Finland’s Govt proposed that EUR 74M in additional funding be allocated to the #BorderGuard for the construction of a #fence on the #eastern#border [#Russia] on an accelerated timetable. Therefore, appropriations reserved for the border fence construction in 2025 will be transferred for use in 2024.
These two plots tell a sad story about where we are in #Eastern#Washington with the #Covid#pandemic. From what limited information is still available nowadays, it seems like the whole country is experiencing yet another wave of #SARSCov2 circulation, but my local region is all I really try to keep up with anymore.
I will try to explain in a 🧵 why this is all so crazy and awful. Read on if you care about your ability to engage in mental, physical, and even sexual activity.
"Scientists have identified two types of mole which they believe have been living undiscovered in the mountains of eastern Turkey for as many as 3 million years".
... inflation rate of over 40% and a mounting debt, as well as the need for imports, this is just wishful thinking by #Türkiye.
That said, what must be done given the millennia of joint cultural ties + history b/w #AsiaMinor + #Europe is to proceed in high-gear with #EU#membership talks in earnest on both sides.
It is true that #Eastern Turkey is not the same culturally as the #Mediterranean border region. The #Kurdish question is unresolved, but so was (and...