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Recent news items
This year marks 200 years since Finland and Sweden parted company
Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition
Does Father Christmas live in Finnish Lapland?
An amusing human interest story by a father ("I write a column about booze every other week for a major newspaper, and I often travel outside of the country"') who takes his 5-year old son on a very special visit.
The Local Flavor of Helsinki’s Food Revival
The city is a proud paradise of local produce, fish and meat and cooking that’s inventive and playful.
The Financial Times ranks Jyrki Katainen as Europe's best finance minister, causing the Finns to blush. (We could use him over here)
Click here for story
The health of older Europeans varies widely between countries, even in those with longer life expectancies, a report has claimed.
The study found people in Estonia, Latvia and Finland had fewer years of good health after the age of 50
Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland from 1994 to 2000.
A "link" to biographical information about Martti Ahtisaari in Wikipedia can be accessed by clicking here
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This world renowned opera festival held in the Savonlinna castle in the summer of 2008 will feature Washington area bass-baritone Jason Stearns in the title role of The Flying Dutchman.
Mr. Stearns has performed at many of the leading opera houses of the world.
(Link to bio of Jason Stearns- click here)
(Link to video -- click here: Jason Stearns, as the High Priest of Dagon, sings "J'ai gravis la montagne" opposite Denyce Graves from Act 2 of Samson et Dalila by Saint-Saens.)
How potato love affair with Finnish PM went off the boil. (March 14, 2007)
(news on the lighter side)
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Finnish music storming North America (March 9, 2007)
Helsinki's bounty
Cloudberries, wild mushrooms, Baltic herring and reindeer make for an extraordinary choice of recipes
