Finland: Nordea forecasts continued slow growth
Banking group Nordea released its Economic Outlook on Wednesday, forecasting continued slow growth worldwide. The bank sees poor growth and
Read moreBanking group Nordea released its Economic Outlook on Wednesday, forecasting continued slow growth worldwide. The bank sees poor growth and
Read moreRecord-low groundwater levels have been recorded on the islands of Öland and Gotland in southeastern Sweden and may lead to
Read moreAccording to Statistics Finland, Finland’s gross domestic product in 2015 grew by 0.5 percent, not 0.4 percent as earlier reported
Read moreFinland’s Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö wants new legislation to shorten the call-up time for reservist training. Niinistö said Monday that
Read moreFinnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven have penned a rare joint missive outlining their plans
Read moreMunicipalities in Finland have been turning off street lights at night in order to save money. In the town of
Read moreSweden will have more joint military exercises and share more intelligence with both Finland and the military alliance NATO, Defence
Read moreThe health of the highly-polluted Baltic Sea appears to be improving. Despite continuing periodic algae blooms and dead zones in
Read moreEarly Sunday morning the environmental activist group Greenpeace managed to board and get a coal-carrying freighter on its way from
Read moreA new poll commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle shows that 55 percent of Finns are opposed to NATO
Read moreProfessors at the Lappeenranta University of Technology charge that Finland’s energy decisions are made based on misleading data. Officials at
Read moreAcross the vast tundra of northern Eurasia, nomadic indigenous peoples have herded reindeer for thousands of years. From the Sami in
Read moreThe Nenets organization Yasavey Manzara is the first indigenous peoples´ organization in the Barents Region to be declared “foreign agents”.
Read moreAndrey Vokuev in Naryan-Mar, Russia, fears for the cooperation between indigenous peoples. Next week, applicants from the Nenets tundra will
Read moreAfter a decade with plenty of jobs, unemployment in Norway takes an upturn. Jobless figures remain low, but the trend
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