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The Skeleton Finder Richard Leakey Assures That We All Come From Africa

Posted by Editorial Team | May 7, 2015 12:16 pm | Nation

Richard Leakey, one of TIME’s 100 Greatest Minds of the 20th Century, a Kenyan paleanthropologist, visited Finland on Wednesday.

A Finnish Startup Geocollectors Sells Pieces of Land For You to Protect

Posted by Editorial Team | April 4, 2015 10:07 pm | Business

A newish startup company from Finland endeavours to protect natural wilderness from development and preserve the locations natural state.

Over 2 Million Saunas in Finland And The First Public Luxury One Will Rise in Helsinki

Posted by Editorial Team | March 28, 2015 11:37 am | Culture, Nation

The luxurious public sauna is a modern architectural addition that will (hopefully) compliment the neighbourhood and rival the existing landmarks in close proximity to Helsinki’s city centre.

How to Make the Perfect Coffee at Home

Posted by Editorial Team | March 22, 2015 10:54 am | Culture, Nation

How to make the perfect coffee at home? Conner Mckissack explains.

In Citizenfour Somebody Could Come Through The Door at Any Moment

Posted by Editorial Team | March 20, 2015 4:27 pm | Entertainment, Nation

As an American, I too was splashed with the media’s turkey baster following the decision to charge Snowden with three felonies in June of 2013. What’s significant about Citizenfour is, it really starts to dig through the meat and bones of the topic.

The Unbelievable Big Game Makes You Believe The Unbelievable

Posted by Editorial Team | March 19, 2015 12:27 pm | Entertainment, Nation

Big Game is an adventure. It’s incredible. It’s loud, active, and shakes the theater. It’s ridiculous. It’s a movie that feels like America, mid 80’s.

A Punk Band Suffering From Learning Disabilities Will Represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Posted by Editorial Team | March 1, 2015 2:42 am | Archives, Culture

As the drama unfolded at the New Music Competition (Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu) on Saturday night, there was a growing sentiment that something special was afoot at the YLE studios in Helsinki’s Pasila’s district.

Smart Pants Might Help One to Walk from a Wheelchair in the Future

Posted by Editorial Team | February 28, 2015 4:07 pm | Human Interest

Enter the smart pants, which are being developed under the code name ‘Wearable Soft Robotics for Independent Living’, a three-year project, led by the University of Bristol in the UK.

Faith over flair – Chinese New Year celebration shows the magic of Orient

Posted by Editorial Team | February 19, 2015 3:42 pm | Culture

What impresses me the most about this holiday is not the duration or the flair with which the programs unfold, but the faith.

Finding Earth’s twin is closer than ever

Posted by Editorial Team | February 15, 2015 8:39 pm | Human Interest

So far the search for Earth’s twin has been elusive but with newer and more powerful telescopes being developed both here on Earth and in space in the not so distant future, the discovery of Earth v2.0 seems tantalisingly within our reach.

Charlie Hebdo exhibit ‘Minä olen Charlie’ shows that terrorism brings people closer to one another

Posted by Editorial Team | February 15, 2015 2:44 pm | Arts

The Finnish response to Paris attacks ‘Minä Olen Charlie’ can be seen at the Arabianranta library from now through the month of May.

One Tunnel Between Helsinki and Tallinn – A Lifetime of Prosperity

Posted by Editorial Team | February 12, 2015 4:33 am | Nation

On Wednesday, the City of Helsinki released information to the public summarising a pre-feasibility study of building a rail tunnel between Helsinki and Tallinn.

Here are 4 tips that help you find your dream job in Finland

Posted by Editorial Team | February 1, 2015 3:32 pm | Culture

Are you looking for a meaningful job in Finland? Here are four tips offered by the experts and students at the discussion panel ‘International Finland’ of the Social Scientst’ Career Fair held in January.

Finnish biotech aims to become the oracle of diseases

Posted by Editorial Team | January 31, 2015 4:13 am | Human Interest

Helsinki-based Blueprint Genetics has established itself as a leading company in the Nordic region within the field of diagnostic DNA sequencing, with sharp eyes on the American market.

Ne Me Quitte Pas suggests that without pain there is no pleasure

Posted by Editorial Team | January 30, 2015 4:32 pm | Films

In ‘Ne Me Quitte Pas’ (2013) we see this two-man support team rolling aimlessly through the days following Marcel’s breakup with his wife as the two of them attempt to answer the surreal question of “how it’s all going to end.”

We Were Rebels – a fusion of rugged political landscape and optimism

Posted by Editorial Team | January 30, 2015 2:18 pm | Films

We Were Rebels offers a cross-section of the rugged political landscape as well the eternal optimism of a population that knows nothing besides struggle and destruction.

Who the Devil Can See in the Dark – a search for the missing father

Posted by Editorial Team | January 30, 2015 1:41 pm | Films

Finnish director Mari Soppela takes us through a different rabbit’s hole in 2015 with Who the Devil Can See in the Dark (2014).

Helsinki City approves the building of Central Library which has been talked about since 1917

Posted by Editorial Team | January 29, 2015 6:11 pm | Nation

The Helsinki city council approves the project plan for the Central Library with 75 votes in favour and 8 against late on Wednesday evening.

Emptying the Skies exposes the brutal world of bird traps

Posted by Editorial Team | January 29, 2015 7:35 am | Films

Conner Mckissack reviews Douglas Kass’s 2013 documentary ‘Emptying the Skies’.

Creative minds of Kallio are looking volunteers for the next crowd-puller

Posted by Editorial Team | January 23, 2015 12:22 am | Culture

Kallio-liike community welcomes people to organise events of all sorts from discussions to gigs and poetry nights to meetings.

Watch How Finns React When One Gets Too Close

Posted by Editorial Team | January 21, 2015 10:50 pm | Entertainment

Kioski, the new video service by the national Finnish broadcaster YLE, captured secretively how Finnish people behave when one approaches too close.

Russian anti-gay law forces gay people to seek asylum in Finland

Posted by Editorial Team | January 21, 2015 6:28 am | Nation

The Russian anti-gay law has forced two gay men from Russia to flee persecution and seek asylum in Finland.

Rwanda’s ambassador wishes Finns would spend face-to-face time with the mountain gorillas

Posted by Editorial Team | January 18, 2015 4:41 pm | Human Interest

Conner Mckissack interviews Venetia Sebudandi, the ambassador of Rwanda, about the similarities of Finland and Rwanda, the tropical highland and the endangered mountain gorillas.

Sasha Huber shoots back at racial profiling with portraits of iconic figures

Posted by Editorial Team | January 11, 2015 2:32 am | Arts

Shooting Stars is an alphabetised collection of influential faces of selected individuals who were murdered for political, philosophical, and even ethnical reasons.