Finland moves to eliminate tobacco
The Finnish Ministry for Social Affairs and Health is set to propose legislation that will see the country pursue a course to a tobacco-free society. ...
Norway rated world’s best place to live, again
Once again Norway has taken the honour of being named best country in the world to live in, heading off Australia and Iceland to win for the second co...
Funeral for famous Finnish brewery
Last week saw a small crowd hold a funeral procession to commemorate the closure of the famous Pori Brewery. The last rites were administered to a bee...
Improvements demanded for Finnish elderly care
Finnish opposition parties last week introduced demands for the implementation of new legislation for the improvement of elderly care. The chair of th...
US could launch missiles from the Baltic Sea
The US Secretary of Defence, Robert Gates, has announced that the U.S missile based defence system could see changes which will result in weapons bein...
Helsinki Zoo feeds bunnies to the lions
Helsinki has found a novel solution to the age-old problem of urban rabbits. They will soon be on the menu for the city zoo’s vultures, wolverines and...
Climate Summit in danger of failure
Britain’s foreign minister has claimed that he fears the climate summit scheduled for December in Copenhagen will end without a satisfactory result. M...
Finland in dispute over sale of surplus nuclear power
The Finnish finance minister Jyrki Katainen said last week that he would be happy to export surplus nuclear generated electricity.