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Finland passes winter’s midway point

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 12:33
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This year’s winter solstice falls on 21 December. Wednesday marks the winter solstice, making it the shortest day of the

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Rovaniemi gets seven new flight connections to European cities

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 15:29
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Post-pandemic travel is on rise for winter destinations in northern Finland with a wide range of new direct flights from

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Air France launches flights to three destinations above the Arctic Circle

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 22, 2022 at 09:39
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Tromsø in northern Norway will be the northernmost destination on the entire Air France – KLM network. Flights start on December

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Authorities scramble to find housing for quarantined tourists in Finnish Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, December 17, 2021 at 09:23
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Fifty tourists have been quarantined in Lapland, which reported its first Omicron case on Thursday. Municipalities in Lapland are seeking

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 2 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

With cooperative spirit, Finland targets Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 13:30
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In an increasingly hostile political environment, Helsinki seeks to use its new presidency in the Barents Council to interact with

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* Featured * Countries Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Earthquake rattles Santa Claus Village in Arctic Finland on weekend

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 08:52
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A minor earthquake, described by one resident as “a proper jerk”, shook Rovaniemi. A mild earthquake hit Rovaniemi, capital of

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Countries Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Flooding in Finland is getting worse, new climate report says

Yle News
Posted: Friday, September 24, 2021 at 15:51
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Pori and Rovaniemi are among the areas to be worst affected in the coming decades, the Finnish Climate Change Panel

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* Featured * Business Business (Finland) Countries Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Berry firms moved harvesters from Lapland to East Finland even if exposed to, infected with COVID-19

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 16, 2021 at 11:51
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Lapland’s chief infectious diseases doctor says this is the worst case of non-compliance with quarantine regulations he has seen during

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Santa joins former Eurovision winner Lordi at Lapland vaccination clinic to help boost jab uptake in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 2, 2021 at 15:26 — Last Updated: Monday, August 2, 2021 at 15:28
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The event was aimed at encouraging people to get Covid jabs as well as promoting the use of free rapid

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland News Politics Politics (Iceland) RCI 

With U.S. climate drama behind them, can the Arctic Council turn the page in Reykjavik?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 17:19 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 17:24
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The foreign ministers of all eight Arctic countries are gathering in Reykjavik for the Arctic Council ministerial on May 20,

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Arctic Finland to see biggest military exercise of the year

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 07:58
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7,000 troops will be taking part in exercises in the forests of Finnish Lapland, including a contingent from neighbouring Sweden.

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Finnish Lapland sees tourism boom in January

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 14:19 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:21
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The number of tourists visiting Finnish Lapland grew by 12.5 percent in January compared to the same period last year,

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Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Arctic Finland’s first coronavirus patient released from hospital symptom-free

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 10:36
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A tourist visiting from China who was confirmed to have the new strain of coronavirus last week was released from

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Concern over coronavirus outbreak impacts tourism in northern Europe and Arctic Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 31, 2020 at 10:36
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First coronavirus case in northern Finland triggers big headlines. In Murmansk, incoming tourists are expected to be down 80 percent

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Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Christmas Special: How Santa became Finnish

Tom Bateman, Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at 01:00 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:36
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All Points North went to Lapland to find out how one man helped make Santa Claus one of Finland’s biggest

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