Helsinki rides the Slush wave toward a booming startup future – six venture capitalists share their thoughts on Finland's tech ecosystem ~tech Article 1558 words 6 votes
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 ~life.women Article 33 words 12 votes
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 ~tech Article 281 words 7 votes
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 ~transport Article 276 words 7 votes
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 ~sports.motorsports Article 903 words 6 votes
Finland has deployed coronavirus-sniffing dogs at the Nordic country's main international airport – a four-month trial of an alternative testing method ~transport Article 460 words 9 votes
Being Finnish: A Guide For Soviet Spies – An archived booklet reveals how communist spooks were instructed to blend in with Finnish locals ~humanities.history Link 11 votes
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 ~tech Article 322 words, published Aug 21 2020 10 votes
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 ~science chemistry Article 20 votes
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 ~life work.remote Article 1183 words 6 votes
Helsinki Photo Festival – Fifty-eight international and Nordic photographers displayed in venues across the city; the overall theme for the festival is trust ~arts photography Article 49 words 5 votes
Finland investigates complaints of police participation in Black Lives Matter protest – uniformed officers allegedly held demonstration signs and gave on-site interviews in support ~news finland.helsinki Article 494 words 5 votes
Valtteri Bottas took the win for Mercedes at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix – teammate Lewis Hamilton suffered a dramatic late-racing demotion ~sports.motorsports Article 770 words 10 votes
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 ~design Article 849 words 13 votes
Why Finnish people tell the truth – in Finland, people are assumed to be honest all the time, and trust is implicit unless proven otherwise ~life Article 1705 words 13 votes
Finns aghast that 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 ~news finland usa russia Article 358 words 10 votes
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 ~news finland politics Article 98 words 12 votes
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? ~finance Article 892 words 8 votes
Finland has demonstrated that it is possible to reduce the number of smokers without seeing a surge in e-cigarette users ~health Article 801 words, published May 4 2020 7 votes
The Finnish ski resort of Levi, with its season cut short because of coronavirus, is saving its snow for next season ~hobbies Article 4 votes
Malta's ambassador to Finland resigned on Sunday after he came under fire for comparing German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Adolf Hitler ~news finland germany malta Article 172 words 8 votes
Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing – first major study of scheme comes as economic toll of coronavirus prompts fresh interest in idea ~life work Article 761 words 13 votes
In Helsinki's climate plan, community comes before bureaucracy ~enviro climate change Article 782 words 5 votes
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