WHAT’S the first thing you think of when you think of a family trip to Finland? Snow and Santa, right? Well, let me change ...

Finland becomes the first country to ban cargo ship discharges of toilet wastewater and scrubber sludge in coastal waters.

Unlike Russia’s 2022 attack on Ukraine (which is not in NATO so did not automatically trigger a response), if Putin’s tanks ...

Melancholy, frustration, hope – this was an unlikely yet unsurprising blend of moods at HELCOM’s seminar “Sustainable agriculture for a healthy Baltic Sea”, which took place in Helsinki last autumn.

This band is a beacon of musical adventure, and their Helsinki concert was a masterclass in how jazz can evolve without ...

Wearing red overalls and thick rubber boots, women at a recent Finnish civil preparedness course jumped from a pier at ...

Below and Beyond, Becoming and Belonging,” the Helsinki Biennial’s third edition has an urgent message that risks being lost ...

Ukraine’s Black Sea operations against Russia are shaping U.S. Navy and NATO thinking on the future of drones, mines and ...

WE’RE enjoying record-breaking temperatures right here in the UK, with the Met Office declaring an official heatwave.  The ...

Undersea fibre-optic cables are lifelines for everything from financial markets to military command. But they’re under siege, and in the Baltic Sea, NATO is racing to adapt.

The Estlink 2 electricity cable between Finland and Estonia has resumed operations after a six-month outage caused by ...

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