of 99. Photo: Joe Giddens/PA Wire/dpa

World

ROYALS

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies aged 99

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/9/21

He married Elizabeth in 1947, prior to her ascension to the throne in 1952.

08 April 2021, Italy, Rome: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi speaks during a press conference on the vaccination plan to fight COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Riccardo Antimiani/Pool Ansa/Lap/LaPresse via ZUMA Press/dpa

World

AT A PRESS CONFERENCE

Italy's Prime Minister Draghi calls Turkey's Erdogan a 'dictator'

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/9/21

The choice of the word dictator angered Ankara, with Turkey's Foreign Ministry summoning the Italian ambassador.

30 March 2021, Argentina, Buenos Aires: Shipments of the Russian Corona vaccine Sputnik V are unloaded after the arrival of a Aerolineas Argentinas plane delivering about vaccine 300,000 doses from Russia at the international airport Buenos Aires. Photo: Carol Smiljan/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire/dpa

Coronavirus

VACCINATION

Germany set for talks with Russia on Sputnik V as calls for jab grow

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/8/21

Health Minister Jens Spahn on Thursday announced the talks about potential deliveries, after the European Commission said it would not make central contracts to order Sputnik V.