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UT The Daily Texan
April 19, 2018
Heiskanen said campus carry is a unique concept to people in Finland, where gun licenses are mainly issued for hunting purposes, and firearms are prohibited on college campuses. Heiskanen said the study's findings, which used anonymous participants, will be published not just in academic papers inÃâà...
Variety
April 19, 2018
Finland's Vertigo is moving beyond Nordic Noir with an ambitious, six-part TV series about Europe's migrant crisis which they'll be presenting at Series Mania. Based on the book by best-selling Finnish novelist Jari Tervo, “Layla” is the story of a 15-year-old Kurdish girl who travels the perilous migrant routeÃâà...
YLE News
April 18, 2018
The decline of young people's reading skills and interest in reading is a reason for concern, and many people are worried about literary rates in Finland plummeting. Mean PISA test scores in reading comprehension have fallen steadily since the year 2000, for example. Young people increasingly rejectÃâà...
Detroit Metro Times
April 18, 2018
Even if you don't know the artist Tom of Finland by name, you almost certainly know of his legacy. Born Touko Laaksonen, the Finnish World War II vet and artist is known for his smoldering, homoerotic drawings of brawny, hyper-masculine men. Once deemed pornographic by the mainstream, the imagesÃâà...
BBC News
April 18, 2018
A tell-all book by a former government accountant claims that Finland once spent a small fortune on an armoured car that proved impractical to use. According to Pertti J. Rosila, the former head of the Finnish Parliament's accounting office, civil servants convinced one-time prime minister Paavo Lipponen toÃâà...
YLE News
April 18, 2018
According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute's forecasts temperatures will be somewhat spring-like in Finland through the mid week. On Wednesday daytime high temperatures of around 15 degrees are expected in the south, in the low teens in central areas and around six degrees in the far north ofÃâà...
YLE News
April 17, 2018
In Finland itself, the risk of cancer seems to decrease as one moves north. Regional differences are most pronounced when comparing the different cancers. Prostate cancer in particular is more than twice as common in some areas than others. Male residents of Eastern Finland are the most reluctant toÃâà...
FiveAA
April 4, 2018
A man in Finland says he was able to receive our very own 1395 FIVEaa from beyond the Arctic Circle when he pointed his 1km-long antenna in the direction of Adelaide!
Xinhua
April 4, 2018
HELSINKI, April 3 (Xinhua) -- As a friendly gesture to immigrants, Finland has just opened door to those who want to move from outside the European Union to Finland to establish a startup company in the country. Jukka Hayrynen, director for startups at Business Finland, said on Tuesday that hisÃâà...
Helsinki Times
April 4, 2018
The Stopped – Ethnic Profiling in Finland, a survey conducted by the Swedish School of Social Science (SSKH) and funded by the Kone Foundation, found that ethnic profiling is common particularly in public spaces such as metro and railway stations, restaurants and shopping centres, and airports andÃâà...
Focus News
April 4, 2018
Helsinki. A Finnish woman who underwent hormonal therapy has become the nation's first transgender man to give birth, local media said Wednesday, triggering controversy as laws require infertility to change gender, AFP reports. "The baby weighed nearly four kilogrammes and was 53 centimetres inÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 3, 2018
In the first round of allocation of funding this year, Finland granted EUR 67 million to humanitarian aid organisations by decision of Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Anne-Mari Virolainen. The funding will be channelled via principal UN specialised agencies, the Red Cross Movement, and sixÃâà...
YLE News
April 3, 2018
Finland is still debating the whether or not blackface is appropriate. These Alppila youngsters blacked up in 1977 to represent the three wise men during a Christmas play. Image: Helsingin kaupunginmuseo. Recent blackface portrayals in Finland – as well as the wider issue of racism – have seen highlyÃâà...
YLE News
April 1, 2018
The outcome of such negotiations will have special significance for the national carrier Finnair and its passengers, as London is one of Finnish residents' favourite European travel destinations. Moreover, flights from Finland to New York very often transit via London, and Finnair operates many flights to theÃâà...
TASS
March 31, 2018
HELSINKI, March 30. /TASS/. Finland plans to continue cooperation with Russia as usual despite Moscow's decision to expel one Finnish diplomat in retaliation to a similar move made by Helsinki, Director General of the Department for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the Finnish ForeignÃâà...
YLE News
March 31, 2018
An analysis from public broadcaster Yle has found that municipalities in Finland have steadily raised the property tax on summer cottages and second homes over the last 18 years. A simultaneous increase in the tax value of real estate has also played a part. The arrival of Tax Administration slips with theÃâà...
YLE News
March 30, 2018
A wave of cyber attacks – a so-called cyber tsunami – could have the effect of crippling power grids, banks and even healthcare services in Finland. But according to researchers Martti Lehto and Jarno Limnell, no one actually has strategic responsibility for coordinating defences in the event of a large-scaleÃâà...
