Goodbye Lenin: Finnish museum reinvents itself in response to shifting relations with Russia
The former Lenin Museum in Tampere, which opened in 1946 as a symbol of Finnish-Russian friendship, has rebranded amid the ...
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On this day in 1917: Finland declared itself independent of Russia
On December 6, 1917, Finland made a historic declaration of independence from the Russian Empire, a momentous decision that came ...
Life satisfaction score: What are the happiest countries in the EU?
Most EU citizens seem quite happy with their lives. But life satisfaction is decreasing in some of the countries with ...
Finland wants to return Chinese pandas – too expensive
Finland had to rent the pandas Lumi and Pyry to the zoo in Etseri. But now Finland thinks they have ...
Weather tracker: cyclone warning in Australia while Finland freezes in -16C
Meanwhile, South Sudan has ordered schools to shut amid extreme heatwave A cyclone warning has been issued in northern Australia ...
Centre-right party ahead in Finnish presidential election
Centre-right party ahead in Finnish presidential election Finland’s former prime minister Alexander Stubb and the country’s former foreign minister Pekka ...
‘A delirious deco dream’: former TB sanatorium is now Finland’s most unusual holiday let
Deep in a forest two hours’ drive west of Helsinki is the deserted Paimio Sanatorium (Paimion Parantola in Finnish). One of the ...
Nato vows to respond if Finland-Estonia gas pipeline damage is deliberate
Alliance’s chief says if there is proof of attack it will be met with ‘determined’ response, amid speculation about Russian ...
Finland is home to the world’s happiest people. Their No. 1 secret is this 500-year-old mindset
“Sisu” is a concept and way of living that has been interwoven into Finnish culture for more than 500 years. It ...
What next for Sanna Marin? Finland’s rock star PM
She led her nation into Nato, but was criticised for soaring debt and parties. Still aged just 37, she’s stepping ...