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latest news & developmentsHindsight is 2020 for Japan
Tokyo has a history of cancelled Olympics – but a different type of war caused it to cancel in 1940
Trump blames Russia rift on US probe, Moscow agrees
Many Twitter users expressed anger that a US leader had blamed his own country for the rift between the two nations
Guggenheim proposes $178-million Helsinki museum
A new museum will add to the foundation’s growing stable of contemporary art spaces around the world.
Designer city ‘just window-dressing’
Cape Town has been named World Design Capital for 2014, at the International Design Congress in Taipei, but there are dissenting voices back home.
Helsinki: design lover’s paradise
The city is renowned for its aesthetic beauty and its gifted designers — but their work doesn’t come cheap. <em>Norman Miller</em> reports.
Seasoned diplomat Ahtisaari wins coveted Nobel
Former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his work on conflict resolution.
Putting customers to work, Nokia takes on the web
As the internet goes mobile and companies such as Apple and Google find cool ways to embrace the trend, mobile market leader Nokia is rewriting its product development rulebook.…
Finn returns library book more than a century late
A Finnish library-goer apparently thought ”better late than never” and quietly returned a book on loan for more than 100 years to a library in Vantaa, Finland. The library had…
Nokia in €2bn deal with China Postel
Nokia on Friday announced a deal to sell handsets worth a total â,¬2-billion to China Postel during 2008, in the company’s largest market. The world’s number one cellphone maker…
Nokia to incorporate Google search in phones
Finnish cellphone giant Nokia said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Google to incorporate the Google search engine in its handsets. In a first stage, the United States…
UN: Up to 600 000 displaced in Kenya
The United Nations’s top emergency relief official said on Monday that as many as 600 000 people had been displaced following violence sparked by Kenya’s disputed elections. ”We…
Hospital serves up mouse head on plate
A hospital patient in Finland found a mouse head among the steamed vegetables on his plate. ”Understandably, he lost his appetite,” said Sakari Kela, chief administrator at the…
Not even Santa’s elves can count on job security
A Finnish court ordered Santa Park in the north of the country to pay compensation to three of the underground amusement park’s former elves for replacing them with temporary…
Finns queue up for booze
Finns formed long lines outside the country’s rare liquor shops that remained open on Thursday after a strike by employees of state-owned monopoly distributor Alko. The company…
School shooting puts harsh focus on Finland gun policy
Finland’s gun laws are likely to attract criticism after an 18-year-old gunman shot dead seven children and a school principal on Wednesday. The shooter turned the gun on himself…