Midsummer Day brings usual mix of fun and violence
In Finland, the weather was soggy, grey and chilly for the Midsummer Day festivities. This apparently dampened the enthusiasm of boaters both at sea a...
Russian WWII sub found off Nordic coast
A team of Finnish and Swedish divers has discovered the wreck of a World War II Soviet submarine in the Baltic Sea off the Nordic coast. The wreck, ca...
Finnish nationalists on the political rise
As Finland’s top three political parties suffered losses in the recent European elections, the country’s nationalistic True Finns party captured their...
Finland sets out to save the Baltic Sea
In an effort to preserve and improve the condition of the Baltic Sea, the Finnish government has announced its plan to hold a Baltic Sea Action Summit...
Finnair could trim up to 1,200 jobs
Like most airlines around the world, Finnair is struggling to find ways to cut costs as the number of global air travellers continues to slump. The Fi...
Finland rejects Russian call to change freight system
Finland’s transport minister was joined by the Finnish hauliers’ lobby in rejecting a proposal by the Russian Federal Customs Service that wants to mo...
Nordic region must lead way in climate change
At their summit in Iceland, environment ministers from the Nordic region stressed in a public statement that “The Nordic Region must show the way and ...
Finland’s Latvala dominates Italy-Sardinia Rally
Driving his Ford Focus, Finland’s Jari-Matti Latvala truly dominated the Rally of Italy-Sardinia to take the racing event. This race was the sixth sta...