Finnish athlete Tero Pitkämäki on Saturday won the first silver for the country in the World Athletics Championships in Moscow in the men’s javelin throw.
Pitkämäki, who was just 10 ... details
An ultra-soft aircraft crashed while taking off in Petäjäjärvi area of Middle Finland on Saturday morning.
Based on preliminary investigations, sources in the rescue team and the police said the accident might ... details
Interior ministers of the Schengen states with EU external land borders are scheduled to sit for a two-day meeting from September 12 in Lappeenranta of Finland, ... details
A fire broke out at a market in Lappeenranta, forcing the authorities to evacuate the shopping mall for a short while on Saturday morning, fire fighters said.
The smoke of the fire also entered the nearby Sokos hotel through a joint corridor, prompting the authorities to evacuate it for about an hour, the sources said.
The rescue team said the fire spread from a roll of newspapers left under the shopping mall stairs and engulfed the nearby area.
The blaze, however, was brought under control immediately and the market remained open.
Fire-fighters suspect someone set the newspapers on fire intentionally.
The ... details
The construction cost of buildings has risen by 0.7 per cent at the end of July this year from that July 2012, according to a Statistics Finland survey report.
The report released ... details
