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Finland in the international media 2013

The Globe and Mail: How do Finnish kids excel without rote learning and standardized testing?   9 May 2013

So if innovation requires people who thrive on collaboration, why are our education systems so focused on individual achievement? This question is at the heart of the work of Pasi Sahlberg, a Finnish education official and author of Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland. More »

CNN: Best place in the world to be a mother is...   9 May 2013

(CNN) -- Thinking of having a baby? You may want to consider moving to Finland -- the best place in the world to be a mother, according to Save the Children's 14th Mothers' Index. More »

The Washington Post: Senegalese singer N’Dour and Finnish composer Saariaho share Sweden’s Polar Music Prize   7 May 2013

STOCKHOLM — Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour and Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho have been awarded the international 2013 Polar Music Prize, Sweden’s most prestigious award for musicians. More »

The Telegraph: Finland 'world's best place to be a mother'   7 May 2013

A new report by Save the Children has found that the exceptional care and advice given to new parents in Finland make it the world's best place to be a mother. More »

International Business Times: Finland's Alexander Stubb Expresses Commitment to the Euro   6 May 2013

The euro traded steadily at $1.31 on Monday morning following last Thursday's European Central Bank interest rate cut. The bank met expectations and cut its already record low interest rate to 0.5 percent. More »

Art Daily: Sotheby's London to sell seminal work by Finnish artist Albert Edelfelt in sale of 19th Century European Paintings   26 April 2013

LONDON.- On 23 May 2013 Sotheby’s London will offer a celebrated work by Finnish artist Albert Edelfelt in its sale of 19th Century European Paintings, along with other important works by Scandinavian artists. More »

The Economic Times: Neste Oil's renewable fuels unit turns profitable for first time   24 April 2013

HELSINKI: Finnish refiner Neste Oil's renewable fuels unit turned profitable for the first time, helping lift the group's quarterly profit more than expected.More »

CNN Travel: Not just for Christmas: 10 reasons to hit Finnish Lapland   22 April 2013

A trip to Finnish Lapland to see Santa Claus, his reindeer and the elves is the stuff of childhood dreams. The irony is, you’ll probably enjoy it even more as an adult. More »

CTV News: Nokia cuts Q1 loss, but sales continue to tumble  18 April 2013

Nokia continues to take a hammering in the smartphone market from rivals including Samsung and Apple, with sales for the handset maker falling by a quarter in the first three months of the year. More »

The Guardian: A guide to Magnus Lindberg's music  16 April 2013

The Finn has become a concert hall staple – but his best works predate his embrace of colour and hyper-romanticism. More »

The New York Times: Eldest Statesman Plays for Pure Enjoyment With Championship Hopes  14 April 2013

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Teemu Selanne was in a deep recess of Honda Center, talking about life as a 42-year-old N.H.L. star and as the chiseled, aging face of a franchise filled with hope and Stanley Cup aspirations. More »

Nzweek: Portugal in difficult time but improvement impressive: Finnish PM  12 April 2013

LISBON, April 11 — Visiting Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen said here Thursday that Portugal is in difficult time but the increase in the debt-ridden country’s export is “impressive.” More »

The Press,York: Johanna Juhola, Accordion Finnish Style, National Centre for Early Music, York, April 16   11 April 2013

JOHANNA JUHOLA and her Reaktori quartet perform their accordion and electronica blend of Buenos Aires tango halls and forest-dark Finnish landscapes at the National Centre for Early Music in York on Tuesday. Charles Hutchinson discovers the accordion world according to Johanna. More »

Wall Street Journal: Why Is Angry Birds Addictive? Helsinki Pitches to Be a ‘Neurogaming’ Hotspot   10 April 2013

A Helsinki business space is making a pitch for the Finnish capital to become a center of 'neurogaming' – using brainwaves to control computer games. More »

New Europe: Finland, home of the coolest jazz  10 April 2013

If you want to surprise people, try telling them that you’ve been listening to Finnish jazz. While the country has provided the majesty of Sibelius, today, the country is probably better known for death metal than anything else. More »

ZDNet: Jolla releases Sailfish SDK installers for Mac, Windows, Linux  8 April 2013

Finnish mobile startup Jolla, formed by a handful of ex-Nokians, is on a mission to launch a Sailfish OS smartphone for the growing Chinese market. More »

