STOCKHOLM, Nov. 20(Greenpost) — There has been rumours that the US was behind the scene to support Hong Kong youngsters to do violence and protest against Hong Kong government by paying the youngsters money and things so that they continue to stay in the street and continue to violate others’ human rights.
Now it is not secret any more. US senate today passed a Hong Kong democracy bill. This means the US is openly supporting Hong Kong protesters especially those gangs. Without US support behind the scene, the situation could have been better.
I feel the US actually also condemns the gangs and it seems that those gangs should be dealt with properly. But the American way of sympathising with the protestors just makes it difficult to deal with these people who even practising how to throw the bombs into the police or innocent people.
Is it normal that the students demonstrate so often now? What do they really want? Without stopping this chaotic situation, how can the problem be solved?
The US now really cannot hide any more its hypocritical face. After the first gulf war in 1991 , wherever there was problem, there would be US presence. Afghanistan, Iraq, Syrian, Yemen, Somalia, Egypt, Tunisia, on the one hand, it ignites the colourful revolution by supporting young people to rebel against the tradition, on the other hand, it will put sanctions in those areas, or directly intervene the internal affairs, support the opposition.
US doesn’t feel shameful to do so because US has crisis itself(although I was told that a lot of American people are really ashamed of their leaders) and now wants to get more upper hand. Wherever there is problem, it will stir it so that it becomes chaotic and the US will try to get benefit from it.
But I think the US thinks wrongly. Why did the US become weaker now? Just because it launched the Iraq war and then it intervened in other parts of the world. It has become notorious for its militant action. Many US generals were sent to Iraq, Syria or Afghanistan so that they couldn’t get together with their wife or daughter. Many American men were injured in the battle field just because of some warlords or government’s wrong decisions.
US Hong Kong Democracy Bill is a wrong decision which will drive China closer towards reunification. The US does not understand that the Chinese nation and the Chinese culture.
It is a serious mistake to pass this bill. It will achieve the opposite effect. Now every Chinese knows why Hong Kong has been like the current situation and the violence cannot stop. Now it is understood that it is the US who has instigated the Hong Kong situation. Before people just guessed and suspected that the US was behind. Now the Hong Kong Democracy Bill openly declared US stance and threats to sanctions against Hong Kong. Hong Kong has a lot of American business, what will be the consequences of this action?
Well done, it is better the US does that to Taiwan and other places too. Take off your mask, if the US does not trade with anyone, I wonder what will happen to this world.
Linda Hedenljung, 2019 års mottagare av Per Wendels pris. Foto: Olle Sporrong
Av Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, Nov.20 (Greenpost) — According to Expressen Via TT, Swedish News Agency, Per Wendels pris 2019 till årets nyhetsjournalist går till Linda Hedenljung.
Juryns motivering lyder: ”En nyhet kan vara något som någon försöker dölja, och Pelle Wendels stipendium har bara ett syfte: att uppmärksamma och understödja detta vardagssnokande nyhetsarbete. Nyhetsjournalistik är ett lagarbete, men lagarbetet bygger på enskilda journalisters hängivenhet att spåra upp och aldrig släppa taget om en bra historia. Årets stipendiat har liknats vid en pitbullterrier som käkat taggtråd. Det är ett hedersomnämnande. 2019 års stipendium på 100 000 kronor går till en journalist vars idoga insatser slutligen manifesterats i det stora avslöjandet av skandalen kring finansieringen av Östersund FK:s elitsatsning: Linda Hedenljung från Östersunds-Posten.”
– Jag kan inte med ord uttrycka hur hedrad jag är av den här utmärkelsen. Journalistik blir rätt ofta något slags blandning mellan en sprint och ett medeldistanslopp. Men arbetet kring Daniel Kindberg, Östersunds kommun och Östersunds fotbollsklubb har varit ett ultramaraton som pågått i fem år. Det har varit uppförsbacke, motvind och burop längst vägen. Jag är helt säker på att det gör att glädjen jag känner i den här stunden blir ännu starkare, säger Linda Hedenljung.
Linda Hedenljung, 41, arbetar på Östersunds-Posten sedan 15 år. Hon är utbildad vetenskapsjournalist, men förstod snabbt att hon gillade att gräva i kommunala handlingar och dokument:
– Jag har genom åren gjort flera större gräv, däribland granskat miljonutbetalningar av EU-bidrag till jämställdhetsprojekt, kartlagt allt våld som sker i de jämtländska hemmen och undersökt skumraskaffärer inom krogbranschen.Granskningen började 2014 med en markaffär mellan byggbolaget PEAB och det kommunalägda bostadsbolaget Östersundshem.
