Summer was cold in Finland

MayIn May, there was more frost nights than average and the month was dry. Lowest temperature of the month: -9,6C Enontekiö, Kilpisjärvi. Month's average temperature did not differ much with all time average. JuneJune was cold and rainy. Lowest temperature of the month:...

American ousts two-time champ at air guitar contest

Someone needs to make a fake documentary about air guitar contests, like Best in Show-style. Christopher Guest would make a great "Hot Lixx."And yes, there actually is an annual world air guitar...

Vote Now: The most handsome and FIT Male Sportsmen at Beijing Olympics 2008 !

Milieunet must not be allowed to get away with his "vote for the sexiest female athlete" - here's your chance, girls (and guys...?) to put forward your nominations for the male athlete or sportsman with the...

US: Russian Patrols Violate Truce

The Kremlin is in violation of the "Truce Agreement" and although they have given up control of the main East/West highway they continue to occupy the seaport of Poti, having moved the majority of their tanks and men back to the disputed terrorities.  And have...

Meeting with OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland ...

Is this a case of too many cooks spoil the broth?"On 22 August 2008, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eka Tkeshelashvili and State Minister for Reintegration Issues Temur Iakobashvili held a meeting with OSCE Chairman-in-Office,...

Men's Javelin: All Three Finns Through to the Final!

All three Finnish javelin throwers are through to the Finals on Saturday 23rd August.  They are:  Tero Pitkämäki , who finished third in today's qualifying round, Tero Järvenpää, fourth and Teemu...

Norway's Thorkildsen Qualifies for Men's Javelin Final

Norway's Thorkildsen has qualified!  (As expected!)  Latvia First  - Vasilevskis - 83.51,  Russia - Korotkov - Second - 83.33m and Pitkämäki Third - 82.61.  Thorkildsen managed...

Norway's Olympic Champion Andreas Thorkildsen Makes the Javelin Trendy

The winning 90m throw was with a red swirl-on-white javelin.  Of rival Tero Pitkamaki, Thorkildsen revealed, "Some days are his, some days are mine".  Today was all Thorkildsen's. "Beijing – “Some...

Dutch Pair Win Women's Double Sculls Gold as Finland Settles for Silver...Again

The Netherland's women beat the Finns by 1.29 secs to clinch the gold in the women's light weight double sculls.   " Dutch pair Kirsten van der Kolk and Marit van Eupen won the women's lightweight double...

MIchael Phelps Joins "Fabulous Five" Most Exclusive Olympic Club in the World

Michael Phelps has joined just four others in the history of humanity to have won a record nine Olympic Golds, joining the likes of Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis.   But how is greatness defined?   I...

Bindra Wins India's First Ever Solo Gold Medal

A delighted Abhinav Bindra won India's first ever solo gold medal in what is considered to have been one of the most thrilling shooting finals in Olympic history  China took Silver and Henri Hakkinen of...

Finland Take Their First Gold Medal of the Games - US takes Bronze- Women's T...

Finnish Shooting Champion Satu Mäkelä-Nummela today won GOLD for Finland.   The video of the winning shots can be seen here:   " Satu Makela-Nummela of Finland scored 91 hits to take the women's...

Update Moscow 6-pack EU-Peace plan South Ossetia, Medvedev / Sarkozy agreed

Preview EU: Aug 15: President Dmitry Medvedev to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel 6-pack Peace plan South Ossetia  presented by D. Medvedev N. Sarkozy:Russia will retreat it's troops behind the...

BRZEZINSKI MAKES ANALOGY OF RUSSIA'S WAR ON GEORGIA TO STALIN'S ATTACK ON FIN...

ELDER statesman Zbigniew Brzezinski has claimed that the situation in Georgia is reminiscent of the Winter War and Continuation War of 1939 and 1941 when Russia tried to invade neighbours, Finland, in a show of...

Finland's Javelin World Champion Pitkämäki Gears up for Encounter with Norw...

Scandinavian eyes will be on the Men's Javelin qualifying rounds tomorrow (Thursday 21st August 2008, Final: Friday 23rd August 2008, times below), when World Champion Finland's Tero Pitkämäki squares up to...

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