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 is worse with open nests. The destruction is not over. Next...

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...

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...

Finland: Snow Snarls Traffic Around the Country

" Snow and sleet contributed to a spate of road accidents in various parts of Finland on Tuesday morning. The Road Administration issued a warning for poor driving conditions throughout the country. ...

Experimental Citizen Journalism: Case Snow Survival (2/2)

Background: Experimental Citizen Journalism: Case Snow Survival The night in snow igloo is behind and everything went well. None of the igloos collapse and everyone was able to sleep the night inside and did not...

Experimental Citizen Journalism: Case Snow Survival

Snow Survival is an event at Jyväskylä Finland, where local reserve soldiers make up "snow igloo" and sleep one night inside them. Event was canceled last year, because the lack of snow, but now there sure is...

Baltic Sea has twice as much ice than last year

The January has been warmer than average, but the frost has continued for several weeks. In the middle of the February all the Finland's shores were frozen. The Baltic Sea has twice as much ice than last year,...

"Ultimate Cure" - Child/Youth Obesity!

What does it take to eliminate obesity within our children and teenagers today? Do you want your kids to die before you? We all know that conventional Diet Plans/Programs do not work! We have a little known...

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