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Finnish youth join global climate strike

Yle News
Posted: Friday, March 15, 2019 at 14:36 — Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2019 at 14:38
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Finnish young people joined a global climate strike on Friday, urging politicians and decision-makers to take action to prevent climate

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€15bn Chinese funding deal for Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 11, 2019 at 15:42
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A private firm looking to construct a tunnel linking Tallinn and Helsinki is set to receive some 15 billion euros

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Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland takes another step towards building Arctic rail link

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 4, 2019 at 10:07 — Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2019 at 10:42
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Finnish Government includes Rail Baltica project in infrastructure plan as it invites private investors to participate future development. Finland’s Transport

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Teen protesters in Helsinki demand climate action

Yle News
Posted: Friday, January 11, 2019 at 15:13 — Last Updated: Friday, January 11, 2019 at 15:17
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A group of upper secondary school students, mainly from Swedish-speaking schools in the Helsinki region gathered on the steps of

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Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Report highlights Finland’s top 5 housing problems

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 08:45
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Parliament’s audit committee issued a report on Tuesday outlining five major problems with housing policy in Finland. The committee concluded

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Business Business (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Swedish authorities OK Nordea bank’s HQ move from Stockholm to Helsinki

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 11:56 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 11:58
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Regulators in Sweden have given Nordic banking giant Nordea the green light to relocate the bank’s headquarters from Stockholm to

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Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Podcast – Dissecting the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 11:05 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 11:09
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Commenting on Monday’s meeting in Helsinki between the US and Russian presidents, the Tampere-based daily Aamulehti (southern Finland) writes that

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General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska senators blast Trump for going soft on Putin

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 09:55 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 09:56
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Both of Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators take issue with President Trump’s remarks in Helsinki Monday. Trump, standing beside Russian President

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Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland steps up border checks for Trump-Putin summit

Yle News
Posted: Friday, July 13, 2018 at 09:37
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Finland will require travellers from Schengen countries to pass through border control for the next four days, to coincide with

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Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Various protests planned in Helsinki for Trump-Putin summit

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 10:33
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Helsinki Police said it has been informed of four demonstrations planned for 16 July, when US president Donald Trump is

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Finland General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) News Politics 

First Trump-Putin summit to be held in Helsinki on July 16th

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 09:50 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 09:51
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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Finland’s capital on July 16th, according to statements

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Finland takes thousands off streets by giving homes to homeless

Yle News
Posted: Monday, June 18, 2018 at 11:55
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About ten years ago Finland decided that every person in the country deserves to have a home. Housing minister Jan

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Finland General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) News Politics 

What makes Finland a meeting point for superpowers?

Yle News
Posted: Friday, June 8, 2018 at 10:12 — Last Updated: Friday, June 8, 2018 at 10:16
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With relations currently strained between the US and Russia, annual meetings such as the one convening in Vantaa (near Helsinki)

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

No end in sight for Helsinki’s record, month-long drought

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 10:46
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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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Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

It’s official: Nordea Bank moves HQ from Stockholm to Helsinki

Yle News
Posted: Friday, March 16, 2018 at 12:23 — Last Updated: Friday, March 16, 2018 at 12:28
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A general meeting of the largest pan-Nordic bank has green-lighted the plan to shift the HQ to Finland, which unlike

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