Man gunned down by police after wounding woman in Pirkanmaa National DF Report A man was shot dead by police during a gunfight when he was trying to escape arrest at Ruovedi, a municipality in Pirkanmaa region on Tuesday afternoon, police said. The incident took place at about 12:30 pm when the 47-year old man was trying to flee after wounding a woman in a residential building at the nearby Juupajoki area in the morning. Police said that the man fired gunshot at them when they stopped his car on road number 66 using spiked mat, which prompted the law enforcers to use firearms. The man sustain ..read more

Govt decides further austerity measures, hikes tax Business DF Report The four-party alliance government led by conservative Kansallinen Kokoomus (National Coalition Party-NCP) on Tuesday announced further spending cuts and increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) as a part its austerity measures. Leaders of the Kokoomus, Perussuomalaiset (Finns Party), Suomenruotsalainenkansanpuolue (Swedish People’s Party of Finland-RKP) and the SuomenKristillisdemokraatit (Christian Democrats of Finland-CD) reached agreement on the budget framework for the years 2025-2028 after two days negotiation discussion ..read more

Macron reveals possible alternatives for Olympic opening ceremony Sports DF News Desk The Paris 2024 Olympic Games organizers have prepared alternatives to staging the grand event's opening ceremony on the River Seine if there are excessive security risks, French president Emmanuel Macron admitted on Monday, reported Xinhua.    As the countdown to the Olympics reaches the critical 100-day mark, Macron spoke to French broadcasters as he reiterated his confidence in successfully hosting the ceremony on the Seine, though he also acknowledged that alternative plans were under considerat ..read more

Russia's Roscosmos, NASA to develop universal docking modules DF News Desk Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are collaborating on developing universal docking modules, local media reported Monday, citing Roscosmos head Yury Borisov, said Xinhua.    Borisov announced that Russia will remain part of the International Space Station until 2028, coordinating its exit with the development of its own space station.    "In the interests of safety, we are currently discussing the creation of universal dockin ..read more

Bodies discovered in Gaza's al-Shifa hospital after Israeli siege DF News Desk Palestinian medical and security sources reported on Monday the discovery of at least nine bodies in the courtyard of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, reported Xinhua.    According to Ismail Al-Thawabta, director of the Gaza Government Media Office, the bodies were victims of the Israeli army.    The recovery of the bodies follows an Israeli military operation at the Al-Shifa complex, which, as per Al-Thawabta, resulted in the execution of 400 people.    However, only nine bodies have b ..read more

Ukraine starts building 2 modern units at Khmelnytskyi Nuke plant DF News Desk Ukraine's state-run nuclear energy operator Energoatom said on Monday it has launched a project to build two new modern power units at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant (KhNPP) in western Ukraine, reported Xinhua.    Power units 5 and 6 at the KhNPP will become the first power units in Ukraine using the AP-1000 technology, Energoatom said in a statement.    Ukraine's Energy Minister German Galushchenko said that a special feature of the AP-1000 technology, developed by the U.S.-based nuclear ..read more

Swedish economy expected to remain sluggish: gov't DF News Desk The Swedish economy is expected to remain sluggish with rising unemployment, the government said when presenting its spring amendment budget on Monday, reported Xinhua.    The economy is expected to remain slow until 2025 with the gross domestic product expected to grow by 0.7 percent this year and 2.5 percent in 2025, the government said in a press release.    Meanwhile, the unemployment is expected to climb up from 7.7 percent in 2023 to 8.3 percent this year, the press release said.    The spendin ..read more

VR signs FleetCare maintenance deal with Danish train operator DF Report VR FleetCare has entered into a large maintenance agreement for components with the Danish train operator Nordjyske Jernbaner A/S, said national railway operator VR in a press release on Monday. The contract covers maintenance of bogies and pneumatic components of the Alstom Coradia LINT series trains during the years 2024–2029. “We are pleased to take over this contract with VR FleetCare in a new market for us in Denmark. The agreement with Nordjyske Jernbaner is strategically significant for us as we seek growth in the ..read more

Cyclist killed in road mishap in Turku National DF Report A cyclist was killed when a truck knocked down the person at an intersection in Turku on Monday afternoon, police said. The accident took place at about 1:45 pm when the cyclist was crossing the Kerttulinkatu road at the intersection of Hämeenkatu and Kerttulinkatu. At the same time, a truck was turning to right at the intersection and hit the cyclist resulting death of the cyclist on the spot. Responding to an alarm, police and rescue service people rushed to the spot and found the cyclist dead. Police, however, did not divulge the id ..read more

EC President to visit Finland’s eastern border National DF Report President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will meet in Lappeenranta, Finland on Friday, said an official press release on Monday. They will also visit Finland’s eastern border. The main purpose of the visit is for the President of the European Commission to learn more about instrumentalised migration to Finland. von der Leyen and Orpo will discuss what Finland and the EU can do to prevent instrumentalised migration to Finland’s eastern border. Their discussions will focus on the g ..read more