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Finland: H1N1 has spread to whole country

Whole Finland have fallen in H1N1 last week. About 2% of the population are infected and 10 persons have died this far. Situation is getting worse during next two weeks, but health care is already running out from resources. About 10% of the population have recevied the...

Diskos vs. Pelikaanit

In year 2000 born ice hockey game Diskos (Jyväskylä) vs. Pelikaanit (Vaajakoski) was played 7.11.2009 at Jyväskylä. Wet snow and -1C temperature made conditions quite brutal, but that did no seem to bother young...

Finland declares broadband Internet a legal right

Finland is now the first country to make broadband Internet a legal right. Starting from July, all the 5.2 million citizens need to have an access to at least 1 Mbps connection if they wish so. This mandate is...

Finland To Make Broadband Internet Access a Legal Right

Finland has become the first country to make broadband internet access a legal right. The Scandinavian country's Ministry of Transport is practicing what it preaches by making 1-megabit broadband access available to Finland's 5 million citizens starting next summer. Finland...

Costa Rican Ex-President Convicted in Historic Trial

Costa Rican Ex-president Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier (1990-1994), was found guilty of peculation in what was known as the Caja-Fischel case, which culminated in the largest corruption scandal and the first...

Eight Arrested for Hijacking Arctic Sea Cargo Ship

Eight men have been arrested for hijacking an Arctic sea cargo ship. The hijackers are mostly from Estonia and are charged with raiding the Russian ship disguised as police. The cargo ship is being investigated to understand their motivations. Russian prosecutors have charged...

Swine flu suspects won't get on Finnair flights

Finnish airline, Finnair, has decided not to let passengers with swine flu travel with Finnair planes. The airline justifies the decision with the fact that swine flu is a widespread infectious disease. The...

Nokia Trademarks Xseries and Cseries Names for Future Devices

The world's biggest mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia, has recently filed applications for trademarks "Cseries" and "Xseries". The trademarks were filed in mid-April in Finland and Switzerland. They were filed in the smart phone category. Nokia has not announced what these...

Finland: Cold weather kills over 40% of young birds

Last days cold weather and rains have done massive destruction with young birds in Finland. Last nights lowest temperature was -4,4C at Alajärvi. Even the birdhouses have lost 40% of the young birds and situation...

Nokia follows the footsteps of Apple

Nokia has opened Ovi, it's online App store, to some 50 million phone users worldwide on Tuesday. It seems as if Nokia followed the footsteps of Apple whose App store is still a huge success. "Nokia said it opened...

Presidential Women of the World

Are women making strides around the globe? In the midst of so much violence against women, it is easy to forget that  we are making strides, albeit slowly. Here are some of the present-day female Presidents...

Eurovision winner on love of his life

Norway's Alexander Rybak stole the show at the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with his winning song ‘Fairytale’ - but what did he have that the others didn’t? Alexander has a musical background as the...

Team Canada Plays Historical Game-World Floorball Championships

Team Canada played their first game today at the Kertulla Arena in Raisio, Finland at the World Floorball Championships.The Team started off slowly and looked a bit nervous.  Germany scored quickly and easily.  It was clear from the start that the Germans have been...

First results from Finland - no swine flu

Päijät-Hämeen Sosiaali- ja Terveysyhtymä has given an announcement related to first possible swine flu infection in Finland. The first examinations does not confirm swine flu infection. The first possible swine flu patient has been in hospital from 28.4.2009 after...

Finland: 2 Dead, 12 Injured in Good Friday Crashes

Winter came back - if it ever had left. " Two people are dead and at least a dozen injured after a series of road accidents at the beginning of the Easter weekend. In Central Finland and Northern...

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