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Olive oil producers face a dilemma about whether to store or not in light of forecasts for a larger harvest and a drop in prices, while agricultural organizations are urging the government to implement new marketing regulations to prevent further declines in prices at the source. #AceiteDeOliva #Cosecha2026 #AgriculturaEspañola (translated)

Sometimes it's very easy to declare a trade war —or any war—, but it's very difficult to stop it. The European Commissioner for Trade, Maros Sefcovic, announced this Friday from Beijing a preliminary agreement with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, which aims to reduce exports of Chinese hybrid vehicles to Europe, facilitate licenses for essential rare earths to the continent, and promote access to the Chinese market for key European sectors such as olive oil, auto parts, and footwear. #UE #China #Comercio (translated)

Tanja Aidanjuuri wrote that what she read was sad and conveyed the story of the girl's mother about the events. According to the mother, the girl was shopping for the first time alone with her friend at Tripla when a group of eight girls surrounded them in the bathroom. The girls did not know each other beforehand, according to the mother. The group had scared the girls and demanded that they apologize without explaining the reason. The mother stated that the girl apologized out of fear, but then she was pushed against the wall and hit twice. #väkivalta #nuoret #turvallisuus (translated)

The author compared the executions in the United States to the practices of the time of the Colosseum, where, according to him, those sentenced to death were executed by burning, being fed to animals, or by weapons between animal displays and gladiatorial battles. He called such entertainment barbaric. #historia #barbaarisuus #Yhdysvallat #FI #US (translated)

Gustavo Oliva, a reference point in Spanish padel, shares an emotional farewell message on his social media after a long battle with colorectal cancer, reflecting on the importance of medical prevention and expressing gratitude towards his family and friends before his passing at the age of 58. #Pádel #Cáncer #Prevención (translated)

Tere Sammallahti wrote that an external consulting firm had interviewed Yle's leaders and concluded that Yle operates efficiently and uses its money well. He sarcastically compared this assessment to interviews conducted in a hot tub, based on which the men's cottage weekend beer purchases would have been efficient and cost-effective. https://t.co/g1NovHPf5p #Yle #konsultointi #tehokkuus (translated)

Tere Sammallahti criticized the Center Party for its criticism of the restoration regulation and claimed that the party itself had participated in the transfer of Finland's forests to be decided in Brussels during Marin's government. According to him, Orpo's government had prevented this. Sammallahti also said that the Center Party had criticized the situation in Eastern Finland, even though the party, according to him, had done nothing for the region, and claimed that Orpo's government had invested hundreds of millions of euros there. Additionally, he believed that the Center Party wanted to increase the EU budget by one billion euros of Finnish money, while Orpo's government was, according to him, trying to curb the growth of the budget. Sammallahti described the Center Party's papers and speeches as empty. https://t.co/rYTgRupENu #Suomi #politiikka #EU (translated)

The author reminded that it had been three years since the Hamas terrorist attacks. He wrote that the attacks were so blatant that they could not and should not be forgotten. According to him, Israel had the right to defend its people and eliminate those responsible for the attacks. #terrorismi #IsraelinOikeus #muistot #IL (translated)

Arto Koskelo wrote that the events of October 7 were terrible and wrong, but criticized the fact that a counterargument was often presented afterward. According to him, some placed a period after the word 'but' in a sentence to make the beginning seem firm, even though the message remained the same. #tapahtumat #keskustelu #todellisuus (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that an armed and masked group had infiltrated Latvia, a NATO member, from Belarus. According to him, the armed men had first attempted to force about 20 migrants across the border and threatened Latvian soldiers. Later, masked individuals had damaged border infrastructure and taken surveillance cameras before returning to Belarus. Vanhanen stated that Latvian authorities had confirmed the events, but the identity of the infiltrators and any possible connection to the Belarusian or Russian state were still under investigation. Vanhanen regarded the events as a reminder that the next crisis at Finland's eastern border could differ from the events of 2023. He called for preparation against armed provocations, sabotage, and deliberate border crossings, and highlighted the resources available at the border, the operations of the Border Guard, and the speed of decision-making in the Defense Forces. He wrote that the integrity of the national border could not be negotiable and that there must be an immediate response to deliberate border crossings. https://t.co/8BnhxJJ5jb #Latvia #Nato #kriisi (translated)

Anne Nevgi wrote that three years earlier she had followed news and social media for information about the attack on the music festival and people's homes. She mentioned seeing images of people celebrating amidst the dead and wounded and said she did not understand how the killing of women, children, babies, men, and the elderly could be celebrated. Nevgi wrote that she understood even less that messages hating Israel were coming from all over the world instead of compassion and condemnation of the attack. She remarked that the world had not changed in her opinion, but Israel remained. #Israel #musiikkijuhla #hyökkäys (translated)

The olive oil harvest is expected to be 23% higher than last year, which has led the Ministry of Agriculture to consider a possible temporary withdrawal from the market to stabilize prices, although the CNMC warns that such a measure could harm consumers and competition. #AceiteDeOliva #Agricultura #Competencia (translated)

Dennis Mitzner criticized Timo Stewart for suggesting that he believed Israel was an obstacle to the two-state solution. Mitzner argued that the Palestinians had not accepted Israel's state proposals in direct negotiations, the latest of which were the Camp David and Taba offers in 2000–2001, as well as Ehud Olmert's offers in 2008. He added that Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza in 2005. According to Mitzner, the PLO's decades-old support for the two-state solution did not indicate that the Palestinians accepted Israel's existence as a Jewish state. Mitzner wrote that Stewart viewed the destruction of Hamas's ideology as unrealistic without killing all people. Mitzner interpreted this to mean that Stewart considered all Gazans as supporters of Hamas's ideology, but he himself said he would not go that far. He referred to Hamas's election in Gaza and claimed that no Gazan had attempted to help Israeli hostages in the past couple of years. Mitzner compared the situation to the Allies' victory over Nazism and the defeat of Japan, as well as the actions of the United Arab Emirates against the Muslim Brotherhood. He stated that the Western left should stop rewarding Palestinian violence and anti-Semitism. According to Mitzner, Stewart claimed that there was no Palestinian state because Israel occupied the territory and did not allow it to become independent. Mitzner denied this and described the area's history: according to him, it belonged to the British mandate from 1917 and prior to that to the Ottoman Empire. He wrote that the Arab leadership rejected the UN's 1947 partition plan, after which Jordan controlled the West Bank and Egypt controlled Gaza without establishing a Palestinian state. According to Mitzner, the territories came under Israeli control in the 1967 war, which Jordan, Egypt, and Syria initiated with the intent to destroy, and the Arab world's negative attitude towards Israel continued with the Khartoum resolution of the three no's. Mitzner claimed that Stewart ignored Palestinian actions and concluded by asking whether the dispute ultimately related to the fact that the opposing side was the Jewish state of Israel. #IsraelinVastaisetAsenteet #Palestiinalaiskysymys #KansainvälinenPolitiikka (translated)