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Governments must craft a global pact that promotes a carbon tax and prices goods based on ecological costs, politicians and U.N. panelists urged Monday.

As Sweden's indigenous Sami celebrate their National Day on February 6th, The Local offers up a few video clips highlighting their unique vocal traditions.

Conservative National Coalition Party candidate Sauli Niinisto is hugged by his spouse Jenni Haukio in the Finlandia Concert Hall in Helsinki, Finland, 05 February 2012.

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Pro-Europe politician Sauli Niinist won Finland's presidential poll on Sunday , in an election that showed voters want to keep the country in the euro zone despite misgivings over European Union bailouts.

Finns yesterday braved the Arctic freeze to vote in the second round of a presidential election, with conservative Sauli Niinistoe favourite to win the run-off against his green liberal opponent.

The Arctic cold snap that has hit Europe for over a week had claimed nearly 300 lives yesterday, brought air travel chaos to London and dumped snow as far south as Rome and even North Africa.

For the past eleven years , what had been called Simpel Session has evolved from a grassroots event into a major international winter action sports event.

Voters braved record low temperatures on Sunday to choose Finland's president in a runoff between a veteran conservative and the first openly gay candidate from the small Greens party, seen by many as too radical for the Nordic country.

Finnish Presidential candidates Sauli Niinist, left, and Pekka Haavisto, right, prepare for a televised debate at the Finnish broadcast company YLE in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday Feb.

Finnish Presidential candidates Sauli Niinist, centre left, and Pekka Haavisto, centre right, arrive for a televised political debate at the Finnish broadcast company YLE in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday Feb.

Top Finnish metal superstars Nightwish used 28 Robe Show Lighting ColorSpot 1200 AT moving lights and 24 Wash 250 XTs on the final concert of their 'Once ' world tour, staged at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki.

Neste Oil Oyj, Finland's only oil refiner, advanced the most in two months after increasing sales volumes of renewable fuel.

Conservative Sauli Niinistoe is on course for victory in the second round of Finland's presidential vote on Sunday, with polls giving him a wide lead over Green liberal challenger Pekka Haavisto.

Finland denies missing ship carries nuclear material 16 AUGUST 2009 PRAIA - Finnish authorities dismissed talk Sunday that the Arctic Sea was bearing a cargo of nuclear material, as Russia and NATO joined forces in an international hunt for the missing vessel.

Ex-finance minister Sauli Niinisto, 63, who leads polls by a wide margin, said he felt invigorated by a large turnout of potential voters before Sundays election, a sentiment echoed by his 53-year-old opponent, former environment minister, Pekka Haavisto.

A cafe created for the World Design Capital festival in Helsinki is letting people reshape its interior design over the internet.

The company principally engages in the minerals businesses in Finland, Turkey, Germany, South Africa, Malta, the Russian Federation, and Switzerland.

"American Idol" alum Adam Lambert spent several hours in a Finnish jail Thursday after being arrested outside a Helsinki gay bar following a brawl with his Finnish boyfriend, local reality star Sauli Koskinen.

The 2012 Alvar Aalto Medal was awarded to Portuguese architect Paulo David last night at the World Design Capital Gala in Lahti, Finland.