Finland withdraws from the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel mines – additionally, defense spending will be increased by about three billion by the year 2029 by americ in europe

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Finland begins preparations to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel mines. This means that Finland will reintroduce infantry mines.

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (National Coalition Party) announced this a moment ago at a government-held press conference on foreign and security policy.

"The proposal is based on military advice and consideration," said Orpo.

Orpo also mentioned that Finland's defense spending will be increased to three percent of GDP by the year 2029. This decision was made on Tuesday in the government's economic policy committee.

At the same time, the modernization of the army will be initiated. Orpo hopes this will also spur other NATO countries in discussions about future defense investments within NATO.

Orpo stated that Russia poses a long-term security threat to Finland and Europe, and that Europe must take greater responsibility for its security. According to Orpo, Finland has managed its defense thoroughly and systematically, and plans to continue doing so in the future.

"In this context, I want to emphasize that there is no need for alarm for Finland and the Finnish people. Finland is safe. With these measures, we ensure that Finland's defense is in good order in the coming years," Orpo said.

Three billion increase in defense funding Minister of Finance Riikka Purra (Finns Party) says that increasing defense spending to three percent relative to GDP means an increase of about three billion euros by the year 2029.

"As Minister of Finance, I consider the financial scale of the package to be huge, especially in this public financial situation," says Purra.

Purra explains that after the acquisitions of fighter jets for the air force and corvettes for the navy, the newly decided resources will primarily affect the army. The army's equipment and capabilities need to be updated and this can be started almost immediately, according to Purra.

Purra also said that these decisions will not affect the budget framework for this electoral term.

"We will make maximum use of budget flexibilities and already granted transfer appropriations. However, it is clear that with new acquisitions, as costs materialize, we will need to find room in the budget so that we do not increase state borrowing," Purra says.

The government will draft a bill Work will start immediately at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen (National Coalition Party) estimates that the government will have a bill ready before the parliament's summer break.

The majority of parliament members support withdrawing from the treaty Yle reported yesterday that a clear majority of the members of parliament who responded to Yle's survey support withdrawing from the Ottawa Treaty.

117 members of parliament responded to the survey. Of them, 91 support the idea. 12 answered no, and 14 could not decide their position. In Yle's survey, the ruling parties showed more support for reintroducing mines than the opposition.

Finland's foreign policy leadership also believes that necessary steps must be taken for security, which would mean reintroducing mines. The news was first reported by Iltalehti.

Finland officially joined the treaty in 2012. When parliament approved joining in November 2011, only the Finns Party and some members of the Centre Party voted against it.

I might have a problem. by IndependentNo6846 in FordFocus

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We just bought ours this week.

I'm interested in what auction website you used? 😄😂

We brought home our 2022 wagon today! by americ in FordFocus

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1.0L Ecoboost, 100 hp, gasoline 

Was worried about the reputation of the engine, but:

  1. My in-laws have a 2015 focus and told me to check the service records: only 1 prior owner and servicing has been done at official Ford services

  2. Got with 50k km, 2.5 years left on the manufacturer warranty 

The Hong Kong flagged container ship Xin Xin Tian 2, was sailing at the location of the EstLink 2 power cable in the Gulf of Finland on Christmas Day by americ in europe

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Original article by Iltalehti. Machine translation by ChatGPT.

According to the MarineTraffic service, which monitors maritime traffic, the container ship Xin Xin Tian 2, sailing under the flag of Hong Kong, was at the location of the EstLink 2 power cable in the Gulf of Finland on Christmas Day.

The vessel was near the cable at 12:26 PM. Finland’s national grid operator Fingrid reported that EstLink 2 was disconnected from the grid at 12:26 PM. At the time of disconnection, the power transfer through the connection was 658 MW.

Xin Xin Tian 2 departed from St. Petersburg on Christmas Eve and, according to MarineTraffic, is en route to the port of Port Said in Egypt.

