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Helsinki Times
''Helsinki Times'' is the first English-language daily online newspaper in Finland providing domestic and international news for the country's English-speaking readers. A weekly printed edition was issued between 2007 and 2015. History ''Helsinki Times'' was established in April 2007 by Iranian-born doctor, writer, journalist and director Alexis Kouros, who settled in Finland in 1990. A paper version was published in tabloid format and was eventually discontinued in February 2015. However, ''helsinkitimes.fi'' is updated several times per day with domestic news about Finland in English, resulting in a large archive of Finland-related articles. ''Helsinki Times'' has had partnerships with ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', CNN, Reuters, Inter Press Service, People's Daily, and other prominent international media outlets. Columns and articles from these media were published in ''Helsinki Times'' regularly; some of them also advertised their sites and services. Dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the only woman to have held the Brazilian presidency. Since March 2023, she has been the Chair of the New Development Bank. She also served in the cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during his first presidency—first as Minister of Mines and Energy, from 2003 to 2005, then as Chief of Staff from 2005 to 2010. Rousseff was raised in an upper middle class household in Belo Horizonte. She became a socialist in her youth. After the 1964 coup d'état she joined left-wing and Marxist urban guerrilla groups that fought against the military dictatorship. Rousseff was captured, tortured, and jailed from 1970 to 1972. After her release, Rousseff rebuilt her life in Porto Alegre with her husband Carlos Araújo. They both helped to found the Democratic Labour Party (PDT) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Misinformation By China
The government of the People's Republic of China has downplayed the emergence of COVID-19 in China and spread misinformation about its origin and spread around the world. Beijing and pro-China actors have also amplified disinformation and conspiracy theories about COVID-19. Initial response Downplaying early signs In the first weeks, the dangers to the public were downplayed, leaving 11 million Wuhan residents unaware and vulnerable to the virus. Political motivations were blamed in part for the reluctance by local officials to go public as they were "preparing for their annual congresses in January". Despite the increase in COVID cases, officials continued to declare that "there had likely been no more infections." In a March 2020 interview, Ai Fen, the director of Wuhan Central Hospital's emergency department, stated in an interview that "she was told by superiors ... that Wuhan's health commission had issued a directive that medical workers were not to disclose anything ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Committee Of The Chinese Communist Party
The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is the Central committee, highest organ when the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, national congress is not in session and is tasked with carrying out congress resolutions, directing all party work, and representing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) externally. It is currently composed of 205 full members and 171 alternate members (see 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, list). Members are nominally elected once every five years by the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. In practice, the selection process is done privately, usually through consultation of the CCP's Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, Politburo and its corresponding Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Standing Committee. The Central Committee is, formally, the "party's highest organ of authority" when the National C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SixDegrees (magazine)
''SixDegrees'' is a monthly published free English language magazine in Finland. It focuses on multicultural events, people, matters, and phenomena. The magazine gets its name from the six degrees of separation, which is also what it is based on. History ''SixDegrees'' was founded in 2003 by Alexis Kouros, as the first independent English language magazine in Finland. The magazine started with a digital edition, along with a print edition. ''SixDegrees'' continued to be published daily online, as well as monthly in print, until 2016, when the latter of which was discontinued. See also * List of Finnish magazines * ''Helsinki Times ''Helsinki Times'' is the first English-language daily online newspaper in Finland providing domestic and international news for the country's English-speaking readers. A weekly printed edition was issued between 2007 and 2015. History ''Hels ...'' References 2003 establishments in Finland Cultural magazines English-language magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Guzenina
Maria Edith Guzenina (née Stieren, previously Guzenina-Richardson and Lindell; born 12 January 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish politician who became a household name in Finland after working as the first Finnish video jockey for MTV Europe from 1993 until 1997. Her career in journalism started in the late 1980s, when only at the age of 17 and still a student in high school she became a co-host of a famous Finnish television personality Timo T. A. Mikkonen in his daily magazine-type program. Since then she has hosted several television programs and shows for the Finnish National Broadcasting Company, hosted several radio talk shows and has written articles and columns for numerous Finnish newspapers and magazines. Guzenina has been a member of the Parliament of Finland since 2007. She worked as a Minister of Health and Social Services from 22 June 2011 to 24 May 2013. Career in journalism Guzenina worked as a radio journalist in the now-defunct Radio Aino and Yle Q, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veltto Virtanen
