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A short drive from the zoo, animal keeper Ing-Marie Persson, who has worked with the chimpanzees for 30 years, sits and witnesses the hunt from a distance without her being allowed to help. In P4 Story you will hear about why they were shot and how they were able to escape. Reporters: Mikael Sanner and Stefansdotter-Franck Producer: Christine Odén Sound mix: Charlotte Mendonça Söderman Digital editor: Jenny Tonlycke Palmqvist Channel: P4 Gävleborg Responsible publisher: Staffan Mälstam https://nord.news/2023/03/01/the-chimpanzee-escape-in-furuvik/?feed_id=14128

We hope for a quick solution to AKT's industrial action. As a large domestic logistics operator, Posti is once again faced with industrial action that causes trouble for its customers. The situation is particularly unfortunate because the key to the solution is not in Posti's hands. "We strive to ensure that our customers' services work as well as possible. We are assessing the impact of the strike on our services on a daily basis. We recommend following our customer communications on our website, posti.fi . We thank our customers for their patience, says Jarmo Ainasoja Director of Posti's exception management. According to our current assessment: the biggest impact of the strike on cargo deliveries which may be delayed by a few days. packages and paper mail are less affected local delays are possible. early morning papers are normally distributed during the strike Small local delays are possible. All deliveries are made as soon as ...

The 10-day strike will affect most public buses across the country and is set to start at 3am on Wednesday. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/the-negotiations-fail-the-finnish-bus-drivers-strike-starts-on-wednesday/?feed_id=14086

Ástráður Haraldsson, the appointed state mediator, believes that Stefán Ólafsson, a representative of Efling's negotiating committee, breached confidentiality by posting on Facebook regarding the status of negotiations between SA and Efling. Ástráður Haraldsson, the appointed mediator, is dissatisfied with statements by Stefán Ólafsson, representative of Efling's negotiating committee, about the state of wage negotiations between Efling and SA. In a Facebook post last night, Stefan […] Nevereflingstory… Mediator dissatisfied with breach of confidentiality comes from ICELAND NEWS. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/nevereflingstory-mediator-dissatisfied-with-breach-of-confidentiality-of-the-proceedings/?feed_id=14079

Antti Kaikkonen returns to work after two months of parental leave. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/the-minister-of-defense-returns-from-parental-leave/?feed_id=14072

Experts from the Icelandic Forest Service say unclear regulations on timber imports threaten local birch forests. Imported wood, especially that containing bark, may contain insects or their eggs that are not native to Iceland and may damage or destroy Icelandic birches. RÚV reports that an Icelandic company recently imported tree trunks with bark from Poland. Icelandic […] The article Icelandic birch forests threatened by pests comes from ICELAND NEWS. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/icelandic-birch-forests-threatened-by-pests/?feed_id=14065

EasyJet pilots who flew from Keflavík to Manchester yesterday made a circle over the North Sea. They did this so that all passengers could admire the magnificent Northern Lights that danced in the night sky. A British photographer who was on the plane returning home with his fiancée told the Manchester Evening News that […] The article The pilot made a circle to show the northern lights to passengers comes from ICELAND NEWS. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/the-pilot-made-a-circle-to-show-the-passengers-the-aurora-borealis/?feed_id=14058

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that it would be impossible for the members of the alliance not to intervene if the security of Finland or Sweden were threatened. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/nato-chief-finland-and-sweden-in-a-stronger-position-than-before-the-alliance/?feed_id=14051

The strong solar winds this week have offered opportunities to see a colorful spectacle in places in the south all the way to Helsinki. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/finnairs-pilot-flies-off-course-to-show-passengers-the-northern-lights/?feed_id=14030

Not back in full force The municipality also revealed that despite the reopening, the ongoing war in Ukraine and the supply chain situation means that circumstances are tenuous. This means that there may still be shorter periods when the saunas are closed due to energy savings. The municipality estimates that around 340,000 kWh of electricity has been saved by closing the saunas for five months. Read more about the cost-effective measures here. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/saunas-reopen-at-public-pools-tomorrow/?feed_id=14016

In Reykjavík, five small houses for the homeless have been built on a plot of land between Engjavegur and Suðurlandsbraut. Construction work has been going on in the area for several months, and the houses themselves were moved into place in the middle of the month. Some residents of the Laugardalur district criticized the location of the houses, pointing out that Laugardalur should be "left alone with the housing plans". Head of the Reykjavík Welfare Council, Heiða […] The article New homes for the homeless comes from ICELAND NEWS. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/new-homes-for-the-homeless/?feed_id=14009

