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Unofficial trilateral meeting among DPRK, S.Korea, US starts in Finland

RepresentativesfromtheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK),SouthKoreaandtheUnitedStatesstartedanunofficialmeetinghereonMonday,localmediareported.Ajointdinner

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Sweden's Finns fear minority language rights are under threat

AsrisingimmigrationincreasinglyputsScandinavia’sreputationfortolerancetothetest,Sweden’slargestnationalminorityfearsitslanguagerightsarethreatenedandchildrenwil

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Panda couple has local names before arrival in Finland

ApairofgiantpandashavebeengivenFinnishnamespriortotheirarrivalinFinlandinmid-January,andthenewnamesbothhavedenotationofsnow.ThemalepandaHuaBaohasbeennamedPyry,a

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Finland to create friendly environment for commercial drones

Finnishauthoritiesarevyingforafriendlyenvironmentfordroneusageinthecountry,officialssaidonThursday.PekkaHenttu,aviationdirectorattheFinnishTransportSafetyAgency

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At least 4 reported killed in Finland train crash

SeveralpeoplewerekilledwhenatrainandanarmoredmilitarypersonnelcarriercollidedinsouthernFinlandonThursdaymorning.TheHelsinginSanomatnewspaperputthetollatfourinit

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Finnish millionaire journalist dies at 53

ThesuddendeathofthewealthyFinnishpublisherandjournalistNiklasHerlinwasconfirmedonWednesdaybymediahouseshewasinvolvedwith.Herlin,53,hadsuccumbedtoasuddenillnessi

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Finnish immigration service under excessive pressure in handling asylum applications

​While the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) has been hard-pressed to respond to the loads of asylum applications, it came under criticism of deliberately issuing negative decisions.

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Finnish police blamed for conflicting statements on New Year's Eve sexual harassment

While demonstrators gathered in Cologne, Germany, on Sunday to protest against assaults allegedly done by asylum seekers, there have been question marks over media reports about similar sexual harassment that took place in Helsinki, Finland.

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Finnish minister says former IS fighters among asylum-seekers

​Finnish Minister for the Interior Petteri Orpo said on Tuesday there are former "Islamic State" (IS) fighters among those who are now staying in Finland and aiming to get asylum status.

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Finnish students write letters to Chinese pen pals

As part of the celebrations for the 65th anniversary of Finnish-Chinese diplomatic relationship, dozens of students in the Normal School of Tampere University chatted on Wednesday via internet with their counterparts in Qinglai School of Mile City in China's Yunnan Province, and then started writing letters to them with Finnish-Chinese diplomatic relationship commemorative envelopes.

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Finns valuing ties with Russia risk being labelled as participating in "information war"

Alleged subversive media efforts against Finland has become a public issue lately following the publication of a book by a Defence Forces researcher and the same- day announcement by the government to start training personnel to identify and combat misinformation.

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Massive nationwide strikes to hit Finland Friday

​A nationwide demonstration and a series of strikes will be launched by labor unions in Finland on Friday to protest against government measures aimed at reducing labor costs.

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US aircraft suspected of violating Finland's space

​Two military aircraft of the United States allegedly violated Finnish air space on Sunday, the Finnish government said.

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Will counter initiative repeal Finland's same-sex marriage amendment?

​Supporters of marriage equality in Finland rejoiced in November last year after the efforts behind a civil initiative, entitled Tahdon2013, eventually led to the Finnish parliament voting in favor of the legal recognition of same sex marriage.

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Finnish economy predicted to grow 0.2 pct in 2015: Bank of Finland

​The Bank of Finland on Wednesday predicted that Finnish economy will grow 0.2 percent this year.

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Stubb congratulates opposition party on Finnish election triumph

​Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, of the National Coalition Party, shook hands with the Center Party leader Juha Sipila, congratulating the latter on his party's triumph in Sunday's parliamentary election.

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Finland, Sweden to launch submarine exercise despite legislative barriers

​Finland, a Nordic country forbidden to own any submarine in active duty, is planning to launch a joint submarine exercise together with Sweden.