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Monday, 28.2.2011

Estonians now Finland’s largest immigrant group

Berlusconi coming to Finland with other EPP leaders

Thousands of girls reportedly being subjected to honour-related violence in Finland

City of Hanko has not yet buried its dreams of setting up low-cost airport

Helsinki has a dozen or so Islamic prayer rooms

Coffee price hike digs into pockets of Finns

Friday, 25.2.2011

Government parties clash on restrictions on alcohol advertising

YLE poll: SDP support at record low

Ice covers Baltic Sea all the way down to Swedish island of Gotland

Helper of Chechen refugees could face prison sentence

Many people have attempted to use someone else’s passport at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

Fur trade contributes to Parliamentary campaigns of all parties except Greens

Population of Helsinki Metropolitan Area grew by 10,900 last year

Finnish Red Cross team attempting to get into Libya via Tunisia

Finnish snowboarder dies and another is injured in avalanche in Bulgaria

Helsinki tourism clearly up in 2010

Thursday, 24.2.2011

New revelations of animal cruelty on fur farms

Finnish tourism industry plans to launch liability insurance for exceptional circumstances

Peetu Piiroinen wraps up third successive Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour title even before final showdown at US Open

President Halonen to find out whether discrimination runs through Finnish army

Homosexuality often not a sufficient reason for political asylum in Finland

Foreign Ministry considers new ways to reach Finns abroad in crisis situations

Nightwish to release new album and fantasy film

This summer’s Ruisrock event to feature The Prodigy and The National

Wednesday, 23.2.2011

Parliament decides Vanhanen will not face court of impeachment

Pressure easing on conversion of Malmi Airport and Santahamina Jaeger Garrison into residential districts

Finland will not be measuring its teenagers’ economic skills in the next PISA test

Finnish Defence Forces to investigate senior lieutenant’s training-ground comments about President Halonen

Bitter cold fills shelters for the homeless

Finland to donate two helicopters to international crisis management

Finnish fellow student says Gaddafi’s son defended democracy

Unemployment rate down on previous year in January

Finnish companies ran extensive construction projects in Libya in the 1990s

Southern Finland’s supply of arctic-grade diesel should last until end of this winter

Tuesday, 22.2.2011

Stephen Elop speaks at gathering of Nokia personnel

Disneyland Paris to hire record number of seasonal workers from Finland

One in five upper secondary school students has used emergency contraception at least once

Sámi people want apology from Lutheran Church for overreach

YLE: Wikileaks to publish all messages concerning Finland

Russian nuclear icebreaker races to help in Gulf of Finland

Helsinki is again deemed the 6th best city in the world to live in

Wintertime fruit and vegetable selection at Finnish supermarkets leaves a good deal of room for improvement

Finns’ holiday trips to Egypt may resume

Monday, 21.2.2011

Nokia to offer help in seeking new jobs for staff being cut

Many products with a Finnish brand are actually manufactured abroad

EU-wide patent system will force inventors to use English

Effects of severe frost on trackbeds will complicate train traffic and lengthen travel times this spring

Three dead in head-on collision in Southwestern Finland

Steam leak brings Unit 1 of Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant to controlled shutdown

Ombudsman for Equality to examine Finland’s universities

Ice fishermen go after escaped rainbow trout in Sulkava

Stubb calls for visa ban on Muammar Gaddafi and economic sanctions against Libya after violent government reponse to protests

Only two Finns can look back on FIS Alpine World Ski Championships with any degree of satisfaction

Friday, 18.2.2011

Fallen Finnish ISAF soldier met with military honours on return home

Minister of Education criticises low level of Russian language teaching in east of Finland

Public attitudes toward beggars are even tougher than before

New low temperature inches down to -41.3°C

Social Democrats lash out against Foreign Minister Stubb over handling of ties with USA

Nearly all Finns under the age of 50 have internet access

Tossing and turning: Nokia’s conflicting statements in 2010

Finance Minister Jyrki Katainen: Finland not putting Erkki Liikanen forward as candidate for European Central Bank presidency

Mika Seitovirta becomes new CEO of Outokumpu

Thursday, 17.2.2011

Protest-driven surge continues to boost True Finns

Grief becomes real for Finns in Afghanistan

Matti Vanhanen guilty of negligent dereliction of duty as Prime Minister

More than 60 vessels stuck in ice in Gulf of Finland

US Vice President Joe Biden to visit Finland in March

Surveillance cameras mounted on poles to be installed along Outer Ring Road (Kehä III)

WIKILEAKS: Supplying decommissioned weapons to Afghanistan was “political poison” for Finland

Nokia CEO Elop: Use of Windows platform will strengthen Nokia

AC Oulu will not feature in this year’s Veikkausliiga

Wednesday, 16.2.2011

Finnish base in Afghanistan in mourning over roadside bomb death

Constitutional Law Committee did not find evidence of aggravated crime in activities of former PM Matti Vanhanen (UPDATED)

