Vlada Laukkonen Likes to Code, and She Encourages Other Women to Try it Too
According to Vlada, coding “gives creative power.”
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Hundreds Demand a Stop to the Deportation of a Family of Seven Children to Iraq in the Small City of Loviisa
A family of seven children was about to be deported from Finland to Iraq. Then the small southern city of Loviisa stepped in.
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Watch the Video of the Homecoming Ceremony of the Finnish Olympic Team
The Finnish Olympic Team arrived in Finland carrying their hard-earned, shining medals and we caught it on video.
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The Giant Panda Couple Frolic in the Snow for the First Time in Ähtäri Zoo – Watch the Video and Pictures
The Ähtäri Zoo’s panda house opened to the public today.
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The Chinese Year of the Dog Kicks Off With Massive Celebrations in Helsinki Center
Chinese New Year celebrations took over the Helsinki center.
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The Bomb Threat Against the Office Building in Keilaranta Declared False
The police are investigating a bomb Bomb threat in the high-rise business district Keilaniemi in Espoo.
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Finnish Customs Bust the Largest Online Narcotics Sales Group in the Country
According to the customs, the suspects have sold drugs worth of 2 million euros.
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Finnish Immigration in 2015 – “Everyone is expected to have an opinion”
The number of asylum seekers grew tenfold from 2014, and the debate surrounding the issue saw increasing polarisation, according to a new report by the EMN.
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We Visited the Ruskeasuo Reception Centre With Red Cross President Peter Maurer
We got a glimpse of the daily life of refugees in Helsinki who have been transported from unimaginable conditions.
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Refugees and Rape, Wrong Man Selected as the Athlete of the Year and Clowns VS Bigots
The statistics reveal the amount of refugees suspected of sexual assaults. My choices for the Athlete of the Year. Clowns cartwheel against bigots in bomber jackets.
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Heavy Snowstorm Will Hinder Traffic on the Roads and Railways in Southern Finland on Tuesday
As much as 30 centimetres of snow is expected to fall during a snowstorm starting from Tuesday morning. The snowfall, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, will last long into Wednesday night.
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Lux Light Festival Proves That the Finns Are Winter
Here we are. A couple of freezing Canadians out into the frigid temps of a Finnish winter awe-inspired by the Lux Helsinki 2016 Light Festival.
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Happy Holidays!
Christmas – this time of the year when all sorrow and every problem is forgotten, when we are only happy and cheerful and grateful. In theory.
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The Drama and the Glory on Finland’s 98th Independence Day
The 98th Independence Day of Finland was celebrated in pouring rain and flying rocks but the guests at the President’s Independence Day reception were left in peace.
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A Year With Robert Helenius
The Finnish heavyweight boxer, Robert Helenius, will fight for the European Championship title in December. I spent a year watching him turn into a true Nordic Nightmare.
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Finland Increases Security After Paris Attacks
Finland adjusts its security posture after the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night, which left over 150 people killed in massacres around popular nightlife locations around the city centre.
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Iraqi Refugees in Finland: We Didn’t Risk Our Lives to Come Here Looking for Food or Money
With the aid of the Free Movement Network, about 50 Iraqi asylum seekers gathered to protest against deportation at the Paasikivi square in Helsinki’s Kamppi district on Monday afternoon.
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Finland Could Close Its Borders From Unruly Immigration
Finland receives hundreds of asylum seekers daily. If the worst comes to worst, the borders may be closed from unruly immigration, according to the interior minister, Petteri Orpo.
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The Phantom of the Opera Feels Comfortably Familiar on First Viewing
With about 70,000 sold tickets, a captivating sound system and well over 100 performers, the director, Tiina Puumalainen, brings the classic horror tale to life.
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COLUMN: About Finland, England, Refugees and Empathy
I know this crisis is bigger than we can comprehend but together people can do something and if we don’t it will be the shame of our grandchildren that we will face when they learn of our complicitness.
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The Government’s Painful Cuts, Calculated and Explained
Everyone has to carry their responsibility to lift Finland from the economic rut. This is the common theme of the painful cuts planned by the government.
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The Refugee Crisis in Finland, Explained
In the light of the number of refugees arriving to Finland daily, the country needs to establish 3-4 reception centres per week.
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Tolkien’s ‘The Story of Kullervo’, a Reworking of a Story in the Finnish Epic ‘Kalevala’ Is Released Today
On August 27 2015, HarperCollins will publish a new edition of ‘The Story of Kullervo’, one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s earliest pieces of fiction that was essentially a reworking of a story from The Kalevala and one of the most stunningly unusual and dismally tragic stories in the history of all known folklore.
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This is Why It’s My Duty to Tell You Why the Finnish Cheese Slicer is Great
As a sort of herald of life in Finland it is my duty to put straight the myths and inform of the wonders of the country.
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I love summer, I really, really love summer
For me summer is a time to indulge in a sun drenched, languid apathy. A barbecue here, a white wine spritzer there, nothing too fancy and nothing too potentially stress inducing.
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IN PICTURES: Shy Ellie Goulding Charms a Crowd of About 12,000
Her live performance was mesmerizing.
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Muhammad Cartoonist on Terrorists’ Hit List Talks at a Free Speech Event Today
Lars Vilks, 68, the Swedish caricaturist who has received more death threats than can be counted by fingers and toes, and who is on the militant Islamist organisation al-Qaeda’s hit list and has been under police protection since 2007, will in spite of the threat arrive in Finland on Tuesday in the name of free speech.
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Vlada Laukkonen Likes to Code, and She Encourages Other Women to Try it Too
According to Vlada, coding “gives creative power.”
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Hundreds Demand a Stop to the Deportation of a Family of Seven Children to Iraq in the Small City of Loviisa
A family of seven children was about to be deported from Finland to Iraq. Then the small southern city of Loviisa stepped in.
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Watch the Video of the Homecoming Ceremony of the Finnish Olympic Team
The Finnish Olympic Team arrived in Finland carrying their hard-earned, shining medals and we caught it on video.
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The Giant Panda Couple Frolic in the Snow for the First Time in Ähtäri Zoo – Watch the Video and Pictures
The Ähtäri Zoo’s panda house opened to the public today.
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The Chinese Year of the Dog Kicks Off With Massive Celebrations in Helsinki Center
Chinese New Year celebrations took over the Helsinki center.
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