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Airbnb shakes up tourism industry in northern Finland

Rovaniemi, capital of Finnish Lapland, has just 60,000 permanent residents but attracts half a million visitors a year, with double-digit growth for a third year running – with most tourists arriving during the winter.
November 01, 2017

Officials in Finnish Lapland decry police department closings

Due to budgetary shortfalls, the Lapland Police Department has announced plans to move the police force from the small town of Enontekiö to the larger city of Muonio. The station is set to be shut down early next year, when the officers who work there retire. The plans reflect a recent trend of shuttering some police stations in remote locations across the region.
October 27, 2017

Finland’s biggest environmental crime case returns to court

An environmental crime trial about mining company Talvivaara’s past operations began at the Rovaniemi appeals court on Monday.
October 12, 2017

Finland’s biggest 21 cities, including northern ones, demand more powers

Finland’s largest towns and cities issued a joint statement on Friday calling for changes to the government’s flagship reform introducing elected regional governments.
October 09, 2017

Forest protection well below target in Finland, despite UN obligations

Old-growth forests are hard to find in Finland, the home of a historically dominant paper and pulp industry with an inexhaustible appetite for timber.
October 02, 2017

Positive forecasts upgraded to 3% growth for 2017 Finland economy

The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy ETLA predicted three percent growth this year in the Finnish economy on Tuesday, in one of the most positive economic forecasts for the near future to be released.
September 20, 2017

No building permit for northern Finland nuclear project Fennovoima before 2019

The Russian-Finnish nuclear project at Pyhäjoki, northern Finland, will not get a building permit before 2019, according to the company’s new, revised estimate. The firm had just a few months ago said it expected the permit in 2018.
September 19, 2017

Renewables to provide bulk of Finland’s energy in 2018

Finland’s energy market is poised to shift into a new gear next year. Renewable energy sources are expected to produce more of the country’s energy than fossil fuels, which include oil, coal, natural gas and peat.
September 19, 2017

“Western countries took the bait” on Russia’s military exercises, says Finnish defence minister

Finland’s military is taking part in Sweden’s Aurora 2017 military exercises, which simulate an attack on the Nordic country and the response of forces from nine countries.
September 11, 2017

Dozens of asylum seekers march from Lapland into Sweden border town

Some 55 asylum seekers who took part in a protest against Finland’s asylum policies at the northern border crossing town of Tornio have left the country by walking across the border en masse from Finland to Sweden on Tuesday afternoon, according to police in Finnish Lapland.
September 06, 2017

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