I april 2018 anhölls Daniel Kindberg, då ordförande för Östersunds FK och vd i kommunens bostadsbolag. I november 2019 föll domen – och det blev fängelsestraff för Kindberg och de två medåtalade.
Per Wendel-priset har delats ut varje år sedan 2006 och går till en journalist som verkar i Expressenreportern Per Wendels anda som orädd avslöjare. Han hade bland annat en stor del i avslöjandet av den så kallade Ebbe Carlsson-affären 1988, som fick till följd att dåvarande justitieminister Anna-Greta Leijon tvingades avgå.
Per Wendel avled 2005 och Expressen instiftade ett journalistpris till hans minne.
Tidigare pristagare: 2006 Fredrik Sjöshult, 2007 Jan Mosander, 2008 Anna Jaktén, 2009 Christian Holmén och Micke Ölander, 2010 Janne Josefsson, 2011 Anette Holmqvist, 2012 Hannes Råstam, 2013 Mats-Eric Nilsson, 2014 Carolina Neurath, 2015 Richard Aschberg, 2016 Olof Lundh, 2017 Magda Gad, 2018 Katarina Gunnarsson. I juryn har ingått Otto Sjöberg, Viveka Hansson, Kjell Dabrowski, Peppe Engberg och Kajsa Ericson. Prissumman är på 100 000 kronor.
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 20(Greenpost)– Ma Jianzhong, Chairman of World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) led a large delegation of over 30 members to visit Sweden in order to make academic exchanges and field study on November 13th.
This was right after they attended the 16th World Congress of Chinese Medicine which was successfully held in Budapest, Capital of Hungary. The delegation includes leading experts and specialists in the field of Chinese medicine.
At 10:30 in the morning, Chairman Ma Jianzhong, former Vice Minister of Health, Professor She Jing, who was also founding Chairman of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, and Professor Li Zhenji, Vice founding Chairman and Secretary-General of WFCMS and other six people came to the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm at the invitation of Chinese Ambassador Gui Cuiyou.
They were warmly welcomed and Ambassador Gui made extensive talks on the development of traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture and moxibustion in Sweden, and further explored how to further promote Chinese medicine culture and relieve the suffering of the Swedish people and overseas Chinese.
Counselor Dai Gang of Science and Technology at the Embassy and President Yang Chungui of the Swedish Society of Chinese Medicine gave a detailed introduction about the operation of Swedish traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture clinics and the exchanges and cooperation with Western doctors such as those from Karolinska Hospital.
Jiemei, a lawyer at Guohao Law Firm, introduced the work of promoting acupuncture legislation in Sweden. After the talks, the Embassy arranged a lunch for all the guests.
After thorough inspection by the leaders of the World Federation of China and the friendly consultation between the two sides, they jointly decided that the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Professional Level Recognition Department and the Swedish Society of Chinese Medicine will sign a cooperation framework agreement on the “Cooperation on the clinical superiority technology transfer of traditional Chinese medicine and the evaluation of professional titles of international Chinese medicine”.
At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, under the witnesses of the WFCMS’ leaders and Guo Hao law Firm’s lawyer Jiemei, Professor Zheng Yuexian, the chief expert of the WFCMS and President of the Swedish Association of Chinese Medicine, Yang Chungui signed this important agreement.
On the morning of the 14th, the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies experts visited Karolinska Institutet. The former Nobel Prize jury chair Professor Silas introduced the Karolinska Institute and Nobel Prize evaluation process to the delegation.
In the afternoon, the delegation concluded the intense academic study tour and flew back to China with Air China.
The World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies is an international academic organization approved by the Chinese State Council and a member of the World Health Organization. It’s a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).
Stockholm, Nov.19(Greenpost)–The International Monetary Fund’s statement assesses Finland’s fiscal policy and financial markets, among other things. It warns about risks to Finland’s general government finances.
According to news reaching here from Helsinki, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) notes that the objectives set out in Finland’s Government Programme are ambitious and deal with issues important for the economy. It also considers the loosening of fiscal policy in 2020 to be good for growth. However, the IMF warns the Government about the risks to general government finances in the medium term. It points to the challenge of getting the Government Programme implemented.
The IMF says in its statement that the growing demands of healthcare and social welfare services emphasise the importance of achieving a fiscal balance. It also states that fiscal buffers are necessary to ensure that the social welfare model can be preserved. If the global economy weakens beyond expectations, this, says the IMF, will increase the risks to Finland’s general government finances.
In the IMF’s view, effective employment measures are available, but these should not be allowed to increase general government costs in order to ensure a fiscal balance.
Minister of Finance Mika Lintilä points out that the IMF has highlighted precisely the difficult issues that the Government is very familiar with.
“The Government Programme is demanding. It is clear that the cornerstones are a fiscal balance, a restructuring of health and social services and raising of the employment rate. These will not be achieved automatically, but require determined action,” says Minister Lintilä.
