12-year-old student opened fire at a secondary school in southern Finland on Tuesday morning, killing one and seriously wounding two other students, police said ~news finland.vantaa crime Article 78 words 39 votes
Kalle Rovanperä scored an imperious victory on Safari Rally Kenya, as his World Rally Championship rivals repeatedly ran into trouble on the infamously tough event ~sports.motorsports Article 342 words 5 votes
Remedy's multiplayer Control spinoff ‘Condor’ won't be free to play – expect a 'lower initial price' followed by live service updates ~games Article 18 votes
Finland's proposed labour reforms risk doing more harm than good ~finance economics Article 1061 words 8 votes
Finland has remained the happiest country in the world for the seventh year in a row, according to the annual World Happiness Report published on Wednesday ~life Article 534 words 26 votes
Teemu Pukki: ‘It is a big thing, one of the biggest games in Finnish football history’ ~sports.football Article 832 words 4 votes
Industrial-scale thermal storage unit in Pornainen, southern Finland, will be the world's biggest sand battery when it comes online within a couple of years ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1083 words 23 votes
A nationwide epidemiological study on the associations between ambient particulate matter and suicide in Finland ~health.mental Article 236 words 9 votes
The best footballer Finland has ever produced, Jari Litmanen reflects on the highs and lows of his career and his anonymous life today in Estonia ~sports.football Article 2130 words 3 votes
Northern Sámi, a language spoken in the Arctic, has more than 300 words for snow and a special word for "frightened reindeer" – can it survive in a warmer world? ~humanities.languages Article 19 votes
Remedy Entertainment has announced it's acquired the full rights to its Control series from publisher 505 Games for €17m ~games Article 294 words 36 votes
Käärijä feat. Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Cha Cha Cha | Emma Gaala (2024) ~music pop classical Video 4:42, published Feb 17 2024 8 votes
How Finland survived a 1,000,000+ Soviet invasion (1939-1940) ~humanities.history Video 46:49 13 votes
Finland used to have one of the highest suicide rates in the world – how the country halved it and saved countless lives ~health.mental Article 2167 words 28 votes
Esapakka Lappi wrapped up a first World Rally Championship win since 2017 as he cruised to Rally Sweden success ~sports.motorsports Article 220 words 5 votes
Frustrations with Cities Skylines 2 are starting to boil over among city builder fans and content creators alike ~games Article 997 words 30 votes
Finnair is now weighing passengers to update weight and balance calculations – identity of the volunteers remains anonymous ~transport Article 544 words 25 votes
Scottish company Gravitricity is using the Pyhäjärvi mine in Finland to build its first full-scale prototype gravity energy store ~enviro Article 513 words 14 votes
Finnish study finds that people from different cultures reported the same bodily sensations when listening to the same songs ~music Article 910 words 7 votes
Reigning World Rally champion Kalle Rovanperä will begin his partial 2024 WRC campaign at Rally Sweden this month ~sports.motorsports Article 441 words, published Jan 19 2024 8 votes
Finnish unions have called for industrial action to protest government proposals on labour law reforms which they say would adversely impact low-wage earners ~finance business Article 978 words 10 votes
For the sixth year in a row, Denmark heads the Corruption Perceptions Index, with a score of ninety – Finland and New Zealand follow closely behind ~misc Link 7 votes
Lessons from Finland's attempt to transition to a circular economy ~enviro recycling pollution Link 15 votes
At just 23, the exceptionally talented Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski has found success at the helm of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra ~music classical Article 30 words 8 votes
Finnish sauna that was gifted to the UK after the 1948 Olympic Games has been granted Grade II-listed status ~design architecture Article 523 words 4 votes
Food scientists at Finnish startup SuperGround have found a way to make chicken nuggets and fish cakes out of otherwise discarded bones and hard tissues ~food meat Article 959 words 28 votes
More than 1,400 Finnish music industry professionals have signed a petition urging a ban on Israel from Eurovision over alleged "war crimes" in Gaza ~music Article 737 words 23 votes
Swedish snow chaos leaves 1,000 vehicles trapped in Skåne – travel chaos occurred amid plummeting winter temperatures across the Nordic countries ~enviro Article 550 words 16 votes
Far from their girl-power namesakes, deadpan Finnish pop duo Maustetytöt have topped the charts at home – and found a kindred spirit in director Aki Kaurismäki ~music pop.schlager Article 1042 words 9 votes
Russia has summoned the Finnish ambassador in Moscow, after Finland signed a new agreement on military co-operation with the US ~news finland politics Article 461 words 17 votes
Reindeer noir, the Finnish crime sub-genre influenced by Santa's home town of Rovaniemi ~tv Article 747 words 5 votes
Finland and Italy seek to hinder restrictions on single-use packaging ahead of next week's gathering of EU ministers in Brussels ~enviro Article 599 words 11 votes
Denmark, Finland and Panama aim to remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they emit – that will take giving nature a boost ~enviro climate change pollution Article 642 words 12 votes
Helsinki Airport clears runway snow in just eleven minutes – why do some airports cope better with snow than others? ~transport Article 1445 words 11 votes
Finnish study shows that there is little direct effect of “leisure time physical activity” on lifespan – what makes this study different from others, and is it right? ~health fitness Article 745 words 13 votes
Campaigners seek listed status for Finnish sauna from 1948 Olympics – wooden hut is Britain's oldest operating sauna and ‘hugely important’ piece of sporting history ~design architecture Article 738 words 9 votes
Defending champion Canada eliminated from Davis Cup Finals by Finland – country's first-ever berth in the semifinals of the men's team tennis competition ~sports tennis Article 821 words 8 votes
Musical about tiny B.C. town returns to the stage... in Finland. Sointula chronicles the charismatic leader who founded the town and dreamed of building a socialist utopia. ~arts Article 682 words 9 votes
Kalle Rovanperä will not defend his World Rally Championship crown in 2024, but will be back competing full-time in 2025 ~sports.motorsports Article 530 words 7 votes
Architecture lovers can spend the night in a modernist masterpiece designed by Alvar Aalto – former TB sanatorium is now Finland's most unusual holiday let ~design architecture Article 1224 words 10 votes
Finns have been fishing for herring for generations, but new reduced EU quotas are threatening the traditional livelihoods of coastal communities ~enviro Article 664 words 8 votes
Why Cities: Skylines II performs poorly – the teeth are not the only problem ~games Article 6612 words 23 votes
Norway is among the countries with the most heat pumps per capita, along with neighbouring Finland and Sweden ~enviro energy climate change Article 793 words 25 votes
At a Helsinki nursery, children spend all day in the forest – how outdoor learning benefits children's health and teaches them to value nature ~life education Article 2454 words 25 votes
Remedy Entertainment has revealed the full system requirements to run its highly-anticipated sequel, Alan Wake II, on PC ~games Article 269 words 13 votes
Kalle Rovanperä says winning a second World Rally Championship title after a much tougher fight compared to last year's record-breaking crown is more satisfying ~sports.motorsports Article 385 words 5 votes