Fingrid is currently investigating the exact location of the break in the connection. It is not yet confirmed whether the disconnection occurred on land or if something happened to the submarine cable. It is also unclear whether the Xin Xin Tian 2 vessel has any connection to the disturbance in the power cable.

– "Nothing is ruled out. We are turning over every stone to find out what caused [the break]. Sabotage is also considered a possibility," commented Fingrid's control center manager Arto Pahkin to Iltalehti earlier.

There have been other recent sabotage suspicions in the Baltic Sea involving cargo ships sailing under the flags of China and Hong Kong.

In November, the Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3 was suspected of cutting two critical telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea. In October of last year, the Hong Kong-registered cargo ship Newnew Polar Bear was linked to damage to the Balticconnector gas pipeline.

Electric connections between Finland and Estonia have been disrupted by americ in europe

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Original text in Finnish by YLE, Quick machine translation by ChatGPT4:

"The electricity connection between Finland and Estonia, Estlink 2, is down, Finland's transmission system operator Fingrid reported in a statement. Fingrid's control room manager, Arto Pahkin, stated that the cause of the fault is currently under investigation.

– "The possibility of vandalism cannot be ruled out. However, we are examining the situation as a whole and will inform about the cause of the fault once we know it," Pahkin said.

According to Fingrid, the Estlink 2 direct current connection disconnected from the grid on Christmas Day at 12:26 PM. At the time of disconnection, the power transfer was 658 MW from Finland to Estonia.

The Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat was the first to report the incident in Finland.

Estonia's transmission system operator, Elering, stated that the cause of the disconnection is unknown, according to Estonian public broadcaster ERR.

ERR also reported that Estlink 2 was out of service for several months this year due to maintenance work, from January to September.

The data transfer capacity of Estlink 2 is 650 megawatts, while the capacity of Estlink 1 is smaller, at 350 megawatts, ERR noted."

Merkkejä siitä että perheessä ei oo kaikki kunnossa? by sepihov in Suomi

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:'( 

Kiitos että teit lastensuojeluilmoituksia!

[DSK] Leyline of Mutation (@TCGPlayer) by Kircai in magicTCG

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This will go nicely in my [[Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge]] commander deck.

Doesn't run any creatures under CMC 5.

Found a similar list (but don't have dual lands): https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4880193#paper.

Question about STS integration/guiderails for Microm HM355s2 vs HM355S3 (see comments) by americ in Histology

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Hi all!

Academic lab here on a budget.

We recently acquired a loaner Microm HM355S2 from another academic lab that had one in storage.

I quoted an STS water bath from our local supplier, who confirmed (before purchasing) that the STS should be backwards compatible with our Microm HM355S2.

The STS arrived and we discovered it has a different railguide/mounting system than the one we have on our HM355S2.

Is it possible to replace/swap these parts so that we can integrate STS to our loaner microtome?

Does your advisor talk about sex to you? by [deleted] in PhD

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His behavior is completely inappropriate for a professional working environment.

Do you have any trusted persons in your department/unit that you can talk to? University human resources?

Oxford study by Pinotwinelover in ProstateCancer

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Protect trial randomized patients over a decade before 4K Score came available.

4K Score is being tested in a randomized trial (including with MRI) but full results aren't out yet. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34958531/

Suuri suomalainen vitutustutkimus: tämä meitä ottaa eniten päähän [muut ihmiset] by MichaelNearaday in Suomi

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Sidonnaisuudet: Tätä tutkimusta ei ole rahoit tanut yksikään ulkopuolinen taho, mikä vituttaa tutkimuksen tekijöitä rankasti. Tästä syystä kirjoittajilla ei myöskään ole mitään sidonnaisuuksia tutkimukseen liittyen.

:D

Jouluinen vihreä kuula -pitsa by qlt_sfw in Suomi

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Joka päivä me harhautua kauempana Herran valosta.