According to Finnish soldiers, the training of the Defense Forces to fight against a Russian attack is the best in the world. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/finnish-soldiers-ukraine-needs-better-training-to-win/?feed_id=14002

The police cut the structure of the wooden stand with a chainsaw, but did not allow the act to be photographed or recorded. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/the-police-board-is-investigating-the-authorities-photography-ban-at-logging-protests-in-lapland/?feed_id=13988

12.30 p.m Ski WC in Planica 10 km freestyle ladies (Radiosport's broadcaster: Dag Malmqvist, Torgny Mogren, Johan Bengts and Sigge Sanner) Program manager: Cecilia Paulsson https://nord.news/2023/02/28/right-now-swedish-stars-are-chasing-wc-gold/?feed_id=13981

Korkeasaari's 'Oboi' puppy got sick after eating a sharp bone with his meal. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/helsinki-zoos-amur-tiger-cub-died/?feed_id=13974

By: Sebastian Hedlund Producer: Gustav Asplund Final mix: Astrid Ankarcrona The reality is made by the production company Filt https://nord.news/2023/02/28/ebba-saved-six-children-from-a-burning-house/?feed_id=13960

The aid package includes tents, blankets, heaters and food supplies. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/finland-sends-more-material-aid-to-turkey-and-syria/?feed_id=13953

Kivimäki is suspected of, among other things, aggravated blackmail, aggravated data theft and aggravated dissemination of information that violates privacy. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/aleksanteri-kivimaki-was-imprisoned-for-hacking-vastaamo/?feed_id=13946

Three years have passed since the first confirmed case of Covid-19 was detected in Finland. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/thl-more-than-half-of-finland-has-hybrid-covid-immunity/?feed_id=13939

Bogs are important in combating the climate crisis because they act as natural carbon sinks. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/metsahallitus-lapland-is-losing-its-bogs-due-to-climate-change/?feed_id=13925

GENEVA - More than 21 million people - two out of three Yemeni children, women and men - need help and protection, said the UN chief. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke at a conference in Geneva - hosted by Switzerland and Sweden - where an appeal was made for US$4.3 billion to support the most vulnerable people in Yemen. "We ended last year with a measure of hope for Yemen's future," Guterres said. "After years of death, displacement, destruction, starvation and suffering, the ceasefire paid real dividends for people." He said civilian flights were resuming from the Yemeni capital Sanaa and that essential supplies were arriving through the port of Hudaydah. "However, the ceasefire ended after just six months," the UN chief said, noting that Yemen's economy is in dire straits and vital services are at risk of collapse. "And humanitarian needs continue to soar while access is limited and funding is continually lacking," Gut...

Russia's full-scale attack on Ukraine began a little over a year ago. https://nord.news/2023/02/28/tuesdays-papers-the-price-of-war-the-effects-of-the-strike-and-the-skiing-dispute/?feed_id=13890

BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or yuan, against 24 major currencies announced on Tuesday by the China Foreign Exchange Trading System: Currency unit Central parity rate in yuan US Dollar 100,695.19 Euro 100,737.47 Japanese Yen 100 5.1024 Hong Kong Dollar 100 88.604 British Pounds 100,838.85 Australian Dollar 100,468.58 New Zealand Dollar 100,428.47 Singapore Dollar 100,516.19 Swiss francs 100,742.98 Canadian dollars 100,512.18 Malaysian Ringgit 64,352,100 Rubles 1,078.28 100 rubles Rand 264.87 100 Korean Won 18,967,100 UAE dirham 52,833,100 Saudi Riyal 53.985 100 Hungarian forint 5,122.98,100 Polish zlotys 63,934,100 Danish kroner 100.92 100 Swedish kronor 149.46 100 Norwegian kroner 148.69 100 Turkish lira 271,685 100 Mexican peso 264.36 100 Thai baht 503.53 100 The central rate of the yuan against the US dollar ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trade on Monday as currency traders took some profits off the table following the greenback's recent rally. The dollar index, which measures the dollar against six major peers, fell 0.51 percent to 104.6775. In late New York trading, the euro rose to US$1.0607 from US$1.0551 in the previous session, and the British pound was up at US$1.2057 from US$1.1946 in the previous session. The US dollar bought 136.24 Japanese yen, down from 136.39 Japanese yen from the previous session. The US dollar was down to 0.9359 Swiss francs from 0.9404 Swiss francs and it fell to 1.3578 Canadian dollars from 1.3604 Canadian dollars. The US dollar fell to SEK 10.4012 from SEK 10.4959. The US currency had appreciated significantly recently to hit a seven-week high on Friday, supported by expectations that US interest rates will remain on hold for longer. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/the-us-dollar-retreats-after-recent-g...

