He arrives with "a lot of humility and excitement" at the baton of one of the most famous symphonic groups in France. The young Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski, barely 22 years old, was appointed musical director of the National Capitol Orchestra From toulouse (ONCT), replacing the Russian Tugan Sokhiev who had resigned at the start of the war in Ukraine.Peltokoski, a product of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, is part of the new generation of brilliant Finnish conductors like Klaus...
theatrical release "Grump" - a Finnish bizarre road movie Heikki Kinnunen as Grump. photo © Christine Schroeder/Arsenal Film Distribution/dpa A farmer is in a bad mood - always. He soon embarks on a journey into his past and ends up in the big city. "Grump" means curmudgeon in English - and that's exactly what the hero of Mika Kaurismäki's film of the same name is like. The Finnish farmer over 70 with the eternally huge fur hat on his head...
Fortum once secured a majority stake in Uniper against much resistance. Now the Finns are among the losers. Still, not everyone is unhappy. source site
In her new novel Who Killed Bambi? Monika Fagerholm masterfully describes the horrors of the Finnish idyll. Your neighbors don't appreciate that so much. When the brother of the taxi driver's wife, who picks you up because of an engine failure in the birch forest outside Svedjekulla, lives with Hilding's youngest sister, the Hilding who is married to Monika Fagerholm, then you realize that in the big, wide landscape of Uusimaa, everyone is together related by marriage and tipsy, and...
After renewed criticism of her private life, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has defended her right to private life. She is only "a person," said Marin, close to tears, on Wednesday at an event of her Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Lahti, north of Helsinki. She also sometimes longs for fun, she said, but at the same time emphasized that she had "not missed a single day of work" because of this.[Wenn Sie alle aktuellen Nachrichten live auf Ihr Handy...
party video Finnish Prime Minister Marin's drug test negative After criticism in connection with a private party, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin took a drug test. photo © Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/dpa Finland's prime minister is known for her love of parties. So far, she has mainly been described as cool. After a leaked party video, she was pushed to take a drug test. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin's drug test came back negative after rumors of alleged drug use at a...
It must be a turbulent time for the publishing company that publishes the book "Public Relations for Dummies", because at the latest since the video of the dancing Sanna Marin has been passed through WhatsApp groups, it should be updated as a matter of urgency. The lesson to be added: "If the politician you look after is dancing and being filmed, for heaven's sake just let him/her keep dancing."No reduction in VAT, no jerk speech and no nine-euro ticket has...
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin after party video: "I have no problem with a drug test" Asks questions: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland. © Matias Honkama/Lehtikuva / AFP 08/19/2022, 11:47 am 1 min reading time The Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, has to explain herself because of a party video. The representative of a coalition partner even brings a drug test into play – but Marin is relaxed about it. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has defended herself...
According to human rights activists in Russian prisons, volunteers are being specifically sought for Moscow's war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian civil rights activist Olga Romanowa, who lives in Berlin, reported on Facebook that suspects and accused were also recruited with the promise that in return the criminal proceedings would be dropped. There are examples from detention centers in the Moscow region. "But I think it started everywhere," writes Romanova, who is considered a respected expert on prisoner's rights...
A video has been leaked to the Finnish media showing Prime Minister Sanna Marin drinking and celebrating. Marin is heavily criticized for the performance. According to media reports, the video was first published as a story on Instagram and then circulated on social media.“This video shows the Prime Minister of Finland (brunette in white pants and black top) at a private party. Finland is suffering from record high electricity prices, a shortage of healthcare and elderly care professionals, and this...
