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The dead month of Finland 11 Jul 2013 | 02:00 pm
Most Finns go on summer holiday in July so much so that cities look almost abandoned, and services just cannot be really found. If someone would like to have a hygiene certificate for instance it can...
5 sentences that are the same in Finnish and Hungarian… 10 Jul 2013 | 11:20 pm
A Finnish speaker, even though he does not understand Hungarian, or vice versa, a Hungarian speaker with no knowledge about Finnish, is charmed by the fact that both in Hungarian and in Finnish the vo...
The Finnish GDP falls drastically 9 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm
Finnish GDP fell by 2.4 percent in April compared with the previous month, according to figures released on Tuesday by Statistics Finland. The drop compared with April 2012 was 4.2 percent. The Finni...
Russian investments growing in Finland 8 Jul 2013 | 05:26 pm
Economic analysts say that Russian investments have increased in Finland in a short period of time. If the plans succeed, Rosatom will be the largest Russian investor in Finland. Rosatom would like t...
WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST 7 Jul 2013 | 05:49 pm
From 8 July 2013 to 14 July 2013 Monday, July 8 Sunny Highest: 21°C (71 °F) Lowest: 12 °C (54 °F) Chance of rain: 0% Tuesday, July 9 Partly cloudly highest: 21 °C (70 °F) Lowest: 14 °C (58...
Opinion of Finns about Turkey’s accession for EU: no! 6 Jul 2013 | 09:09 pm
Seven out of 10 Finns polled say no to Turkish EU membership. The Finns would heartily welcome Iceland in the Union. But they are far less welcoming to other current or possible applicant states. Ice...
Golden eagles in serious danger 6 Jul 2013 | 05:45 pm
Two leading nature organisations calling on police, hunters and public’s members to help solve killings of endangered eagles in recent months. The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (FANC) a...
“We must to work together to avoid the recession” 6 Jul 2013 | 03:48 am
The Minister of Labour, Lauri Ihalainen has called for representatives of employes and labour for open discussions. The ministry wants to create a wide-range labor-market cooperation, because the curr...
Servicemen’s Union: we would like more women in army! 5 Jul 2013 | 10:26 pm
The Union proposes that the young women receive compulsory invitations in the army in future. The proposal’s goal is increase number of the Finnish conscript army. Either civil or military service is ...
The best sniper in the world…EVER 5 Jul 2013 | 01:15 pm
This contreversail, but for a soldier-in-war definaitly impressive, title goes to the Finnish soldier Simo Häyhä. His nick name was: ‘The White Death’. 705 confirmed kills (505 with rifle, 200 with s...
