News from Finland

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HS.fi: Finnish Foreign Minister to keep on using Microsoft email despite of PRISM snooping incident

Helsingin Sanomat reports that the recently discovered snooping system (PRISM) from the United States Government will not stop the Finnish Prime Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja using the Microsoft Outlook.com (form…

RAY raises the bets, slot machines can now pay off up to 5000 Euro

Since the beginning of June customers of RAY, a Finnish slotmachine monoply, have had the chance to take out winnings reaching up to 5000 euro. The larger loot is only available to registered customers of the company.&n…

Police finds dead body in abandoned car

A fatal traffic accident took the life of a local in Rantasalmi, Finland. South Savo police got message of a car that had swerved off the road in Rantasalmi. Inside the car the police found a dead local young man.The po…

Teenagers birthday bash takes a bad turn in Helsinki - Three people injured in stabbing

A 15-year-old Helsinki boy was celebrating his birthday in the City Centre, ends up stabbing three people  Matters took a bad turn when the boy takes up a knife at the square behind the Kiasma Modern Art Museum. Th…

Police Shoots Gunman in Helsinki City Centre

The police had to resort to a firearm to take down a gunman in the Helsinki City centre. A gunman was shot on at noon in the Helsinki City centre, at the Baana bicycle way.The recklessly behaving man had a fir…

Owning and Driving a Moped Scooter in Finland

In Finland mopeds (motorcycles with less than 50cc of engine displacement) have traditionally been as vehicles for people who are either too young or too old to have a drivers license to drive a car.While it is understa…