Ahtium, former Talvivaara Mining, files for bankruptcy
The board of Ahtium, until late 2017 known as Talvivaara Mining Company, announced Tuesday morning that the company has decided
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Finland
Finnish Defence Minister slams government over planned defence spending cuts
Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö estimated that the cuts facing the defence administration would amount to at least 50 million euros.
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OECD: Basic income would increase poverty in Finland
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has taken aim at Finland’s basic income experiment, saying that rather than helping
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Another cold week in Finland
The coming week in Finland is going to be very cold but sunny. The Finnish Meteorological Institute has issued a
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Rails projects key to Finnish Arctic plans
Expectations were sky-high as the Finnish Minister of Transportation and Communication took the stage in today’s Kirkenes Conference. Berner has
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Finland’s frigid weather to get even colder next week
Temperatures in southern and central Finland could drop as low as -30 degrees Celsius next week – and the wind
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Finland: Icebreaker and university staff strikes loom
The staff of two very different industries – icebreaking and university teaching – are planning to organise strikes to protest
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How to prevent your pipes from freezing
Finland gets a blast of winter this week, bringing a risk of freezing to plumbing infrastructure across the country. Here’s
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Flights to Lapland help Finnair triple 2017 profits
Finnish flag carrier Finnair said its full-year profit increased threefold to 170 million euros last year as more passengers took
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Skiing skills on thin ice for some Finnish conscripts
One of important skill a conscript must learn is to travel long distances through wintry terrain. Some recruits struggle to
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Blog – China & the Arctic: Why the focus on international law matters
There’s been a flurry of reaction to China’s recently released white paper on the Arctic, the first such policy
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Finland’s exports up by 15% in 2017
The value of goods that Finland exported last year increased 15 percent compared with 2016, a jump largely driven by
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Russia-Finland trade gains momentum after years of decline
The Nordic country in 2017 boosted its imports from neighboring Russia by almost 40 percent. Also Finnish exports to Russia
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Could an underwater tunnel connect Estonia to Finland by train?
It would connect the heart of Europe with the Arctic region, Finnish minister Anne Berner says in a presentation of
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Researcher blames lack of ice on Baltic Sea for southern Finland’s messy winter
Ice has not yet covered many areas of the Baltic Sea around southern Finland. A researcher says that warm sea
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