In Þorlákshöfn in the south of Iceland, construction has begun on the largest terrestrial aquaculture facility in Iceland, owned by Landeldi. Ultimately, around 40,000 tons of salmon are to be farmed at the plant per year. The company intends to use all farm waste as fertiliser. This project will create around 170 new jobs in the area. Landeldi ehf. this […] Article 170 new jobs to be created comes from ICELAND NEWS. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/170-new-jobs-will-be-created/?feed_id=13778

The consumer price index is up 1.39 percent from the previous month, and the inflation rate is now 10.2 percent. The consumer price index, excluding housing, has increased by 8.9% over the last twelve months. These figures come from the latest report from the Icelandic Statistics Office. Price index of consumer goods and services, based on the z price level […] The article Inflation Breaks the Ten Percent Barrier comes from ICELAND NEWS. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/inflation-breaks-the-10-percent-barrier/?feed_id=13771

Significant seismic activity has been observed around the Mýrdalsjökull glacier in recent days. A magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded today after 2:00 p.m. Nine earthquakes were recorded under the glacier yesterday, including seven that occurred from 7:30 p.m. The strongest quake had a magnitude of 2.6. The Icelandic Meteorological Office said in a statement that these types of earthquakes are relatively rare […] The article Strong earthquake near Mýrdalsjökull comes from ICELAND NEWS. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/strong-earthquake-near-myrdalsjokull/?feed_id=13764

Yle's investigation team found that Boris Rotenberg has not submitted all the ownership declarations that he should have made. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/mot-oligarch-rotenberg-violated-eu-sanctions-rules-by-failing-to-declare-assets-in-finland/?feed_id=13736

Britain and the EU have reached an agreement on how trade between Northern Ireland and the EU should work after Brexit, several news agencies state. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met in Great Britain on Monday to find a solution to the dispute over Northern Ireland within the Brexit agreement. Sunak is expected to hold a press conference on Monday afternoon. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/details-agreement-on-northern-ireland-completed/?feed_id=13729

Threatened strikes left unresolved could cause prolonged disruption to public transport services across the country from this week. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/threatened-strikes-by-public-transport-workers-can-cause-headaches-in-finland/?feed_id=13722

Military disasters and corporate failures pave the way for groupthink. However, all is not lost. "Always look on the bright side of life," they say Monty Python who would be in a good position to replace their "Finland" song with a "NATO" song covering Finland's current membership intrigues. In April 2022, the fanfare arising from the government's report on the reassessment of Finland's security situation did not acknowledge the possible opposition of Turkey and Hungary. The same experts continue to advise. Another citizens' initiative of the parliament called for NATO membership to ensure the preservation of human rights. Still, Finland has already handed over one man back to Turkey. Bright Side: He was supposedly a criminal. Finland has already given the green light to issue military export permits for products sent to Turkey, although since 2019 it has refused to do so due to Turkey's attack on Syria. Still,...

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the new look was inspired by the Finnish Archipelago Sea. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/finnish-passports-for-planning-security-reform-this-spring/?feed_id=13680

President Tarja Halonen says that she is surprised by the criticism of Finland by the Russian embassy in Helsinki. While visiting the North Karelian community of Eno, Halonen said that it is not true that Finland is not interested in its relations with Russia. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/president-halonen-surprised-by-russias-criticism/?feed_id=13666

The growth of alcohol sales has begun to level off. The alcohol tax cut last year boosted sales. Now a researcher says the government has achieved what it set out to do when it cut liquor tax https://nord.news/2023/02/27/the-researcher-defends-lowering-the-alcohol-tax/?feed_id=13657

The growth of alcohol sales has begun to level off. The alcohol tax cut last year boosted sales. Now a researcher says the government has achieved what it set out to do when it cut liquor tax https://nord.news/2023/02/27/the-researcher-defends-lowering-the-alcohol-tax/?feed_id=13657

The growth of alcohol sales has begun to level off. The alcohol tax cut last year boosted sales. Now a researcher says the government has achieved what it set out to do when it cut liquor tax https://nord.news/2023/02/27/the-researcher-defends-lowering-the-alcohol-tax/?feed_id=13656

