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Northern Finland to cool down over the weekend

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 09:43 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 10:02
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Cooler air is streaming into Finland from the north on Wednesday and Thursday. Conditions will be windy especially up north,

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Finland’s May heat streak longest in 34 years

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 15:31 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 15:32
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The month of May has proven to be one for Finland’s history books, as meteorologists have so far recorded 13

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Northern Finland enjoying warm weather

Yle News
Posted: Monday, May 28, 2018 at 12:40 — Last Updated: Monday, May 28, 2018 at 12:45
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Meteorologists have been saying that the month of May, which will comes to a close at the end of this

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Power company to build first non-subsidised wind farm in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 16:00
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Wind power company TuuliWatti is building a five-turbine wind power park in the municipality of Ii on the Bay of

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No plans to emulate Sweden’s crisis survival guide, says Finnish PM

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 12:11 — Last Updated: Friday, May 25, 2018 at 11:46
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Finland does not have plans to publish war and crisis preparation guidelines to all of its residents as Sweden is

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Finland’s last snow melts a month earlier than usual

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 11:25
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The Finnish Meteorological Institute reports that it expects the last snow in Finland to melt on Sunday. Measurement stations throughout

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Researchers identify ideal temperatures for Finns

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 13:53
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The unseasonal warmth is on the lips of anyone who has lived in Finland long enough to realise that the

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Swedish regional airline Nextjet files for bankruptcy, cancels all flights

Frank Radosevich, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 15:01
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Sweden’s largest regional airline Nextjet filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday and cancelled all of its flights scheduled from 1 pm

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Finland hit by worst birch pollen season in years

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 11:39 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 11:42
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One-fifth of Finland’s residents suffer from some form of pollen allergy, but birch pollen levels were so high on Wednesday

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Northern Finland braces for worst spring floods in decades

Yle News
Posted: Monday, May 14, 2018 at 10:55 — Last Updated: Friday, May 18, 2018 at 11:19
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The Finnish regions of Lapland (north) and Saimaa (southeast) are likely to see flooding in the coming weeks, as warm

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Scientists estimated that around 700 seals were hit by bird flu, but they now believe as many as 3,000 animals could have been killed by the bug. (iStock)
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Live seal cam returns to mesmerise Finnish viewers

Yle News
Posted: Friday, May 11, 2018 at 13:44 — Last Updated: Friday, May 11, 2018 at 15:58
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If the Twitterverse is to be believed, the sight of a seal lolling on a waterside rock can be quite

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Finnish activists to carve giant Trump sculpture on melting glacier

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 10:29 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 10:31
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The Finnish activist group Melting Ice is raising money in order to carve a 35 metre-tall ice sculpture of US

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Finland, Sweden and US building three-way defence ties

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 10:05
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Defence Ministers from Finland, Sweden and the United States are scheduled to meet in Washington to discuss military cooperation between

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Rural Finland won’t be fully compensated for predator damage

Yle News
Posted: Monday, May 7, 2018 at 14:38 — Last Updated: Monday, May 7, 2018 at 14:46
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Residents and farmers who’ve been approved to receive compensation for damage caused by predators will not receive the full amount

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Finnish Lapland to bask in warmer, sunnier weather

Yle News
Posted: Monday, May 7, 2018 at 10:00
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A weak high pressure front has arrived in Finland, causing temperatures to rise to over 20 degrees Celsius in western

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