Museum chief is only candidate for Estonia's presidency
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia is gearing up for an unusual presidential election in parliament. There will be only one candidate in Monday's vote, a situation unprecedented since the Baltic nation regained its independence 30 years ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Museum chief is only candidate for Estonia's presidency
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia is gearing up for an unusual presidential election in parliament. There will be only one candidate in Monday's vote, a situation unprecedented since the Baltic nation regained its independence 30 years ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Museum chief is only candidate for Estonia's presidency
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia is gearing up for an unusual presidential election in parliament. There will be only one candidate in Monday's vote, a situation unprecedented since the Baltic nation regained its independence 30 years ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Museum chief is only candidate for Estonia's presidency
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia is gearing up for an unusual presidential election in parliament. There will be only one candidate in Monday's vote, a situation unprecedented since the Baltic nation regained its independence 30 years ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Fighter jets scramble, interrupt leaders in Lithuania
HELSINKI (AP) — A news conference at a NATO air base in Lithuania featuring Lithuania's president and Spain's prime minister got abruptly cut off Thursday when the pair of Spanish fighter jets serving as the leaders' backdrop were scrambled to monitor errant military aircraft in the skies above the Baltics.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Fighter jets scramble, interrupt leaders in Lithuania
HELSINKI (AP) — A news conference at a NATO air base in Lithuania featuring Lithuania's president and Spain's prime minister got abruptly cut off Thursday when the pair of Spanish fighter jets serving as the leaders' backdrop were scrambled to monitor errant military aircraft in the skies above the Baltics.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Fighter jets scramble, interrupt leaders in Lithuania
HELSINKI (AP) — A news conference at a NATO air base in Lithuania featuring Lithuania's president and Spain's prime minister got abruptly cut off Thursday when the pair of Spanish fighter jets serving as the leaders' backdrop were scrambled to monitor errant military aircraft in the skies above the Baltics.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Fighter jets scramble, interrupt leaders in Lithuania
HELSINKI (AP) — A news conference at a NATO air base in Lithuania featuring Lithuania's president and Spain's prime minister got abruptly cut off Thursday when the pair of Spanish fighter jets serving as the leaders' backdrop were scrambled to monitor errant military aircraft in the skies above the Baltics.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Lithuania declares emergency due to migration from Belarus
HELSINKI (AP) — Lithuania has declared a state of emergency due to an influx of migrants in the last few days from neighboring Belarus, as tensions between the European Union and Belarus escalate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Lithuania declares emergency due to migration from Belarus
HELSINKI (AP) — Lithuania has declared a state of emergency due to an influx of migrants in the last few days from neighboring Belarus, as tensions between the European Union and Belarus escalate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Lithuania declares emergency due to migration from Belarus
HELSINKI (AP) — Lithuania has declared a state of emergency due to an influx of migrants in the last few days from neighboring Belarus, as tensions between the European Union and Belarus escalate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Lithuania declares emergency due to migration from Belarus
HELSINKI (AP) — Lithuania has declared a state of emergency due to an influx of migrants in the last few days from neighboring Belarus, as tensions between the European Union and Belarus escalate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Estonia to get first female PM as government deal clinched
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s two biggest political parties clinched a deal on Sunday to form a new government to be led by a female prime minister for the first time in the Baltic country’s history, replacing the previous Cabinet that collapsed into a corruption scandal earlier this month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Estonia to get first female PM as government deal clinched
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s two biggest political parties clinched a deal on Sunday to form a new government to be led by a female prime minister for the first time in the Baltic country’s history, replacing the previous Cabinet that collapsed into a corruption scandal earlier this month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Estonia to get first female PM as government deal clinched
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s two biggest political parties clinched a deal on Sunday to form a new government to be led by a female prime minister for the first time in the Baltic country’s history, replacing the previous Cabinet that collapsed into a corruption scandal earlier this month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Estonia to get 1st female PM as government deal clinched
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s two biggest political parties say they have clinched a deal to form a new government to be led by a female prime minister for the first time in the Baltic country’s history, replacing the previous Cabinet that collapsed into a corruption scandal earlier this month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Reform Party leader tasked to form Estonia's new government
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s president on Thursday tasked the leader of the main opposition party to form a new government, a day after Prime Minister Juri Ratas and his Cabinet stepped down in the wake of a corruption scandal in Ratas' ruling Center Party.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Estonia's PM resigns over corruption scandal in his party
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s prime minister resigned Wednesday over a corruption scandal involving a key official of his Center Party suspected of accepting a private donation for the party in exchange for a political favor on a real estate deal, prompting new talks on forming a new ruling coalition.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Estonia's PM resigns over corruption scandal in his party
