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Japan demands response from Finland over beauty queen's 'slanted eyes' photos
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/12/2025
» KYODO — Japan's top government spokesman on Thursday expressed concern over images posted online of the winner of a beauty pageant and some lawmakers in Finland showing them pulling back the corners of their eyes, a gesture widely regarded as racially offensive to Asian people.
Young Finnish school shooter ‘was bullied’
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2024
» HELSINKI - The 12-year-old boy who shot and killed a fellow sixth-grader and severely injured two others at a school in Finland has explained that he was a target of bullying, and this was the motive for his attack, police said on Wednesday.
Child killed in Finland school shooting
Reuters, Published on 02/04/2024
» HELSINKI - One child was killed and two seriously wounded in a shooting at a school outside the Finnish capital on Tuesday, police said, with a 12-year-old fellow pupil suspected of the attack taken into custody.
Swamp soccer world cup sees teams clash in knee-deep bog
AFP, Published on 16/07/2023
» HYRYNSALMI (FINLAND) - The annual swamp soccer world cup saw players this weekend fight for the ball in deep quagmires, with more than 100 teams gathered in the wetlands of central Finland.
With future PM Orpo, Finland trades charisma for cool-headedness
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» HELSINKI - Finland's next prime minister Petteri Orpo presents a stark contrast to his charismatic predecessor Sanna Marin, with his cool-headed demeanour and focus on reining in spending.
Finland to get right-wing govt with far right
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» HELSINKI - Finland's conservative leader and Prime Minister designate Petteri Orpo said Thursday a four-party coalition including the far-right Finns Party had agreed to form a government more than two months after elections.
Europe's largest nuclear reactor enters service in Finland
AFP, Published on 16/04/2023
» HELSINKI: Hours after Germany closed out its atomic era by turning off its last three nuclear reactors, the largest single reactor in Europe entered regular production in Finland, its operator said Sunday.
Finland in NATO: strategic shift with limited material gain
AFP, Published on 04/04/2023
» PARIS: Finland's move on Tuesday to become the 31st member of NATO is a strategic step that doubles the military alliance's border with Russia but provides the coalition with limited additional military capacity.
Finland's election: what we know
AFP, Published on 03/04/2023
» HELSINKI - Does an international post await Finland's outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin after her election loss? What explains the nationalist party's record score? And are the nationalists reliable partners for a government coalition?
Finns vote as far right aims to unseat PM Sanna Marin
AFP, Published on 02/04/2023
» HELSINKI: Finns began voting on Sunday in legislative elections that could see the country take a dramatic turn to the right, as centre-right and anti-immigration parties vie to unseat Social Democratic Prime Minister Sanna Marin.