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Charter flights to airports in Rovaniemi, Kittilä and Kuusamo brought in more foreign travellers than had been predicted.

A study from the University of Eastern Finland finds that Finland’s mean temperature has risen by more than two degress Celsius in the past 166 years. Temperatures are rising there twice as fast as anywhere else in the world.

Construction is to begin next January on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in northern Finland.

Prime Minister Alexander Stubb says Finland needs to stay close to the European Union but also maintain good ties with Russia as the Ukrainian crisis stretches on.

The board of the cash-strapped Talvivaara Sotkamo mining company has decided to file for bankruptcy.

Russia will use about one fourth of its National Welfare Fund resources for infrastructure projects including the controversial Rosatom-funded Fennovoima nuclear reactor in Pyhäjoki, Finland.

Skiing, snow-shoeing, Northern Lights, ice castles and other Arctic experiences will attract visitors to Finnish Lapland this season.

Finnish air forces have taken to the skies more often than usual for aerial exercises from Rovaniemi in northern Finland.