Finland: from suicide hotspot to world´s happiest country
When the UN crowned Finland the world´s happiest nation last month for the second year running, there were still quite a few eyebrows raised. How could this Nordic country, better known for…
When the UN crowned Finland the world´s happiest nation last month for the second year running, there were still quite a few eyebrows raised. How could this Nordic country, better known for…
FINLAND: Under grey, wet skies, this year’s 15 finalists appeared on the open air stage on Oulu’s central square, twanging, jangling, riffing, screeching and plucking the air. This year’s title was taken…
LAHORE: Pakistan has been ranked among the 10 worst countries in the Rule of Law Index 2017-18 issued by World Justice Project (WJP) as a result of its poor score in factors like…
ROME: A new annual survey has ranked Pakistan as the 75th happiest country in the world. Interestingly, Pakistan ranks higher than Bangladesh which is at 115, India at 133 and Afghanistan at…
HELSINKI: Two giant pandas on loan from China have been unveiled at a zoo in central Finland and they have frolicked, galloped, climbed trees and played in the snow after a month-long…
HELSINKI: Finnish President Sauli Niinisto is a pragmatic pro-EU conservative whose skill at balancing relations with Moscow and Washington amid heightened tensions is likely to get him re-elected for another six-year term…
HELSINKI: Four people were killed and several injured when a train crashed into an army vehicle during a military exercise in southern Finland on Thursday, police and defence forces said. Three of…
Green, purple, pink and yellow lights danced across the sky in striking aurora displays over northern Finland early on Friday. Travel magazine ‘All About Lapland’ posted a video on social media of…
Norway’s government could give Finland a mountain as a birthday present next year to celebrate 100 years of Finnish independence from Russia. The arctic summit of the mountain Halti is currently on the Norwegian side…
Police in Finland investigating an alleged rape are holding six members of the Cuban national volleyball team. They are suspected of raping a woman in a hotel in the Finnish city of…