Author: Kirsi Seppänen

Porotalouden nykytilaa selvittänyt työryhmä haluaa porontutkimukselle pitkän aikavälin tutkimusohjelman sekä esittää Paliskuntain yhdistyksen hallinnoiman koeporotarhan siirtämistä Luonnonvarakeskukselle. Näiden avulla voidaan varata ja kohdentaa riittävät resurssit…

Kunnille ja kaupungeille avautuu syksyllä useita valtionavustusten hankehakuja. Jo tutut liikkumisen ohjauksen ja liikenneturvallisuuden hankehaut järjestetään nyt samaan aikaan syksyllä. Näiden lisäksi järjestetään ensimmäistä kertaa…

Hallitus tukee matkailun kehittämistä alueilla 4 miljoonalla eurolla. Lisäksi hallitus suuntaa kotimaanmatkailua edistävään kampanjaan 0,5 miljoonaa euroa. Tavoitteena on auttaa matkailuyrityksiä toipumaan koronakriisistä ja lisätä…

The US has bought up almost the entire global supply of one of two drugs used to treat coronavirus which UK patients helped test. Remdesivir,…

A proposed 19 million dollar (£15.34 million) settlement for Harvey Weinstein’s accusers has been slammed as a ”complete sellout”. The agreement, announced by New York…

The government adopted Wednesday a set of policies aimed toward women, focusing on promoting their empowerment in business and political arenas and helping single mothers…

The City of Sydney has officially made the switch to 100 per cent renewable electricity, with its power supplies now flowing from wind and solar…

Facebook says it has removed and banned hundreds of accounts to disrupt a ”violent, anti-government” US network. It said the network was loosely linked to…

UK shoppers ”care more than ever” about the sustainability of the products they buy, according to the Fairtrade Foundation, which yesterday released figures showing its…

In R&D labs, the company is now exploring ways to turn pineapple skins and banana leaves into packaging, developing new snacks from misshapen produce that…

Greece has drafted a bill banning the use of a range of single-use plastics, from takeaway coffee cups to cotton buds, ahead of an EU…

The government has been urged to reinstate its school fruit and vegetable scheme amid concerns that the diets of disadvantaged children have deteriorated during the…

New research from NUI Galway and the University of Limerick has for the first time quantified the volume of plastic from European countries (EU, UK,…

All retail stores across Japan, including convenience stores and supermarkets, will be required to charge shoppers for plastic bags from Wednesday as a measure to…

Set in motion in response to EU rules increasing net recycling targets for glass packaging to 75% by 2030, the Close the Glass Loop programme…

Facebook U.K. boss Steve Hatch said Tuesday “when there’s hate in the world there will also be hate on Facebook” as companies continue to boycott…

Doctors, nurses and other hospital staff staged protests across France on Tuesday to press for pay hikes and budget increases for a healthcare system that…

Mountains of produce, including eggs, milk and onions, are going to waste as the COVID-19 pandemic shutters restaurants, restricts transport, limits what workers are able…

Concerns about water shortages from a rapidly growing drought in Puerto Rico have prompted Gov. Wanda Vázquez to issue a state of emergency. Nearly 60%…

German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said Tuesday she has ordered the partial dissolution of the elite KSK commando force, which has come under growing criticism…