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Heineken launches mobile phone plan in Finland that encourages people to connect in real life
Telemedia Online
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July 3, 2025
World-famous drinks brand Heineken is testing a completely new approach to screen time reduction in Finland with a unique, branded social media app that encourages people to interact IRL (in real life, grandad). In a world where adults are feeling...
LGBTQ-Friendly Policies Bolster Corporate Innovation, New Study Shows
Forbes
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 7: Participants from Delta Airlines walk in the WorldPride Parade on June 7, ... More 2025 in Washington, DC. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of Pride celebrations in Washington, DC and is host to WorldPride 2025. (Photo...
Swedish mother on the population crisis: “Children are seen as troublesome”
The Nordic Times
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July 3, 2025
An unprecedented low number of children are being born in Sweden, and the reasons are said to be numerous – from war, climate alarmism, and economic anxiety to fear of childbirth. Mother of four Anna Björklund argues that rapid digitalization and...
Chinese, Finnish youths play football friendlies in Arctic Finland
Xinhua News Agency
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ROVANIEMI, Finland, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Youth football teams from China and Finland played friendly matches on Wednesday in Rovaniemi, the Arctic "hometown of Santa Claus," as part of a cultural and sports exchange program. Two under-12 teams from...
Finns trust politicians less, survey finds
Yle Uutiset
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July 17, 2025
Finland's trust in its politicians was similar to Norway, but lower than Sweden and Denmark. Open image viewer File photo. Finnish Parliament. Image: Silja Viitala / Yle Only one percent of Finland's population say they have "very high" trust in...
Drama as ex county staff testifies in overseas education scam case
The Standard
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Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago, Joshua Lelei and Meshack Rono before Senior Principal Magistrate Peter Ndege at the Nakuru Law Courts on June 4, 2025. [Daniel Chege, Standard] Emotions ran high on Wednesday as former Baringo County Chief of...
I’m pursuing further education in Finland –Possi Gee on music break
The Chronicle News Online
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July 3, 2025
Ace Ghanaian music producer and sound engineer Awal Alhassan, popularly known as Possigee, has revealed that he is currently pursuing further education in Finland. In an interview on Property FM, Possigee explained that his decision to return to...
Children’s Theatre Of Southern Maryland Brings “Spamalot” To The Stage This Weekend
The Bay Net - Maryland
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June 25, 2025
Source: Children’s Theatre of Southern Maryland via Facebook PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. — King Arthur and his band of bumbling knights are riding into Calvert County this weekend—complete with coconuts, killer rabbits, and musical madness—as the...
Association Between Thymosin β4 and Coronary Arterial Lesions in Children with Kawasaki Disease
Dove Medical Press
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July 2, 2025
Introduction Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, self-limiting systemic vasculitis primarily affecting children under five years of age.1 Its defining pathological hallmark is inflammation of medium-sized blood vessels, with a marked predilection...
Towards a Demographic Winter in Europe
FSSPX.NEWS
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It is a terrifying observation: in 2024, less than a quarter of the 202 million households in the European Union (23.6%) will have at least one minor child. Three-quarters of them (76.4%) will consist of only adults. Of those who do have children,...
Assessing Racial and Gender Disparities in Asthma Education, Knowledge, and Healthcare Access Among Adolescents
Dove Medical Press
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July 2, 2025
Introduction Asthma poses a significant health challenge for pediatric populations in the United States, affecting approximately 4.6 million adolescents1 and is a leading cause of extensive school absenteeism and frequent visits to emergency...
Gallery: California children's choir arrive in Tallinn for Song Festival
ERR
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July 2, 2025
On Wednesday, the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir from California arrived in Tallinn to take part in the 2025 Song and Dance Festival. Eric Tuan, the choir's conductor, who is participating in the Song Festival for the fifth time, said the...
Liveblog (closed): Second day of hearing in case against Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen
Christian Network Europe
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15:17 Impression around the courtroom Monday afternoon, after closing the session. Räsänen is very present. She is looking back on this day quite positively. It's her face that dominates in the media, bishop Pohjola less so. Zoltan Bugnyan...
An X-ray of education and research in Romania
Radio Romania International
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July 2, 2025
Diagnostic report on education and research in Romania An X-ray of education and research in Romania Roxana Vasile, 02.07.2025, 14:00 ‘Diagnostic report on education and research in Romania. Current achievements and implications for new reforms in...
What The White House AI Education Plan Must Get Right
Forbes
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LOS ANGELES-CA-MARCH 20, 2024: Saron Henok, 10, uses Ed, a new district-developed Artificial ... More Intelligence-assisted "learning acceleration web-based platform that will boost student success and revolutionize how K-12 education is tailored...
Folk art and Soviet-style purges: How Europe’s populists are hijacking arts and culture
The Parliament Magazine
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July 2, 2025
Hajnalka Somogyi was a 36-year-old curator in Budapest in 2014 when she made a nearly impossible gamble: founding a contemporary art exhibition without a cent of state support, in a country where the government is virtually the only patron. It...
Midlife weight loss boosts life expectancy
The Week
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Losing weight in middle age may reduce the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, other chronic conditions and premature death, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open. The study, conducted in Finland, followed 23,149...
Finnish PM doesn't directly condemn US strikes on Iran
Yle Uutiset
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June 24, 2025
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) said it is important that Iran does not continue its nuclear weapons programme. Open image viewer Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) following a press conference on Tuesday. Image: Mikko Stig / Lehtikuva...
Finnish CEO suggests moving public holidays to fund defence
Euro Weekly News
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June 24, 2025
The Fort Alexander, Finland. Credit: Nikolai Kolosov, Pexels The proposal is to boost defence spending by moving two weekday public holidays in Finland to weekends. The Federation of Finnish Enterprises (Suomen Yrittäjät) suggested on Tuesday,...
Yle investigation reveals hidden exploitation in Finland’s nail salons
Helsinki Times
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June 30, 2025
Finland’s booming nail salon industry is facing allegations of exploitation, with insiders claiming that many Vietnamese-owned salons are involved in illegal practices including selling jobs for tens of thousands of euros. Bao, a Vietnamese man...