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Russian oligarch with Cypriot passport buys Finnish island, authorities there concerned

Jonathan ShkurkoOctober 13, 2021

By Jonathan ShkurkoOctober 13, 202103253

The sale of a large Finnish island to a Russian oligarch has raised concerns on the now disbanded Cypriot citizenship-by-investment scheme. A report published on...

Cyprus

Finland to take 175 asylum seekers from Cyprus and other Med countries

Source: Cyprus News AgencyFebruary 27, 2020

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyFebruary 27, 202003133

Finland announced on Thursday it would relocate up to 175 asylum seekers from Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Italy, in a bid to facilitate their humanitarian...

Business

Finnish paper mill workers to strike as wage talks fail – union

Reuters News ServiceJanuary 27, 2020

By Reuters News ServiceJanuary 27, 20200362

Some 9,000 workers at Finnish paper mills will start a three-week strike on Monday after wage talks broke down, their labour union said in a...

Europe World

Finnish Social Democrats and nationalist Finns Party nearly tied in election

Reuters News ServiceApril 15, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceApril 15, 20190126

By Anne Kauranen and Tarmo Virki HELSINKI, April 14 (Reuters) – Finland’s leftist Social Democrats and the nationalist Finns Party emerged nearly tied to win...

Football Sport

Italy’s Barella wary of Finland in Euro 2020 qualifier

Press AssociationMarch 23, 2019

By Press AssociationMarch 23, 20190134

Nicolo Barella believes Italy face a tricky start to their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign against Finland. The 22-year-old Cagliari midfielder is one of the newcomers...

Cyprus

Anastasiades to receive Finnish PM

Evie AndreouDecember 15, 2018

By Evie AndreouDecember 15, 20180133

President Nicos Anastasiades will on Sunday receive Finland’s Prime Minister Juha Sipilä in the run-up to the Finnish Presidency of the European Council during the...

Cyprus Education

First graders to get a little bit bigger

Annette ChrysostomouFebruary 18, 2018February 18, 2018

By Annette ChrysostomouFebruary 18, 2018February 18, 20186 277

Raising the age children start school aims to boost results, but is there more that should be done? BY increasing the school starting age the...

Europe World

EU lawmakers urge review of summer clock changes

Reuters News ServiceFebruary 8, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceFebruary 8, 20184 154

EU lawmakers backed a motion on Thursday calling for an assessment of whether Europe should stop moving clocks forward and back between summer and winter...

Europe World

Four killed as train collides with army vehicle in Finland

Reuters News ServiceOctober 26, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceOctober 26, 20170221

Four people were killed and several injured when a train crashed into an army truck during a military exercise in southern Finland on Thursday, police...

Europe

Moroccan teenager ‘admits killing two in Finland knife rampage’

Reuters News ServiceAugust 22, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 22, 20172 182

A teenage Moroccan asylum seeker admitted on Tuesday killing two people and wounding eight in a knife attack in the Finnish city of Turku, his...

Europe Global terrorism

Finland attack suspect to appear in court, maybe via video link

Reuters News ServiceAugust 21, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 21, 20170146

An 18-year-old Moroccan asylum seeker will appear in court on Tuesday over a knife attack in the city of Turku that killed two women and...

Main

Two dead, at least six hurt in knife attack in Finland (Update 1)

Reuters News ServiceAugust 18, 2017August 18, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 18, 2017August 18, 20176 175

A man with a knife killed two people and wounded at least six in a stabbing rampage in a market square in the Finnish city...

Cyprus Cyprus Talks

Austria, Finland offer to host territory talks

Staff ReporterOctober 21, 2016November 14, 2016

By Staff ReporterOctober 21, 2016November 14, 201610 137

Austria and Finland have offered to host discussions on territory between the island’s Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Friday....

Europe Russia World

Finland sees propaganda attack from former master Russia

Reuters News ServiceOctober 19, 2016November 4, 2016

By Reuters News ServiceOctober 19, 2016November 4, 20168 132

Finland is becoming increasingly worried about what it sees as Russian propaganda against it, including Russian questioning about the legality of its 1917 independence. The...

Americas Europe Russia World

Estonia, Finland say Russia entered airspace before US defence pact (Update)

Reuters News ServiceOctober 7, 2016November 5, 2016

By Reuters News ServiceOctober 7, 2016November 5, 20167 110

Estonia said a Russian jet violated its airspace on Friday, hours after neighbouring Finland said two similar planes passed over its territory as it prepared...

Cyprus

Five new ambassadors present their credentials

Jean ChristouOctober 3, 2016

By Jean ChristouOctober 3, 20162 676

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday received the credentials for the new ambassadors to Cyprus from Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Kuwait and Qatar during ceremonies at...

Europe World

Cuba volleyball players found guilty of aggravated rape in Finland

Reuters News ServiceSeptember 20, 2016November 6, 2016

By Reuters News ServiceSeptember 20, 2016November 6, 20160131

Five volleyball players from the Cuban national team were found guilty on Tuesday of aggravated rape of a woman while they were in Finland in...

Cyprus

Paphos tourism and Cypriot food promoted in Finland to target visitors

Bejay BrowneMay 10, 2016May 10, 2016

By Bejay BrowneMay 10, 2016May 10, 20169 167

A month-long campaign promoting Paphos and traditional Cypriot food will get underway in Finland on Friday, with prize holiday stays as an added incentive....

Europe World

Fist-bump austerity exposes strains on Finland’s consensus model

FORMER STAFFMarch 28, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFMarch 28, 2016November 10, 20161108

If one fist bump could endanger Finland’s increasingly stressed tradition of consensus politics, then Prime Minister Juha Sipila and a cabinet colleague may just have...

World

‘Sick man of Europe’ Finland agonises over austerity

CyprusMailNovember 11, 2015

By CyprusMailNovember 11, 201520 105

By Jussi Rosendahl and Anna Ercanbrack Finland was one of the toughest European critics of Greece during its debt crisis, chastising it for failing to...