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President Niinistö sends condolences to France – FM Tuomioja: Europe must prepare for more attacks

Posted by Tony Öhberg | January 8, 2015 2:19 am | Nation

President Sauli Niinistö sent a message of condolence to François Hollande, the president of France, on the attack on the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday.

Finland condemns Paris attack – PM Stubb sends condolences to French president

Posted by Tony Öhberg | January 7, 2015 4:04 pm | Nation

“Freedom of expression and a free press are integral elements of European values,” Stubb said.

Finnair selected among ten safest airlines in the world for 2015

Posted by Tony Öhberg | January 7, 2015 7:10 am | Business, Nation

Finnair was selected among the ten safest airlines in the world by AirlineRatings.com, the world’s only safety and product rating website.

WATCH: The first trailer of Finnish-British action film Big Game

Posted by Tony Öhberg | January 5, 2015 7:25 pm | Entertainment

How does this sound for a movie plot? A young teenager (Onni Tommila) camping in the woods helps rescue the president of the United States (played by the one and only Samuel L. Jackson), when Air Force One is shot down near his campsite and crash-lands into a Finnish forest.

About 12,500 conscripts enter the military service today

Posted by Tony Öhberg | January 5, 2015 6:36 pm | Nation

About 12,500 conscripts pull on their army suits today, when they start the military service in the Finnish defence forces.

Net attacks continue against Finnish banks – Danske Bank currently the primary target

Posted by Tony Öhberg | January 5, 2015 3:39 pm | Nation

The denial-of-services attacks which have been targeting Finnish banks for almost a week are...

Stores offer discounts of 75 per cent but Russians are not buying

Posted by Tony Öhberg | January 5, 2015 4:44 am | Nation

Here is the good news: discount sales are reaching their peak. Some of the stores slice off as...

OP still suffering from disruptions in banking system – Finn abroad is running out of cash

Posted by Tony Öhberg | January 2, 2015 10:46 pm | Nation

OP Financial Group is still suffering from the plague of the digital age: the denial-of-services attacks.

OP receives extortion message demanding Bitcoins for DDoS attacks to stop

Posted by Tony Öhberg | January 2, 2015 10:25 pm | Nation

Two extortion messages demanding virtual money were left at the Facebook pages of two national banks: OP and Danske Bank.

Strong side-wind rocks shelves down at Tallink Silja cruise ferry

Posted by Tony Öhberg | January 2, 2015 9:36 pm | Nation

Tallink Silja Superstar cruise ferry was grabbed by a storm-wind while travelling from Tallinn to Helsinki on Friday evening,

Kaisaniemi metro station will change name to University of Helsinki

Posted by Tony Öhberg | January 2, 2015 4:20 pm | Nation

The Kaisaniemi metro station in will be renamed as University of Helsinki in January 2015.

Deaths, guns and eye injuries – the dark side of Finnish New Year’s celebration

Posted by Tony Öhberg | January 2, 2015 3:34 pm | Nation

Every year the New Year’s Eve shows its dark side in form of violence and injuries. The beginning of the year 2015 was no exception.

President Niinistö in his New Year’s speech: Together we are a force to be reckoned with

Posted by Tony Öhberg | January 1, 2015 6:44 pm | Politics

The past year has left us to deal with three major issues: security, economy and the environment.
The issues were highlighted by President Sauli Niinistö in his traditional New Year’s Speech on Wednesday January 1 2015.