Various protests planned in Helsinki for Trump-Putin summit
Helsinki Police said it has been informed of four demonstrations planned for 16 July, when US president Donald Trump is
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Finland’s only aircraft manufacturer loses prototype in Lapland crash
A small company billed as Finland’s only plane maker saw a one-million-euro prototype of its amphibious plane go up in
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Finnish president to talk crisis management at NATO summit
Finnish president Sauli Niinistö will attend a summit of NATO member states in Brussels from 11-12 July. United States President
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First Trump-Putin summit to be held in Helsinki on July 16th
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Finland’s capital on July 16th, according to statements
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Finland’s wind power sector is booming
Last year, 153 new turbines were installed in the country, according to the Finnish Wind Power Association. Some 700 turbines
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Finland’s strawberry season hastened by warm spring weather
This year, the strawberry season in Finland is occurring early and is shorter than usual. Miika Ilomäki from the fruit
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Pouring rain expected over large swaths of Finland
The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) said on Tuesday that it is still considering whether to issue a heavy rain warning
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Dumped bombs pose toxic threat to Gulf of Finland
Wartime depth charges and naval mines in the Gulf of Finland pose an increasing environmental risk to marine life, according
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Finland needs ambitious CO2 emissions cuts to fight climate change, say researchers
Finland’s climate panel, a group of 14 leading climate change researchers, say the government needs to target an 85-100 percent
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Rain and wind await Finland for Midsummer weekend
The upcoming holiday weekend will be wet and windy, according to forecasters, with the Midsummer break featuring a low pressure
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Blog – Sámi school preserves reindeer herders’ heritage with help of internet
In my previous post, I wrote about how a Concorde jet and Chinese tourists have irrevocably changed Lapland in the
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Finland suspends twenty councillors in Lapland town before trial
Twenty Kittilä councillors have been suspended by central government until the conclusion of their trial on charges of abuse of
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Blog – In Santa’s hometown, are tourism and a railway threatening Sámi culture?
Located just a few kilometers to the south of the Arctic Circle, the unassuming Finnish city of Rovaniemi does not
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Finland takes thousands off streets by giving homes to homeless
About ten years ago Finland decided that every person in the country deserves to have a home. Housing minister Jan
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Foreign residents acquiring Finnish citizenship in record numbers
A record number of non-Finnish applicants were granted passports in 2017, according to Statistics Finland. A total of 12,219 foreign
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