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As global warming and habitat degradation accelerates, people indigenous to the Arctic circle say they have much to teach the world about how to adapt, survive, and thrive An old Sami 'nili' a ' a food storage hut raised above ground out of the reach of animals.

The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church on Thursday elected the bishop of Turku, Kari Makinen, as its new archbishop.

Hackers adore Adobe Reader, and have pushed it into first place as the software most often exploited in targeted attacks, a Finnish security company has founds.

The company, based in Helsinki, Finland, will initially operate its North American operations from offices in New York City and San Jose, California.

Hannu Manninen of Finland took the win in Saturday's Nordic combined World Cup competition, edging out Austria's Felix Gottwald and French skier Jason Lamy Chappuis, in Finland.

Finland and Sweden will boost military cooperation in Afghanistan, Commander of the Finnish Defense Forces Ari Puheloinen said Monday.

You have stayed in Finland too long when 1) You think it is normal to have lunch at 11:00 2) When you go to a post office, bank or pharmacy you first start looking for a waiting ticket.

Despite the recession, the consumption of printed newspapers and periodicals is on the up, reveals a fresh National Media Survey by the Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulation.

On Sept. 23, 2008, a culinary student named Matti Juhani Saari walked into a vocational college in Kauhajoki, Finland, drew a semi-automatic pistol, and killed 10 people before taking his own life.

Dock workers stopped handling cargo at Finnish ports on Thursday after labor contract negotiations broke down, leading to the closing of most of the country's foreign trade.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks at a seminar on NATO's new Strategic Concept, with the subject of comprehensive crisis management in Helsinki Thursday, March 4, 2010.

The study of 494 children showed that those with higher levels of exposure to secondhand smoke from ages 8 to 13 had, by age 13, significantly increased blood vessel wall thickness and functioning problems, both of which are precursors to arterial structural changes and hardening.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen wants to strengthen relations between the alliance and non-member "partnership countries" such as Finland and Sweden, and to increase the political significance of these relations.

Children as young as 13 who have evidence of secondhand smoke in their blood also have visibly thicker arteries, Finnish researchers reported on Tuesday.

The volume of exports fell by 24%, and GDP fell by 7.8 % from the 2008 level to a 171bn, the preliminary data showed.

Piki area - which is a Finnish consortium consisting of 20 libraries around the area of Tampere - has signed an agreement with Axiell Kirjastot Oy to implement Axiell Arena.

The Church has no legal right nor jurisdiction to offer asylum to people who are to be deported from Finland, Deputy Parliamentary Ombudsman Jussi Pajuoja told St Michael's Church in Turku earlier this month.

Finland's Supreme Court said Thursday it had asked the European Court of Justice to set a precedent in the Gatayeva case.

Several genes affect tooth development in the first year of life, according to the findings of a study conducted at Imperial College London, the University of Bristol in the UK and the University of Oulu in Finland.

Finnish police have opened criminal proceedings against Russian mother Inga Rantala, accusing her of assaulting her seven-year-old Russian-Finnish son Robert, who has been put in a children's home by Finnish social workers.