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• Helsinki v Guggenheim: the backlash against the global megabrand is on

  11 Sep 2014: The Guggenheim’s proposed Finnish outpost is one of the biggest architectural competitions ever, but it has been criticised as a vanity project. Now, a counter-competition has been launched in rebellion

• Success of Angry Birds reflects growth of young entrepreneurship in Finland

  Guardian Professional, 8 Sep 2014: In a post-Nokia era, startups are emerging among an “empathetic generation” as a means not to get rich but to solve social problems, writes Tuukka Toivonen

• Mining threatens to eat up northern Europe’s last wilderness

  3 Sep 2014: Vast network of rivers, lakes and mountains in Finland, Sweden and Norway at risk from being exploited for rare earth and other minerals
  

• Finland and Sweden to strengthen ties with Nato

  27 Aug 2014: Two countries to sign host nation support agreement allowing assistance from Nato troops in emergency situations

• Finnish aid workers shot dead in Afghanistan

  24 Jul 2014: Two women from Christian organisation murdered as they took taxi in Herat, after separate attack in northern town kills six

• Helsinki's ambitious plan to make car ownership pointless in 10 years

  10 Jul 2014: Finland's capital hopes an ambitious 'mobility on demand' system that integrates all forms of transport in a single payment network could essentially render private cars obsolete

• Blogger of the week: how to improve Helsinki – video

  Video (1min 22sec), 26 Jun 2014:

  Timo Hämäläinen of Urban Finland urges tighter limits on the construction of new shopping malls, which he says hurt attempts to create a sense of community in the city, leaving residents living in what is little more than just a high-density suburbia

• The urbanist’s guide to Helsinki: ‘an epicentre for spontaneous urban events’

  23 Jun 2014: Helsinki is fast growing, but promising city with all the potential to become a 21st century cosmopolitan hotspot, says Timo Hämäläinen of Urban Finland

• More digital disruption ahead for mainstream news groups, says survey

  12 Jun 2014:

  Reuters Institute's annual report predicts revolutionary changes

• Photographer's case goes to human rights court's grand chamber

  5 Jun 2014:

  Judges grant new hearing to Finnish photo-journalist

• Finnish police find bodies of five babies in cellar

  4 Jun 2014: Woman taken into custody after police discover bodies of five apparently stillborn babies in basement of block of flats

• The enemy invasion: Brussels braced for influx of Eurosceptics in EU polls

  28 Apr 2014:

  Special report: parties demanding everything from reform to withdrawal are riding high on wave on discontent, reports Jon Henley from Coulommiers, Erfurt and Helsinki

• Angry Birds publisher Rovio reveals its growth stalled in 2013

  28 Apr 2014: Revenues up just 2.5% year-on-year according to Finnish company's latest financial results. By Stuart Dredge

• Finland's homoerotic stamps are an ocular feast for women, too

  21 Apr 2014: Nell Frizzell: Sometimes it takes a gay man to cater for the female gaze, so thank you Tom of Finland for your entirely lickable stamps

• Finland plane crash kills eight people

  20 Apr 2014: Three survivors being treated for minor injuries after accident on plane carrying parachutists

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