Finland >>

Defence forces announced on Saturday that up to 8,000 reservist troops will undergo training in the eastern region of Pielinen Karelia in June 2015....

The 35-year-old female bottle-nose dolphin was described by her custodians as the most docile and teachable of the Särkänniemi pod. Näsi suffered from a chronic liver complaint. Discussion surrounding the ethical basis of keeping dolphins in captivity has been widespread....

Nearly a thousand new foreign students are starting their studies at the Univeristy of Tampere. The new undergraduates moving around the autumnal campus are getting to grips with Finnishness in all its forms....

This weekend’s clear weather will bring with it colder nights. Sunday night may see frost appearing as far south as Central Finland, says Yle meteorologist....

A shortage of doctors has driven five Central Finnish municipalities to look into whether their health centres could be incorporated, or constituted as a legal corporation. The model would allow doctors to buy into their company’s shares and draw occupational dividends in addition to their earned income....

Poland’s Prime Minister since 2007, 57-year-old Donald Tusk has a long history in his country’s politics. At the same time in Brussels, Italy’s Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini was appointed the EU’s new foreign policy chief. Jyrki Katainen did not turn out to be the "dark horse" of the appointments....

The person piloting the aircraft says he built the plane himself, and was taking it on ”a little jaunt”....

Finnish mobile technology company Nokia plans to build a high-speed 5G data transfer test network. The company has already made a decision-in-principle on the matter and named two staffers to take forward construction of the network, with actual testing to begin early next year....

Some Turku residents received the fleet of warships on the Aura river with open arms. The ships will be taking part in the Northern Coasts war exercise, and are open to the public on August 30—31. Saturday will see anti-Nato demonstrations in the south-western city....

More than a decade after moving production abroad, Finland’s best-known mustard brand is being manufactured at home again. Turun Sinappi (Turku mustard) was outsourced to Sweden in 2003 and then in 2007 to Poland. Now multinational Unilever, the brand’s owner, has announced that the mustard will be made at the Maustaja factory in Pyhäntä, Northern Ostrobothnia, about 80 kilometres west of Kajaani,...

Direct foreign investments in Europe reached their highest level ever in 2013. According to Ernst &Young’s European Attractiveness Survey , the UK and Germany attracted the highest number of investment projects. However, Finland showed the biggest growth rate in both attracting and initiating investments. The largest investor in Europe was the United States, as in 2012, but the BRIC countries are constantly...

In Finland, income differentials between those earning the highest-income and those earning the lowest-income stayed below the European Union average in 2011. According to Statistics Finland, in 2011 on average the difference between highest and lowest earners was 5.4-fold whereas in the countries with high income differentials it was more than tenfold. Income differentials were examined by the most...

YIT, the Finnish construction company, has started a new apartment building project in Uspensky, in premium Odintsovo district 20 kilometres west of the Moscow ring road. The total value of the project is approximately 15 million euros. The new building is already the third project constructed by YIT in suburban areas west of Moscow. — Another YIT project located close to the new project, Gorky-10,...

The Swedish industrial company Mellby Gård has invested in the Finnish construction company Mestarinikkarit. Following the transaction, 85 per cent of Mestarinikkarit’s mouldings business will transfer to the Swedish company’s ownership. The companies have agreed to jointly establish a new company to which the mouldings business will be transferred. The new company’s agenda will include developing...

Finnish fashion designers have created a new range of swimwear for women who have had a mastectomy and chosen to have just one breast rather than opt for reconstructive surgery. Women, who have had a mastectomy after breast cancer, modelled the costumes for a series of photographs, which are being shown in Finland, Sweden and Norway. The project, titled Monokini 2.0 aims to re-examine the public’s...

According to the preliminary calculations carried out by the Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority HSY, emissions in the Helsinki metropolitan area decreased by almost 3 per cent from their 2012 level, which is the largest reduction in four years. In 2013, green house gas emissions totaled 5.7 million tonnes. In Helsinki, the reduction was 4 per cent and in Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen,...

Helsinki police are investigating a series of crimes in which a security guard is suspected of pilfering from locations where he worked. The value of the stolen merchandise has been estimated at more than 115,000 euros....

The nation's leading mustard brand is launching production near Kajaani, promising genuine Finnish "sinappi" by Midsummer....

An acquaintance of a potential recruit to a planned killing spree at Helsinki University turned in the male-female duo behind the intended bloodbath. The prosecutor told the Helsinki District Court that the pair tried to get a third person on board the deadly plot....

The majority of victors in Sunday’s European Parliament elections are united in their desire to advance economic growth and employment during their tour in Brussels. Many also say they aim to defend Finland’s national interests and to nip in the bud the rise of superfluous bureaucracy. Yle compiled the election promises of Finland’s 13 new MEPs....