Wednesday ‘s Magazines: Turkish Requirements, Bedrock Bunkers and Hockey Baseball News
The Finnish press is investigating what Turkey is seeking by threatening to block Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO application.
Parliament approved the country NATO application on Tuesday, but Finland is not yet a member of NATO.
Finland’s application has yet to be ratified by the parliaments of all 30 NATO members, and applications from Finland and Sweden could become a political horse trade.
Aamulehti wrote that the Turkish government’s demands include re-joining the F-35 fighter program. Turkey was removed from the program in 2019 because it decided to purchase an S-400 missile defense system from Russia despite warnings from the United States.
In addition to the F-35 program, Turkey also wants to buy F-16 fighter jets from the United States. The United States has imposed sanctions on the sale of aircraft because Turkey bought a Russian missile system, which the United States said could jeopardize the security of NATO’s air weapons.
That is the primary demand of the Turkish administration Finnish and Swedish declares the PKK, the Kurdish Workers’ Party and related organizations a terrorist group. The PKK has been declared a terrorist group by the EU and all other NATO members. Despite this, the United States has provided armed support to the PKK’s Syrian sister organization, the YPG, in the fight against Isis.
Aamulehti also wrote that according to the Turkish authorities, the country is working to lift the economic sanctions imposed on it as a result of the war in Syria. Turkey invaded northern Syria in 2019 with the aim of controlling its border area and driving the Kurdish population closer to its borders.
CNN is investigating Helsinki’s bunkers
In the video, Robertson asks Tomi Rask How quickly can the bomb shelters be ready during the crisis from the Helsinki Rescue Department?
“Within 72 hours,” Rask replied.
The shelters of Helsinki, dug 20 meters underground into the bedrock under the city, can accommodate 900,000 people – enough for the entire population and visitors.
Particularly amusing to CNN was the versatility of the city’s bomb shelters, HS wrote, as they can be used as a parking garage, children’s playgrounds and a swimming pool, all designed to withstand bombings and radiation. Even if children could use them as floorball courts in peacetime, during the crisis, these spaces would change rapidly.
Robertson’s amusement was evident throughout the video.
“Incredibly fascinating..fascinating!” Robertson pointed out to end the clip.
The home of hockey?
Niclas Lönnqvistcolumnist for a Swedish-language magazine Hufvudsbladet (switch to another service) wrote ode to Tampere’s hockey culture. Lönnqvist pointed out that the two ruling clubs in Tampere, Ilves and Tappara, did quite well as teenagers in Helsinki, often “rubbing salt on the wounds” with the HIFK and Jokers in the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Lönnqvist wrote this love letter to Tampere’s hockey culture, saying that Tappara’s players from the ’80s refueled with the “famous black blood sausage and lingonberry jam” diet.
Although the column offers a healthy dose of nostalgia, Lönnqvist looked at the present moment and found that Tappara walked away. Canada Malja this season in first place and Ilves in third place in the Finnish home league.
He referred to the ongoing World Hockey Championships and the brand new Nokia Arena, and he said Tampere has hockey in its veins. Entrepreneurs, restaurateurs, tram drivers, schools and the hockey museum live and breathe hockey in Tampere. In Helsinki, Lönnqvist understood that the situation was quite different.
He pointed out that there is only an outdated ice rink in the 60s in Helsinki and a stark reminder of what happened to the Jokers. escapes in KHL in the form of an arena he called “Putin Colosseum“
Lönnqvist concluded his assessment of Tampere’s hockey culture by saying that imitating Tampere’s hockey culture could be beneficial for Helsinki.