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Finnish aid workers shot dead in Afghanistan

24 Jul 2014: Two women from Christian organisation murdered as they took taxi in Herat, after separate attack in northern town kills six
Helsinki's ambitious plan to make car ownership pointless in 10 years

10 Jul 2014: Finland's capital hopes an ambitious 'mobility on demand' system that integrates all forms of transport in a single payment network could essentially render private cars obsolete 176 comments
Blogger of the week: how to improve Helsinki – video

Video (1min 22sec), 26 Jun 2014: Timo Hämäläinen of Urban Finland urges tighter limits on the construction of new shopping malls, which he says hurt attempts to create a sense of community in the city, leaving residents living in what is little more than just a high-density suburbia
The urbanist’s guide to Helsinki: ‘an epicentre for spontaneous urban events’

23 Jun 2014: Helsinki is fast growing, but promising city with all the potential to become a 21st century cosmopolitan hotspot, says Timo Hämäläinen of Urban Finland 4 comments
More digital disruption ahead for mainstream news groups, says survey

12 Jun 2014: Reuters Institute's annual report predicts revolutionary changes
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Photographer's case goes to human rights court's grand chamber

5 Jun 2014: Judges grant new hearing to Finnish photo-journalist
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Finnish police find bodies of five babies in cellar

4 Jun 2014: Woman taken into custody after police discover bodies of five apparently stillborn babies in basement of block of flats
The enemy invasion: Brussels braced for influx of Eurosceptics in EU polls

28 Apr 2014: Special report: parties demanding everything from reform to withdrawal are riding high on wave on discontent, reports Jon Henley from Coulommiers, Erfurt and Helsinki
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Angry Birds publisher Rovio reveals its growth stalled in 2013

28 Apr 2014: Revenues up just 2.5% year-on-year according to Finnish company's latest financial results. By Stuart Dredge 3 comments
Finland's homoerotic stamps are an ocular feast for women, too

21 Apr 2014: Nell Frizzell: Sometimes it takes a gay man to cater for the female gaze, so thank you Tom of Finland for your entirely lickable stamps 331 comments
Finland plane crash kills eight people

20 Apr 2014: Three survivors being treated for minor injuries after accident on plane carrying parachutists
Education's culture of overwork is turning children and teachers into ghosts

16 Apr 2014: Melissa Benn: If schools slowed down and focused on a deeper kind of flourishing, they might be more productive (if not very Goveian) 359 comments
Stuart Parkin awarded prestigious Millennium technology prize

9 Apr 2014: British physicist wins award for breakthrough in magnetic disk drive storage capacity, heralding era of cloud computing 6 comments
Miley Cyrus caught up in Russia sanctions row

3 Apr 2014: Helsinki venue in which Miley Cyrus and Justin Timberlake are due to perform is owned by three Russians who have been blacklisted by the US government
New Zealand ranked first in the world for social and environmental progress

3 Apr 2014: Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands also scored well in Social Progress Index, which takes focus off economic output 104 comments