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Flow Festival Helsinki review: a genre-spanning party with huge names

If there is a festival of the future, Flow is it

Evening Standard

Helsinki 1952: Summer Olympics at the height of the Cold War

From 19 July to 3 August 1952, the Finnish capital Helsinki hosted the 15th Summer Olympics, the first games of the modern era. The world's biggest sporting event after the Second World War took place at the height of the Cold War and marked the beginning of East-West rivalry.

Radio France Internationale

The Helsinki mayor who got caught spraying graffiti: ‘I painted GCM – great career moves – which is ironic’

Finnish politician Paavo Arhinmäki was spray-painting in a railway tunnel when he was busted. Now facing a police hearing, he talks about street art – and why he ought to have drawn on an official wall

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Watch as Biden meets with Nordic leaders in Finland after Nato summit

Joe Biden met with Nordic leaders in Helsinki, Finland, on Thursday 13 July.

The Independent UK

Biden heads to Europe amid questions over cluster munitions and Nato unity

US leader’s three-country tour aims to ‘showcase the president’s leadership on the world stage’ at a key time for the war in Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

Biden is heading to Europe. A king and a war are on his agenda

President Joe Biden leaves on Sunday for Europe, where he'll spend four days in three nations tending to alliances that have been tested by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russia expels Finnish diplomats, shuts down consulate in a tit-for-tat move

Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday announced the expelling of nine Finnish diplomats and shutting down Finland’s consulate in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, in retaliation for Finland expelling nine Russian diplomats last month

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‘We are ashamed’: protesters gather in Helsinki over ministers’ far-right links

Several hundred people protest against new rightwing administration’s austerity and immigration-cutting programme

The Guardian - UK

A Helsinki deputy mayor is under fire after being caught red-handed spray-painting graffiti

The deputy mayor of Finland’s capital is facing possible legal action and calls for him to pay compensation for damages and to resign after he was caught red-handed spray-painting graffiti in a railway tunnel last weekend

The Independent UK

Shaun Want relishing the opportunity to fulfil his European dream

Scottish defender says Larne will be up for the challenge presented by HJK Helsinki

Belfast Live

Charity Shield is perfect preparation for Europe says Micheál Glynn

Larne man relishing first foray into European competition with HJK Helsinki Champions League clash

Belfast Live

A new Iron Curtain? Finland bolsters border with neighbouring Russia

In this week's Focus, we turn to the tense frontier between Russia and Finland. The rapport between these neighbouring nations has soured significantly in the wake of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine. Historically, their mutual border has been a theatre of confrontation and conflict. Currently, Finland is taking drastic measures…

France 24

Finland expels nine Russian diplomats over 'intelligence' work

Finland will expel nine diplomats at the Russian embassy in Helsinki, accusing them of working on intelligence missions, the Finnish president's office said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Watch: Antony Blinken and Finnish counterpart sign joint statement

Watch as Antony Blinken and his Finnish counterpart speak in Helsinki on Friday, 2 June.

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Reuters

School children injured in Finland bridge collapse

Twenty-seven people, most of them teenage school children, were injured on Thursday when a temporary pedestrian bridge collapsed in the Finnish city of Espoo, just outside the capital Helsinki, rescue services said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Arrives in Finland to Meet Nordic Leaders

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Finland on Wednesday for talks with Nordic leaders on support for his country's war with Russia and on its relations with Europe, governments of the region said. Zelenskiy will hold bilateral talks with Finland's President Sauli Niinisto followed by a news conference before joining…

Daily Mirror

'I found out why Finland is the world's happiest country - and it's not just the food'

Finland has been ranked as the happiest country in the world for a sixth year in a row, and it's clear to see why when you've tried the food, explored the islands and had a sauna

Wallpaper

Felicia Honkasalo on creative obsessions, gothic horror, and the sci-fi world of AI photography

Explore the vision of Helsinki-based artist Felicia Honkasalo in ‘Through the lens’, our monthly series spotlighting photographers who are Wallpaper* contributors

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Salon

Finland joins NATO: Big shift in Europe

Finland was a model of successful neutrality for 75 years. This tectonic shift signals a dangerous new world

The Independent UK

Finnish president: Joining NATO won't solve all our problems

Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö has warned that the country’s new status as a NATO member “doesn’t solve every problem,” and says Helsinki should not let down its guard on security issues

Sports Illustrated

NBA All-Star Plans to Complete Mandatory Military Service This Offseason

Markkanen plans to fulfill the Finnish military requirement in Helsinki.

Al Jazeera

Finland’s long-held neutrality is over. What next?

Russia has sounded the alarm, but analysts say a Moscow-Helsinki conflict is unlikely.

Reuters

Finland's Marin steps down as party leader

Finland's outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin is stepping down as leader of the Social Democratic party, she said on Wednesday, adding she will serve as a regular lawmaker in the newly elected parliament from next week.

The Independent UK

Proof that Putin’s Ukraine invasion has spectacularly backfired

Finland’s membership of Nato will benefit both the alliance and Helsinki, writes Jamie Shea

Reuters

Finns head into NATO welcoming sense of support

Finns living close to the country's long border to Russia as well as in the capital Helsinki welcomed Finland's new NATO membership on Tuesday, and the sense of having a larger alliance behind them after decades of military non-alignment.

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