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Hanhikivi, Finland: Sabotage on Fennovoima’s nuclear construction site

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On the night to Monday 8 of June a machine (digger) was sabotaged on the construction site of Fennovoima’s planned nuclear power plant. Cables and wires etc were cut and the windows were smashed.

The individuals who made the action on the 8 of june represent themselves and not an organisation or network of activists.
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Hanhikivi: We are still here – the protest camp stays, Fennovoima fails!

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For two weeks the Hyökyaalto -network (Rising Tide Finland, that is) and Friends of the Earth -NGO kept up an excessively active period of themed and program filled protest camping at Pyhäjoki protest camp site. This workshop- and direct action filled period ended on 21st of June, but as Fennovoima still continues to destroy the Hanhikivi peninsula’s nature, the struggle continues – now more fierce than ever and perhaps even more needed than before!
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Hanhikivi, Finland: Call to Action Against Power Plant Construction as Eviction Threat Grows

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Fennovoima-Rosatom’s nuclear power project is now at a critical point. Fennovoima is supposed to hand over the keys – symbolical and concretical [sic] – to Rosatom on the 1st of July. However, Rosatom wants – as agreed – the area without troublesome extra attachments.

Requirements for a police-assisted eviction are however not quite ready yet.
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Hanhikivi, Finland: Sabotage of Fennovoimas Nuclear Power Plant Construction Site

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On the night to Monday 8 of June a machine (digger) was sabotaged on the construction site of Fennovoimas planned nuclear power plant. Cables and wires etc. were cut and the windows were smashed. The individuals who made the action on the 8 of june represent themselves and no organisation or network of activists.
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Finland: Treesits, Blockades and Sabotage to Defend Forest from Construction of Nuclear Power Plant

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The Fennovoima Energy Company is starting to construct a nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki, a nice, quiet and small municipality in the northwest of Finland. An action camp has been started in the area to stop the project.
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Helsinki, Finland: Eviction report of Mummola squat and the solidarity demonstration that followed

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In the beginning of March, the squat Mummola, in the east of Helsinki, was threatened with eviction. In the morning of Tuesday 3rd March, the cops and the Mayor’s lackeys of Helsinki tried to evict the squat, in vain. The support of many people on site prevented the authorities to achieve their aims.
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