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Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto in Luxembourg. Photo: Twitter/@FinlandInEU.

World

FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING

EU to impose new sanctions on Russia for Navalny poisoning

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/12/20

Ministers in Luxembourg also discussed ongoing tensions in Belarus and gave the go-ahead for work to begin on a new package of sanctions that will target President Alexander Lukashenko himself.

Finland

EUROSTAT FIGURES

Finland, among EU countries where house prices rise the least

The Nomad Today 10/12/20

In the second quarter of 2020, marked by Covid-19 containment measures, house prices rose by 5% on average in the Euro area. In Finland the year-on-year rise was only 0.5%.

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World

NAVALNY

EU foreign ministers to debate sanctions on Russia for poisoning

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/12/20

The ministers are also to discuss the EU's response to ongoing tensions in Belarus.

HANDOUT - 07 October 2020, Belgium, Brussels: European Commissioner for Transparency and Values Vera Jourova speaks during an online press conference to presents the EU framework on Roma equality and inclusion strategies at the European Commission headquarters. Photo: Mauro Bottaro/European Commission.

World

DISCRIMINATION

Brussels pushes EU states to tackle Roma exclusion with new strategy

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/7/20

In Finland there are an estimated 10,000 – 12,000 Roma and about 3,000 Finnish Roma live in Sweden. 85% of Roma children are at risk of poverty, compared to 20% in the general EU…

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Finland

FASTER DEPORTATIONS

Ohisalo to discuss migration and asylum reform with EU ministers

The Nomad Today 10/7/20

The Commission is pushing with these proposals for more and faster deportations of asylum seekers, as well as a significant step up in cooperation between EU countries.

FILED - 02 October 2020, Belgium, Brussels: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends the second day of the EU summit. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has entered self-quarantine after recently coming into contact with a person with Covid-19, she wrote on Twitter on Monday. Photo: Chr.Dogas/European Council.

World

CORONAVIRUS

EU's von der Leyen entering self-isolation after Covid-19 contact

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/5/20

She said she would be in self-isolation until early on Tuesday, "in accordance with regulations in force."

Economy & Business

INTERNAL MARKET

EU court rules cross-border advertising by online pharmacies legal

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/4/20

Internet pharmacy companies' sales strategies have been causing controversy in the EU for a while.

World

EUROPEAN COUNCIL

EU leaders agree on Belarus sanctions in intense summit

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/3/20

The Foreign Ministry in Minsk responded sharply to the EU sanctions, issuing its own list of names of people who can no longer enter from the EU, and reducing its staff at its…

World

BELARUS

Lithuania slams EU's failure to implement Belarus sanctions

The Nomad Today 10/1/20

It has been close to six weeks since the bloc agreed to the measures.

Finland

EU COUNCIL

PM Sanna Marin to represent Sweden at the EU summit

The Nomad Today 9/30/20

The Swedish head of government Stefan Löfven will not be present at the meeting of European leaders because he will attend his mother's funeral.

World

REFERENDUM

Switzerland rejects curbing immigration from EU countries

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/28/20

Nearly two thirds of voters felt that scrapping the Swiss-EU deal on free movement would exacerbate the shortage of skilled workers and would endanger Switzerland's wealth.

European Commissioner for Promoting our European Way of Life Margaritas Schinas (C) and European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson (R) attend a press conference on a New Pact for Migration and Asylum at the European Commission. Photo: Lukasz Kobus/European Commission/dpa.

World

MIGRATION & ASYLUM PLAN

EU: "If you don't have the right to stay, you will be returned"

The Nomad Today 9/24/20

The European Union (EU) puts more and faster deportations at the center of its new migration and asylum plan.

20 September 2020, Hessen, Frankfurt_Main: People from various organisations, including Seebruecke Frankfurt and Migrantifa Hessen, march with placards during a demonstration against German and European migration policy. Photo: Andreas Arnold/dpa.

World

EXPLOSIVE DEBATE

EU executive to propose overhaul of migration and asylum system

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/23/20

Under current EU rules, the country where people first generally arrive has to process their asylum claims; this means countries with external borders carry a disproportionate burden.

HANDOUT - 21 September 2020, Belgium, Brussels: Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto speaks to media ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. Photo: Mario Salerno/European Council/dpa.

Finland

EU FOREIGN MINISTERS

Haavisto aired frustration over Cypriot veto of sanctions on Belarus

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/22/20

The EU was unable to unanimously agree on sanctions due to the blockade by the Nicosia authorities, who demand measures against Turkey for its activities in the eastern Mediterranean.

World

COMMISSION

EU executive launches anti-racism action plan

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/18/20

The commission would also, it said, try to improve diversity in its own institution.

HANDOUT - 17 September 2020, Belgium, Brussels: European Commissioner for the European Green Deal French Timmermans speaks during a press conference on the Commission’s plan to step up the EU’s climate ambition for 2030. Photo: Dati Bendo/European Commission.

World

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

European Commission presents 2030 climate plan for greener EU

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/17/20

So far, net emissions have only been reduced by 22% compared to 1990.

FILED - 20 August 2020, Berlin: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends a press conference in Berlin. Thunberg has reacted critically to the proposal by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for a more ambitious EU climate target. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

World

Greta Thunberg reacts critically to EU Commission's climate target

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/17/20

Commission's chief Ursula von der Leyen proposed reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the EU by at least 55% below the 1990 level by 2030.

FILED - 04 July 2011, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Karlsruhe: Euro coins lie on a Euro flag. The rate of inflation in the 19 countries of the eurozone recuperated slightly to 0.4 per cent in July, according to a first estimate from EU statistical office Eurostat. Photo:Uli Deck/dpa.

Economy & Business

Eurozone inflation falls into negative territory, unemployment rises

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/1/20

15.2 million people in the EU, including 12.8 million in the euro area, were out of work in July. Women in the eurozone were hit slightly harder on the labour market.