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Finland: Rights of Finnish children detained in Syria camps violated

Finland’s failure to repatriate its own child citizens held for years in camps under life-threating conditions in northeast Syria, is a violation of their rights,…

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E-car battery partnership in Finland

  Valmet Automotive and Fortum have joined forces to advance car battery recycling. The new collaboration is meant to ensure safe and sustainable recycling of…

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Finland to boost hydrogen capabilities with 20MW green hydrogen production plant

  Finland’s first green hydrogen production plant, with a capacity of 20MW, is set to be constructed in Harjavalta. Set to be developed by P2X…

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Finnish Posiva is the first company in the world to implement geological final disposal

The project, with a total value of some 500 million euro, consists of Posiva building and furnishing all the facilities required for final disposal activities,…

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New investments to benefit Finland’s battery cluster

Building a battery cluster in Finland continues successfully through the measures included in the Battery Strategy and the recent capitalisation of Finnish Minerals Group. “Good…

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In Finland, about 500 million euros go to waste in households every year – new calculator helps consumers understand the impact of food waste on personal finances

Paulig and Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) launch a free-of-charge calculator for Finnish households to help them estimate the amount of the family’s food waste,…

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Finland: Europe’s quiet success in Covid-19 fight

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Barking up the right tree? Dogs being used to sniff out COVID-19 in Finland

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Finland investigates complaints of police participation in Black Lives Matter protest

Finland is investigating complaints that Helsinki police took part in a Black Lives Matter demonstration last month. Uniformed officers allegedly held demonstration signs and gave…

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Russia denies its nuclear plants are source of radiation leak

The Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant is operating normally, Russian officials said Russia has said a leak of nuclear material detected over Scandinavia did not come…

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Three Events Lined Up as Finland, Canada and the Netherlands Join Forces on the Circular Economy

Led by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, Finland has joined forces with Canada and the Netherlands to host three high level events to address the…

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Finland: June on course to be hottest on record

This month is set to become the hottest June in Finnish measurement history, beating the previous record of June 1961. ”Temperatures will keep rising throughout…

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Towards innovative, conflict-sensitive and human rights-based approaches to forest monitoring

The Governments of Myanmar and Finland today launched a trailblazing project designed to allow for monitoring of forests in a manner that is sensitive to…

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Finland’s new nuclear reactor hit by valve leak

Finland’s long-delayed Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear reactor was hit by another setback after the nation’s safety watchdog reported valve problems in a component involved in…

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Yle poll: Corona crisis has unified Finland

The corona crisis has harmed Finnish society, but also brought more unity and strength, according to respondents to an Yle survey. The Taloustutkimus poll was…

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Finland to let restaurants reopen from June 1 as COVID-19 curbs ease

Finland will lift some coronavirus restrictions, allowing restaurants to reopen gradually and public services including libraries and sports facilities to start operating again from June…

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Finland to reopen schools mid-May

Children in Finland will begin to return to class from May 14 as the country starts to lift coronavirus restrictions, ministers said on Wednesday. ”Based…

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First children from Greek refugee camps arriving in Finland soon

Finland will begin transferring underage asylum seekers from the Mediterranean region in May and June, the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) said on Monday. Most of…

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Finland adopts hybrid strategy to contain coronavirus

Finland will adopt a hybrid strategy to move towards more normal life while still containing the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Wednesday….

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Finnish government pushes Fortum to strive for carbon neutrality

Finland’s center-left government on Monday gave its blessing to majority state-owned Fortum’s (FORTUM.HE) strategy to cut emissions, but promised to push the company further towards…

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