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Finland seized the Fitburg freighter last year over the suspected sabotage of cables linking Helsinki and Tallinn. It's one of several incidents of damaged infrastructure in the Baltic since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Denmark, Norway and Sweden join Finland in refusing to face Russia in 2027 World Championships in Germany next May.
Grocery stores from Sweden to Portugal were hit Monday by a suspected cyberattack on their freezer systems, in what the EU denounced as a deliberate attempt to disrupt the bloc's food chain. Supermarkets in Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands were among at least eight countries affected in the incident, which came three weeks after a cyberattack caused mass disruption in French grocery stores. Food retailers were forced to throw out produce that had spoiled or was at risk of spoiling after refrigerator temperatures soared overnight. FRANCE 24's Dave Keating repor
Cyberattacks affecting supermarket refrigeration systems on Monday in several European countries – including Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden – have highlighted the risks of connecting industrial infrastructure to the internet.
Finland has become the first country with a final storage facility for nuclear waste. Germany is still searching for a site, while some countries have yet to start. Costs are expected to total many billions of euros.
The US tech giant is investing $15bn in a huge new data centre project in northern Finland.
The two Nordic leaders are attempting to influence US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi to end the war in Ukraine.
An end to the conflict in Ukraine "will not be achieved through silence," Finland's President Alexander Stubb said.
Finland and Norway have called Putin about ending the Ukraine war, drawing Danish criticism. The dispute highlights divisions over European engagement with Moscow ahead of planned US-led peace talks.
Facilities are being built in many countries, but Finland is the first to licence its underground storage facility.
The prime ministers of Norway and Finland will also attend the discussions in Oslo.
Helsinki recently joined regional peers in withdrawing from UN Charter banning munitions as it eyes its eastern border.
Finns have many reasons to feel content, but the country's pile of debt is not one of them. Russia's war in Ukraine has added to the fiscal burden. Can the Nordic nation absorb another shock?
Finns have many reasons to feel content, but the country's pile of debt is not one of them. Russia's war in Ukraine has added to the fiscal burden. Can the Nordic nation absorb another shock?
Finland has emerged as a key location for data centers amid the AI boom.
Finnish opposition has called for measures to prevent power shortages, soaring energy prices caused by data centres.
The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance.
The Finnish prime minister has not ruled out the possibility of foreign involvement in the suspected break-ins at the homes of members of parliament.
In a move mirroring European indie producers’ look out for strong partners in an unstable market, Helsinki-filmi (“Tom of Finland,“ “The Summer Book,” “Codename: Annika”), one of the biggest content creators in Finland, and Glassriver (“As Long as I Live,” Black Sands”), one of the leading players in Iceland, have come together to co-produce a […]
