After languishing for decades, the Baltic countries have dusted off their fusty image as a second-rate travel destination and ...

The EU wants to keep old trees standing to help hit decarbonization targets. But foresters resent what they regard as ...

Traditionally semi-nomadic reindeer herders, the Sámi people have a deep cultural connection to Arctic nature in Norway and ...

HELSINKI, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Finland's unemployment rate rose as employment weakened in 2024, announced Statistics Finland on Friday. According to the statistical agency, the average number of ...

Finland's community of approximately 1,500 Jews dates back to the 19th century when they arrived here to serve in the Russian ...

Finland has been ranked the world's happiest country for the last seven years. The country benefits from high levels of social trust and a strong connection with nature. Finnish culture also has ...

After fighting through to the doubles final of the Australian Open, Britain’s Henry Patten and his Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara revealed that they had bonded over reindeer stew. Having ...

Finland Confronts Its WWII History "If You Only Knew How Many Jews I Have Shot" Hundreds of Finns fought with the German Waffen-SS in Ukraine during World War II. New research shows that many of ...

I am a musician who has spent a good deal of his touring life in the Netherlands. Holland was the first country in Europe that took to my music in a major way, beginning in 1988 when I began ...

(Photo Credit: dragoncello / Adobe Stock) This year, Europe’s Capital of Culture is truly a unique one: it’s actually one city that was split after World War II by the border between ... we expect ...

What develops from here on is something more than a mere crush, but a full-blown infatuation that makes it tempting to describe Unity as the Nazi Baby Reindeer. On one occasion, she spends the ...

Explore tunnels and ramparts and go on walks around the island to discover the fortress’s mysteries, such as the Finnish Navy’s 250-ton Vesikko submarine that was used throughout World War II. Spread ...