Lappi, Finland News

It may lack the showbiz glitz of Cannes, but the world's most northerly festival draws all the big-hitters. By Geoffrey Macnab The Limits of Control: full of eccentric cameos from the likes of Tilda Swinton enlarge In faraway Finnish Lapland, around 120km from Rovaniemi , and above the Arctic Circle, sits the village of Sodankyla.

The Finnish finance ministry said in a statement Tuesday that the Financial Supervisory Authority had concluded after its investigation that business transactions between the Local Government Pensions Institution and defunct developer Nova had been legal.

Q. We'd love to take our five- and seven-year-old to see Santa in Lapland, but the holiday companies want well over 1,000 for the four of us even for a quick day trip to Finland.

About EUR 20 million in pension savings for municipal employees was invested in a project of real estate development company Nova Group.

The Mayor Charlie Cornfield and his wife Heather took the Mirror with them to visit their daughter Kim in Rovaniemi, Finland.

The Hirshhorn Museum is one of my favorite places to spend a few hours in the city.

NIGHTWISH bassist/vocalist forgot the lyrics to the song "The Islander" during the band's concert at the Sauna Open Air festival on June 7, 2009 in Tampere, Finland and was forced to start the track all over again, with the rest of the group accompanying him.

An artillery grenade dating back to the second world war was found during construction work at the central sports ground in Rovaniemi, northern Finland, on Monday.

A Finnish man with HIV who had unprotected sex with 20 women, including one of whom he raped, was handed a 12-year jail term on Friday after prosecutors had appealed against his initial sentence.

It can be surreal having dinner in a structure where everything is made of ice. Don't forget to take your warm clothing though From around mid-November, it operates till summer when the snow starts melting.

Itella, formerly known as Finland Post, announced Monday that it had mostly completed a round of statutory cooperation procedure talks started in April.

Yes, 'tis the season to be jolly - particularly so in Scandinavia and Finland, where you'll find a host of Christmas markets, a liberal smattering of Santa Clauses, happy herds of reindeer and a great deal more.

Finnish wood-processing group Metsaliitto and government-controlled Vapo are considering building a wood-based biofuel facility in the Baltic Sea region, Metsaliitto said in a statement Thursday.

Most shops and all banks and post offices with the exception of Rovaniemi's arctic circle one will be closed on Ascension Day, with changes in public transport on both Wednesday and Thursday.

Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare said in a statement Thursday that neither patient admitted to hospital after travelling in North America had a prognosis typical of swine influenza.

A Finnish man from Ivalo, a village in the municipality of Inari in Finnish Lapland, is being suspected of a swine influenza or A infection.

The Finnish Air Traffic Controllers' Association said in a statement Wednesday that its members at both air navigation centres would walk out at 4pm and return to work two hours later.

The global credit crunch and recession has hit many of the biggest companies and countries, but now even Santa Claus is also feeling the heat of this downturn as Finland is selling its stake in Santapark - the home to Father Christmas - to several Finnish organisations.

Christmas is the busiest time of his year. But on Easter, when December's red letter day is far away, Santa likes to put his feet up.

Plots of land for one euro, hard cash for infants, discount tickets, a mooring space for a boat free of charge, a sheepskin for the baby, salary subsidies - you name it.