Alcohol consumption in Finland declined for third year in succession

European court finds against Finland on question of police house searches

Only very few workplaces in Finland have introduced cold weather limits for outdoor labour

WEDNESDAY: Gunman in McDonalds drive-in shooting gets 15 years

Environmental groups complain to EU about state of Finnish swamps

Stuart Baxter no longer on Finnish FA payroll

Tuesday, 15.2.2011

Finnish ISAF peacekeeper killed in roadside bomb blast in Northern Afghanistan

WIKILEAKS: Release of Afghan convicts responsible for 2007 death of Finnish peacekeeper pointed to corruption

Stubb and Väyrynen clash on peace mediation at Foreign Ministry seminar

True Finns’ Soini to be taken into big parties’ election debates

Electrical equipment fault suspected in SkiBistro fire

Four Romanians remanded after spate of jewellery thefts

Differences in population structure growing between various capital area districts

More than 1,000 suggestions submitted for Helsinki World Design Capital year

Nokia’s new strategy prompts suspicions among investors and consumers alike

Monday, 14.2.2011

WIKILEAKS: US diplomatic cables portray Ahtisaari as straight-talking and formidable peace mediator

Nokia at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress: First Windows-based Nokia phone may be introduced already in 2011

Record-low temperature of -37.9°C measured in Finnish Lapland

Local authorities support airlines with free tickets

Fire destroys Finland’s oldest on-piste ski restaurant at Ruka resort

Most Helsinki residents oppose forced merger with Vantaa

Kaija Saariaho wins Grammy Award for opera recording of L’amour de loin

Paradise Oskar to represent Finland at 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf

Ronald McDonald kidnapping described as “art and activism for better food”

Friday, 11.2.2011

WIKILEAKS, SATURDAY: Halonen tried repeatedly - and in vain - to get an invite to the Bush White House

WIKILEAKS: Finland reported copiously to the Americans on dealings with Russian leaders

Announcement of strategic partnership with Microsoft leads to sharp falls in Nokia stock in Helsinki

Katainen: Finland now has four prime minister candidates

One year on, Baltic Sea commitments have remained unimpressive

Threatened strike over bus security cancelled

Author and poet Bo Carpelan dies at 84

Finnish forest industry rejects state’s cartel compensation claims

Thursday, 10.2.2011

Helsinki region bus drivers threaten strike to press security demands

Finland to increase its input in Arctic region cooperation

Buildings face massive repairs to cut energy waste

Number of foreigners held in remand doubled in ten years

Finnish government wins confidence vote in Parliament

Nobody took Tampere pizzeria arson plans seriously

Record set last year for enforcement of payment of overdue debt

Finns among first to hand over security responsibility to Afghans

Russia’s switch to permanent daylight saving time practice may cause problems for air traffic

Shopping centre in St Petersburg boosts sales of Stockmann’s Department Store Division

Wednesday, 9.2.2011

Nokia navigating in troubled waters

Beer found in sunken ship to be analysed and possibly brewed again

Finnish visa application centre in St. Petersburg is the largest of its kind in the world

Kouvola China Center likely to go under the auctioneer's hammer in March

Tampere gunman admits shooting

Narcolepsy now found in 12 countries after swine flu shots

Thief tells police where stolen icon was hidden

Stolen Ronald McDonald statue recovered in police house search

UPDATED: Nieminen upsets world No.6 David Ferrer in Rotterdam opener, then loses to Viktor Troicki

Tuesday, 8.2.2011

High vaccination rate keeps many diseases away from Finland

Snow causing transport delays again

Finland’s premier football league Veikkausliiga likely to be played with 13 teams

Police apprehend Tampere gunman; suspect has a considerable criminal record

Handling of Kauhajoki shooting case continues at Vaasa Court of Appeal

Lappeenranta would like to offer Russian language at school as alternative to mandatory Swedish

FLA to fast food chain: "Answer questions by Friday or Ronald McDonald gets it"

Assaults against Helsinki bus drivers reported about twice a month

Partner acquires Finland-based Kaleva Travel

Monday, 7.2.2011

Pohjanmaa joins anti-piracy effort off Somalia

HIFK prevail as ice hockey fans fill the Olympic Stadium

Private firms now monitor yards of residential buildings in Helsinki

Poll: Over a quarter of Finns nostalgic for old currency

Last gene of Finnish disease heritage found

Exceptionally severe technical fault silences about a million mobile phones Saturday

Pub gunman in Tampere is still at large

PM Kiviniemi criticises Helsinki’s snow removal operations on CNN programme

Napapiirin sankarit and Rare Exports sweep up Jussi movie awards

Euro establishes itself in Estonia

Friday, 4.2.2011

Trafficking in humans often hidden away

Retailer Kesko counts on groceries and "the ketchup effect"

