Finland’s Centre Party scraps beer restriction proposal
Finland’s opposition Centre Party has scrapped a controversial proposal that would have seen only the state-owned alcohol company Alko allowed to sell...
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Finnish man tries to flog dead flying squirrel
A man in Finland has put a rare Siberian flying squirrel up for sale on a supermarket’s advertising board, although there is a slight problem – it is ...
Finland: Online scammers using insurance claims to get instant cash
Pocketing instant cash via small-scale insurance fraud is becoming more common in Finland, largely due to an increase in online claims services, accor...
Finland to scrap cursive handwriting from school programme
Finland is to remove cursive writing from its education programme and replace it with lessons in keyboard typing. The Nordic country’s education board...
Healthy food and beer in high demand on Finns’ weekly shopping list
Despite the fact Finns are increasingly looking to buy healthy food from the supermarket, beer remains high up the list of most popular products among...
Huge decline in Russian tourism bad news for Finland
A dramatic fall in the number of Russians travelling to Finland due to the drop in the rouble and the Ukraine crisis does not bode well for the Nordic...
Finland: Fears of increased anti-immigrant sentiment after Oulu murders
Finland’s police are monitoring social media more closely amid fears of an inti-immigrant backlash following the suspected racially-motivated murders ...
Finnish ombudsman turns down appeals to ban ‘homo-erotic’ stamps
Finland’s parliamentary ombudsman Maija Sakslin has denied pleas for stamps featuring iconic gay artist Tom of Finland’s work to be banned because of ...