Finnish baby boomers caught in mid-life crisis
Almost half of all over 50s in Finland say their lives are dissatisfying and that they are victims of an over-hurried and unjust world. A new survey f...
Finnish suicide rate reduced through social networking
Suicide ratesCases of ending one’s own life in Finland have been reduced over the past decade by around aone -third. However, the country is still pla...
Finnish health expert helps Pepsi withdrawal from schools
Soft drink manufacturer Pepsi has announced plans to withdraw its high-calorie soda drinks from across the world’s schools by 2012.
Finnish newspaper fined for dismissing gay editor
The Helsinki Court of Appeals has found in favour of Johanna Korhonen in her battle for wrongful dismissal. Korhonen had accused the Lapin Kansa newsp...
Finnish priests to stay celibate
The spate of recent child abuse sex scandals across the United States and Europe will not prompt the Finnish Catholic Church to review its stance on c...
Finnish children growing bigger, faster
A new study of children in the Finnish city of Espoo has uncovered new standards for national physical growth curves. The report showed that today’s c...
Finnish government to ban unsuitable students
The Finnish government is investigating ways in which to weed out what it determines are “unfit” students from educational areas where they could be c...
Finnish PM wades into Milk War
Matti Vanhanen, the Finnish Prime Minister, has declared that he will personally boycott the chain of grocery stores operated by the S chain as an obj...