People now on may cross the Russia-Finland border in Lapland only by car, said the Lapland Border Guard on Saturday.
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Overnight strong winds fell a number of trees in different parts of the country resulting cut in power supply to nearly a thousand homes on Saturday.
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Several attempts to smuggle drugs into the Sukeva prison were made on the occasion of Christmas, reported the Finnish language daily Savon Sanomat.
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A man of foreign origin became the target of repeated threats and later victim of violence in the town of Kajaani, northern Finland, on Christmas Day.
A Finnish language newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported on Saturday that initially two youngsters showed up at the man's door, armed with wood sticks, and threatened with violence.
Hours later at night Friday, the same man was attacked and injured outside his house. The attacker held a handgun in his hand, but did not use it.
Police later detained the youngsters. The attacker was known as a 44-year-old local man.
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Finland scored an easy 6-0 victory against Belarus in their opening match of the International Junior Ice Hockey World Championship 2016 at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki late Saturday night.
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