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New Finnish government
Marin, 37, is very popular but Orpo was successful in arguing that public spending needs to be reduced and that Finland’s debt is too high, according to a news source. Public debt has reached just over 70 per cent of GDP since Marin took office in 2019, according to Al Jazeera.
The National Coalition Party won with 20.7 per cent, (48 seats) followed by the right wing populist party, the Finns with 20.1 percent (46 seats) while Marin’s Social Democratic Party received 19.9 per cent of the vote (43 seats). The NCP has led in the polls for nearly two years.
Sanna Marin was Finland’s youngest Prime Minister in history and was the youngest serving state leader. She has been an MP since 2015 and Prime Minister since 2019.
Australia in 4 hours
being developed by Destinus could allow an aircraft to fly from Europe to Australia in only 4 hours and 15 minutes.
CDTI, the Spanish Centre for Technological Development and Innovation, has selected Destinus for its Aeronautical Technology Plan (PTA) project. The company has received €12 million to develop the first hydrogenpowered aircraft engine and promote the development of supersonic hydrogenfuelled flights.
The money given for the research and development of the engine comes from the European Commission’s Next Generation funds for the Spanish government, as reported on Thursday, March 30, by a news source.
Destinus already has two hydrogen prototypes Jungfrau and Eiger and is currently working on a gas turbine equipped with a hydrogen afterburner to be tested before the middle of this year. Specifically, the aid from the Spanish government will be used for the design and construction of a test bench for engines with hydrogen as fuel.
With current planes, the journey from Europe to Australia takes approximately 20 hours.
However, Destinus calculated that with its hydrogen aerial vehicles, it would be possible to fly from Frankfurt in Germany to Sydney, Australia, in just 4 hours and 15 minutes.
Betty Henderson
KING CHARLES III arrived in Germany on Wednesday, March 29, ahead of a highly anticipated visit to one of the UK’s closest partners in Europe. The visit was also the monarch’s first official state visit as King due to a cancellation of a scheduled visit to France due to disruption from strikes and protests.
During the threeday tour, the King delivered a speech partially in German at a lavish state banquet on his first night. During the speech, King Charles also paid tribute to Germany’s “extraordinary hospitality” towards Ukrainian refugees, who have ar
