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An official hot day in Finland is when the temperature reaches 25 degrees and it looks like Lapland may reach that today. (Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

First ‘hot’ summer day in Finnish Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 15:29 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 20:32
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Now that schools are back in session and summer holidays have come to a halt for most people, the warm

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A construction site in Finland. The number of building companies seeking bankruptcies remains high, though it has declined by nearly 20% since last year. (iStock)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Bankruptcies dip in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 15:15 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 20:33
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While the building industry showed the largest drop, nearly 50 companies per month still filed for bankruptcy in the first

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Economists are far from exuberant in their characterisation of Finnish finances. Words like dismal, weak, low-key and no change abound in their responses.(Jyrki Lyytikkä / Yle)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Zero growth at best for Finland: Yle Poll

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 18:36 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 15:38
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The nation was hoping for economic turnaround this year. Instead, 2015 threatens to become Finland’s fourth consecutive year of recession.

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Biologist Harri Hongell says he once received death threats over a bog protection project. (Kalle Niskala / Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Remembering Finland bog protection controversy

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2015 at 17:53 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 12:22
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Work to create nature reserves in the Ostrobothnia region as part of the EU’s Natura 2000 project felt like pulling

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Talvivaara principals are currently in court over environmental damage caused by the Sotkamo mine. Government has stepped in to ensure that mining operations will continue. (Taito Siira / Yle)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Finland to save Talvivaara mining operations

Yle News
Posted: Friday, August 7, 2015 at 18:16 — Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2015 at 19:12
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Mining operations at Talvivaara’s Sotkamo quarry are expected to resume in September, following an announcement Friday that the government will

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Finland's Prime Minister Juha Sipilä in June 2015. In an interview with the daily Finnish paper Keskisuomalainen, he said it's unlikely any new proposals for nuclear power plants would come up for consideration during the current government’s term in office.(Raigo Pajula/AFP/Getty Images)
Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland’s last nuclear project?

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 15:48
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Prime Minister Juha Sipilä says it’s unlikely that his government will approve any new nuclear power plants after the Fennovoima

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A design for the nuclear reactor to be built in Pyhäjoki in North Finland. (Fennovoima)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Finland nuclear project will go ahead

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 15:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 18:26
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Finland’s prime minister Juha Sipilä confirms that the Fennovoima nuclear plant will be built in Pyhäjoki, after Economic Affairs Minister Rehn

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Talvivaara CEO Pekka Perä. (Miia Roivainen / Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General Special Features 

CEO’s order led to Finland Talvivaara disaster

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 14:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 18:23
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Prosecutors call for ten-month suspended sentence and fine of 13 million euros for four bosses in power during series of

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A design for the nuclear reactor to be built in Pyhäjoki in North Finland. (Fennovoima)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Russian hydropower key to Finnish nuclear plant deal

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 3, 2015 at 18:10
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There might never be built a nuclear powerplant at Pyhäjoki, northern Finland, unless energy company Fortum gets control over the

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Reindeer hot dogs for sale at Kauppatori. (Mia Bennett)
Blog Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Blog: Finland – An eastern Arctic nation

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 18:11
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Finland is the quiet player in Arctic affairs. It lacks the long Arctic coastlines of Russia, Canada, the United States,

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Beach days have been few and far between in Finland this summer. (Riina Kasurinen/Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Finland: Summer 2015 poised to be chilliest in 50 years

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 14:49
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In Finland, this summer is set to go down in the history books as perhaps the coldest on record –

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Solar panels manufactured by SaloSolar in south-western Finland. ( Lassi Lähteenmäki / Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Solar power prospects good in Finland despite rainy summer

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 14:30 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 18:32
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Despite this summer’s cloudy weather, the amount of solar energy produced this year in Finland is about the same as

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The site of the Fennovoima nuclear plant. (Fennovoima)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Less than a third of Finns support Fennovoima nuclear plant

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 15:38 — Last Updated: Friday, July 24, 2015 at 21:07
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Only 29 percent of Finns surveyed by economic researcher Taloustutkimus are in favour of granting building permission for the controversial

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The new logistics centre will produce enough energy to heat 2,000 houses. (Yle)
Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

One of world’s largest geo-bio-energy facilities slated for Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 17:19 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 20:09
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A new world record is being set in the Helsinki suburb of Sipoo,Finland where a 300,000-square-metre logistics centre to be

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Greens Party leader Ville Niinistö says he is against a Russian nuclear deal. (Yle)
Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Fate of Fennovoima up to Russian brass says Finnish politician

Yle News
Posted: Monday, July 20, 2015 at 15:48 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 18:22
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Finland’s Green Party leader Ville Niinistö says he considers the Fennovoima nuclear power plant project to be completely ruled by

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