Finnish milk producers were astounded on Wednesday on learning that they will not get European Union compensation for losses caused by the Russian import restrictions, reported Xinhua.
Minister for Agriculture ... details
Several hundred police staged a demonstration and marched to the city centre in Helsinki in a quiet and peaceful protest on Wednesday against declining resources in the ... details
Interior Minister and Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit (Christian Democrats of Finland) Chair Päivi Räsänen has explained her position of opposing equal marriage law based on the United Nations Universal Declaration ... details
The Supreme Administrative Court has issued tougher sentences for the brutal gang rape in Vantaa.
A woman in her 20s was taken twice to United Brotherhood gang premises in March 2011 in Vantaa. In both instances, the woman was raped and held for several hours as a prisoner.
According to the court, the rape was used as a punishment for acting as an informant and the punishment was carried out as planned.
Four men were sentenced in connection to the woman’s rape.
One convict was handed a prison term of eight years while another was sentenced to seven ... details
Mirkka Lappalainen was named the 2014 recipient of Teito Finlandia Prize on Wednesday.
Lappalainen was accorded the recognition for her book “Pohjolan Leijona – Kustaa II Aadolf ja Suomi 1611-1632” ... details
