NewsRoom Finland
The Finnish Motor Insurers’ Centre reported on February 9 that last year in Finland nine snowmobile drivers met their deaths. Six of them had been drinking, and all of the accidents occurred on the ice.
The organisers of the Baltic Sea Action Summit, which takes place on February 10, appeared in a pre-summit press conference in Helsinki on February 4. From left: co-founders Anna Kotsalo-Mustonen and Saara Kankaanrinta and ambassador for Baltic Sea issues Jari Luoto.
Asylum seekers from the Punavuori Reception Centre in Helsinki shovelled snow on February 4. The Refugee Hospitality Club organised refugees and locals to help clear the streets after record snowfalls.
Vuosaari Harbour outside of Helsinki on February 2: Dock workers are on strike, quieting seven Finnish harbours and grounding more than half of the country’s freight traffic.
Klaus Härö's feature film Letters for Father Jacob (Postia pappi Jaakobille) awarded best film of the year at the Finnish film awards, the Jussi-Gaala, on Sunday, January 31. In the picture film’s director Klaus Härö (centre) and producers Rimbo Salomaa (left) and Lasse Saarinen (right).
News from the Finnish News Agency STT
- Finnish PM urges local councils to cut spending 2/9/2010
- Finland's Talvivaara to look into uranium recovery 2/9/2010
- Henri Vähäkainu is among suspects in Finnish cocaine inquiry -IS 2/9/2010
Finland in the International Media
- Itar-Tass: Inter RAO UES increases power export to Finland 8.2.2010
- INDOlink: Finnish PM inaugurates Nokia Siemens centre in Bang 7.2.2010
- More »
Other News Sources
Published by the Finland Promotion Board.
Produced by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for Communications and Culture