© Edited by MTV Johannes Salonen, who is in Beirut due to commercials, was only a couple of blocks from the blast zone, he said. Johannes Salonen, who was in Beirut for work, was in the middle of a work meeting when the port of Beirut exploded. Salonen and his colleagues first thought the strong … Read more
© AP Photo / Hussein Malla The explosion in Lebanon Finnish UN employee Cecilia Pellosniemi says on Facebook that she was injured in the Beirut explosion in Lebanon. Pellosniemi says Yle News had been at home in the shower at the time of the accident just a few hundred meters from the blast site. He … Read more
© AFP / Magazine image The Finnish professor estimates that the partial destruction of an important import port will increase tensions in Beirut. LEHTIKUvA / AFP The big explosion in Beirut is likely to further increase the deep political tensions in Lebanon, says Professor Hannu Juusola from the University of Helsinki. Even though it is … Read more
© Magazine image The blast took place on Aarnintie in the Putaa district the night before Tuesday at about 00.50. LEAF PICTURE / TIMO HEIKKALA The explosion in Tornio on Tuesday did not cause any injuries, police say. The target of the blast was a blue Volkswagen Transporter van leased for use by the Border … Read more
© REUTERS / Aziz Taher A view shows damages at the site of Tuesday’s blast in Beirut’s port area, Lebanon on August 5, 2020. In Finland, the substance is used as a fertilizer and as part of the manufacture of explosives, and strict regulations have been set for its storage. In Finland, the storage of … Read more