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Violation of voting rules

17.04.2024, Tallinn. The Center Party suspects that during Sunday's Tallinn City Council session, which saw the appointment of a new mayor and city government, the four parties of the ruling coalition used marking ballots during the voting to ascertain how each member voted. This would constitute a violation of the secrecy of the vote. Technically, the ballots were not tampered with, but concerns were raised about whether such behavior ensured the secrecy of the vote. Photo: Martin Pedaja/Scanpix Baltics

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Violation of voting rules

17.04.2024, Tallinn. The Center Party suspects that during Sunday's Tallinn City Council session, which saw the appointment of a new mayor and city government, the four parties of the ruling coalition used marking ballots during the voting to ascertain how each member voted. This would constitute a violation of the secrecy of the vote. Technically, the ballots were not tampered with, but concerns were raised about whether such behavior ensured the secrecy of the vote. Photo: Martin Pedaja/Scanpix Baltics

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Violation of voting rules

17.04.2024, Tallinn. The Center Party suspects that during Sunday's Tallinn City Council session, which saw the appointment of a new mayor and city government, the four parties of the ruling coalition used marking ballots during the voting to ascertain how each member voted. This would constitute a violation of the secrecy of the vote. Technically, the ballots were not tampered with, but concerns were raised about whether such behavior ensured the secrecy of the vote. Photo: Martin Pedaja/Scanpix Baltics

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Norway's parliament building closed after two bomb threats

STORY: Norway's parliament building closed after two bomb threats SHOOTING TIME: April 3, 2024 DATELINE: April 4, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:44 LOCATION: Oslo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the parliament building STORYLINE: Norway's parliament, known as the Storting, was shut down on Wednesday following two bomb threats. The national broadcaster NRK quoted police as saying that a threatening email was received on Tuesday evening, which was initially dismissed as non-credible. However, a subsequent threat emerged on Wednesday morning, prompting serious concern from law enforcement. The police have sealed off all entrances to the parliament amidst ongoing investigations to ascertain any links between the two threats. As a precaution, the vicinity around the building was also cordoned off from as early as 10 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities are currently conducting a thorough search of the area. The security measures have significantly impacted traffic flow and public transport services around

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KEPCO delays plan to file report on faults at Mihama plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Buildings housing the No. 1 to 3 reactors (from F) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, are shown in this file photo taken in May 2013. The utility known as KEPCO has abandoned its initial plan to compile a report within April 2014 on its additional research to ascertain whether fault lines under the premises of the plant are active or not.

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Crown prince turns 41, hopes to deepen ties with people

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito, who turned 41 on Feb. 23, expressed hope that the imperial family will expand its contact with the Japanese people in the future. ''While regarding highly the traditions of the imperial family...it is important for us to precisely ascertain what the people of Japan hope for and expect of the imperial family,'' he told a news conference at the Togu Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 15 ahead of his birthday.(Pool photo)

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CHINA-JILIN-CHANGCHUN-RESTAURANT-FIRE-ACCIDENT (CN)

(220928) -- CHANGCHUN, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2022 shows the site of a fire accident at a restaurant in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province. Seventeen people were killed and another three injured in a restaurant fire in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, local authorities said Wednesday. The local fire brigade received reports of the incident that occurred in the Changchun high-tech industrial development zone at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday. Firefighters immediately rushed to the site for rescue. As of 3 p.m., the on-site search and rescue work had ended. The injured are being treated in a local hospital and the cause of the incident is being investigated. The Ministry of Emergency Management said that it had dispatched a work team to the site to provide guidance for the rescue work. The ministry called for efforts to handle the incident in a safe and scientific manner and ascertain the causes of the fire as soon as possible. (Xinhua/Zhao Danda

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CHINA-JILIN-CHANGCHUN-RESTAURANT-FIRE-ACCIDENT (CN)

(220928) -- CHANGCHUN, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2022 shows the site of a fire accident at a restaurant in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province. Seventeen people were killed and another three injured in a restaurant fire in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, local authorities said Wednesday. The local fire brigade received reports of the incident that occurred in the Changchun high-tech industrial development zone at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday. Firefighters immediately rushed to the site for rescue. As of 3 p.m., the on-site search and rescue work had ended. The injured are being treated in a local hospital and the cause of the incident is being investigated. The Ministry of Emergency Management said that it had dispatched a work team to the site to provide guidance for the rescue work. The ministry called for efforts to handle the incident in a safe and scientific manner and ascertain the causes of the fire as soon as possible. (Xinhua/Zhou Wanpe

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Remote-controlled robot to probe crippled Fukushima reactor vessel

Photo taken in February 2015 shows a remote-controlled robot that Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced in Tokyo on April 10 it will use to examine the inside of the highly radioactive containment vessel of the No. 1 reactor at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The robot, developed by Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd., will be used to ascertain the situation of the vessel with an eye to investigating fuel rods that are believed to have melted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAXA chief explains about troubled satellite

Naoki Okumura, president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, comments on communication trouble affecting the Hitomi X-ray astronomy satellite, during a press conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2016. Okamura said the agency is trying to ascertain the current situation and examining its development and production process for satellites. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Communication link with Japan's X-ray astronomy satellite lost: JAXA

Saku Tsuneta, director of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, briefs reporters on communication troubles with the X-ray astronomy satellite "Hitomi" during a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2016. The agency is not able to ascertain Hitomi's condition due to the issue, possibly caused by a power shortage in the satellite's solar batteries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo