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Finnish president demands Arctic Summit to stop dangerous black carbon emissions

President Sauli Niinistö addressed the Finnish Climate Summit in Helsinki on Wednesday, calling on the Arctic Council member states to meet to tackle black carbon emissions in the far north.
June 13, 2018

Lapland braces for worst spring floods in decades

The Finnish regions of Lapland (north) is likely to see flooding in the coming weeks, as warm temperatures set spring thaws in motion. The Finnish Environment Institute’s leading hydrologist Bertel Vehviläinen says that current data point to the worst flooding in 20 years.
May 14, 2018

Finland, Sweden and US building three-way defence ties

Defence Ministers from Finland, Sweden and the United States are scheduled to meet in Washington to discuss military cooperation between the three countries and the overall security policy situation, according to a press release from Finland’s defence ministry issued on Monday evening.
May 09, 2018

Major expansion planned for Northern Finland’s airports

Airport operator Finavia is launching a major investment programme in northern Finland. It aims to raise the number of passengers using airports in Lapland and nearby Kuusamo to two million annually by 2030. That’s up from the 1.3 million people who passed through the region’s airports.
May 08, 2018

In crisis, would Finland’s supplies be safe on Arctic rail near Russian border?

Amidst recent plans to explore a proposed Arctic Railway that would run from Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland to the Norwegian port of Kirkenes, Finnish Transport Minister Anne Berner’s plans have been called into question by the National Emergency Supply Agency (NESA).
April 10, 2018

Flights to Lapland help Finnair triple 2017 profits

February 19, 2018

National Sámi Day celebrated across four nations

Tuesday marks the commemoration of national Sámi Day, a celebration held across Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia on the 6th of February.
February 06, 2018

An optimistic picture for Finland’s economy in 2018

The financial group OP predicts that employment, consumption and consumer confidence will grow this year before growth slows again in 2019.
January 23, 2018

Environment minister proposes coal-free Finland by 2025

Minister of the Environment, Energy and Housing Kimmo Tiilikainen has proposed that Finland should move up its ban on coal-burning for power to 2025. The government had previously agreed on a 2030 date for phasing out the fossil fuel in the country’s energy market.
January 10, 2018

Poll: Only a fifth of Finns back NATO membership

A majority of Finns still believe that Finland should remain outside the NATO military alliance, according to the latest Yle-commissioned poll.
December 19, 2017

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