The IMF is also concerned about the continuation of household indebtedness. It welcomes the measures proposed by the working group of the Ministry of Finance and stresses the need to curb borrowing by housing companies.
The IMF’s Executive Board will discuss the country report on Finland in early 2020, along with a separate report on the equality impact and effectiveness of Finland’s taxation system and social security system.
The IMF issues corresponding statements about all its member countries as part of its country monitoring. The IMF’s visits to member countries are called Article IV Consultations, as they are required by Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement. The statement is based on IMF experts’ own assessments and on discussions they have had with Finnish authorities, labour market organisations, financial institutions, research institutes and others.
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 19(Greenpost)–The Council and the European Parliament today reached agreement on an EU budget for 2020 which strongly focuses on growth and competitiveness, climate action and other EU priorities such as security and management of migration.
Total commitments are set at €168.7 billion. This is an increase of 1.5% compared to the 2019 budget as amended. €1.5 billion have been kept available under the expenditure ceilings of the multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020, allowing the EU to react to unforeseeable needs.
Total payments amount to €153.6 billion, rising 3.4% from 2019. This increase reflects the continuing implementation of the 2014-2020 programmes at full speed. The aim is to ensure timely payments to beneficiaries and avoid a substantial accumulation of payment claims over the next few years, in particular in relation to cohesion policy.
The agreed figures are based on the premise that the UK will continue to participate fully in the financing and implementation of the EU budget for 2020.
Next year’s budget strengthens support for the EU’s priority areas and best-performing programmes. It also ensures a realistic approach, taking into account the interests of taxpayers and the need to cater for new challenges that may arise in 2020. I would like to highlight in particular the move to further “green” the EU budget and ensure that it works in support of the EU’s climate agenda.Kimmo Tiilikainen, State Secretary, Ministry of Finance of Finland, chief Council negotiator for the 2020 EU budget
The EU has set itself the goal of dedicating at least 20% of EU expenditure to climate protection in the period 2014-2020. To help meet this goal, the Parliament and the Council have agreed to increase the focus on climate-related actions in several areas such as research and development (Horizon 2020), transport and energy infrastructure (Connecting Europe Facility) and the EU’s external action. Additional funds have also been allocated to the EU’s LIFE programme, which will receive €590 million, and the European Environment Agency for recruiting new staff (+6) to support the fight against climate change.
Other important elements of the agreement on the EU budget for 2020 include the following:
In order to support growth and competitiveness, €25.3 billion (+7.9% compared to 2019) have been allocated to programmes under subheading 1a (competitiveness for growth and jobs). This includes more funds for Horizon 2020 (€13.5 billion in total, +8.8%), European satellite navigation systems (EGNOS and Galileo) (€1.2 billion, +74.8%) and the energy strand of the Connecting Europe Facility (€1.3 billion, +35.0%). Erasmus+ will receive €2.9 billion (+3.6%) to support youth exchanges.
To fight youth unemployment in the most affected regions, the envelope for the Youth Employment Initiative has been set at €145 million.
In the fields of security and migration, the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund has been allocated €949 million for management of migration, including to support the frontline member states. The Internal Security Fund will receive €501 million. Additional funding compared to 2019 will be provided for several agencies, including for new staff to be recruited by FRONTEX (+191), the European Asylum Support Office (+82), Europol (+24) and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (+10). Eurojust will receive an additional €3.7 million.
The EU’s external action instruments have been reinforced to cover the EU’s contribution to the Syria pledge as agreed during the Brussels III conference on Syria and to combat the root causes of migration via the North Africa window of the EU Trust Fund for Africa.
As in 2018 and 2019, the pre-accession funds for Turkey have been significantly reduced compared to the draft budget proposed by the Commission (-€85 million) given the distancing of Turkey from EU values. More funds, on the other hand, have been provided for the Western Balkans.
The Council and the Parliament also agreed to further discuss the use of unspent funds from previous years related to research projects under Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation.
Next steps
The Parliament and the Council now have 14 days to formally approve the agreement reached. The Council is expected to endorse it on 25 November. The vote in the European Parliament is scheduled for 27 November.
Headings
2020 EU budget (in € million)
Commitments
Payments
1. Smart and inclusive growth
83 931
72 351
– 1a. Competitiveness for growth and jobs
25 285
22 308
– 1b. Economic, social and territorial cohesion
58 646
50 043
2. Sustainable growth: natural resources
59 907
57 905
3. Security and citizenship
3 729
3 685
4. Global Europe
10 262
8 929
5. Administration
10 272
10 275
Special instruments
588
419
TOTAL
168,688
153,563
As % of GNI of EU28
0.99%
0.90%
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