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4 months ago

Monday’s papers: Nearby drone strikes, sanction skipping suspicions, and Finland braces for more cuts

Russia’s largest oil port on the Baltic Sea has come under attack, just 50 kilometres from Finland’s border.
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4 months ago

Bolt launches women-only ride service in Helsinki

The company’s app gives female passengers the opportunity to request a female driver.
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4 months ago

Helsinki expands mandatory e-scooter parking zones

At first, the expansion will include the neighbourhoods of Taka-Töölö, Kallio, Kalasatama and Pasila.
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4 months ago

Thursday’s papers: How Finnair keeps flying, blackout scenarios, and Finland’s medicated boys

A power blackout across the country would disrupt everyone’s ability to communicate, including essential authorities.
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4 months ago

About 160 Finns arrive on evacuation flight from Middle East

“It’s really nice to be here,” said Otso Friström, who arrived on an evacuation flight to Finland with his family early on Monday morning.
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5 months ago

Finland plans more Middle East evacuations, drops ticket price of first flight

There are around 600 Finns in Dubai who want to leave the region. The flight scheduled on Sunday can only accommodate around 160 of them.
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5 months ago

Thursday’s papers: Gold rush payoffs, Finns mourn sugar firm’s plans, and luxury cars blocking trams

A firm in northern Finland extracts up to 7,500 kg of gold per year.
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5 months ago

EV registrations up by 22%; petrol and diesel share falls

Nearly 60 percent of all last year’s new cars were rechargeable, with less than 40 percent petrol-powered and just four percent diesel-powered.
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5 months ago

Hazardous driving throughout Finland during busy travel weekend

Many families are on the roads this weekend as school holidays end in parts of the south and begin in central Finland.
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5 months ago

Finland sees more foreign visitors, overnight stays reach new high

Recent trends suggest that visitors are increasingly heading towards northern destinations, seeking out so-called ‘coolcations’, according to Visit Finland.
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