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Finland moves to amend conscription law for gender-recognised individuals
Helsinki Times
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July 10, 2025
The Finnish government has proposed changes to the Conscription Act that would clarify the military obligations of individuals who have legally changed their gender. Under the proposed amendments, individuals who have changed their legal gender...
CHILDREN OF BODOM's JANNE WIRMAN On ALEXI LAIHO's Death: We Were 'Watching Our Friend Commit A Slow Suicide'
Blabbermouth - California
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July 10, 2025
In a new interview with Chris Akin Presents, CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman spoke about the December 2020 passing of the band's guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho. The 41-year-old died in his home in Helsinki, Finland after reportedly...
Finland maintains world-leading neonatal outcomes despite falling birth rates
Medical News
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July 10, 2025
Finland remains a world-leader in neonatal care, despite the country's falling birth rate and, consequently, a decline in hospital delivery volumes, according to three recent studies from the University of Eastern Finland. The studies examine...
Gender Differences for the Associations among Housework, Self-Stigma, and Psychiatric Symptoms among Community Severe Mental Disorder Patients
Dove Medical Press
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July 10, 2025
Introduction Mental disorder is a kind of chronic disease characterized by distortions of thinking, perception, emotion, language, self-awareness, and behavior.1 The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that approximately 16% of the...
Finland scraps interview for new digital citizenship test
Helsinki Times
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July 9, 2025
Finland's interior ministry will introduce a digital citizenship test for applicants seeking naturalisation, removing the earlier proposal to include a mandatory personal interview. The test will consist of multiple-choice and true-or-false...
Denmark turns away from EUC cultural diplomacy tradition
Diplomatic Courier
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nder the Radar is a weekly special series bringing you compelling, under–the–radar stories from around the world, one region at a time. This week in Europe, Denmark ends a tradition associated with the presidency of the Council of the European...
Young adults with foreign backgrounds struggle in pursuit of jobs, education
Yle Uutiset
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July 11, 2025
Finland is facing a difficult employment climate, and for people with an immigrant background, securing jobs that align with their education has become increasingly tough. A report from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment said that...
Supermarket tourism offers an insight into local culture
The Hindu
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July 11, 2025
Whenever I travel, I make my way to a colourful local museum that is free and interesting: the supermarket. Window shopping in a grocery store, walking through the stacked shelves and long aisles, is one of the best ways to learn about the people...
Report: Confusion led to catastrophe in apartment fire death of mother, four children
Yle Uutiset
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July 11, 2025
The blaze started in the apartment's sauna, which had been unintentionally set to turn on during the night. Open image viewer The fire broke out in the sauna of the family's ground floor apartment in the Hakunila district of Vantaa. Image: Simo...
Yes, Superman is an immigrant. He's also a gay icon.
Out Magazine
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July 10, 2025
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's an immigrant! And, a queer icon. James Gunn's new Superman movie is just around the corner, and it's already igniting debate across the internet about superheroes and what they represent. Starring David Corenswet as...
Cumbrian children's hobby horse competition a huge success
Times & Star
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The event took place at Lakeland Livery Yard, Dearham, on July 1, 2025, and was organised by Helen Haraldsen, a children's author and former teacher. Ms Haraldsen, who introduced the new sport of hobby horsing to schools, said: "Not every child...
Finland's citizenship test will be multiple-choice, true-or-false
Yle Uutiset
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July 9, 2025
Initial plans for the test to include a personal interview have largely been dropped, according to the interior ministry. Open image viewer Citizenship applicants will take the test digitally, but a ministry expert pointed out that not everyone...
No phones, no WiFi, just sheep: Finnish holiday-goers flock to ‘shepherd weeks’ to disconnect
Malay Mail
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July 11, 2025
KUHMOINEN (Finland), July 11 — Finnish holidaygoers are clamouring to shell out hundreds of euros to work as shepherds for a week as a vacation, seeking tranquillity in nature and a chance to disconnect from their busy lives. Petri Stenberg is...
Six Ports Compete For ESPO Award 2025 Rewarding A Port’s Strategy That Aims At A Better Gender Balance In The Port
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 10, 2025
The ESPO secretariat received six submissions for the 17th edition of the ESPO Award. Aligned with this year’s theme, “Ports that have developed innovative policies and/or strategies to successfully attract more women to work in ports,” the ESPO...
Survey: EU dwellers turn to internet for cultural purposes
Advanced Television
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July 10, 2025
In 2024, people in the EU widely used the internet for cultural purposes. The most common activity was watching TV or videos online, reported by 79 per cent of internet users, according to data from Eurostat. This was followed by reading online...
How to be cultural in Europe – just stream it
Euro Weekly News
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July 10, 2025
Being 'cultural' in Europe. Credit: Rokas Tenys, Shutterstock In recent times, being ‘cultural’ in Europe might have meant visiting a museum – but chances are, during 2024, it was streamed, scrolled, or downloaded instead. According to a new...
UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 Live Streaming, Finland vs Switzerland: How to Watch Free Live Telecast of FIN-W vs SUI-W on TV and Online Stream Details of Football Match in India
Latestly
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July 10, 2025
Finland Women's National Football Team vs Switzerland Women's National Football Team UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Live Streaming: Finland and Switzerland have won and lost a game each so far in Group A of the 2025 Euros and the two teams will lock horns...
UN, governments must tackle Egypt’s transnational repression of journalist and activist Basma Mostafa
International Service for Human Rights
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July 10, 2025
Transnational repression (TNR) has become a concerningly wide practice in recent years as human rights defenders, journalists and other individuals in exile face increasing threats and attacks due their work. According to a new report by the UN...
Inter-Church Interaction and the International Agenda in the Letters of Patriarch Alexey I(80 years since the end of the schism over the Bulgarian Orthodox Church) {part 1}
The European Times
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July 10, 2025
“The unification of the world must be preceded by the unification of Europe, and the latter is unthinkable without the prior unification of the Slavic world.” Exarch STEPHEN I, 1947 In his address, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, opening the...
A Randomized Controlled Study on the Application of LEARNS Health Education Combined with Intelligent Follow-up Management in Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke and Its Impact on Patient Compliance and Neurological Function
Dove Medical Press
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July 10, 2025
Introduction Ischemic stroke (IS), an acute cerebrovascular event resulting from the obstruction of cerebral blood flow, remains one of the primary global causes of death and long-term disability.1 In China, recent epidemiological studies2 reveal...