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Finland and Norway Call Putin on Peace Talks; Kinross Community Council Calls Everyone Back About the Urn
Diplomatic channels open; urn still empty.
A phone, international. Photo: Pauline Eccles, “Phone box outside the Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 530450”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
HELSINKI / KINROSS — The leaders of Finland and Norway spoke with Vladimir Putin about restarting peace talks, as Europe prepares further contacts.
In Kinross, a fictional community council left three voicemails about who is bringing milk for the urn. “Peace is important,” said the secretary. “So is tea. We can walk and chew tablet.”
The real story: Finnish and Norwegian leaders call Putin urging peace talks (Euronews, 27 Oct 2026)
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