Parliament on Tuesday ushered in the autumn term with discussions on the Ukraine crisis and impacts of Russian counter-sanctions among the issues which took the centre stage.
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More Finnish students are enrolling for studies in Estonia. About 350 new Finnish students will begin studies at universities in the southern neighbour of Finland in the ... details
With the "largest and most severe" Ebola virus outbreak advancing in West Africa, the battle against it is losing ground but "this outbreak can and ... details
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WEF's new competitiveness rankings map out global economies
Switzerland tops the overall rankings of 144 economies, followed by Singapore and the United States, said the Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on ... details
Online sale of designer drugs has dramatically increased in the last few years, according to the Keskisuomalianen, a Finnish language daily.
The newspaper points at the number of samples of designer drugs examined at the Customs laboratory.
In the period 2007-2013, the number of cases has multiplied by 27. In 2007, the number of samples examined was just 69 but in last year the number shoot to 1,668.
A significant number of these samples were classified as suspicious by the airport customs authorities and picked from packages sent from abroad via the postal service.
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