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Fighter jets flying low over Arctic Finland for military drill in northern Sweden

Planes from the Finnish and Swedish air forces could be seen flying over Finnish Lapland on Friday as part of a multi-national military exercise.
March 22, 2019

Russia intercepted over 1,000 people trying to cross Finnish border in 2018: paper

Russian officials reportedly stopped more than 1,000 people from illegally crossing the border into Finland last year, according to the Lännen Media news consortium.
March 21, 2019

Can Finland’s forests withstand Chinese-driven growth?

There are currently five major forestry-related projects underway in Finland driven, at least in part, by Chinese investment.
March 21, 2019

Stricter mining regulations and oversight needed in the Arctic, Finnish report says

A new report has called for closer and broader regulation of mining activity in the Arctic region. The authors of the report said that there has hitherto been surprisingly little research on the environmental risks associated with mining in the Arctic as well as measures that could mitigate those risks.
February 25, 2019

UN Committee blasts Finland over electorate ruling for Sami Parliament

The UN has criticised Finland’s administrative courts for adding 93 people to the electoral register for the Sami parliament against the wishes of the Sami members of that parliament, who did not regard those 93 people as Sami.
February 02, 2019

Finnish gov pulls bill to ratify UN declaration on Indigenous peoples rights

The Juha Sipilä administration has withdrawn draft legislation from the Finnish Parliament that would strengthen Sámi rights.
January 25, 2019

Northerners cope in different ways with prolonged winter darkness

On 24 November, the sun rose above the horizon for the last time in Utsjoki, Finland’s northernmost municipality. For the next eight weeks or so, the northern part of Lapland will be clouded in an eerie dark blue until the sun rises again on 17 January.
December 10, 2018

EU ranking: Finland ninth, Sweden first in EU climate efforts

Among 28 European Union countries, Finland is ranked ninth in efforts to combat climate change
November 29, 2018

Finnish parties find consensus at cross-party climate summit

Prime Minister Juha Sipilä says that he thinks Finland is ready to do more to fight climate change, after he hosted all nine parliamentary parties at a meeting to discuss ways to keep warming due to climate change down to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
November 22, 2018

Finland could halve emissions by 2030 while saving money: study

Finland could reduce greenhouse gas emissions more sharply over the next decade than so far projected, according to a report published by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra on Monday.
November 20, 2018

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