Founders of Finnish game company Supercell were ranked top five taxpayers in Finland, revealed the Finnish Tax Administration in its 2013 tax data published on Monday.
Finnish political parties have reached a consensus on increasing the country's military spending, with a parliamentary working group proposing annual increases in Defence Forces appropriations for arms purchases.
Finnish decision makers have claimed that their country has not taken any step closer towards the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) despite the fact it has signed a protocol on hosting NATO troops last week at the NATO summit in Wales, UK.But some believed it will face difficult choices in case a conflict emerges.
Finland is considering signing an agreement with NATO in order to strengthen cooperation, which would possibly mean easier entry of NATO troops onto Finnish territory.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that the Ukrainians should have their own choices freely without interference from the outside.
The President of Finland Sauli Niinisto approved the Left Alliance's resignation from the coalition government on Friday, and agreed to keep a smaller size of the cabinet by not appointing new ministers.
Two training fighter jets collided and crashed on Wednesday in western Finland, killing one of the two pilots.
A leading Finnish research institute lowered the nation's economic growth forecast on Wednesday, and attributed it to the decline of Nokia, which sold it's mobile businesses to Microsoft earlier this month.
An aid agreement was signed between Afghanistan and Finland on Monday, in an effort to provide continuous help for the war-torn Asian country after the withdrawal of international peacekeeping forces.
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