Outi Pieski review – an entrancing artist with her heart in the Arctic Circle
From a Warholian riff on traditional Sámi dress to paintings of dark forests with eyes, Pieski mines her heritage to produce work that is both joyous and bleak
Finland’s former PM to be new president after rival concedes
Centre-right Alexander Stubb declares victory and is congratulated by Pekka Haavisto
Finnish presidential candidate surprised at renewed focus on his sexuality
Not just luggage: Finnish airline invites passengers to weigh in for flights
In Finland, the ‘existential threat’ of Russia looms – and US rescue is far from certain
John Kampfner
January 2024
Finland strikes expected to bring country to standstill
Centre-right party ahead in Finnish presidential election
Finland goes to the polls as border tensions with Russia rise
Finland’s ‘DJ’ candidate hopes to become the country’s first Green and gay president
Finland presidential frontrunner says its foreign policy is ‘existential’
Why is Orbán blocking Sweden’s entry to Nato – and what happens next?
Wooden sauna from 1948 London Olympics gets Grade II listing
Finland must crack down on hate speech, says presidential hopeful
Libraries for the future: Europe’s new wave of ‘meeting places for the mind’
Snowstorm strands motorists in Sweden as extreme cold grips Nordic countries – video
Zig-a-zig-pah: Finland’s ‘Spice Girls’ find joy in misery – and a Kaurismäki collaboration
Rob da Bank hopes to make Isle of Wight a sauna hotspot – with a spare from Finland
December 2023
Reindeer noir, the Finnish crime sub-genre influenced by Santa’s home town
Books, films and plays set in Lapland often feature ‘dark humour’ where the landscape is a looming presence
Finland reopens Russia border but shuts it again amid asylum row
Helsinki accuses Moscow of orchestrated ‘hybrid operation’ that Kremlin denies after 36 people cross from east
‘Too much sadness’: asylum seekers in Finland caught in geopolitical drama
Moayad Salami crossed from Russia into Finland after treacherous journey from Syria – but now the border has closed
