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Finnish Lapland

Business Business (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 

Lapland travel boom

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 3, 2025 at 09:54
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Finland is entering the third and final week of the school winter holidays, and Ilta-Sanomat carries a piece looking at the flood

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Business Business (Finland) 

Lapland’s pricey hotels prompt airlines to send flight crew hours away to sleep

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 10:21
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A sure sign that the tourist season in Finnish Lapland is in full swing is high hotel prices. Hotels are

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Environment Environment (Finland) 

Finland set for New Year’s freeze

Yle News
Posted: Monday, December 30, 2024 at 15:57
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After a relatively mild Christmas week, temperatures are expected to be well below freezing across Finland on Tuesday, New Year’s

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Environment Environment (Finland) 

FMI: Finland sees “exceptionally warm” July as global temperatures hit record highs

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, August 8, 2024 at 11:22
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Temperatures in Finland during July were higher than normal, with central and northern parts of the country “exceptionally warm”, according

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Featured • Zone 2 Society Society (Finland) 

Lapland tourism workers mourn dead colleague — “I have never worked in such a bad company”

Yle News
Posted: Monday, April 15, 2024 at 13:40
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Ramiro Menaya, a 24-year-old from Spain, spent the last winter season working as a safari guide for the Rovaniemi-based company

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Finland’s border closure explained

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 16:24
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Crossings to be shut for at least 2 weeks following surge of migrants trying to enter from Russia. Finland is

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Finland News Society Society (Finland) 

Exploitation of foreign workers an “open secret” in Lapland tourism sector

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 14:25
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Tourism is booming in Finnish Lapland, but the industry faces growing questions over its treatment of foreign workers. Husky sledding

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland News 

Blustery winds, snow and subzero nights on the way in Arctic Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 14:40 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 14:43
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Thousands of households lost power on Wednesday as rain, sleet and high winds swept through much in Finland. A powerful

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Business General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Norway 

Can Barents region become a superhub on China’s Arctic Silk Road?

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 08:48
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A new sea port with railway connection could potentially handle up to ten percent of container trade between China and

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Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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