Thousands apply to be a Finn for ninety days – Americans, Canadians and Britons among those lured by campaign to attract foreign tech workers
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Germany and Finland have repatriated five women and eighteen children from Syrian camps housing suspected family members of Islamic State militants
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Ralf Wunderlich: ‘When FC Santa Claus called I didn't have to think a lot. Who wouldn't want to work for Santa Claus' official football club?’
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Finland's parliament approved a bill designed to protect its networks against cyber threats and espionage – may be used to exclude China's Huawei and ZTE
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Control: The Foundation | Expansion trailer
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BBC 100 Women 2020 – A profile of Sanna Marin, who leads Finland's all-female coalition government
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Why is Finland coping so well with the coronavirus crisis? No other European country has lower rates.
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Why the extortion of Vastaamo matters far beyond Finland – and how cyber pros are responding
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Finland's interior minister summoned an emergency meeting after patient records at a private Finnish psychotherapy center were accessed by hackers
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Sanna Marin, Finland's fearless prime minister, is challenging sexism in politics
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Nokia wins NASA contract to put a 4G network on the moon
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On the 18th October, Finland celebrates National Fairy Tale Day – share childhood favourites, recommend lesser known tales, or even get a little creative and make up your own
Articles Hevosenkenkä Theatre will publish an online audio play for children to enjoy on Finland's national Fairy Tale Day On the occasion of Finland's national Fairy Tale Day, Hevosenkenkä...
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On the occasion of Finland's national Fairy Tale Day, Hevosenkenkä Theatre, an Espoo children's theatre has prepared a special surprise for all children who were eagerly awaiting this Finnish tradition.
Today, 18 October, the theatre will release an audio play of the story “The Bear That Wasn't” as a virtual gift to all those who were eager to visit in person but were unable due to the pandemic. The audio play is also part of the theatre's programme celebrating its own 45th anniversary.
TheMayor.eu – Anton Stoyanov – 18th October 2020
The other worlds of fairy tale – in pictures
Take a tour of the British Academy and Folio Society exhibition of fairy tale illustrations from all over the world, exploring the idea of ‘other worlds’ from China to Native America.
The Guardian – Unknown – 12th May 2015
Resources
Scandinavian Folk & Fairy Tales: Tales From Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland & Iceland
A collection of folk literature from five countries, with illustrations by native artists.
Good Reads – Claire Booss – 26th October 1988
Ten of the best fairy tales everyone should read
The best fairy tales are timeless and yet forever modern, tapping into deeply held and widely shared emotions and moral attitudes. The following constitutes not an exhaustive list of the definitive fairy tales, but rather our attempt to pick the top ten greatest fairy stories.
Interesting Literature – Dr Oliver Tearle – 10th July 2017
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Christmas in danger as Santa's Lapland home feels pandemic chill – flocks of tourists who usually start to make merry in Rovaniemi at this time of year cannot enter the country
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Finnish carrier Finnair will start selling business class airplane food in supermarkets in a move to keep its catering staff employed
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Valtteri Bottas ended Lewis Hamilton's run of five consecutive F1 pole positions after beating his Mercedes team-mate in a tense three-way qualifying fight at the Eifel GP
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Nokia wins Belgian 5G contracts amid US pressure to exclude the Chinese firm Huawei from supplying key telecoms equipment
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Helsinki rides the Slush wave toward a booming startup future – six venture capitalists share their thoughts on Finland's tech ecosystem
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Teenage girl becomes Finland's PM for the day – Aava Murto is taking over for the day as part of a campaign for girls' digital rights
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Nokia has clinched a deal with Britain's biggest mobile operator BT to supply 5G radio equipment – coming months after UK said it would ban Huawei from 5G networks
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Sweden, Finland and Estonia to look at new evidence on MS Estonia sinking in 1994 – ferry sank with the loss of 852 lives, in one of Europe's worst peacetime maritime disasters
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Valtteri Bottas wins Russian GP as time penalty denies Lewis Hamilton's record bid – ninth career F1 win is his second at Sochi and his second this season
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Finland has deployed coronavirus-sniffing dogs at the Nordic country's main international airport – a four-month trial of an alternative testing method
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Being Finnish: A Guide For Soviet Spies – An archived booklet reveals how communist spooks were instructed to blend in with Finnish locals
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The Nokia 3310 is twenty years old today
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TietoEVRY, a software company from Finland, has developed a new font called Polite Type which uses machine learning to rewrite offensive language into more inclusive forms
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Hangover cure successfully tested on drunk subjects in Finland – dose of 1,200 milligrams of amino acid L-cysteine was found to reduce alcohol-related nausea and headache
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The past, present, and future of drum & bass in Finland
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To see how a city embraces remote work, just look to Helsinki – a deeply rooted culture of trust is crucial to the success of remote working
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Helsinki Photo Festival – Fifty-eight international and Nordic photographers displayed in venues across the city; the overall theme for the festival is trust
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Finland investigates complaints of police participation in Black Lives Matter protest – uniformed officers allegedly held demonstration signs and gave on-site interviews in support
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Valtteri Bottas took the win for Mercedes at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix – teammate Lewis Hamilton suffered a dramatic late-racing demotion
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Finland's air force quietly drops swastika symbol – the air force has been using a swastika ever since it was founded in 1918, shortly after the country became independent
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Why Finnish people tell the truth – in Finland, people are assumed to be honest all the time, and trust is implicit unless proven otherwise
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Finns aghast that Donald Trump could think their country is part of Russia – allegations in former US adviser John Bolton's White House memoir mocked on Finnish social media
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Katri Kulmuni will step down as Finland's finance minister after admitting on Friday that she had used taxpayers' money to fund training on how to speak in public
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For two years the government gave 2,000 unemployed citizens €560 a month with no strings attached – does Finland show the way to universal basic income?
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Finland has demonstrated that it is possible to reduce the number of smokers without seeing a surge in e-cigarette users
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The Finnish ski resort of Levi, with its season cut short because of coronavirus, is saving its snow for next season
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Malta's ambassador to Finland resigned on Sunday after he came under fire for comparing German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Adolf Hitler
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Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing – first major study of scheme comes as economic toll of coronavirus prompts fresh interest in idea
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In Helsinki's climate plan, community comes before bureaucracy
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Nightwish - Tribal (2020)
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Finland has become the latest European country to agree to house dozens of asylum-seeking minors from over-crowded Greek refugee camps
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Finnish carrier Finnair, which has focused heavily on routes to Asia, says it will deepen its cooperation with China's Juneyao Air
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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'
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HIM band manager Seppo Vesterinen dies aged 71 – managed some of Finland's most globally successful music acts, including Hanoi Rocks and The Rasmus
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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
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The city of Helsinki had the right to scrap its contract with Siemens over the failed automation of the Finnish capital's metro
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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
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Finland shuts down Uusimaa [Helsinki region] to fight coronavirus
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