Sky News
March 30, 2018
The new Rough Sleeping Team, drawn from across Government, will include experts from charities who "have worked in this area for years, in some cases decades, and other experts, including international experts", Mr Javid said. He added: "For example, from Finland, where they have eliminated roughÃâà...
YLE News
March 29, 2018
"Finland traditionally scores high in perception surveys on the fight against corruption and [the] risks of actual bribery are considered to be low or non-existent. However, recent scandals in public life, including a major corruption scheme in the Helsinki Police, have put into question whether what has beenÃâà...
YLE News
March 29, 2018
... 353 job cuts in Finland. Finnish telecom networks firm Nokia is to cut 353 jobs in Finland after completing mandatory consultations with labour unions. ... Nokia's turnover in 2017 was 23 billion euros and it employed some 100,000 people, with around 6,300 of those based in Finland. Some 3,200 of thoseÃâà...
Mother Nature Network
March 29, 2018
A homeless woman sits outside downtown Helsinki central station A homeless woman (center) sits outside downtown Helsinki central station in April 2011. Housing First policies in Finland have helped thousands of homeless people into supported housing. (Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images).
The Hindu
March 28, 2018
Fun-filled learning: Students use language trainer robot Elias at the school in Tampere, Finland . | Photo Credit: STAFF. Reuters. TAMPERE, March 28, 2018 12:15 IST. Updated: March 28, 2018 12:16 IST. more-in. The robot is able to understand and speak 23 languages. Elias, the new language teacher atÃâà...
The PIE News
March 28, 2018
This new legislation will also have provisions for intra-EU mobility, meaning that students will be permitted to study or engage in research in Finland if another EU member state has granted them a residence permit. “If a third-country national has studied in Finland, we hope that he/she could find work inÃâà...
Xinhua
March 27, 2018
HELSINKI, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Finnish President Sauli Niinisto underlined on Monday the need to continue dialogues with Russia. Niinisto talked to the media following an announcement by the Finnish government that one Russian diplomat will be expelled. The Finnish president said resources shouldÃâà...
CW39
March 27, 2018
But, if you're a fawn in Finland......stranded in the Inkoo Archipelago, you hope for a nice Finnish coast guard officer to come along like this guy. This dude popped up to lend a helping hoof or two. This poor little Bambi took a tumble on the ice, but his rescue was caught on camera. Oh, deer! What a 'find; dayÃâà...
Helsinki Times
March 27, 2018
The attack was immediately condemned by both Finland and the rest of the EU. “Finland immediately condemned the use of a chemical weapon in the attack and, together with other EU member states, gave its strong support to the UK. The attack in Salisbury poses a serious threat to the security of theÃâà...
YLE News
March 27, 2018
Pepper, Finland's first and only robot working in the public healthcare sector. Image: Kari Ahotupa / Yle. Finland's social and health care sector is lagging in the use of cost-saving automation technology, according to robotics advocate Cristina Andersson. Andersson is involved in a project by the Ministry ofÃâà...
The Economist (blog)
March 27, 2018
IN THE 1860s Finland suffered a famine that killed about 9% of its population. It has come a long way since. Earlier this month Finland was named the happiest country in the world by the UN's Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Three of its Nordic cousins, Norway, Denmark and Iceland, took theÃâà...
The Mercury
March 26, 2018
Finland topped the table in the annual United Nations happiness rankings for the first time, snatching the honour from Norway. I sat on my back deck in shorts and a T-shirt as I raised a glass of Tasmanian wine. I listened to the parrots and the wind shaking the gum trees and watched the sunset against theÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 25, 2018
Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont faces arrest in Finland after authorities there received an international warrant for his detention issued by Spain, the latest legal action against separatist politicians from the wealthy northeastern region. Madrid's legal action against Puigdemont is an "attack on theÃâà...
Inquirer.net
March 25, 2018
The UN report found that Finland and the other countries at the top of the rankings all performed well on key issues that support well-being: income, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom, trust and generosity. Finns' happiness, as often seen in acclaimed Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki'sÃâà...
The Guardian
March 25, 2018
“I confirm that President Puigdemont is no longer in Finland,” his lawyer Jaume Alonso Cuevillas tweeted on Saturday, without stating where the former leader was. Finnish MP Mikko Karna, one of the ousted leader's hosts in Finland, also said he had “received information that Charles Puigdemont departedÃâà...
YLE News
March 24, 2018
Shadow of harassment hangs over Finland's 2017 film awards. The Finnish film industry gathered to recognise the past year's accomplishments Friday in a ceremony deeply coloured by accusations of a leading film director using questionable methods.
