Friday s papers: Government budget deal, call for travel certificates, chilly May Day
Most morning papers give readers a detailed look at the government s new state budget plan announced late Thursday.
Government budget talks planned to last two days stretched out to over a week.
Image: Jussi Toivanen / Valtioneuvoston kanslia
Helsingin Sanomat is among the papers which carries a review of a Thursday evening government news conference where key cabinet ministers laid out the main points of the coalition s hard-fought budget framework.
The paper reports that the main decisions taken concerned the outlines of expenditure, employment measures and subsidies for peat production, as the industry is phased out.
Greek Ship Crew Repatriated From China After 15 Months of Detainment
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Six Greek members of the crew of the Greek-owned ship Angelic Power and their technical inspector landed in Athens after over 15 months of being held onboard in China due to a financial dispute of the ship owner company.
During their ordeal, they faced shortages of medical and other supplies, as they had no permission to set foot on Chinese soil and their passports had been detained by the ship’s agent.
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Diaz-Canel recalls Chernobyl disaster and Cuba s aid
Diaz-Canel recalls Chernobyl disaster and Cuba s aid
Havana, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel recalled the tragedy caused by the nuclear accident in the Ukrainian town of Chernobyl and Cuba s collaboration in caring for the affected children. The president recalled on his Twitter account the 35 years that have elapsed since the catastrophe in the Ukrainian city of Pripyat, on April 26, 1986, and how Cuba made made the pain of that people its own and offered treatments and cures to thousands of children.
Over 21,000 children with illnesses caused by radiation exposure were treated in Cuba between 1989 and 2011, thanks to a program that also strengthened the ties of friendship between Cuba and Ukraine.
Tuesday, 21:44, 27/04/2021
VOV.VN - Japan attaches great importance to and wishes to promote its extensive strategic partnership with Vietnam, Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu said during phone talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son on April 27.
Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (R) phoned his Japanese counterpart Motegi Toshimitsu. (Photo: VNA)
Minister Toshimitsu highly appreciated Vietnam’s rising position regionally and globally, affirming that Japan will continue to cooperate with and support Vietnam in its development process.
For his part, Minister Son expressed his delight at the strong, comprehensive development of the Vietnam - Japan relations over the years and affirmed that Vietnam always considers Japan as a long-term, leading strategic partner.
Quarantine-free travel between Israel and Bahrain for Covid-19 vaccinated individuals
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An agreement has been signed between the two countries for mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccine documents
April 25, 2021
Bahrain and Israel have reached an agreement permitting quarantine-free travel between the two countries for individuals who have received the Covid-19 vaccine.
In a statement issued by state-run Bahrain News Agency (BNA), it said that the agreement allows people who have been vaccinated in both countries, and received vaccinations recognized in the each other’s country, to be exempt from quarantine upon arrival.