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s prime minister resigned Wednesday over a corruption scandal involving a key official of his Center Party suspected of accepting a private donation for the party in exchange for a political favor on a real estate deal, prompting new talks on forming a new ruling coalition.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
3rd body found after landslide in Norway; 7 still missing
HELSINKI (AP) — Rescue teams searching for survivors four days after a landslide carried away homes in a Norwegian village found no signs of life Saturday amid the ruined buildings and debris.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
3rd body found after landslide in Norway; 7 still missing
HELSINKI (AP) — Rescue teams searching for survivors four days after a landslide carried away homes in a Norwegian village found no signs of life Saturday amid the ruined buildings and debris.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
2nd body found after landslide in Norway; 8 still missing
HELSINKI (AP) — Rescue teams searching for survivors four days after a landslide carried away homes in a Norwegian village found no signs of life Saturday amid the ruined buildings and debris.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Search continues for survivors after major Norway landslide
HELSINKI (AP) — Rescue workers in Norway on Thursday continued searching for 10 people, including children, who are missing a day after a massive landslide struck a residential area near the capital.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
US grants $169M in military aid to Baltic nations for 2021
HELSINKI (AP) — The United States has allocated $169 million in military aid to the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for 2021, the Estonian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Passengers spend night on Baltic Sea ferry that ran aground
HELSINKI (AP) — A Baltic Sea ferry with 331 passengers and a crew of 98 run aground in heavy storm winds Saturday in the Aland Islands archipelago between Finland and Sweden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Grounded Baltic Sea ferry pulled off seabed, resumes trip
HELSINKI (AP) — A passenger ferry that ran aground in heavy winds in a Baltic Sea archipelago between Finland and Sweden was dragged off the shore and towed early Sunday to a port, where some of its over 300 passengers disembarked.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Grounded Baltic Sea ferry pulled off seabed, resumes trip
HELSINKI (AP) — A passenger ferry that ran aground in heavy winds in a Baltic Sea archipelago between Finland and Sweden was dragged off the shore and towed early Sunday to a port, where some of its over 300 passengers disembarked.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Passengers spend night on Baltic Sea ferry that ran aground
HELSINKI (AP) — A Baltic Sea ferry with 331 passengers and a crew of 98 run aground in heavy storm winds Saturday in the Aland Islands archipelago between Finland and Sweden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Passengers spend night on Baltic Sea ferry that ran aground
HELSINKI (AP) — A Baltic Sea ferry with 331 passengers and a crew of 98 run aground in heavy storm winds Saturday in the Aland Islands archipelago between Finland and Sweden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Finland fast-tracks ID code law change after hacking case
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The government of Finland said Thursday it was preparing legislation that would allow citizens to change their personal identity codes in cases of gross data breaches that carry a high risk of identity theft.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Finland fast-tracks ID code law change after hacking case
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The government of Finland said Thursday it was preparing legislation that would allow citizens to change their personal identity codes in cases of gross data breaches that carry a high risk of identity theft.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Estonia's far-right leader survives U.S. elex comment vote
HELSINKI (AP) — The leader of Estonia’s far-right populist party, a key Cabinet member, has survived a vote of confidence at the country's Parliament despite uproar over his statements that the U.S. presidential elections were rigged and undemocratic — comments that were seen as jeopardizing the Baltic nation's ties to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Nokia profit up, new CEO pledges to boost 5G investments
HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish telecommunications company Nokia on Thursday reported improved third-quarter earnings largely in line with expectations, but acknowledged it faced challenges in the race for 5G cellular networks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Nokia profit up, new CEO pledges to boost 5G investments
HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish telecommunications company Nokia on Thursday reported improved third-quarter earnings largely in line with expectations, but acknowledged it faced challenges in the race for 5G cellular networks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Finland shocked by therapy center hacking, client blackmail
HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s interior minister summoned key Cabinet members into an emergency meeting Sunday after hundreds — and possibly thousands — of patient records at a private Finnish psychotherapy center were accessed by a hacker or hackers now demanding ransoms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Finland shocked by therapy center hacking, client blackmail
HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s interior minister summoned key Cabinet members into an emergency meeting Sunday after hundreds — and possibly thousands — of patient records at a private Finnish psychotherapy center were accessed by a hacker or hackers now demanding ransoms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Finland shocked by therapy center hacking, client blackmail
HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s interior minister summoned key Cabinet members into an emergency meeting Sunday after hundreds — and possibly thousands — of patient records at a private Finnish psychotherapy center were accessed by a hacker or hackers now demanding ransoms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
A taste for travel? Finnair to sell plane food in shops
HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish carrier Finnair will start selling business class airplane food in supermarkets in a move to keep its catering staff employed and to offer a taste of the airline experience to those missing flying in the COVID-19 times.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
A taste for travel? Finnair to sell plane food in shops
HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish carrier Finnair will start selling business class airplane food in supermarkets in a move to keep its catering staff employed and to offer a taste of the airline experience to those missing flying in the COVID-19 times.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
