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Nordic fiber firm GlobalConnect is to deploy a new subsea cable in the Baltic Sea. The company this week said it has started ...
ALAND IS A Swedish-speaking autonomous region of Finland and consists of 16 municipalities. The island population is close to 30,000; around 12,000 live in Mariehamn. The smallest municipality ...
Deputy Commissioner directs road widening tenders in Aland town, reviews municipal initiatives, and inaugurates waste management equipment. July 7, 2025 e-Paper LOGIN Account ...
Åland is in fact an archipelago rather than a single island and is made up of 6500 islands though only 65 of them are ... The largest of these municipalities is Mariehamn, the main town, which ...
Eat Smakbyn. The celebrated Finnish chef Michael Bjorklund put Aland on the culinary map in the fall of 2012 when he opened the Smakbyn campus — which comprises a restaurant, separate cafe ...
DEEP has awarded $15 million in grants to municipalities across Connecticut to build up investments in local and regional waste management infrastructure.
While some municipalities have taken pride in not going into debt for projects, the change came as a relief to cities that feel hamstrung by the current model. "So kudos to the government.
The hearing was held Saturday and Aland has future court dates set for Aug.19 as well as Sept 11. A judge set the bond at over $260,000 and said Aland has a reported criminal history dating back ...
Half a dozen municipalities will levy the highest rate, 21 percent. These are Karjaa and Pohja in western Uusimaa, Pelkosenniemi in Lapland and three in Oulu Province: Kestilä, Oulainen and Rantsila.
Aland, a Skye-sized island surrounded by 7,000 islets and rocks, is awkward for Finland. Over 95% of its trade passes through or near the islands, as do crucial data and electricity cables linked ...
The information is based on an Yle survey sent to 293 municipalities. Yle received a response from 288 municipalities, and the information for five municipalities was taken from the municipalities' ...
Today, there are 309 municipalities in Finland, and these will be divided into only 21 counties. The capital of Helsinki and the Åland Islands will be excluded from the new county structure, since ...