A Trumpet aircraft took off from Glasgow Airport shortly after 16:00 local time (17:00 CET) and after about three hours of flight landed in Helsinki, reported the AP news agency. The president has no public appearances after his arrival in Finland. Putin is scheduled to meet on Monday. Trump and his wife Melanie spent a weekend at his private golf club Turnberry in the west of Scotland, about an hour away from Glasgow
. British Prime Minister Theresa Maya and Queen Elizabeth II. The President played at Turnberry Golf on both weekends. On Saturday, he waved a group of people who, in protest at his policy, had a picnic near the golf course, some of which was seen from a nearby beach
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Around 1,500 people demonstrated Sunday afternoon in Helsinki, Finland, ahead of US President Donald Trump's Monday summit with Russian President Vladimirov Putin. The action wanted to draw attention to human rights, democracy, environmental issues and the rights of sexual minorities, AP reported.
Protesters marched from the center of Helsinki to the Senate Square and scribbled slogans as "Human Rights for All!" Transparently, they turned to Trump and Putin. "Robot saunas, not war!" He proclaimed one of the inscriptions. Later, artists, ecologists and politicians spoke in the square.
The organizers of this action called Helsinki Calling said the protest was not against Trump or Putin, but he paid attention to key global issues. "We celebrate the spirit of Helsinki … and welcome all those who respect human rights, democracy and do not share false messages" AP Timo Heikkinen , 50, from Helsinki.
Donald Trump is the enemy
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Donald Trump is the enemy of the European Union He declared Saturday in Scotland in an interview with CBS News, aired Sunday. Trump added in the interview that he meant the business sector. The European Council lords, Donald Tusk, responded later, and wrote on Twitteri that the EU and the US were the "best friends."
Trump for CBS News said that he believed in the United States "Many enemies", including the European Union. It's one of America's closest allies, AP added. The head of the White House said: "I think the European Union is an enemy for what they make us in the store." And added: "The European Union would not have said so, but they are enemies." "
The US President continued for CBS News that Russia " in some respects " The enemy and China is an enemy " economically ". He added to China: "But that does not mean that they are bad, it does not mean anything, it means that they are competing." The President of the European Council Tusk replied to the Twitters: "America and the EU are best friends, and all who claim to be foes spread false news." 19659007]
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Important restrictions on road transport, but also in Helsinki airports and ports and around Sunday and Monday President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet at the presidential palace (Presidentinlinna). However, according to Pavla Gregorová, PhD student at the University of Helsinki ki, these measures do not have a significant impact on the city. "For example, with me on the field at work, 80% of people have holidays, mostly here especially people from abroad," specified. are not usually disturbed by similar measures "When they know it, they accept it and go further," says Gregor, In the media, the summit has been number one since last week and the Finns are proud to have the task of organizing it. "It's a good thing for Finland and Helsinki, and I think the Finns share this view in general, at least for a moment, Helsinki will become the center of attention of the world … I am proud to have selected Helsinki from all over the world " a young Finnish journalist, Elina Penttinen, recently moved to Helsinki from Jyväskylä
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She appreciated the role of Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the country's foreign policy, which, in his opinion, contributed to the fact that the choice of summit had fallen in Helsinki. "Of course, here is not primarily Helsinki, but the summit of two world leaders – like Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-uno, it was not Singapore, even they had just met .. current journalist our beautiful capital, " noted Penttinen. Similar statements were made this week also by the mayor of Helsinki, Jan Vapaavuori, or by the marketing director of the state agency for support to tourism "Helsinki, although sure, it's not the only place in the world where this event could take place, but certainly in the nearest group " Congratulations to Vapaavuori
" I can say with certainty that both are perceived in Finland, very controversial, including Trump, in a single post, Helsingin Sanomat denounced Trump as a narcissus, " pointed out Elina Penttinen and added that such sharp statements in the press did not appear to Putin . His sister, Sini, added that Trump's local media used him as an eccentric
"But Putin is more versatile, considering him as an unpredictable and powerful man with whom he does not like Ordinary people, even if Trump can have silent sympathizers, especially among the working-men, "says Sini Penttinen, a recent Finnish weekly, Seura, reveals that Trump perceives a country as 83% negative. Russian has a negative image in the eyes of 76% of Finns