The New York Times: Latin Makes an Appearance on Finnish Radio. News at VI.   8 April 2013

HELSINKI — Leah Whittington, an English professor at Harvard, catches the news bulletins on her iPod while strolling to classes. Daniel Blanchard, a professional countertenor in Paris, used to listen on shortwave radio, but now he uses an iPod, too. The BBC? NPR? No, it’s a weekly summary of world events and news broadcast by Finnish state radio — not in Finnish, but in classical Latin. More »

Bloomberg: Finland Turns to Venture Funds to Rescue Economy: Nordic Credit   5 April 2013

Finland is turning to venture capital financing as it searches for ways to jolt the economy out of a recession without jeopardizing its AAA rating. The northernmost euro member wants to attract investors for a new, one-billion-euro (1.28-billion-dollar) programme and help startup companies without adding to its budget deficit. More »

CNBC: Bitcoin Utopia? Interest Is Sky High in This Euro Nation   5 April 2013

Interest in bitcoins has reached fever pitch around the world in the last month, helping the price soar to an all-time high earlier this week. But there's one euro zone country that's firmly tuned into the zeitgeist more so than even the U.S. or Japan. More »

Irish Independent:  Finland to lower corporate tax rate by 4.5pc   22 March 2013

FINLAND'S government, long used to lecturing Ireland about the merits of frugality, tempered its commitment to austerity by providing tax cuts to companies to help create jobs without allowing the budget deficit to widen. More »

The Miami Herald:  Former Finnish diplomat Max Jakobson dies   20 March 2013

Max Jakobson, a former Finnish diplomat who helped shape his country's policy of neutrality during the Cold War, has died. He was 89. More »

Click Orlando:  Raikkonen claims 'easy' victory at Australian Grand Prix   17 March 2013

"Easy." That's how Finnish Kimi Raikkonen summed up his victory at Sunday's Formula One season-opener at Melbourne. More »

Ctpost.com:  Aland islands brewery to make 'shipwreck beer'   14 March 2013

Local authorities on the Aland Islands in the Baltic Sea say a local brewer will begin producing a beer inspired by bottles found in a 19th century shipwreck three years ago. More »

The Washington Post:  Tero Saarinen Company: Dancing with light at the Kennedy Center   13 March 2013

Finnish choreographer Tero Saarinen is obsessed with light and darkness, and it’s no wonder. Helsinki swings between extremes of light, with its midday nightfall in winter and midnight sun in summer. More »

ABS-CBN News:  PH films in the spotlight at film festival in Finland  12 March 2013

Twenty documentary, experimental and fiction short films by prize-winning filmmaker Nick Deocampo, noted directors Raymond Red, Anna Isabelle Matutina, and Jewel Maranan were showcased at the recent 43rd Tampere International Short Film Festival. More »

Balkans.com:  Finland says it will block Romanian and Bulgarian bids to join the passport-free Schengen travel zone   7 March 2013

Finland says it will block Romanian and Bulgarian bids to join the passport-free Schengen travel zone ahead of a meeting of EU Interior ministers on Thursday, Finnish news edition Yle writes, Focus wrote. More »

Gulf Times:  Qatar-Finland talks focus on ties   4 March 2013

Qatar and Finland held a session of official talks chaired by HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani and Finland’s Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen. More »

The Jerusalem Post:  Finnish police find ‘Jew list’ at neo-Nazi’s home  2 March 2013

Finnish police have informed several members of the country’s Jewish community that a neo-Nazi activist has been gathering information about them. More »

Enquirer Herald:  Finnish teenage gunman gets life sentence  28 February 2013

A teenager who killed two people and injured seven in a shooting from a rooftop in southern Finland has been sentenced to life in prison. More »

Planet Ski:  Fancy going to Finland?  26 February 2013

Inghams is expanding its programme with holidays to Pyhä. More »

Invest in EU:  Finland’s entrepreneurial culture praised by The Economist  23 February 2013

Finland’s dynamic start-up and innovation culture, excellent education system and open source attitude create a base for global success stories. More »

RTT News:  Finland December Tourist Overnight Stays Rise 3%  22 February 2013

Tourist overnight stays in Finnish Accommodation establishments increased notably from last year in December, preliminary data released by Statistics Finland showed Friday. More »

