Finland’s prison conditions could be improved
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) recently finished a tour of Fin...
Finnish President hopes for peace in Sri Lanka
The President of Finland recently expressed her desire for Finland to continue assisting Sri Lanka, according to reports in the Asian Tribune. Tarja H...
Defending Finland and Sweden: cooperative future
Finland’s defence minister, Jyri Hakamies and Sweden’s defence minister, Sten Tolgfors published a column which was printed in a Finnish and Swedish n...
Finland PM headed to South Korea and Japan
The Prime Minister of Finland, Matti Vanhanen recently announced plans to visit both Japan and South Korea in the near future. According to reports by...
NATO a touchy subject in Finland
Last week, Finland’s Minister of Defence, Jyri Hakamies, spoke out in public, voicing his support for Finland and Sweden’s accession into NATO. The sp...
Finns have trouble with influential women
President Tarja Halonen is a well known figure for the Finnish people, who, for the most part, have no difficulty in naming her as an influential Finn...
Scandinavia strikes!
Both Sweden and Denmark were plagued with strikes last week as workers in the health sector demanded better wages, according to reports on the World S...
Helsinki’s EuroMayDay rally most violent yet
This May Day ranked among the bloodiest in the history of Helsinki according to Finnish Police reports noted in the Finnish News Agency (STT). Local p...