A public debate will he held next week on the possible effects of nuclear power in northern Finland.
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Would Your Kid Like to Be a Star Boy?
Oulu’s Lutheran Church is soon beginning their special Star Boy School to train kids up in the Christmas tradition.
Read the rest of this entry »Average Finnish MP: Highly Educated, Well-off, 40-something Family Man
The typical Finnish Member of Parliament is not representative of the average Finn, according to Statistics Finland.
Read the rest of this entry »Unpicking the Finnish Press
Friday, 16 October 2009 65DN investigates the Finnish newspaper industry and finds that it’s a lot more complex than it seems. In a lot of countries, newspapers are perfectly simple. The important newspapers are published in the capital and have a national reach. And the biggest newspaper is often a tabloid, focussing on the most [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Secret Finnish Christian Name
Despite all the influence from Sweden, Finns have retained some very unusual pieces of folklore. For many new parents, the baby’s name is a closely guarded secret until it is baptised. They won’t even tell the grandparents!
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A round-up in English, in bulletin form, of the news in the Finnish dailies Iltasanomat and Iltalehti.
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A round-up in English, in bulletin form, of the news in the Finnish dailies IltaSanomat and Iltalehti.
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This week Oulu gets a rock n’pop picnic, a sing-a-long evening, motocross, and archaelogical digs. What more could you want?
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Jasmina Shreck goes to a djembe drum and afro dance class and finds her hips don’t lie.
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Bursting with tigers and dragons, Satakieli – Ballettikoulu Sinikello’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Nightingale – hits the stage this weekend in a flurry of red and gold silk.
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