Terrorism in Finland: five arrested over far-right plot
Finnish police have arrested five men suspected of far-right terrorism and were planning a motivated bomb and gun attack. According to police, the fiv...
Denmark offers best quality of life, Iceland ranks first with religious tolerance
According to a new research, released this week by the Social Progress Imperative, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Finland and Sweden “excel at meeting basi...
High Per Cent of Icelanders Living Abroad
Iceland comes in sixth place on a list from 2014 of countries showing the percentage of the native-born population living abroad with almost 12 per ce...
Reykjavík – least Popular destination of the Nordics
According to a new collaborative Nordic survey Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik is the least sought after to live in of the major cities in the Nordic reg...
Asylum seekers to face tough new screening measures
Asylum seekers hoping to be granted asylum in Finland will have to face tough new screening measures. Most of Finland’s 23,000 asylum seekers come fro...
New hotspot for asylum seekers entering Finland
A former upper secondary school in Tornio, Finland has been converted into a so-called hotspot to receive refugees seeking asylum. Intent on stepping ...
Finland virtually through to next round at hockey worlds
A nervy 3-2 penalty shootout against the unfancied Belarus, pushed Finland into second place in group B of the current World Hockey Championships, tie...
Finland: Many Anttila department stores to close
Parent company Kesko has announced that it is to close down one in three Anttila department stores in Finland despite the fact that the company saw an...