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
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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Finnish live stream gives users bird’s eye view of eagle’s nest
Anyone with an internet connection can now follow life in a wild white-tailed eagle’s nest via a new video stream.
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Will Sweden scrap state pensions for thousands now living in Finland?
If Sweden decides to halt payment of state pensions to people living abroad, the move would have repercussions in other
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Nordic nations to hone air combat skills over Finnish Lapland
The last week of June will be noisy along Europe’s eastern border to Russia with exercises both in Finland and
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Finnish president demands Arctic Summit to stop dangerous black carbon emissions
President Sauli Niinistö addressed the Finnish Climate Summit in Helsinki on Wednesday, calling on the Arctic Council member states to
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Finland expecting less blue-green algae blooms than in previous years
This summer there is a decreased risk of widespread blue-green algae blooms in Finland’s sea areas compared to the last
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What makes Finland a meeting point for superpowers?
With relations currently strained between the US and Russia, annual meetings such as the one convening in Vantaa (near Helsinki)
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Villages in western Finland concerned by jump in wolf population
The number of wolves has increased by 10 percent from last year, with 200 wolves now living in Finland. Around
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European Commission suggests extending major rail network to Northern Norway
The Norwegian ice-free port is suggested a key position in EU’s Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor railway network. As part of the next
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Top US and Russian generals to meet in Helsinki
The Finnish Defence Forces said they will organise a meeting between the High Command of the US Armed Forces and
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No end in sight for Helsinki’s record, month-long drought
The Finnish capital Helsinki has had no rain for 30 days, a record-breaking dry spell for the Kaisaniemi weather station.
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Finnish forest fire sparked by sunbeam through bottle in bone-dry weather
The recent weeks of dry, sunny weather have caused brush and forest fires to spark across Finland. On Tuesday fire
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Finnish FM defends presence at anti-abortion event while in Canada for Arctic Council meetings: report
On Wednesday, Finnish tabloid daily Iltalehti reported that Foreign Minister Timo Soini, who is Catholic, had participated in an anti-abortion
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