The growth of alcohol sales has begun to level off. The alcohol tax cut last year boosted sales. Now a researcher says the government has achieved what it set out to do when it cut liquor tax https://nord.news/2023/02/27/the-researcher-defends-lowering-the-alcohol-tax/?feed_id=13656

The import of used cars from other European Union countries to Finland is decreasing. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/the-import-of-used-cars-is-decreasing/?feed_id=13645

The UN has asked the former Minister of Defense of Finland, Elisabeth Rehn, to travel to the Palestinian territories to assess how effectively the UN's aid is used there. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/rehn-to-evaluate-un-aid/?feed_id=13638

Finland and Sweden have decided to form a joint battle group. The forces would be part of the European Union's rapid response forces. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/finnish-swedish-battle-group/?feed_id=13624

Finnish farmers are clearing more fields than they have in decades, even though the government is trying to calm the growth. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/farmers-rush-to-clear-fields-to-support/?feed_id=13617

The chairman of the coalition, Jyrki Katainen, has supported lowering the voting age to 16 in municipal elections. He also wants to allow them to run for municipal councils. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/katainen-backs-municipal-voting-for-16-year-olds/?feed_id=13610

According to Reuters, Turkey can separate Finland's and Sweden's membership bids. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/turkey-continues-nato-negotiations-with-finland-and-sweden/?feed_id=13603

The civil service says it considers the peak of applications to be the cause of Russia's war in Ukraine. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/a-record-number-will-be-transferred-from-the-reserve-to-civilian-service/?feed_id=13575

Finland's 2023 climate barometer shows that voters are less interested in actions against climate change than four years ago. https://nord.news/2023/02/27/mondays-papers-climate-concern-is-decreasing-northern-lights-in-the-south-and-the-dock-workers-dispute/?feed_id=13568

Camila Giorgi of Italy ended her run through the Merida Open field by beating Rebecca Peterson of Sweden in three sets in Sunday's final in Merida, Mexico. It was the first WTA singles title of her career. Giorgi, who is ranked 68th in the world, took down the sixth, second and fourth seeds before defeating also unseeded Peterson by winning 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-2. Giorgi saved 8 of 12 break points, while Peterson won just 4 of 8. In the first set, Peterson broke Giorgi's serve to take a 4-3 lead and won all four points on his own serve to go up 5-3. But Giorgi held serve and broke back to level the set at 5-5. In the tiebreak, Giorgi won the first three points, including breaking Peterson's serve twice, and broke her serve again for a 5-1 lead. Peterson won the next two points, but Giorgi won on her serve to go up 6-3 and broke Peterson once more to take the set. Peterson won five straight games to win the second set, including breaking Giorgi twice, but the third set was ...

Helsingin sanomat newspaper reported that the fate of the bill could be decided in the absence of two members of the Social Democratic Party's deputy committee, Johannes Koskinen and Merja Mäkisalo-Ropponen . Tuula Väätäinen (SDP) was absent from the vote, but since both of his deputies could not attend the meeting, he was replaced Markus Lohi the representative of the second largest ruling parliamentary group, the Centre. With the Greens, the Left Alliance, the Social Democrats and the People's Party voting in favor of continuing the work, the vote could have ended exactly eight to eight. All the representatives of the Fundamental Finns and the Coalition, as well as two-thirds of the centre, voted in favor of suspending the work. The center representative who voted against the bill came as a surprise to the Social Democrats, Koskinen told Helsingin Sanomat from Vienna, Austria, where he participated in the plenary session of the Organization for Security an...

BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or yuan, against 24 major currencies announced Monday by the China Foreign Exchange Trading System: Currency unit Central parity rate in yuan US Dollar 100,695.72 Euro 100,734.06 Japanese Yen 100 5.104 Hong Kong Dollar 100 88.647 British Pounds 100,831.43 Australian Dollar 100,468.36 New Zealand Dollar 100,428.78 Singapore Dollar 100,515.26 Swiss francs 100,739.79 Canadian Dollars 100,511.49 Malaysian Ringgit 63,881,100 Rubles 1,090.49 100 rubles Rand 264.78 100 Korean Won 18,838,100 UAE Dirham 52,799,100 Saudi Riyal 53,934,100 Hungarian forint 5,174.16,100 Polish zlotys 64,272,100 Danish kroner 101.40 100 Swedish kronor 150.76 100 Norwegian kroner 149.12 100 Turkish lira 271.51 100 Mexican peso 264.29 100 Thai baht 502.27 100 The central rate of the yuan against the US dollar is bas...