FINLAND PRESIDENT SKATES TO OVERWHELMING RE-ELECTION WIN

He is the 12th head of state since Finland achieved independence from Russia in 1917... READ MORE›

HIGH HOPES AMONG SCANDINAVIAN BACKERS OF 'ICE-SILK ROAD' WEST

The report, titled Vision for an Arctic Railroad, was delivered to Finnish and Norwegian transport officials on January 19... READ MORE›

FINNS, WORRIED BY RUSSIA, HAND CAUTIOUS PRESIDENT HUGE ELECTION WIN

The 69-year-old Niinisto, known for cultivating good relations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, won his second six-year term with an overwhelming 62.7 percent of the vote... READ MORE›

FINNS SET TO RE-ELECT WARY PRESIDENT NIINISTO TO STAVE OFF RUSSIA TENSIONS

If he succeeds, it would be a first since Finland introduced a two-round presidential election by popular vote in 1994... READ MORE›

FINLAND'S PRESIDENT NIINISTO TIPPED FOR RE-ELECTION IN FIRST ROUND VOT

Finland's president Niinisto tipped for re-election in first round vot... READ MORE›

FINNS SET TO RE-ELECT PRESIDENT NIINISTO, STAVING OFF RUSSIA TENSIONS

Niinisto has already cast his vote along with more than 36 percent of Finland's 3.5 million registered voters... READ MORE›

FINNS SET TO RE-ELECT PRESIDENT NIINISTO, STAVING OFF RUSSIA TENSIONS

Niinisto has already cast his vote along with more than 36 percent of Finland's 3.5 million registered voters... READ MORE›

FINNS SET TO RE-ELECT WARY PRESIDENT NIINISTO TO EASE RUSSIA TENSIONS

Niinisto has already cast his vote along with more than 36 percent of Finland's 3.5 million registered voters... READ MORE›

FINNS SET TO RE-ELECT WARY PRESIDENT NIINISTO TO EASE RUSSIA TENSIONS

Niinisto has already cast his vote along with more than 36 percent of Finland's 3.5 million registered voters... READ MORE›

FINLAND MISSES PRESIDENT'S CHARISMATIC DOG AS BORING ELECTION WRAPS UP

Finland's first dog, Lennu, a wrinkly nosed Boston terrier with a lolling tongue, has become a bona fide celebrity in the country, and beyond... READ MORE›

INSIDE EUROPE'S SECRET WEAPON AGAINST RUSSIAN 'HYBRID THREATS'

The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats Hybrid CoE in Helsinki, Finland... READ MORE›

INTELLIGENCE OF EUROPEANS IN DECLINE, SAY RESEARCHERS

Finland, Norway and Denmark have all experienced an average loss of 0.23 IQ points per year since the mid-1990s... READ MORE›

ROVANIEMI JOURNAL SANTA IN FINLAND WHERE MARKETING TRIUMPHS OVER GEOGRAPHY

Rumor has it there is a crA?che somewhere in Santa Claus Village, but finding it is a challenge... READ MORE›

BREXIT IN-DEPTH: HOW SLASHING EU RED TAPE WOULD AFFECT OVERTIME PAYA

The spool of red tape they want to slash is known as the EU Working Time Directive EWTD ... READ MORE›

2 DIE AFTER PILOTAGE BOAT CAPSIZES IN GULF OF FINLAND

The state agency says the pair was found Saturday morning in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea... READ MORE›

LAKES, COFFEE AND SANTA CLAUS: FINLAND TURNS 100

Finnish babies nap outside Finland is the home of baby box... READ MORE›

THIS IS THE ONLY COUNTRY WHERE DADS SPEND MORE TIME WITH KIDS THAN MOMS

Finns have a pretty deep rooted idea of social democracy. So does Finland agree with the American perception that it's a utopian paradise?... READ MORE›

100 YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE FROM MOSCOW, FINLAND IS FIRMLY ANCHORED TO WEST

Meanwhile, in Moscow, officials note that Russia has been closely associated with Finland's centenary celebrations which will be formally marked on Wednesday, its independence day... READ MORE›

CHINA, FINLAND AGREE TO FURTHER ADVANCE BILATERAL TIES[1]

China and Finland on Monday agreed to further lift bilateral ties through pragmatic cooperation and enhancing exchanges between legislative bodies... READ MORE›

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SWEDEN HAS NO IDEA WHAT TRUMP MEANT WHEN HE SAID, 'YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING ... IN SWEDEN'

But if you believe President Trump, something happened in Sweden on Friday night that deserved the attention of the world... READ MORE›

SCHOOLS IN FINLAND WILL NO LONGER TEACH 'SUBJECTS'

Finland schools Subjects scrapped and replaced with 'topics' as country reforms its education system... READ MORE›

FINLAND: TENS OF THOUSANDS MARCH IN ANTI-RACISM RALLIES

Thousands march in Helsinki, and other cities, after a fatal assault on a man who protested against a Neo-nazi group... READ MORE›

FINLAND TRIALS BASIC INCOME FOR UNEMPLOYED

Basic income experiments are also due to take place this year in several cities in the Netherlands, including Utrecht, Tilburg, Nijmegen, Wageningen and Groningen... READ MORE›

THESE ARE THE WORLD'S MOST INNOVATIVE ECONOMIES

In the battle of ideas, Sweden climbed to No... READ MORE›

IS FINLAND'S BASIC UNIVERSAL INCOME A SOLUTION TO AUTOMATION, FEWER JOBS AND LOWER WAGES?

