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Wow: Northern lights illuminate Lapland sky

Travel magazine 'All About Lapland' posted a video of the impressive light show seen from northern Finland.

08/09/2017

Cult

Air Guitar World Championship 2017!

29/08/2017

Finland

Watch: Air guitarists strum their stuff in Finland

Who is the best in the world at strumming air?

27/08/2017

Musica

Esa-Pekka Salonen's devilishly difficult and cosmic Cello Concerto

It’s a devilishly difficult and cosmic Cello Concerto: the ink on the latest masterpiece by visionary Finish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen has barely…

24/08/2017

Finland

Finland 'terror' attack suspect appears in court from hospital bed

Moroccan Abderrahman Mechkah confessed to manslaughter but did not admit a terrorist motive

22/08/2017

Finland

Finland 'terror' suspect identified after deadly stabbings

Abderrahman Mechkah, 18, is being investigated for two cases of murder and eight attempted murders, all with terrorist intent

20/08/2017

Finland

Finnish police say knifeman 'targeted women'

Detectives say Turku stabbings are being treated as murders with terrorist intent

19/08/2017

Finland

Finland attack: what we know

A stabbing attack took place on a market square in the south-western Finnish city of Turku.

19/08/2017

Finland

Finnish police identify knife attacker

Police in Finland say they are "quite certain" they have identified the man who went on a stabbing rampage on Friday.

19/08/2017

Finland

Finland: two dead and six hurt in Turku knife attack

Several people were stabbed in a main square in the southwestern city. Police say a suspect was arrested after a shootout.

18/08/2017

Finland

Beijing promotes tourism in Helsinki

To boost tourism between the EU and China, a promotional event called Charming Beijing was held in Helsinki.

11/08/2017

Sport

Finns happy for Lappi after Finland Rally win

30/07/2017

Finland

One killed after suspected drink-driver ploughs into Helsinki crowd

28/07/2017

Finland

What are the rules of 'wife carrying'?

The 22nd Wife-Carrying World Championships took place in Finland, where the sport originated, on July 3.

04/07/2017

Finland

Helsinki police 'foil terror plot'

A 'planned attack' on a popular tourist attraction in the Finnish capital was averted after the security service intervened.

20/06/2017

Finland

Finland avoids government collapse, Finns Party fractures after shift to far-right

The election of hard-line anti-immigrant leaders to the nationalist Finns Party, the country’s second-largest, lead to its fracture with moderate party MPs siding with Prime Minister Juha Sipila.

13/06/2017

Business Planet

Finland fights plastic pollution with "green" bags

Finland shows the lead in creating jobs while protecting the environment. We visit an innovative SME that's developped a green alternative to plastic bags.

05/05/2017

Finland

Russia's Lavrov in Finland to discuss NATO and Ukraine

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in neighbouring Finland for talks with his Finnish counterpart, Timo Soini.

04/05/2017

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Finns compete in annual hobby horse championship

Hobby horse enthusiasts from all over Finland gathered in Vantaa on Saturday for annual championships.

30/04/2017

Sport

UEFA chief warns clubs "money doesn't rule"

European football's governing body UEFA is holding its annual congress in Helsinki

05/04/2017

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Bear uses paws as paintbrush

An exhibition has opened in Helsinki by an artist with a difference.

19/01/2017

Finland

Finland and Scotland pioneer Universal Basic Income

Scotland join Finland in launching scheme to offer everyone a basic monthly income regardless of employment status or salary

03/01/2017

Finland

Several hurt as car ploughs into crowd in Finland

When a vehicle ploughs into pedestrians in today’s Europe, fears of a terror attack are inevitable.

31/12/2016

Finland

Former head of Helsinki drug squad sentenced in drug smuggling scandal

In a rare corruption case in Finland - ranked the second least corrupt country in the world - the former anti-drug chief was handed a 10 year sentence.

29/12/2016

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Santa sets off

‘Santa Claus’ has begun his journey to deliver Christmas gifts to children all over the world, leaving his home in the Finnish town of Rovaniemi on Friday evening (23 December) under a spectacular sho

24/12/2016

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Finnish, Russian Santas exchange gifts at border

The Finnish Santa Claus and the Russian Grandfather Frost met at the Finnish-Russian border to exchange gifts on Monday.

20/12/2016