Study finds lower cancer rates among indigenous Sámi
According to a doctoral dissertation to be published by the University of Helsinki, the indigenous Sámi people of Northern Finland
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Floodwaters stop rising in North Finland
Flooding in the north Ostrobothnian town of Pudasjärvi, Finland stopped rising on Sunday, with water levels at some measuring points
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Finland: TVO power consortium proposes shelving fourth Olkiluoto reactor
The board of the Finnish consortium of power companies Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) has proposed abandoning plans for construction of a
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Floodwater still on the rise in parts of North Finland
Heavy flooding in northern Finland continues on Friday, with the Ounas River predicted to rise as a rainy spring season
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Finland facing EU warning over deficit
The European Commission is set to warn Finland to rein in its state budget deficit and government debt after they
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Most luxury cruise liners still dumping sewage in Baltic Sea
The international cruise season in the Baltic has just begun, and several hundreds of thousands of cruise tourists are expected
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New Helsinki plant to double solar energy production in Finland
As Finland warms up to the potential of solar energy, a new facility in the pipeline will become the country’s
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Finland: Talvivaara gets creditors’ nod for restructuring plan
Creditors of the struggling mining concern Talvivaara voted to support the company’s proposed restructuring plan Wednesday night. The final vote
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Local opposition buries plans for diamond mine in Arctic Finland
An Irish mining company’s bid to begin prospecting for diamonds in Utsjoki, northern Finland has fallen flat following opposition to
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16 Finnish jets join NATO-dominated exercise over Arctic
Nearly 100 planes from nine countries will fly over northern parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway during the 12-day Arctic
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Up to 500 reindeer killed annually by trains – no fences planned
Citing high annual livestock losses, the Reindeer Herders’ Association is urging Finland’s State Railways VR to build fences alongside railway
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Three taken into custody at nuclear protest in Pyhäjoki, Finland
A Swedish national and two others were detained Monday morning for involvement in a protest against the construction of a
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Finland’s Sámi request UN help in securing their rights
The head of Finland’s Sámi Parliament told a United Nations gathering in New York that the Finnish government has robbed
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Oil spills surprisingly common in Finland, but cleanup dependent on volunteers
About 2,000 oil spills a year take place in Finland, the large majority of which only leak small amounts of
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Finland’s president talks Arctic, Ukraine, Iran in phoner with Putin
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and his Russian opposite Vladimir Putin have held a phone discussion touching on the situation in
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