According to Reich, a universal basic income will almost certainly be part of the answer ... READ MORE›

THE BIG LESSON FROM THE WORLD'S BEST SCHOOL SYSTEM? TRUST YOUR TEACHERS

Finnish education policies are praised highly, but the real success is the level of responsibility and autonomy given to teachers to do their jobs... READ MORE›

TWO DEAD AND SUSPECT SHOT IN TURKU

A man wielding a knife is shot and wounded by police after attacking people in the centre of Turku... READ MORE›

HOW MUSLIMS FAST IN COUNTRIES WHERE THE SUN NEVER SETS

The holy month of Ramadan is now underway, with Muslims fasting from dawn to dusk to observe the period... READ MORE›

TURKU STABBING: TWO DEAD IN FINNISH CITY AFTER MARKET SQUARE ATTACK

At about 4.40pm, south-west Finland police tweeted Several people stabbed in central Turku... READ MORE›

POLICE IN FINLAND SHOOT MAN AFTER 'SEVERAL PEOPLE STABBED' IN CITY

Police shot a suspect and are hunting possible other attackers after several people were stabbed in the city of Turku on Friday afternoon... READ MORE›

THE CHART THAT SHOWS WHO IS STILL LIVING AT HOME IN EUROPE

Buffeted by the European Union's slow-moving economy, many young people save money by still living with their parents... READ MORE›

BREXIT CAUSES RESURGENCE IN PRO-EU LEANINGS ACROSS CONTINENT

Rightwing populist party Alternative fur Deutschland, meanwhile, has seen its ratings drop by three percentage points to 11 percent ... READ MORE›

WHY BABIES SHOULD SLEEP IN CARDBOARD BOXES, EXPLAINED IN 2 CHARTS

They also say it could help the United States lower its infant mortality rate in the same way that it helped Finland... READ MORE›

FINLAND KNIFE ATTACKER 'TARGETED WOMEN'

An 18-year-old Moroccan man suspected of carrying out Friday's deadly knife attack in Finland appeared to have targeted women as his victims, police have said... READ MORE›

ATTACK IN FINLAND IS INVESTIGATED AS TERRORISM

Fatal Knife Attack in Finland Is Investigated as Terrorism... READ MORE›

KNIFE-WIELDING MAN KILLS 2 IN RAMPAGE IN FINLAND

The police in Turku, in western Finland, said the attack was not being treated as a terrorist act, but the mans motive was unknown... READ MORE›

CUTTING CASH WOULD BE A BOON FOR THE WORLD'S POOR, ROGOFF SAYS

You will now receive the Game Plan newsletter Scandinavia's efforts to rely less on cash have been gradual, and backed by a well-functioning digital economy... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP CORRECTED BY FINNISH PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE COULDN'T TELL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO FEMALE REPORTERS

Donald Trump had to be corrected by the Finnish president because he thought two female reporters were the same person... READ MORE›

SWEDEN STEPS UP 'MYSTERY SUB' HUNT

Related Stories The Swedish navy has stepped up its search in the waters off Stockholm amid suspicions that a Russian submarine might be in trouble there... READ MORE›

PUTIN READY TO MEET TRUMP AT UPCOMING ARCTIC SUMMIT IN FINLAND

Putin was speaking at the International Arctic Forum in Russia's northwestern city of Arkhangelsk... READ MORE›

'HELICOPTER ARRIVING AT 13:37': PUTIN'S FINLAND VISIT PLAN ACCIDENTALLY LEAKED TO WOMAN BY POLICE

Despite supporting Western sanctions against Russia and being hit back by Moscow's counter-sanctions, Finland largely maintains a neutral and pragmatic stance in relations with its neighbor... READ MORE›

RUSSIA COMPLAINS OVER 'GAY BAR' ON PRESIDENT'S PLOT IN FINLAND

The archipelago lies between Finland and Sweden, but one uninhabited property is owned by the Russian presidency, having once been owned by a German-Finnish couple... READ MORE›

TRICKY START FOR 'WORLD'S WORST SKIER' FROM VENEZUELA

Venezuela's Adrian Solano has been described the world's worst skier after his disastrous performance in a qualifying round of the Nordic World Ski Championships in Finland... READ MORE›

IRAQI REFUGEES IN FINLAND RETURNING HOME DUE TO 'CHILLY WEATHER AND HOSTILE LOCALS'

Nearly 80 per cent of the returnees are Iraqis, while just 22 of the 877 Syrians who have sought asylum in Finland have asked to return home... READ MORE›

MASS SHOOTINGS PREVENTABLE? THESE COUNTRIES HAVE TRIED

According to the Small Arms Survey 2007 Guns and the City, there are almost 32 firearms per 100 people in Norway... READ MORE›

Soviet submarine sightings caused Cold War security alerts in Sweden in the 1980s... READ MORE›

SWEDEN BRINGS BACK CONSCRIPTION AMID RUSSIA FEARS

Sweden first introduced compulsory military service in 1901 but halted it in 2010 and replaced it with a volunteer army... READ MORE›

COMMENT: FINLAND PLANS TO GIVE EVERY CITIZEN A BASIC INCOME OF 800 EUROS A MONTH

So far, there's no definitive answer as to whether national basic income will create a more or less equal society... READ MORE›

HOW PRAGMATIC FINLAND DEALS WITH ITS RUSSIAN NEIGHBOUR

Russian President Vladimir Putin is travelling to Finland at a symbolic time the country is celebrating its 100th year of independence from Russia... READ MORE›