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...

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...

Finnish Church Christmas Bazaar - Long Queues as 60,000 Expected

THE annual Finnish chruch Bazaar in London got under way this weekend with queues stretching down the road.  Last year, record numbers passed through the now well-known event, once a well-kept secret of the...

Kindergarten Killer pulled by Finnish game site for kids

Kindergarten Killer is a flash media game geared towards tweens and teens, and in the wake of the Finland school shooting earlier this month, a Finnish children's gaming site has pulled the tasteless cyber-toy...

Finnish Politicians Lack Body Language, says Swede

A SWEDISH expert in body language, Henrik Fexeus, has analysed footage of Finnish politicians and has noted that the Finns "have turned lack of expression into an art form".    "“How can Finns be analysed? They have turned lack of expression into an art...

Kauhajoki: Finnish Childcare Structure to be Over Hauled

THE tragedy at Kauhajoki, following on so closely to that at Jokela, has caused Finnish authorites to look more closely at country's childcare structure.   A report just two months ago by the Mannerhein...

Saari and Auvinen "Played Battlefield 2" Together: Internet Killer Network Fear

MATTI Saari and Pekka-Eric Auvinen knew each other, it has been revealed.  They played internet games of Battlefield 2 together, as authorities fear that there is a whole internet network of violent copycat...

Bomb threats and text messages spark panic in Finland

Finnish school students were experiencing panic today about bomb threats and mobile phone messages, fearing that copycat attacks would follow the latest school massacre at Kauhajoki vocational high school.It was...

Kauhajoki: Roger Boyes of the TIMES Strikes Back

ROGER Boyes is a journalist on the TIMES who caused a great controversy when he wrote a piece about the Finnish nature after the Jokela tragedy.  His article drew on folklore and sterotypcial myths.  The TIMESONLINE webpage was inundated with an astonishing weight...

Day of mourning for Finland shooting victims

One day after a horrific shooting in a school in Finland, the prime minister has said he wants to push for stricter gun laws as the victims are beginning to be identified.Today is also a day of mourning for...

Finnish deaths spark gun law call

A day after the horrific school schooting in Finland, the seconf big attack in just a short time, politicians are questioning Finland's gun control policy. Finland's gun laws are among the most permissive in Europe. In fact, Finland has the highest level of gun ownership per...

Finnish Children Eat Alone,Travel Alone & Wake Up Alone Say Child Welfare Ref...

The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare (MLL) have today drawn attention to the ever-increasing isolation of the Finnish child.   "Parents seem to neglect their children more and more. Even very small...

Estonia torments ethnic Russians with rotten food

Why to blame Estonia, if it is Finns who send the rotten food? Because the food is actually OK, but with biased arguments, it can be used to harm Estonia, which seems to be targeted by Russians all the time.Well,...

Grand Prix Winner Kovalainen Tells How it Feels to Win his First F1

Finnish Grand Prix Champion 100th F1 Winner tells AUTO RACING DAILY how it feels as a driver and as a Finn.   " Question: It has been a long road but your first win in Formula One. Describe your feelings...

Heikki Kovalainen wins Hungarian Grand Prix: 100th F1 Winner

Heikki Kovalainen has won the Hungarian Grand Prix to become the 100th winner in Formula One history.     " The triumph was totally unexpected as Felipe Massa was on course to comfortably take the...

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