Finland has become the latest European country to agree to house dozens of asylum-seeking minors from over-crowded Greek refugee camps ~news finland greece Article 311 words, published Apr 16 2020 4 votes
Finnish carrier Finnair, which has focused heavily on routes to Asia, says it will deepen its cooperation with China's Juneyao Air ~transport Article 203 words 3 votes
Finland's pro hockey league moves its playoffs to NHL 20 – Liiga has partnered with Telia, a broadcaster and esports company, for a full slate of 'Liiga ePlayoffs' ~sports.hockey Article 536 words 5 votes
HIM band manager Seppo Vesterinen dies aged 71 – managed some of Finland's most globally successful music acts, including Hanoi Rocks and The Rasmus ~music rock Link 6 votes
Finland enlists social influencers in fight against Covid-19 – government advice sent to bloggers, rappers and writers to get to those not reached by traditional media ~health Article 468 words 5 votes
The city of Helsinki had the right to scrap its contract with Siemens over the failed automation of the Finnish capital's metro ~transport Article 332 words 6 votes
Finland's center-left government gave its blessing to majority state-owned Fortum's strategy to cut emissions, but promised to push the company further ~enviro Article 352 words 4 votes
Ville Lenkkeri – The Sacrifice Of A Sacred Tree (2013) ~arts photography.landscape Article 318 words 4 votes
World Cap Of Hockey – What would Team Finland look like if it had to be cap compliant? ~sports.hockey Article 832 words 6 votes
Finland has been named the world's happiest country for the third year in a row, maintaining the Nordic grip on the World Happiness Report's top spots ~life Article 320 words 7 votes
How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero – after years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019 ~transport Article 906 words 6 votes
Päivi Räsänen is facing new police investigations for citing Bible verses on social media to object to the Lutheran church's participation in an LGBT pride event ~lgbt Article 621 words 4 votes
Finland jails Sierra Leone man in Liberia war crimes case – the first non-Liberian to be held accountable in connection with the civil wars ~news finland sierra leone liberia crime.war Article 362 words 4 votes
Chelsea have seen off competition from Juventus and Inter to sign sixteen-year-old attacking midfielder Jimi Tauriainen from HJK Helsinki ~sports.football Article 448 words 4 votes
Finnish director Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää ensured that his new film was torture for his actors, literally – but he insists his immersive methods are just like gardening ~movies Article 990 words 5 votes
Photographer Maria Lax comes from a northern Finnish town where UFO sightings were common – so she set about looking for answers ~arts photography Article 34 words 5 votes
What is Finland's Phenomenon-based Learning (PhenoBL) approach? This approach breaks down subject-based compartmentalisation of knowledge ~life education Link 7 votes
Sami Valimaki overcame difficult conditions to win the Oman Open on Sunday after beating Brandon Stone in a playoff ~sports golf Article 552 words 3 votes
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas ended pre-season F1 testing with fastest lap – both on Friday's final day and overall ~sports.motorsports Article 671 words 3 votes
Finnish FA drops 'women's' prefix for league in push for equality – top football league to be called National League, not Women's League ~sports.football Article 214 words 10 votes
Finnish Customs sits on millions in seized cryptocurrencies – agency doesn't want to see €15m in bitcoin seized years ago be returned to criminals ~finance cryptocurrency Link 5 votes
Helsinki has donated €50,000 towards Baltic Sea protection, for use in the new Baltic Sea Challenge campaign to help prevent plastic waste ~enviro plastics pollution.water Article 386 words 4 votes
Struggling to keep up, Finland exports plastic waste – a quarter of all plastic waste will be sent to facilities in Sweden or Germany for sorting and repurposing ~enviro recycling plastics Article 323 words 4 votes
Finnish government has agreed to take in up to 175 asylum-seekers from camps in Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta to alleviate the humanitarian situation in the Mediterranean ~news finland cyprus greece italy malta Article 222 words 8 votes
Finland's centuries-old pre-Easter buns get a modern makeover – as Shrove Tuesday approaches, cafés and bakeries are gearing up to sell more of the popular seasonal dessert ~food baking Article 917 words 4 votes
The lessons a buoyant Finland can take from Iceland's Euro 2016 success ~sports.football Article 1242 words 3 votes
Finland's foreign minister faces probe over Syria repatriations – Pekka Haavisto will be investigated over his plan for swiftly bringing children held in Syria to Finland ~news finland politics syria Article 416 words 4 votes
Rather than punishing prisoners, Finland's open prisons focus on rehabilitation and preparation for a smooth reentry into society ~life Article 1640 words 12 votes
American woman's high school class ring, which was lost in Maine in 1973, has been found in a forest in Finland ~hobbies Article 251 words 11 votes
Why it's cheaper to have a baby in Finland than in the US ~life parenting family Article 54 words 11 votes
World's first floorball museum to be opened in Finland – floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper, invented in Sweden in the late 1960s ~sports.hockey Article 292 words 5 votes
Nokia and SoftBank reveal trials that they say successfully demonstrate that 5G technology can be safely and efficiently utilised for connected cars ~transport Article 518 words 4 votes
Finnish government has proposed that primary care nurse visits become free of charge ~health healthcare Article 307 words 5 votes
Finland's biggest game maker Supercell reported its full-year 2019 sales rose 2% to 1.39 billion euros ~games Article 269 words 5 votes
Why Finland leads the field when it comes to winter cycling – progressive policies help get people on their bike, even in below-freezing conditions ~life Article 927 words 8 votes
Finland blazes trail in keeping citizens cycling and healthy – country routinely praised for its schools system aims to do the same with preventive health ~health fitness Article 1023 words 4 votes
Finland to become EU's only uranium producer – Finnish government gave the green light on Thursday for state-owned Terrafame to extract and refine ~finance Article 429 words 6 votes
Kurikka in Finland is offering free gym sessions to everyone over the age of 65 ~health Article 4 votes
Competition authority puts brakes on Helsinki-Tallinn combi travel card – app-based service Whim referred the planned cooperation to the Finnish competition authority ~transport Article 515 words 2 votes
Finland's woman-led center-left government plans to nearly double the length of paternity leave to give new fathers the same amount of paid time off work as new mothers ~life parenting family Article 178 words 16 votes
Why Finland's schools outperform most others across the developed world ~life education Video 6:48, published Feb 1 2020 15 votes
Sanna Marin: ‘I feel that the American Dream can be achieved best in the Nordic countries, where every child no matter their background ... can become anything’ ~life Article 410 words 16 votes
Amateur astronomers have helped discover a new kind of northern lights, known as dunes ~science astronomy Article 501 words 5 votes
How Finland starts its fight against fake news in schools – country on frontline of information war teaches everyone from pupils to politicians how to spot slippery information ~life education Article 1543 words 7 votes
Fitch downgrades Finland's outlook, raising doubts about return to AAA rating ~finance economics Article 290 words 4 votes
Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pekko Haavisto, says the crisis over Brexit could have a beneficial effect on the European Union, pulling the bloc together ~misc politics Article 366 words 11 votes
Finland's Sanna Marin hopes women leaders will be the 'new normal' ~life.women Article 455 words 5 votes
Housemarque's 25th anniversary is this year, and they've put all other projects on hold to focus on finishing an unannounced game they've been working on for three years ~games Article 656 words 4 votes