Finnish sawmill industry is facing serious difficulties because of turmoil in Egypt

Swine flu: Risikko calls for compensation for narcolepsy victims

Confessed rapist to undergo mental examination

Political parties to receive EUR 12 million as state party subsidies for January-April this year

Helsinki Zoo hosts International Ice Sculpture Competition in February

Sampo buying more of Nordea

TeliaSonera cuts personnel, and hires more

Thursday, 3.2.2011

WinCapita investment fraud trial begins

Lipponen and Halonen downplay Wikileaks revelation of 2004 meeting with Putin

Fortum’s result hampered by problems in Russian operations

Lack of time killing many pieces of proposed legislation in final stretch of Parliamentary term

Extensive study to start on causes and effects of fungus in building structures

Mobile phone maker Nokia suggests that CEO Elop be paid no Board remuneration

Sari Baldauf to be named as first female chair of a large Finnish corporation

UPM to add third paper machine to its mill in Changshu, China

Argentine Castellani to coach Finnish national men’s volleyball team

Heikki Kovalainen slowest in Wednesday’s F1 tests in Valencia

Wednesday, 2.2.2011

Johanna Korhonen wins job discrimination case against Alma Media

Study finds wood energy to be more harmful than originally thought

Tour operators feverishly searching for replacement destinations for cancelled holiday trips to Egypt

Swine flu vaccine and narcolepsy: questions and answers

Court of Appeals gives police officer prison term for raping teenage girl

Finns overwhelming EU champions in literacy among 15-year-olds

Separate letter boxes introduced for first and second class mail

Five artists compete for this year’s Ars Fennica award

Tuesday, 1.2.2011

Finnish citizens in Cairo to be brought back to Helsinki on Wednesday

Nokia’s Symbian loses top spot to Google’s Android as world’s favourite platform for smartphones

Vantaa Council rejection of merger study a disappointment for Helsinki

Ilkka Kanerva suspected of concealing thousands of euros in donations during last Parliamentary campaign

Christian Democrat Bjarne Kallis cites gay marriage controversy as one reason to opt out of Parliament race

Saara Taalas to be world’s first “IKEA professor”

Helsinki recreation official Anssi Rauramo cleared of DUI, fined for insubordination

Finnish exports rose 25% year-on-year in November

CEO of Finnish retail chain Kesko regrets his ill-judged sexist remarks about Prime Minister

Weekly Articles

Tuesday, 22.2.2011

COMMENTARY: Musty smells coming from the once-vaunted northern skunk works

Jussi Halla-aho puts other panel members on defensive in immigration debate

COMMENTARY: Is there an information war brewing between the Greens and the SDP?

COMMENTARY: Finland - a small dot on the US political map

NEWS ANALYSIS: Gun-Finland on trial

Apocalyptica's fulltime job: Have cellos, will travel (and some)

New book assails “technological backwardness” in Finland

Kuqi's tale interests British readers

Tailor-made trips are increasing their popularity among Finnish holidaymakers with more money and less time to spare

Tuesday, 15.2.2011

On the Wikileaks trail in Oslo: The planet is a flat screen

Paavo Väyrynen says he disagrees with Foreign Minister Stubb on “everything”

Combating harmful alien invasive species calls for tougher measures

COMMENTARY: Is it pharmaceutical testing, or rules that vary?

Korkeasaari’s ice sculpture competition concluded in sunny but bitterly cold conditions

Orthodox Christians are moved to tears over homecoming of stolen icon

Tweed - it's what separates gentlemen bicyclists from the rest

Tight schedule for New York theatre production of Sofi Oksanen’s Purge

COMMENTARY: Suddenly the "German model" is not so suitable for Finland's employers

Tuesday, 8.2.2011

Mission Impossible: Finland's 15-year standoff over NATO

COMMENTARY: Lobbying is a dirty word

Dyslexia calls for special arrangements at school

How soon will immigrants assimilate into the mainstream?

Koivisto vehemently denies that Ingrian migration to Finland was KGB initiative

Same placings, wildly different sentiments

Saturday-night hockey fever in the Stadium

She doesn't speak much Finnish, but Tanja Kylliäinen is one of Finland’s future hopes in swimming

Tuesday, 1.2.2011

To have, or not to have – a disabled child

COMMENTARY: Will Timo Soini stumble on his own threshold?

Minister Sirkka-Liisa Anttila would allow a revival of the spring hunting of bears

The Finnish markka’s nominal value is heading for the basement, but the collector price is going up

False fire alarm rate keeps on rising

Mad as hell behind the wheel

Clinic for foreigners without documents to be run by volunteer doctors

Finnish school in Pattaya files application with Ministry of Education for official school licence

Surge in demand for live music wanes

"Huh? Did you say FREE?" Free Shop springs surprises for consumers in Helsinki