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An otherwise quiet neighborhood in Finland used to have a summer problem, with young partiers gathering every night on the beach to whoop it up and wreak havoc. And then, six years ago, police in Espoo discovered a foolproof solution: blast classical...
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Finland and Sweden pack a major air power punch for the NATO alliance, and not just from their robust fighter fleets.
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Julius Kivimäki, a 26-year-old Finnish creep, has been sent to prison for hacking a psychotherapy firm and stealing intimate notes on over 33,000 patients, then trying to extort the company and individual victims for cash. When the company refused t...
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When translated, these Finnish phrases might confuse or amuse Americans.
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Finland — NATO's newest member — shares a 830-mile long border with Russia.
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Plus-size model Hayley Hasselhoff said Finnair asking passengers to volunteer to be weighed is "triggering to people with eating disorders."...
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The Kummakivi Balancing Rock (Kummakivi means "strange rock" in Finnish) is a giant rock in Ruokolahti, Finland, that looks like it was somehow balanced at a nerve-wracking angle on top of a smaller rock. It's hard to believe rock settled into this p...