Finland News

Globalization may have reduced the number of surprising discoveries one makes in foreign lands, but the art of travel can still lead to exciting finds.

Aulis Sallinen's dark, lush score resonates in the main hall of Olavinlinna Castle as though the space had been built with 20th-century opera in mind.

All fun and games: Hats, bibs, songs and bright red miniature lobsters contribute to the festivities at a traditional crayfish party.

Finland has been a straggler in the race to exploit renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power.

A maximum sentence of six years in prison could be leveled at those responsible for the chemical leak earlier this month from a mine operated by Norilsk Nickel in southwest Finland.

Models for the evolution of life try to clarify the long term dynamics of an evolving system of species.

According to the research gathered in book The Case for Marriage by Waite and Gallagher, enjoying your adult life in the bosom of a healthy marriage improves positive feelings of well-being, decreases loneliness , reduces emotional distress, offers a more satisfying sexual life, keeps you physically healthier and enhances your financial condition.

Sanoma will publish its Interim Report 1 January - 30 June 2014 on Friday, 25 July 2014 at around 8:30 Finnish time .

Anritsu, a global leader in wireless telecommunications test equipment, announces that it is the market's leading supplier of the first industry approved protocol conformance test cases for mobile devices capable of receiving evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services broadcasts.

As texting at the wheel becomes an increasing concern, scientists in Finland say they've come up with a way of getting drivers to concentrate on the road.

In the tragic MH17 crash on Thursday, 193 Dutch victims were killed. The bodies, however, remain in the hands of the Ukrainian rebels.

Alma Manu, the printing and distribution company of Alma Media, is planning to reorganise its distribution and transport network.

I International 140,000 purse Prix Saint Michel , contested over 1609 meters at the fast Mikkeli Finland racetrack.

A new study has confirmed a link between antipsychotic drugs and a slight, but measurable, decrease in brain volume in patients with schizophrenia .

With freezing winters where the mercury can sink well below zero and cool summers, Finland will never be a destination of choice for the world's sun-seekers.

Finnish researchers have suggested that a healthy lifestyle helps in fighting mental decline, with exercise and diet holding significant potential against Alzheimer's disease.

You ask The One to marry you in a creative over-the-top locale. She says yes. Congratulations, read no further.

Today is Saturday, July 19, the 200th day of 2014. There are 165 days left in the year.

Editor's note: Patti White, who teaches sixth grade at Morningside Elementary in Holladay, was among 32 Utah educators who recently visited schools in Finland with Brigham Young University's Center for the Study of Europe.

From left: Elizabeth Longworth, Director of UNISDR; StA©phane Jacobzone, Deputy Head of Division at OECD; Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director at ECHO; PA ivi Kairamo Finnish Ambassador; Antti RytA vuori, Minister, Depute Permanent Representative to the Permanent Mission of Finland in Geneva Following the UK, Finland is the second country to have ... (more)