Pertti Olavi "Veltto" Virtanen (born 18 May 1951 in Hämeenlinna) is a rock personality, former presidential candidate, and former member of the Finnish Parliament from Tampere, Finland. In music, he performed both as a solo artist and in the bands Virtanen (with Moog Konttinen), Välikausitakki and Sammas. ''Elektroninen xstaasi'' is considered the most famous of Veltto Virtanen's songs. Välikausitakki was notable for including Mikko Alatalo, Harri Rinne and later also Juice Leskinen. After running as a protest candidate in the 1994 presidential election, his surprisingly high popular vote spurred him to run in the 1995 election for the Eduskunta as an essentially independent candidate, and succeeded in winning a seat. His terms in the Parliament were characteristically quixotic; the speeches he made being exercises in near-shamanistic elocution, and counter to parliamentary protocol refusing to bare his head, sporting various headgear, but being most famous for his "artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Durodié
Professor Bill Durodié is a Professor of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath, UK, as well as a former head of department there. Education Durodié was educated at the Royal College of Science, part of Imperial College London, where he studied Physics. After completing a final year undergraduate project to map different types of supernovae onto the Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies, he was invited to start a PhD in Astronomy at the University of Manchester under the supervision of Franz Daniel Kahn. His first research publication was in theoretical astrophysics, based on a paper he presented at Princeton University in 1986. Early career He then changed course, first pursuing a career in teaching (becoming Head of Maths at two inner-city comprehensive schools) and then urban regeneration (working in both the public and private sectors). During this time he also studied for a Master's degree in European Social Policy at the London School of Ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanni Grahn-Laasonen
Sanni Grahn-Laasonen (born 4 May 1983) is a Finnish politician and a member of the National Coalition Party. She was the Minister of Education and Culture 2015-2019. She was the Minister of the Environment in Alexander Stubb's cabinet between 2014 and 2015. Before her career in politics she has worked as a journalist in the Finnish afternoon newspaper Iltalehti ''Iltalehti'' (literally "Evening newspaper") is a tabloid newspaper published in Helsinki, Finland. History and profile ''Iltalehti'' was established in 1980 as the afternoon edition of the newspaper '' Uusi Suomi''. The Helsinki-based Alma .... In June 2023, she was appointed Minister of Social Security in the Orpo Cabinet. Electoral history Parliamentary elections References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Grahn-Laasonen, Sanni 1983 births Living people People from Forssa Finnish Lutherans National Coalition Party politicians Ministers of the environment of Finland Ministers of education of Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jutta Urpilainen
Jutta Pauliina Urpilainen (born 4 August 1975) is a Finland, Finnish politician. She was the first female chair of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, which she led from 2008 to 2014. She was the Minister of Finance (Finland), Minister of Finance as well as the Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from 2011 to 2014. Between 2019 and 2024, she served as the European Commissioner for International Partnerships in the Von der Leyen Commission I, European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen. Urpilainen announced her candidacy for the 2024 Finnish presidential election, 2024 election for President of Finland in November 2023. Early life and education Born in Lapua, Southern Ostrobothnia, Urpilainen is the daughter of former politician Kari Urpilainen. She studied at the University of Jyväskylä, where she graduated with a Master's of Education in 2002. During her undergraduate studies, she spent an Erasmus Programme, Erasmus year in Vienna. She worked as a school teacher until her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Buttarelli
Giovanni Buttarelli (24 June 1957 – 20 August 2019) was an Italian civil servant, who served as the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). On 4 December 2014, he was appointed by a joint decision of the European Parliament and the Council. He was due to serve a five-year term in this position. Previously, he served as Assistant EDPS, from January 2009 until December 2014. He was also a member of the Italian judiciary with the rank of judge of the Court of Cassation. Before joining the EDPS, Buttarelli worked as Secretary General of the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, the Italian Data Protection Authority, between 1997 and 2009. Background Giovanni Buttarelli was born in 1957 in Frascati, a little town near Rome. He graduated “cum laude” from La Sapienza University in Rome in 1984, where he also worked as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Law. Specifically, he worked with Prof. Franco Cordero on Criminal Procedure until 1990. He was appointed as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia McKinney
Cynthia Ann McKinney (born March 17, 1955) is a former American politician. As a member of the Democratic Party, she served six terms in the United States House of Representatives. She was the first African American woman elected to represent Georgia in the House. She left the Democratic Party and ran in 2008 as the presidential nominee of the Green Party. She ran for vice president in 2020 after the Green Party of Alaska formally nominated her and draft-nominated Jesse Ventura for president. McKinney served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1988 to 1992. In the 1992 election, McKinney was elected in Georgia's newly re-created 11th district, and was re-elected in 1994. When her district was redrawn and renumbered due to the Supreme Court of the United States ruling in '' Miller v. Johnson'', McKinney was elected from the new 4th district in the 1996 election. She was re-elected twice more without substantive opposition, but was defeated by Denise Majette in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
