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›

FOUR KILLED, SEVERAL INJURED AS TRAIN COLLIDES WITH ARMY TRUCK IN FINLAND

Finnish media say several people have been killed in a train crash in the southern part of Finland... READ MORE›

FLIGHT 666 LANDS IN HEL ON FRIDAY THE 13TH

The Finnair flight took off from Copenhagen, Denmark, in the 13th hour of Friday the 13th, headed for Helsinki Vantaa airport... READ MORE›

A BAILOUT SKEPTIC WARMS TO EU BURDEN-SHARING AFTER NORDEA MOVE

In the banking union, the connection between banks and taxpayers will be cut, Orpo said... READ MORE›

FINNISH POLICE OFFICERS TO GET SUBMACHINE GUNS AMID TERROR THREAT

Finnish police officers will soon have MP5 submachine guns in addition to their normal equipment... 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›

TRUMP, PRESSED BY FINNISH REPORTER, DECLINES TO DEEM RUSSIA A SECURITY THREAT

President Donald Trump declined Monday to tag Russia as a security threat, saying he would put many countries in that category instead. I consider many... READ MORE›

TRUMP TO HARVEY VICTIMS WE ARE 100 PERCENT WITH YOU

Trump spoke during a joint press conference at the White House with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto... READ MORE›

TRUMP SAYS U.S. 'VERY PROTECTIVE' OF BALTIC REGION

We are very protective of that region, Trump said at a joint news conference with visiting Finland President Sauli Niinisto... READ MORE›

TRUMP WELCOMES PRESIDENT OF FINLAND TO WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON AP -- President Donald Trump has welcomed Finnish President Sauli Niinisto SOW'-lih NEE'-nis-tuh to the White House for talks... READ MORE›

FINNISH POLICE ARREST TWO MORE SUSPECTS OVER KNIFE RAMPAGE

Finnish police have arrested two more suspects over last week's stabbings that killed two people and wounded eight in the south-western city of Turku... READ MORE›

FINLAND ATTACK SUSPECT WAS FLAGGED FOR EXTREMIST VIEWS

He arrived in Finland in the spring of 2016, and later stayed at a processing center for asylum seekers in the Pansio area of Turku... READ MORE›

TURKU ATTACK SUSPECT LIVED IN GERMANY, WAS DENIED ASYLUM IN FINLAND

Turku attack suspect lived in Germany, was denied asylum in Finland -- RT News... READ MORE›

FINLAND OBSERVES SILENCE IN HONOR OF STABBING VICTIMS, QUIZZES WOUNDED SUSPECT

Hundreds of people gathered in Turku's central market square on Sunday to leave flowers and candles at the location of Friday's violence... READ MORE›

FINNISH COURT NAMES KNIFE ATTACK SUSPECT AS ABDERRAHMAN MECHKAH

Briton hurt helping finland attack victims says he is not a hero... READ MORE›

FINNISH STABBINGS TREATED AS TERRORISM; SUSPECT TARGETED WOMEN

Finnish police said on Saturday that an 18-year-old Moroccan man arrested after knife attacks that killed two people in the city of Turku appeared to have... READ MORE›

FINNISH POLICE SAY THEY ARE 'QUITE CERTAIN' THEY KNOW TURKU TERRORIST ATTACKER'S IDENTITY

After police located a suspected vehicle, a white Fiat Ducato, whose owner lived in a building located in eastern Turku's Varissuo suburb, Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat reported... READ MORE›

FINLAND INVESTIGATES STABBINGS AS POSSIBLE TERROR ATTACKS, WARN AGAINST POLARIZATION

The Finnish Security police, Supo said the terrorism risk level would not be raised despite the deadly attack... 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›

ATTACK IN FINLAND IS INVESTIGATED AS TERRORISM

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

STABBER IN TURKU A MOROCCAN CITIZEN, SUSPECTED OF TERRORISM

Finnish police said Saturday the suspect who mounted the multiple stabbings in Turku, southwestern Finland, on Friday was a Moroccan citizen... 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›

MOROCCAN ASYLUM SEEKER 'TARGETED WOMEN' IN FINLAND TERROR STABBING

The stabbing rampage is the first terrorist attack in Finland... READ MORE›

FINLAND STABBING TREATED AS POSSIBLE TERRORIST ATTACK, POLICE SAY

Finnish police Stabbing attack treated as possible terrorist attack... 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›

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›

FINLAND ATTACK: STABBINGS AND POLICE SHOOTOUT IN TURKU MARKET SQUARE

Turku lies on Finland's south-west coast about 160 kilometres west of the capital Helsinki... READ MORE›

FINNISH KNIFE ATTACK LEAVES TWO DEAD AS SUSPECT IS HOSPITALIZED

Police said they shot, but didn't kill, a man wielding a knife in Turku, west of the capital Helsinki, late on Friday... 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›

TWO DEAD, SIX WOUNDED IN STABBING IN FINLAND, POLICE SAY

Police in Finland said the stabbing was not being investigated as terrorism... READ MORE›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

FINNISH WAS THE SECOND LANGUAGE OF SWEDEN FOR CENTURIES. NOW ARABIC IS OVERTAKING IT.

Sweden's lack of data on language may surprise many Swedes, Parkvall said... READ MORE›

WERE LOSING THE PHYSICAL TOUCH FROM OUR LIVES AND ITS CHANGING US

Why fuss over the niceties of cursive when, realistically speaking, by the time these kids grow up they ll write everything by tapping a touchscreen?... READ MORE›

SWEDEN MILITARY SERVICE REINTRODUCED 'TO FACE THREATS'

Sweden has announced that it will reintroduce compulsory military service starting this summer to respond to global security challenges including from Russia... READ MORE›

FINLAND WANTS TO ABANDON TEACHING SUBJECTS AT SCHOOL

FinlandA already has one of the best school education systems... READ MORE›

CHINA'S ALIPAY TAKES ROOT IN LAPLAND, NEAR THE ARCTIC CIRCLE

Alipay offers payment convenience, and its app also provides practical information about its partner merchants in Finland, helping these merchants to more effectively attract Chinese tourists... READ MORE›

NOKIA TO CUT THOUSANDS OF JOBS FOLLOWING ALCATEL DEAL

Finland's economy minister Olli Rehn said The news on Nokia's new plans is very regrettable ..... READ MORE›

FINNISH COALITION AT RISK AFTER PARTY ELECTS FAR RIGHT LEADER

Adding the Christian Democrats and Swedish People's party could give the remaining coalition government a slim majority of 101 seats... READ MORE›