Finland will continue with its aid activities in Afghanistan despite increasing attacks and violence against aid workers in recent years, said Minister of Development Pekka Haavisto on Thursday.
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Investigation into Thursday’s murders of Finnish aid workers will be difficult, according to an assessment by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
The responsibility of conducting the investigation rests mainly with the Afghan authorities and the issue will be dealt from the Finnish side by the NBI, sources in the NBI said.
Detective Inspector Mika Ihaksinen from the NBI said it will be considered later whether NBI will help with the investigation on the ground.
At the moment no one from the NBI has left for Afghanistan.
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Though Israel's air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip has claimed the lives of almost 800 Palestinian civilians by Thursday night, the international efforts to broker ... details
The number of applications for Finnish citizenship saw a considerable rise over the first six months of 2014, said the Finnish Immigration Service.
A total of 6,103 people applied for Finnish citizenship ... details
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