SYS-CON Media:  Finnish Classical Music Veteran Joins Radio CLASSIC  20 February 2013

Aarno Cronvall, a veteran of classical music and radio, has joined the radio Classic team. More »

NZweek:  Horsemeat-laced hamburger patties found in Finland  19 February 2013

The Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira confirmed that a batch of frozen hamburger patties imported by a Finnish company from Ireland contained horsemeat, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE reported on Tuesday. More »

CBC:  Should Canada take lessons from Finland's approach to education?  18 February 2013

Finland has quietly built the world's most successful public education system. More »

PaperAge:  Ahlstrom to Move Head Office to Toolonlahti Area in Helsinki  15 February 2013

Ahlstrom said that it plans to move its head office, which is currently located in Salmisaari in the western part of Helsinki, to the Toolonlahti area in the center of Helsinki. More »

The Journal:  Newcastle 'a shining beacon' of hope says Finland's ambassador  13 February 2013

EUROPE can learn from the regeneration of the North East, according to Finland’s ambassador to the UK. More »

Galgary Herald: Follow me to Finland for the world’s first winter bike conference  12 February 2013

So many conversations about cycling in Canada come back to one inescapable fact: the weather. So when I heard Oulu was organizing the first international bike conference, I knew I had to make the trip. More »

National Parks Traveler: Nuuksio National Park—The Best Of Finland's Parks Just Minutes From Helsinki  11 February 2013

Visiting a national park in another country often requires getting off the beaten path—sometimes way off. More »

Donga: Nokia`s collapse is Finland`s blessing  8 February 2013

Every Finn has something to say about Nokia, just like all Koreans have opinions about Samsung Electronics. More »

The Independent: Take advantage of a Finnish stopover by taking a break from the airport  6 February 2013

I am flying to deepest Finland from Heathrow, with a five-and-a-half-hour stopover in Helsinki. More »

The News-Gazette: Rantoul teen living in Finland for year  4 February 2013

The Rantoul teen, the daughter of the Rev. Jeffray and Lorene Green, is a foreign exchange student living in Finland this school year, where there has been plenty of snow. More »

The Santiago Times: Chile and Finland sign agreement on green mining  30 January 2013

Finnish Prime Minister promises to support innovation in sustainable mining production in Chile. More »

Evening Standard: High life... soaking up the views in Finland  28 January 2013

It's a perfect glass finish at the Hotel Iso-Syöte's new Eagles View suite. More »

Viet Nam News: Finland development minister eyes co-operation in Da Nang  28 January 2013

Finnish Minister for International Development Heidi Hautala met with Vice Chairman of Da Nang city People's Committee Phung Tan Viet on Saturday. More »

Art Daily: Exhibition focuses on spirit of innovation and collectivity in new Finnish photography  24 January 2013

The American-Scandinavian Foundation and Gallery TAIK present New Wave Finland: Contemporary Photography from the Helsinki School, an exhibition featuring the work of young photographers and video artists from Finland’s distinguished Helsinki School. More »

Toronto Star: Finland offers lessons in equality for educators  21 January 2013

Finnish academic results are among the world’s best despite an emphasis on equality rather than competition. More »

Bloomberg: Finland Steps In to Help Nokia Resolve India Tax Dispute  17 January 2013

Nokia Oyj (NOK1V), facing a claim for unpaid taxes in India, is getting help from its home country, Finland, which is pushing for a resolution in the dispute. More »

The Australian: We can learn from Finland and Sweden  15 January 2013

WHAT is the most effective way to raise education standards? More »

Novinite.com: Teen Snowboarders from Finland Rescued in Bulgaria  11 January 2013

Two Finish boys have been rescued in Bulgaria's Pirin mountain late Thursday evening. More »

Lethbridge Harald: Finnish capital breaks winter gloom with myriad lights during Helsinki Lux Festival  8 January 2013

Finland's capital is aglow with colorful lights and lasers piercing the black winter skies and lighting up downtown buildings as the Helsinki Lux Festival provides a much-needed burst of illumination during the darkest days of the year. More »

South China Morning Post: Schools in Finland good role models  8 January 2013

Finnish children enjoy their childhood a lot thanks to the pleasant climate and environment as well as the free pre-school education provided by the local government. More »

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