YLE News
March 24, 2018
Orpo referred to a February report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a club of 35 high-income countries, which says that the universal credit would be a more sensible solution for Finland than a universal basic income, another alternative that is currently being triedÃâà...
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
March 23, 2018
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aim-listed exploration and development company Beowulf on Friday announced the preliminary drilling results for its latest drilling campaign at its Aitolampi graphite project in Finland. The company has completed ten holes and 1.57 km of diamond drilling.
VOGUE India
March 23, 2018
Finland has been declared the world's happiest country by a UN report. The Nordic—not Scandinavian—nation scored well on points like safety, income, freedom, life expectancy, stable governance and generosity. If that's not enough to tempt you to move to the land that gave the world Nokia, let us giveÃâà...
IHS Jane's 360
March 23, 2018
The Netherlands will transfer the last of 100 Leopard 2A6 tanks to Finland in 2019, the Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said on its website. The ministry reported that it began transferring 20 Leopard 2A6s to Finland on 21 March. The Netherlands decided in 2011 to phase out main battle tanks, andÃâà...
YLE News
March 23, 2018
Most Chinese tourists who come to Finland go to Lapland. Is there a risk that the Chinese no longer want to visit Lapland because it is too crowded? Jari Ahjoranta from Visit Tampere does not believe that Lapland's allure will fade soon. “On the other hand, there is an ongoing trend in China for moreÃâà...
TIME
March 22, 2018
(TALLINN, Estonia) — Finland's government said Wednesday that delegates from North Korea, South Korea and the United States concluded “constructive” unofficial diplomatic talks in the Nordic country that were widely believed to be laying the groundwork for an upcoming meeting between the KoreasÃâà...
South China Morning Post
March 22, 2018
Finns have long been perceived as taciturn and introverted people in a country known for its dark, cold winters and high suicide rate. Today, they are also considered the world's happiest. In the just released 2018 UN World Happiness Report, Finland took the top spot followed by its ScandinavianÃâà...
The Guardian
March 20, 2018
There are many dialects in Finland and it is great to hear them spoken. Finland is a bilingual country and Swedish is spoken as the main language in some parts of the country. As Finnish is a small language we start to learn other languages quite early at school which from my point of view is a very goodÃâà...
CNBC
March 17, 2018
A senior North Korean diplomat left for Finland on Sunday for talks with former U.S. and South Korean officials, amid a series of diplomatic encounters ahead of a possible U.S.-North Korean summit, according to reports. North Korean and Swedish foreign ministers ended three days of talks on Saturday onÃâà...
Helsinki Times
March 16, 2018
Nordea, the largest financial group in Northern Europe, confirmed yesterday in its general meeting that it will re-locate its headquarters from Stockholm, Sweden, to Helsinki, Finland. “Welcome to Finland, Nordea,” tweeted Petteri Orpo (NCP), the Minister of Finance. “The general meeting has decided toÃâà...
Duluth News Tribune
March 16, 2018
The celebration, from today through Sunday, celebrates St. Urho, the fictional saint of Finland who is claimed to have driven the grasshoppers out of that nation. The holiday originated on the Iron Range in the 1950s. Event coordinator Honor Schauland said the festival is a way for residents to celebrate theirÃâà...
YLE News
March 16, 2018
Finland had previously voiced opposition to a proposal for a post-Brexit partial redistribution of British seats to under-represented EU countries and the establishment of a reserve for future EU enlargement. On Friday the government's Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs decided that FinlandÃâà...
Smithsonian
March 16, 2018
A sunny day in Finland, the world's happiest country in 2018 according to new UN report. ... Other Nordic nations also ranked high on the list of happiest countries; after Finland, the top nine spots were occupied by Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden and Australia.
Helsinki Times
March 15, 2018
South-west Finland is experiencing a robust, sustained period of economic growth that is estimated to create some 30,000 new jobs in the region in the years to come, writes Tekniikka&Talous. Turku, the most populous city and administrative centre of the region, has introduced a number of measures toÃâà...
WPIX 11 New York
March 15, 2018
“The top five countries all have almost equally high values for the six factors found to support happiness, and four of these countries — Denmark, Switzerland, Norway and now Finland — have been in first place in the six World Happiness Report rankings since the first report,” said report co-editor JohnÃâà...
YLE News
March 15, 2018
Spending by foreign visitors in Finland rose by one fifth last year, according to a survey by Business Finland. It says the biggest spenders were the Chinese, who spent an average of more than 1,200 euros each in Finland. Altogether tourists spent over four billion euros in Finland last year, the surveyÃâà...
KOSU
March 15, 2018
Sure, Norway may have dominated the Winter Games last month in Pyeongchang, handily sweeping the Olympic medal count — but the country has just been knocked from its perch atop another international ranking: the World Happiness Report. The country's Nordic neighbor, Finland, has unseated theÃâà...
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