Swedish Activists Vandalize Finland’s Parliament Building; Finnish Elokapina Shares the Responsibility
Swedish and Finnish activists with fire extinguishers and red paint defaced the Finnish Parliament Building on Wednesday.
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Traffic in Helsinki and Tampere Blocked by ‘Slow’ Elokapina Protests
The slow marches are part of Elokapina’s autumn campaign.
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Elokapina Climate Activists Block Entrance at Government Palace; Police Catch 51
The activists who refused to move away are suspected of various offenses.
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Elokapina Continues Protest at the Senate Square
After a 12-hour stay in police custody, many of the activists in the Elokapina movement have returned to continue the protest at the Senate Square.
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The Police Catch 117 Elokapina Protesters After Failed Negotiations
After four days of traffic-jamming protests, the police decided to end it all.
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Elokapina Moves Camp to Block Unioninkatu
Elokapina activists have moved their camp from Mannerheimintie to Kruununhaka district.
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GALLERY: Elokapina Activists Camp on Main Road in Helsinki Overnight
In June 2021, activists from the Elokapina movement set up a camp on one of Helsinki’s busiest streets. We watched them for half a night.
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GALLERY: Elokapina Group Stops Traffic for Five Hours in Helsinki
In their second recent protest, the climate activists demanded changes in the common agricultural policy of the EU.
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GALLERY: Climate Activists Aimed to Stop Traffic in Helsinki Center for 10 Days; Police Catch 141
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GALLERY: Helsinki – A Day Before the Spreading Phase
We observed the streets of Helsinki on Wednesday, November 18, a day before the capital region declared having moved to the spreading phase in the coronavirus pandemic.
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Climate Activists Stop Traffic in Helsinki Center; The Police Use Pepper Spray
The protesters of Elokapina movement decided not to move from the busy road, so the police pulled out their OC cans.
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Activists in Kayaks Try to Stop a Luxury Cruiser Departing from Hernesaari, Helsinki
Their goal was to bring attention to the carbon dioxide emissions of gigantic cruise liners traveling across the globe.
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